Dr. Seuss Birthday Party with Files/Printables

After months of planning and doing everything little by little, the Big Day for my son has quickly come and gone. I am glad the way everything turned out! With help of some acrylic paint, cardboard, backdrops (fabric and shower curtains), and a lot of printables, I was able to create the perfect dr. seuss themed birthday party! Here are pictures of the party! I was completely inspired by pinterest!

I also absolutely loved his Dr. Seuss Birthday Outfit! I bought his suspenders and bow tie from amazon.com, and his blue skinny jeans were from old navy, it fit so well with his theme!

All Files will be on the bottom! Help Yourself!

His birthday outfit!

suspenders and bowtie from amazon.com

main table with printable food cards made by me!

photobooth and favors table

dr. seuss sign made with posterboard and ribbon!

easy decor  using streamers!

kid activity center with markers & crayons

 Inside these books were just printable coloring pages, mazes, and connect the dots that I all found for free online!

birthday boy and momma

Dr. Seuss quotes framed in ikea frames all over the house!

Stripey straws from amazon.com

smiley boy!

My family!

Birthday cake made by my sis in law!

High Chair Banner designed by me!

Had to have the hat!

Pinata time!

Pin the Hat on the cat! Hand drawn by me!

Yay Pierce! You did it!

Goody Bag time!

End of the night! too much cake...

Guest book - I used a photo book of his first year!

Photoshop files can be edited...

Pin the Hat on the Cat Picture:
pin the hat
cats hat

Food (photoshop files):
blue dots
red stripes
yellow dots

Food (JPG):
jerry jordan's pb&j sandwich
sweet gack tea
silly sammy slick's skittles
fiffer-fried-rice
green mint chip cookies
c..c..c..chocolate chip cookies
roll, eggs, roll
hop on pop cake pops

HIgh Chair Banner (photoshop):
I high chair
am high chair
one high chair

High Chair Banner (JPG):
"I" high chair banner
"AM" High chair banner
"ONE" high chair banner

Photobooth Props: just tape a wooden stick to it & voila!
oh what fun speech bubble
thing 1
thing 2
bowtie
lorax mustache
blank bubble write your own message!
blank bubble 2

Kid Activity Book Print/Fold Ready (PDF):
cover
maze and coloring page
more coloring pages

DIY Bridesmaids Invitations for free or very cheap!

So after looking at several DIY bridesmaids invitations, I found one I absolutely love. It was from Bethany's blog. I loved the way she asked her bridesmaid and wished I could have done it exactly like hers! But I didn't want to spend a lot of money so I came up with my own version. 

Here is what you will need:

- cardstock paper

-printer with ink

-lace ribbons

-color swatches from paint store or home depot/lowe's

- inspirational photos

- this downloadable template frame

- this free printable

I spent absolutely nothing on these! I had the lace, I had ink, I had cardstock, and the color swatches were free! oh how I love the internet!

For the card itself, I found a printable for the bridesmaid invitation on weddingchicks.com. I printed those out using the setting where I print two copies per page and folded it in half so the design can show up on the back and the front. You can get this free printable here.

Next, I loved her idea of scalloped postcards. For mine I used card stock, this template, and photoshop. I made each box progressively smaller like she did and then I hand cut each one. I also used the same content. I totally feel the same way as she does about having bridesmaids. I just want them to be there for me on one of my most important days of my life! I don't care about the showers or parties or gifts! It was beautiful!

click here for template

After that I went on my Pinterest board and picked out my favorite themes from my wedding board. I took about four pictures and put them all on one document in photoshop and printed four copies of it on one page and cut each one out for each of my bridesmaids (gotta save paper you know!) I wanted them to see what I saw as my dream wedding.

I then went to get color swatches from Home Depot and placed them in the card as well.

I didn't like how everything could fall out so easily so I found some lace at the thrift store and used them to tie both horizontally and vertically across the card to make sure nothing would fall out.

And that's about it. I can't wait to see the faces of my bridesmaids when I give them this !

How to Make a DIY Photoshoot for Your Baby

Hey everyone! So the other day, my fiancé and I were bored and decided to make a Christmas photoshoot for our son. We had our camera but needed somewhere nice to shoot and we of course needed props. The lighting in our house was pretty bad as well. So here is what we gathered to make our pictures looks professional:

Equipment:
- Camera (of course)
- Bright light - lamp from target
- Reflector - mirror from target

Environment & Props:
For the Xmas shoot:
- fireplace
- white Xmas teddy bear
For the library shoot:
- books in bookshelves
- books stacked
- metal tin bucket
For the outdoor drummer shoot:
- grassy outdoors (best if just before sunset)
- drum piece
- drum sticks

Subject:
Darling baby
Cute simple outfit
Pierce is wearing:
- H&M jeans with suspenders
- white onesie
- old navy tan moccasins

So for the first two shoots that were indoors we used the lamp and mirror. All we did was plug in the lamp and shined it onto the mirror and placed it facing the baby wherever we got the best light. You will have to test and keep moving around until you like it. After that you just take a million pictures and try to make your baby look at you by making loud funny noises!

For the outdoor shoot, we just placed him at an ideal spot on the grass and took pictures of him at his level.

After taking pictures get on your computer and go on photoshop! Adjust the lighting add more contrast if needed sharpen up etc. or you can download some actions that do this for you already and just use actions to so all the work for you. Adjust to your liking. For most of my pictures i used the vintage action and tweaked it by deleting several layers until it was perfect. Here I show you how I edited my pictures several different ways using actions that I downloaded from ...

And that's basically it! That's how I got these wonderful darling pictures of my baby boy! Not bad for an amateur, I must say.

I am already making Xmas cards with these pictures!!

Baby Pierce's First Halloween

What a night! Carrying a 20 pound baby door to door is a workout for sure. Pierce was so amazed by all the face paints and masks he saw today. He especially liked staring at his oldest cousin Jaiden who was a skeleton football player. All day today, he kept looking at me and smiling and laughing. I'm glad he didn't get scared though! Halfway through he started getting really tired so I let him sit in the stroller and he knocked out for about 20 minutes. After going through several blocks we went home and dumped out all the candy! He loved looking and picking up each one and trying to eat it haha. We got a big bag of candy but only that my fiancé and I can enjoy! Sorry Pierce! Anyways hope you enjoy these pictures of my baby's first halloween.

DIY Toad (Mario) Costume

Here is a DIY on how I made this costume for my son. My son is only 8 months old so the white beanie fit his mushroom head, if you plan on making this for someone bigger you might need a chef's hat or white fabric. To see how I made the vest look at the video..

The Hat:

You will need a cowboy hat or semi-sturdy hat with a brim that fits your person, and a cardboard cut out into a circle around brim of hat then cut the inside of the circle like this

Tape the cardboard circle to the hat

Stuff some socks with plastic bags and tape around the hat above the cardboard

get your white beanie with red felt circles sewed onto it and wrap it over the whole hat

 The Costume on my son:

for Halloween I will let him wear a tan or white long sleeved shirt underneath his vest

So hard to get a good picture with this boy!

White pants are from the thrift store

Blue vest was a shirt or cardigan, I cut off the sleeves and added gold ribbon to the trim of the whole shirt using hem tape!

not the best work but he still looks like a mushroom head!

My little Toad!