DIY Projects

Each Party begins with an invitation and Lisa from The Little Things was just right to take on designing Lily's Frozen Birthday Invitation and more! Invitations... Lisa designed a darling Frozen Birthday Invitation for Lily's friend's and family.  I sent Lisa several invitations I enjoyed the look of; I prefer a simple and sweet chalk board look...  With each invitation, I make a request on the back panel for a book instead of a card...  We come from a teaching family, books are everywhere in our home and we enjoy reading the new books from friends and family.  We also LOVE...

When Lily told is she would like an Frozen Birthday, we knew the first thing we needed to do was schedule a Queen Elsa to make am appearance... And to Lily's complete shock and surprise (I believe she was stunned silent for the first time in her life!), Queen Elsa took the time out of her busy Queen schedule to visit Lily on her Birthday...  Lily did 'test' Elsa a little, asking where Anna and Kristoff were because they were invited.  Elsa politely explained they were taking time to work in the gardens (Meighan was good!).  Elsa also arrived with little...

I LOVE an entertaining party, great party theme, and matching attire!  For Lily's Frozen Birthday Party, I opted to skip the tutu from previous parties.  This year I designed a light weight summer dress with ribbons tying the shoulders.     Beginning in Lily's closet, I found a dress she LOVED for inspiration.  From this dress, I created a pattern, which I altered to be the dress you see.  The shoulders are tied together with wide white grosgrain ribbon.  The dress is an adorable Frozen Teal with white swirls scattered throughout.  The bottom hem is shades of purple with a white pattern which...

Dessert is my favorite part of a PARTY!  And the cupcakes and desserts from White Barn Desserts are absolutely delicious!  After planning with Lindsey, she planned created Cookies & Cream Cupcakes frosted with chocolate Mouse frosting sprinkled with cookie crumbs.  The cupcakes are arranged closely touching and side by side, while being frosted together.  Lindsey used chocolate bars and other candies as hills on the Monster Truck Rally.  Upon the arrival of the cupcakes, I added several Monster Trucks to the Rally!         

Invitations...  Tamar, of Tamar Invitations, has already designed several of our party printables and decorations... Lily's Hello Kitty Birthday Party, her Alice In Wonderland Birthday Party and Zach's Super Hero Birthday Party.  The printables and invitations are always adorable, Tamar delivered a rough and tough Monster Truck Invitations.    She also created "Thank You" tags for Zach's Cake Pop Party Favors...  I cut each of the below images out, poked a hole in the corner, and tied the ribbon around the stick. Monster Truck Decoration...  we borrowed a friend's giant, blue"Monster Truck" parked it in the driveway and let the kids take pictures in front of it,...