Candy Station + Little Decorative Boxes

I wanted to create a decorative treat station for when guests stop by & with it being the holidays we have had a ton of friends and family coming by.

 I needed a little something to add for decoration, I just so happened to have these tiny little boxes hanging around. They were perfect size and everything, I found various things in my craft room and started wrapping them up!

 I forgot to picture the brown paper bag present, you can see below what I used for it though.

 I used fabric, a white striped paper bag, wrapping paper and various ribbons to tie with.

Elf Party Hats

Using wrapping paper and felt I made these simple Elf Party Hats. 

  Then it looked like my Santa cookie jar (from Hobby Lobby) needed a little party on his head!

Thanksgiving Chalkboard Print

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We can't wait for Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma's!

Complete with her home-made rolls, pies and of course the turkey.

We always do a smaller version of the whole spread just for leftovers.

The girls love that they get big girl drinks

(a.k.a. Martinellis's Cider)

in grown up fancy glasses.

Then we start setting up the Christmas tree!

The excitement wears off after so long for the kids

and we end up setting it all up.

But it's so magical twinkling at night.

Fall Subway Art

Fall Subway Art

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Enjoy!

Out with the orange and black of Halloween,

in with gold, gourds and glitter.

The more gold the better we say!

Can you believe Thanksgiving is just two weeks away?

Then Christmas is just around the corner from there.

Time to think of a fun craft for the kiddos to do

after the turkey dinner.

So deck the halls with lots of gold and gourds!

Party Pumpkins

My husband's birthday was yesterday but since he went camping for the whole weekend I made him some "Party Pumpkins" and Funfetti cupcake to surprise him when he gets home.

The chevron party hats, I made them out of wrapping paper I bought from Hobby Lobby just the other day. I added twine to the top of the little one and cut a piece of Halloween garland I had for the big one.

The yellow party hat with cut out stars, I cut from the Cricut cartridge Artiste and also added twine to the top.

The Pennant banners are made from fabric, which are so simple. All I did was cut out triangles sew them back to back, flipped them inside out and sew them to a piece of ribbon. Done-zo!

Christmas countdown print

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I can't want to get creative with the numbers to hang on it.

You can probably use a plain old piece of chalk and change

it out every day, or hang some cute numbers from glittery paper.

Nice thing is they are peel and stick

you can stick them anywhere you want in the house.

Even in the kiddos bedrooms if you want.

Only 67 days until Christmas!

Halloween Festivities

Halloween is one of our favorite holidays and with all the fun festivities around the corner there are so many ways to decorate and serve guests for a party. Here are two ideas we came up with.

This is so simple, Orange Soda and cute stirring sticks (sticks from the Target dollar section)

We can't go without candy corns, even if you don't like to eat them, you can at least decorate with them. Here we filled a bowl and added black skulls for embellishments. (black skulls also from Target dollar sections)

Halloween Marquee Letters

The marquee letters are so much fun, I wanted to give it a shot and making my own.

The "31" numbers are from Hobby Lobby as well as the black paint, but you can use any black paint.

The 20 count mini halloween lights are from the Dollar Store!

First you will want to cut the front of the number off then mark and punch holes on the back side of the numbers.

Paint each number, set aside to dry. Once dry stick the light in each hole. 

Then lastly, decorate!

Halloween tins - using Ikea coffee tins

We love giving simple things an upgrade,

especially when it as simple as this project was.

Halloween tins

Ikea coffee tins set of 3 for $3.99

found here

Orange is not normally a color I would have on my counters,

but as a cute Halloween project they are perfect.

I especially love the tiny striped one. 

 Supplies:

Ikea Tripp tins set of 3

Chalk labels

 {found at Hobby Lobby $3.99 for 24, plus we used a 40% off coupon}

Ribbon

 Place your chalkboard labels on anywhere you please.

We chose not to put one on the black one.

 Just Plane Cute!

Just Plane easy!

The possibilities are endless to what you can write on them.

Eek!  Boo!  Candy Corn! Trick or Treat!

Get creative.

 These will be adorable displayed at Halloween.

We even thought they would make cute favors or teacher gifts.

So next time you are soaring through Ikea pick up a pack, or two, or three

and make the cutest Halloween tins ever!

Your creative captains!

Aqua and Mustard Bridal Shower

We were super excited to help our Mom throw a

bridal shower at her house over the weekend.

