party week #3: Do me a favor

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Do me a favor!!! For the third post I am going to give you another favor idea. This time it is for a grown-up girl party. I did these for a bachelorette shower but they would be really cute for a baby shower... spa/pamper mommy theme.

remember this post in which I showed you a super simple and silly favor for a bachelorette shower (since I wasn't around to throw a bridal shower until the night before the wedding)? Well. I had those out in the middle of the tables and I also had these for people to take home:

Inside:

Homemade sugar scrub was included minus the olive oil. These were travelling across 2 states and I didn't want to deal with the mess. (recipe here). I made a big batch of sugar scrub and then divided it between cello bags. It was about 1/4 c. in each.

Below is a picture you can save to you computer/ copy and paste into a word document. I printed out a few sheets of these, cut down the papers, and included one in each kit.

Have fun!

Party Week #2: fab favors for kiddos

SO! I had this idea.......

What if you gave a favor at a party to the kids BEFORE the party? What if it was filled with activities for those lulls in time?? Especially when kids aren't the main focus of the party.

I.e. had a b-day party for my little guy, but all our families are just getting started so there aren't a lot of kids for games and my buck-a-roo was turning one: hardly the age to care about what goes on at a party.

SO! I wanted the kids to be able to have fun without parents having to entertain them the whole time.

Here's what I did.

This was a jungle safari themed party so I tried to have activities that fit with that.

I put the following items in a cello bag: chalk, bubbles, a capsule with a sponge-y animal inside that you soak in water to make the animal 'come to life', crazy straw, a jungle animal with a parachute, and (not pictured) a small coloring book made by getting free clipart of jungle animals and putting four pics per page in a word document.

It ended up being bad weather (go figure) so the kiddos couldn't do many of the activities but near the end of the party they were able to and seemed to have a lot of fun.

SO! Next time you're throwing a mixed adult/children party make favor bags for the kiddos to hand out at the beginning and have a ball.

ALSO! Instead of party hats for everyone: I bought some animal masks and crayons and had the crayons laid out on the kiddie table and the kids were able to color their own masks. No supervision was required (although you might need to supervise your group) during the activity and the kids had lots of fun coloring their own and making the animal noises after.

If I had a group of older kids I also would have put out feathers, glue, glitter, sequins, buttons, pom poms, etc. for really dressing up the masks.

Have fun!

Party Week #1: custom napkins

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To start off party week......

The easiest and least expensive detail in making a shower/party perfect. If you enjoy throwing parties or do a lot of it you know that all the little details really make it all special. I recently threw a baby shower for my cousin and I have this STAMP that I love <3. Plus shower... umbrella... get it?!

SO. today's tutorial is: custom napkins.

Take a stack of colored napkins that 'go' with you party theme. Pick a coordinating stamp color but make sure it will show up on your napkins. Take one napkin aside and use it to test ink colors on if you aren't sure or if your napkins are dark and you need to make sure.

Stamp in the corner of the napkin. You can stamp a small symbol like I did or stamp a name, a date, a phrase, etc. If you are doing your own wedding OR a bridal shower you could stamp the wedding date or the names/ initials. Possibilities are endless. Just make sure it isn't too long! I stamped 40 napkins in 10 minutes or less so this isn't a crazy undertaking. SO! Don't pay for your party store to customize your napkins if you think you'll have time to do your own!!!

Have fun!

As Advertised

WEll... before the long vacation I promised to have some party projects for you.
Well. I sure do.
Today I am going to start with a very simple favor for a bachelorette party.

I  made a tag for the favor using black cardstock and the picture below. I created the picture below and then copied and pasted it into a word document re-sizing it until it was the size I wanted and printed out two pages of 6. Feel free to copy and paste this into a word document, but! the rights are still mine!

Put a ring pop into a 4 by 6 cello bag and tie up with ribbon or tulle.

Print out your tags and paste onto cardstock. Trim leaving a little space for punching a hole.

Thread onto your ribbon and... voila! A simple and silly favor for a bachelorette party.

On Hiatus...

All right. I am on hiatus. BUT! I have 2 big bashes coming up while I am away and (as much as I wanna share my projects and ideas with you, you'll have to wait) and I have some FUN things to show you how to do and to share with you.

BUT! I promised a reveal of my baby's 1st b-day party theme: JUNGLE SAFARI. Now, this isn't going to be really cute-sy and stuff. I got some fun animal print paper and other stuff and can't wait. I DO have to decide what I am going to do for the cake. My baby drinks milk and stuff already so I am not worried about first-time exposure to dairy, wheat, egg protein, etc. but as far as cupcakes v. a mini cake for the birthday buddy and cake vs. cupcakes for the gifts. PLUS. I reserved a park from 9-sometime and so the party is at 10:30. Are people getting ready for lunch, is it too early for a lot of sweets, do people not wanna eat at 10:30 a.m.?? These are all questions I am asking myself. Please weigh in about what you did, what you would do if you were me, or other ideas I didn't think of. Please?! I am kinda hoping I come back to a lot of comments telling me just what to do. Gotta be honest.

Okay. Well. You all have a really, really great week and a wonderful Memorial Day. So many, many thanks to the men and women who have served and who still serve our country so that we have the right to live a life that makes us happy and to raise our children how we best see fit. So grateful to those in the armed forces. You/they are all in my prayers.

Stay Tuned!

Get Ready to Partay!!

Hey all and welcome to those new followers! I am so excited to have you and glad you found me. I hope I can teach you something new or give you some good ideas. Thanks for joining me!

I will not post anything new until the end of the weekend or beyond probably, but I wanted to let you know what I have planned for coming up in the next week or two.

I am going to be doing a birthday party series. My baby is turning one and I am planning a really fun party. I am making favor bags, a party hat, food, a banner, decorations, etc. All the things I do will be for the party I am throwing so make sure you keep an open mind and your idea book close at hand so you can imagine the projects for your own parties. I will include tutorials for anything I can and if I show an idea and do NOT do a tutorial but you would like me to, make sure you leave me a comment letting me know and I will get on it right quick!

I will reveal the theme of my party tomorrow along with (I hope) a quick tutorial on digiscrapping your own invites!

Happy Crafting!
Brooke