Wait Til Your Father Gets Home
Just a bit of all the little bits of life at home!
At SNAP! 2013 I was able to meet tons of new bloggy friends. Two such friends were Carli and her assistant, Abbey of Dimple Prints. Shortly after returning home, they asked me to participate in their Summer Party Series, and I jumped at the chance since I've got two little ones with Summer birthdays now. Since my little guy is currently obsessed with all things cars and trucks, I immediately … [Read more...]
I thought I'd bring you one last tutorial this week for all of you night owls out there! This was one of my favorites from the party, a burlap name banner! I was inspired by a fellow blogger than I l.o.v.e., Kierste of Brown Paper Packages. Last month she shared this tutorial on Stars and Stripes Bunting, and I just knew I could use her technique to make a similar banner with my son's name on … [Read more...]
Since we had most of the food and drinks down at our neighborhood pool for the beginning of the party, I decided to keep the desserts at our house (and more importantly in the a/c). I served homemade cupcakes and homemade firecracker cookies (see links for both recipes below). We also had fresh red, white, and blue fruit (that went really fast), red, white, and blue taffy, and … [Read more...]
It's been so fun reliving my little guy's birthday this week! I hope you've enjoyed all of the tutorials so far. Today I'm sharing one of my favorite projects from the party, Jackson's {Monthly Photo Banner}. To make the banner you'll need: your favorite photo from each month from the past year (4 x 6) colored cardstock white cardstock chip board numbers jute twine corner punches 2 … [Read more...]
Here's another super quick and inexpensive idea for party decor! I was inspired by these topiaries, found at Simply Designing, but, I wanted something a little smaller. To make my version of star topiaries, you''ll need: red, white, and blue construction paper or cardstock star punch (Hobby Lobby) straight pins styrofoam balls (mine were 4 inches from Jo Ann's) wooden skewers paper … [Read more...]
