Witch wreath

When I was looking for inspiration for my Halloween wreath this year, I turned to my favorite site, Pinterest! Saw some cute mesh fabric wreaths and I thought "I'm going to try and do one of those". So I set out to my favorite cost savvy store, The Dollar Tree. I found some great things! I found a witch hat, black roses and spiders, as well as a cute green sign. So...here is my before and after photos. Let me know what you think. (By the way, the legs came from Hobby Lobby.)

It's October

Halloween is one of my most favorite holidays! I rank it very close to Christmas. It's not about the candy, it's the fact that we can dress up and decorate to our heart's desire! So I plan trying to write a lot of "Halloween" posts this month. My original goal was to do 31 days of posts, but I've already failed at that one. So I'm going to go with ABC Family's theme 13 days of Halloween. There are a couple of parties coming up on the horizon and I hope to be able to share!

Breaking out the Sewing Machine

My niece is a HUGE Dora the Explorer fan.  In fact her birthday party is Saturday and her theme party is...you guessed it, Dora.  So for her birthday present I have decided to make her something.  Dora, for those that don't know her, carries a back pack that talks and sings which always stores whatever she might need to help her in her adventure.  In the back pack is also a map.  Just like the back pack it too has a face and sings.  So for her gift I made a Dora Back Pack with a Map.  I went to the fabric store and bought about 1.5 yards of purple fabric.  I also bought felt sheets in black, red, yellow, blue, and white.  I actually bought 3 in white b/c I the only white our store had was glittered on one side and I didn't want glitter so I was going to have to sew 2 of the glitter sides together.

My picture makes this fabric look blue, but I promise it is a dark purple

It took me a day, but here are my step by step pics.

Here is the finished product:

That is a real map.  I used a transfer sheet.  However, I had the iron too hot and it melted a little, but I'm hoping Callie won't mind and instead think it looks like the map is old.

I can't wait to see her face when she gets this!!!

Party Crafts

Today's topic: Crafts at your Party

At most of my kids birthday parties I try to have a craft for the kids.  A good craft can also double as a favor.  It is always best to have the craft age appropriate.  Have everything ready for easy assembly.  For the Mickey & Minnie party this past weekend I had a table set up to make your own Mickey or Minnie ears.  I had headbands, ears, and bows ready and all the kids had to do was assemble.  My ears were two pieces of scrapbook paper sewed together with a small opening for the headband. 

Next is my craft that I had for Sesame Street party, which was "Make your own Elmo puppet". 

Have you had some fun crafts for your party?

Plates

Today's topic is plates.  I am one that likes to save money anywhere I can.  I would rather put in a little extra time than  money.  You could go out and buy a themed pack of plates for $3-$5 but would only get anywhere from 8-10 plates.  However, if you get plain colored plates you can get 20 for less than $1.  My project today is my Mickey and Minnie Plates.  I started out with just my plane basic black plate.  I cut out several circles and for Minnie I cut out several hair bows. 

All you need is glue or glue dots (my preference) and poof you have instant hit.

Mickey and Minnie Birthday Party

Here are a couple of collages of the twins' 3rd Birthday Party.  For more pics click here or here.  I will be going over all the details in the next few days. 

Happy Birthday Maddie and Zack

Here is a little teaser from today's party.  I can't wait to share!!