Party Favors!

I got this amazing idea for Party Favors for Courtney's Birthday from Pinterest. LOVE Pinterest.

Seriously, I love it.

How cute are these things?

Do they look store bought? I don't think anyone believed that I made them once they were packaged up! I LOVE how they turned out.

Here is what we needed to create this.

Nail Polish ($1.72 each at Target)

Large Easter Eggs ($.99 for an 6 pack at target)

Treat Bags ($.99 for 20 I think at Target)

Plain (not ruled) index cards

Patterned Tape (this one was $2.99 at Target and I barley used any) - Courtney loved dots too, so it worked

Curly ribbon or shredded paper, or any basket filler really.

We did our best to match the polish to the eggs, which worked out really well for us.

I filled the egg with some filler, stuck in the nail polish then taped the top of the egg at the back, so it would stay open and you could see inside of it :)

I then folded the index cards in 1/2, and placed the tape on both side of it. Placed the egg in the bag, put my folded index card (I had to trim the side just a tad to make it even) on top and stapled shut.

VIOLA!

What a super {cheap} creative, awesome, loved by the girls handmade party favor!

We then placed them out on the plates with a fun dip (inside jokes) and how cute did the table setting look??

Cute enough that My 15 year old told me I did good!

So pretty!

And at the last minute, I snuck under each plate, the 10 things I want to tell every teenage girl.

(found on pinterest again)
Of course though, Courtney didn't think that part was so cute, and didn't want me to turn her birthday party into a teenage educational talk, SO.. she took them away. :(

One friend did read it though. And so did Courtney. Hey, you never know if these kids are able to talk to parents about these things, so if I can be that mom, so be it!

Next up?? I made my OWN handmade again Tissue paper pom poms!!

Birthday's Suck?? (as you get older anyway)

Here's a super cute Idea I found on Pinterest. The one I copied was for someone turning either 30 or 40, but I figured, why not do this with any age??

My friend Elaine was turning 43 on Thursday (yesterday, my day from hell) so I wanted to do something fun for her. We even made it educational. I bought  25 blow pops and 25 tootsie pops. Each boy each to count 25 of each. then they separated them into color groups. Then each of them took a turn handing them to me to stick in the box. I used a $1 spot box from target, put in green floral foam on the bottom and stuck the suckers in it. Then I used a wooden dowel for the sign and stuck that in the center. After this picture I broke it more, so it would sit down lower.

Yes, it has 43 suckers. (we got to keep 7 for us!!)

When I was at target this night, who knew I would find Oreo's that apparently are celebrating their 100th birthday!!

Aren't these neat? they actually taste like birthday cake. Elaine was kind enough to share them with us in the office. YUM!!

Happy Birthday to Courtney

Happy Birthday to Courtney!!! Courtney was born on March 30th 1997 that makes her 12 years old today. Yes only 4 years till she is driving. Lord help us "lol"

Love Mom Dad Caden and Colin