gracie's party

part of the reason, besides sickness, that i haven't been blogging as much lately is because i was busy helping my best friend amanda plan her daughter's birthday party. you know, the birthday party i didn't attend.

even though i didn't actually go to the party. i did stop by ahead of time to drop off a few things and take a few photos  while my children sat in the van ( i was totally in a hurry to do and had the settings wrong for on my camera, so excuse the blurry photos).

the cake was done by my step mother. she also made gracie's cake last year.  thank you to my step mom, brenda for making this cake. there were so many compliments about how tasty it was. i of course wouldn't know...i wasn't there!

and that princess crown on top of the cake is courtesy of storytime candles. this cute little etsy shop has a small collection of adorable candles that are perfect for birthday cakes. thank you to missi for sending us this candle. 

be sure to check out storytime candles to see some of the other candles. there are a couple monster candles that i am in love with.

 

i used heavy card stock to create gracie's hat. i used this template here and decorated it with scrapbook materials i had. 

 

amanda collected baby food jars and filled them with m&m's.  then she used pieces of colorful fabric to cover the lids. guests were able to take these as party favors.

 

 

 

these water bottles are a super simple project that can be used for any kind of party.  i removed the labels from store bought bottles of water and replaced them with my own labels. i created these in photoshop and then printed them out on heavy card stock.  i used a small strip of clear packing tape to secure them in the back. 

 

 

i love this bowl! 

 

it was given to me as a gift years ago and i always wished i had two. recently i found a second one at a goodwill store. it opens on the bottom and you can fill it with whatever you want...beads, candy, fabric pieces. i have always filled mine with candy. we filled it with m&m's for the party and used it as the popcorn serving bowl.

 

 

  handmade by me!  
just another party favor.

i really hate that i missed the party but i know gracie had a wonderful day with friends and family.

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the birthday party i didn't attend

last week's sudden bout of sickness left me putting off my planned posts to share with you all of the ideas we had prepared for my god daughter, gracie's second birthday. gracie turned two this past saturday. amanda, my best friend, and gracie's mom, had been planning gracie's party for several weeks.

i was also very excited when pear tree greetings jumped on board and wanted to do gracie's birthday party invitations.

gracie's party theme, although not really a theme, was a combination of handmade creations, bright colors, and candy, and the card we chose as gracie's birthday party invitation was perfect. it was completely customizable.

there were so many cards to choose from, it was hard to decide on just one. we actually chose this card because we were able to add more than one photo, which is something that amanda really wanted.

the quality of the cards are awesome too. i love the thickness of the cards and the quality of the printing. the colors on the cards came out just like i expected. (i have seriously ordered cards from another company before and the colors were not as i saw them in the preview.)

check out this compliment from one of amanda's relatives.

"Hey, I just got my invitation. What a beautiful invitation! She is such a beautiful little girl! Hope you have a great weekend! See you soon! Love ya!"

thanks to danielle and christy at pear tree greetings for these fabulous cards!

i received a set of 32 cards from pear tree greetings at no charge. this was not part of my participation as a pearista with pear tree greetings, nor was i obligated to write this review.  i simply wanted to tell my readers how much i enjoy pear tree products.

one last thing... sorry so late but, congratualtions to andrea, sarah, and amanda who each won a coupon to try any one 28oz. bottle of purex complete crystals softener.  i will be sending you ladies an email soon.


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pear tree greetings giveaway

although the first day of fall was last week, my fall officially starts next week, the first full week of october.  that is when i start preparing for every aspect of the fall and winter holidays, including halloween, thanksgiving, and christmas. halloween is right around the corner and i have already started coming up with ideas.

my daughter phoenix was chosen to bring afternoon snacks the same week of halloween (how lucky are we!) and i have been planning the perfect snacks, as well as some treat bags for her to pass out.  unfortunately, all snacks must be store bought, no homemade snacks at all, but that doesn't mean i won't be able to create some really fun things by decorating those store bought goodies.

i got some of the cutest little address labels for my cherry mail several months ago from pear tree greetings and since i was so impressed with them, i ventured back recently to look for some for christmas coming up. while looking for christmas address labels, i came across the cutest halloween personalized stickers that i can use to put on my daughters treat bags. the best part is that there is not cutting involved. just peel and stick for a fun and creative, personalized look. keep reading and i will tell you how you can get some of these halloween personalized stickers of your own for free.

labels from pear tree greetings would work great on treat bags, cups, napkins, or other decorations for your halloween party or even just to place on top of your fun sized candy treats that you will pass out to all of your adorable trick-or-treaters. these labels retail at only $2.99 per sheet of 12. that is a great deal.

pear tree greetings also has a brand new collection of halloween photo cards and halloween invitations.

throughout the month of september, enjoy 10% off anything and everything halloween! halloween invitations, halloween photo cards, halloween personalized stickers and more!

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