Baby K Turns 1

For Baby K's 1st birthday

I decided to have a kite party .

It was at the end of March, so I figured it would be the perfect weather for kite flying.

The plan was to have it outside under the canopy tent, with picnic blankets all over the lawn. But you know what they say about best laid plans... we moved inside.

There was a large bucket filled with kites for everyone.

Everyone did get to go out for a bit to fly kites.

Sorry for the poor pictures. I was running late and didn't have much time to take pictures.

We had barbeque beef sandwiches, salads, and chips followed by cupcakes. Even though it didn't go exactly as I had planned, it was still a very fun party.

It's a Pirate Party, Savvy!

This party was a blast to put on! It was for my son who was turning 8. The invitations really helped set the mood

This was the walkway up to the house

Inside the door was a large treasure chest for coats, boots, etc.

I had the soundtrack from Pirates of the Caribbean playing and there were skulls, bones, treasure, and snakes everywhere. As each boy came in he was given a pirate hat and an eye patch.

The Captain got to sit at the head of the table where everyone had hotdog boats, gold fish, tropical fruit on skewers, treasure (chex mix with candy), and rootbeer.

The centerpiece was an opened treasure chest that held the first clue to our treasure hunt. (We did the hunt last. The treasure they found was their own treasure box favors.)

This was the awesome cake that my mom made for the party. Whatever other talents I may have, cake decorating is not one of them. Thank you, Mom!

This was the sign on the bathroom door because they are 8 year old boys and I just couldn't resist.

One of the games we played was Pass the Pretzel. Each boy got his own hook to wear and they divided into two teams. They had to pass the pretzel from one hook to the next all the way down the line.

They also had to walk a plank blindfolded and had a cannonball war.

There were two ships in the room, each with a Jolley Roger flag hanging behind it. They divided into teams and were each given a stack of scrap paper. They wadded up the paper threw "cannonballs" at each other. They loved it!

The captain got to sit up in the pirate ship to open his presents while all the rest of the pirates sat on the floor. I think he felt pretty cool being up higher than everyone else.

This party was a huge hit, and so fun to do. Hope you got some good ideas for your next pirate party.

Confession

There is something that consumes me, and if you know me, you will instantly know what it is, but if you only know me through this little blog, you probably have no idea. That's because this is the one place I try to keep free of my obsession. The one place you will not have to listen to me go on and on and on about EDWARD, and BELLA, and JACOB, and VAMPIRES, and WEREWOLVES...etc. My plan was to always keep this one little area of my life Twilight free, but alas, when something becomes such a fulblown obsession, it is bound to show up everywhere. Nothing can be left free of it. So this is me officially coming out of the Twilight closet on my crafty and -up until now - Twilight free blog.

Is there any relevance of my "outing" to this blog? Why, yes there is, otherwise it would still be Twilight free. For the opening of New Moon I went to a pre-movie party and was asked to bring a dessert. I was so excited. And suddenly my creative juices stopped flowing, maybe I was just a little too emotional over the whole thing to think clearly. I wracked my brains, I scoured the internet... nothing. I found lots of ideas, but nothing "spoke" to me. Then my neighbor sent me this link. Here it was, the idea I had been looking for. The one that finally said, "pick me, pick me!" So I did. And here is the final result:

They are obviously red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. The frosting has clear sugar sparkles on top (a nod to Edward's sparkling body). The fork picks, for Forks, WA where the story takes place, are holding quotes from New Moon. And of course, the quotes are typed in each character's font used in the book. I think they turned out great, and they were very fun to make!

A Fairy Tea Party

My little princess just had her 4th birthday. She wanted to have a fairy tea party. We had the party in the back yard. A party with fairies just has to be held outdoors, if at all possible, don't you think?


The invitations

At the party, the girls sat on toadstools.

The place cards were tiny flowerpots.

We ate flower-shaped sandwiches, fruit wands, and white chocolate dipped strawberries.

We had flower and toadstool cupcakes.

When the girls first arrived, Tinkerbell sent them on a treasure hunt. When they completed the hunt, they each received their own set of wings.

We played Evil Fairy Freeze Tag, Musical Toadstools, and had a buzzing contest. The fairies each made their own wand that matched the color of their wings.

All the fairies sat in a circle on their toadstools while the birthday fairy opened her gifts.

All the little fairies had a wonderful time, and the birthday fairy was so happy with her party that she wants to do it again next year!

Everything's Better in Miniature!

I have a very girly party coming up soon. Here's a quick peek at something I'm working on for the party.



These tiny terra cotta pots are only about 1 inch diameter. I love these! Why is everything so much better when it is tiny?

It's a Jungle in Here!

Big "K" just had his 6th birthday last week. Well, you know me... we had to do it right! We went on a jungle expedition. Enjoy the journey....