Hayden's 2nd Dinosaur Birthday Party!!

Well I know it has been a long wait but I have finally had time to post my son's Hayden's Dinosaur Birthday Party! His birthday is the very end of August and every year his birthday sneaks up on us as we are having too much playing with the kids in the summer. So with not a whole lot of planning and some fabulous party vendors his party came together perfectly and he had so much fun.  

Bought a plain Cake at my local Fred Meyers and made a cake bunting  to decorate it. I tried to order a cake bunting from The Purple Pug, but she wasn't taking orders at the time so I ended up making my own. I think this little cake bunting took me longer than decorating for the whole party really time consuming. So a little advice buy on from The Purple Pug :-)  LOL

Bought a plain white shirt and used the dinosaur printable iron on graphic for my son's birthday shirt. Really easy to do and cheap.

I covered capri sun boxes with colored tissue paper for my cupcake stands. It just adds some character and height to the table.

 Bought green apple Jones drinks from my local grocery store and added the Printable dinosaur water bottle labels to dress them up. Cute fondant dinosaur toppers were from Sugared Up. So cute and added the perfect touch to my cupcakes. I baked the cupcakes in our Polka Dot baking/nut cups and they matched the party perfectly

 Delicious Cake pops from The Sweet Source

 Super fun and cute #2 lollipop Suckers from Vintage Confections. Printable cupcake toppers and wrappers from Cupcake Express

Navy Gable Treat  and popcorn boxes from Cupcake Express

Fabulous Dinosaur Sugar cookies from  the Cookie X Change. they i used plastic shot glasses and layered jello in them for a really fun and cheap treat.

Found these cute little snack containers at target in the dollar section. 

Party Vendors:

Party Styling/ Photography: Cupcake Express
Dinosaur Party Printables: Cupcake Express
Sugar Cookies: CookieXchange
Fondant Cupcake toppers: Sugared Up
Cake Pops: The Sweet Source
Lollipop Suckers #2:  Vintage Confections
Orange Popcorn Boxes: Cupcake Express
Navy Gable Boxes: Cupcake Express
Printable T-Shirt Iron on : Cupcake Express
Polka dot Baking/Nut cups: Cupcake Express

$75.00 Blumebox giveaway

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Free Printable Lunch Box Notes

Back to School is getting closer and what better way to show your child you love than to send them special notes in there lunch box everyday! These are perfect for boys and girls.  There is 2 sheets you can choose if you want to print the girl sheet or the boy sheet or both.  For PERSONAL use Only!!

Click the links below to download. 

                                   Printable Lunch box Notes GIRLS

Printable Lunch Box Notes BOYS

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NEW packages added to the shop!!!

Lots of new packages coming to the shop soon, but here are the 2 newest packages that are for sale in our shop!!

Tiffany bridal Shower collection

Preppy Couture Collection

(Sweet Customers) Jul's 1st Birthday

Rebekah had contacted me to design a party package for her daughter Juliauna's first birthday. She knew just what she wanted, lots of pinks and some dressy patterns.  We can up with the Preppy Couture Collection. It turned out fabulous and perfect for all ages. 

Rebekah put a lot of work into making her daughters first birthday special and as you can see by all the photos it turned out great!

Free Printable Summer Sign

Free printable Summer Sign!

click the link to download Printable Summer sign

(sweet customers) Gavin's 6th Pirate Birthday Party

I was so excited when I open my inbox to find this amazing Pirate party from Amy L.B. Photography  using our Pirate printables she did an amazing job on her son's Gavin's 6th Birthday, not to mention she made everything herself with the help of her husband on the pirate ship. She took lots of detailed photos so sit back and enjoy her amazing party along with fabulous Photos!

Heres what Amy had to say, This vintage pirate party was filled with neat antique props from my husband's family. Miniature suitcases for photo slides and cosmetic case from the 40s and 50s. It was the perfect timing that we inherited these items days before the party. The display wouldn't complete without them. I spent lots of time looking for the perfect pirate birthday printable and I found them at CupcakeExpress (http://www.etsy.com/shop/CupcakeExpress?ref=seller_info). Ashley created the ideal pirate theme party package that was not too cute for a 6 year old boy and had lots of character. I had way too much fun with everything and spiced them up with tulle, streamer, burlap, etc. 

Favors-Favor boxes were made with printable from Cupcake Express and I glued ribbon as the handle. Included mini color pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener, and tattoo.

Activity & Games-Craft tableCrayons, color pencil, glue sticks, color marker, pom poms, Pirate foam stickers, Pirate Ship cutouts.- Photo BoothWe had a full table of props for the kids. All the kids dressed up as pirates and had tremendous fun posing for me. I love all the little pirates running around and enjoying the party.-Treasure HuntThe treasure box had LOTS of chocolate golden coins and crayon skulls and bones we made.- Water Balloon FightWe decided not to have them fight at each other but to create a ship for them to throw water balloons at. My husband, the pirate ended up standing in the back as target. 100 balloons were gone in less than 3 minutes!- PinataI made this tougher than I thought. I was afraid the candies were too heavy so I added extra layers of newspaper. In the end, no one could break this skull! We ended up tearing apart with help from the kids.

Vendor Credits & Resources:
Photographers: Amy L.B. Photography (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amy-LB-Photography/280282695323146)
Pirate party package printable: CupcakeExpress from Etsy (http://www.etsy.com/shop/CupcakeExpress?ref=seller_info)

DIY projects:
All the decoration you can see from the party
Birthday boy chair decoration
Fabric tassel banner
Felt mustaches
Cake & cupcakes
Pirate fondant cake
Cake pop cones
Marshmallow pops
Jello ships
Pirate ships (by my husband Todd)
Skull pinata