When throwing a shower it is fun to do it in different colors than

the bride's wedding colors.  That way both events stand out

as separate parties.

{Contact us for any custom invitation creation}

  

 We are going to share real quick the recipe for the

Cheesecake Salad because believe me you will want it.

Plus everyone will ask you for it once you make it.

{created here a little different for the shower, but

sure to be the hit of ANY event you do}

1 large pkg of Jello Cheesecake pudding

1 Cup milk

8 oz whipped topping {in a tub}

1 sleeve of graham crackers 

1-2 T sugar

1/2 cube melted butter

any fruit you want.

Mix pudding with 1 cup milk.

Put in fridge to set.

In large bag smash your graham crackers and combine with butter and sugar.

Set graham cracker crumb topping aside.

When pudding is set up fold in whipped topping,

part of your graham cracker topping and any fruit.

{we prefer blueberries, raspberries and strawberries}

Finish with a small amount of graham cracker topping.

Believe us it is "Just Plane Yummy!

Served here as Cheesecake Shooters for the shower.

 

When you print custom signage you can pull all your colors together.

We used frames we already had,

and we always use our trusty IKEA .99 cent plastic white frames

find them here

Just think you can spray paint them in any color to match your

theme too if you wanted.

Plus we print our 4x6 prints at Costco where they are

only .13 cents!

Wahoo!

 

 Mini Chicken Croissant Sandwiches.

Mini Fruit Pizzas.

Sugar cookies with a cream cheese frosting,

then you embellish with any fruit you want.

The Lazy Susan of fruit and cookies make it fun and easy 

for guests to build their mini pizzas.

We love any excuse to throw a party!

And we couldn't be more excited for Shayla to be getting married.

The beaming bride below.

Don't think party food has to be fancy-schmancy,

just easy to grab, and even fun to make like our

mini fruit pizzas.

People love to make their own anything, the same idea

of having anytime of topping bar at an event.

Just Plane Blissful!

Back to School chalkboard print

Some of us are counting down the days until school starts,

others of us are dreading the first day we send our baby to school

for the her first day.

Not just preschool, but big girl school as a big Kindergartener.

So to easy to sadness don't you think we need a

cute chalkboard print to display for their first day?

Here it is.

Back to school chalkboard print.

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This is my baby who will be a big

Kindergartener starting in less than

2 weeks.

Sniff, Sniff.

Why do they grow up so fast?

Wolrd Market Inspired Chair

I have had my eye on this chair from World Market for a long time, but couldn't bring myself to buy it. 

I was thrift shopping and found a chair almost just like it, same material, color and everything. I just knew I could figure out a way to make it just like the one from World Market and cover the buttons for a pop!

 I chose my material and only had to cut them into about 1x1 squares.

 I did not take the buttons off or anything crazy like that, all I did was tuck the material behind the button. If the material wasn't fitting tight then I took scissors and poked around the button to tighten it.

Wha-la All finished!

I get so excited every time I walk past this chair, the buttons just pop and make it so much more fun to look at!

A party fit for a princess

It was a royal affair for our

Princess Elliette,

who turned 5 and celebrated with a

royal bash.

The chalkboard invitation.

Ellie was very involved with the planning and color scheme

for her party.  Pink and purple, her favorite colors.

 Waffle bar.

I poured the syrup into a cute glass milk glass.

Who says the syrup can't be cute too.

Powdered sugar was put into a sprinkles shaker and label pulled off.

 Who doesn't love some kind of food bar?

It is fun to pick all your favorite toppings.

We had a lazy susan with lots of fruit to pick from,

including cheesecake whipped cream.

{1 pkg cheesecake pudding

mixed with one cup of milk, set for an hour.

Then combine with whipped topping}

 Let me say the Nutella, banana, whipped cream and sprinkles combo was perfection.

 Who says popcorn boxed only need to hold popcorn?

 The little princesses loved the heart waffles.

 Refreshing lemonade bar.

 Princess gumball necklaces. 

 An enchanting cake for the princess.

Happy 5th Birthday sweet Elliette!

This little princess celebrated in royal style.

We are loving the ideas of doing any type of food bars for the party.

Easy to serve, and guests love picking their favorite toppings.

I often when planning a party think of a color, or color combo

first before even the theme.

Like right now I am obsessed with the color combo

gold and mint.  Pre-warning may see that pop up some time soon.