Sweetest Farm Chic Party!!!

Sweet and adorable are words to describe this farm chic birthday party for a three year old little girl! Some of my favorite, favorite colors were used - red, aqua and pink.  Jennifer from Social Butterfly Ink created this one of a kind party.  Jennifer describes some details: "The Favor Baskets came from Michaels..and they also go on sale often!!  They were bigger than I had originally planned…The ones I wanted were the same baskets from Hobby Lobby but much smaller…I made 3 trips out there and they never had enough for everyone (I needed 24!!)…So I found these at Michaels and they worked out well…I gave one to each family, almost everyone was a brother and/or sister pair so the basket had to hold 2 Caramel Apples, 2 Old Fashioned Party Crackers, 2 Rock Candy Swizzle Sticks, 2 Farm Stickers and a Farm Board Book for the little ones…Each Basket was lined with fabric (which I’ll list in the next post:) that I cut up with a scalloped rotary cutter and I made the Fabric Rosettes, which were also Hair Clips!!"

 Love, love, love!!!

 Krylon Blue Ocean Spray paint is the color used on this frame.

To read more details about this Farm Chic Party.

                                          

     Petit Treat Cupcake Stand Pink                   Rosanna Petit Treat Cupcake Stand White 

                                              

Aqua Blue Latex Balloons - 12 Inches          Brand New BLUSH LIGHT PINK  Tissue Paper

Family Movie Night: Ideas and Planning Tips

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Family movie night is an easy night to plan and can be a fun tradition to start for your family - even teens can get into a family movie night. It is a great way to bond with your kids and start a new tradition.  Make it a monthly or weekly event or even a birthday party theme.

MG Party Impressions has a great post on a movie party theme.

 

Check out Yvonne's post on her movie night.

Tricia Rennea offers this free printable movie invitation

Tips for a successful movie night:

• Print out darling invites for each member of your family. Set a time and date.

• Print the popcorn container boxes (shown above). Have your kids help assemble - most kids enjoy crafting and helping to create. A family movie night will not be complete without serving popcorn. I've had this simple stove-top popcorn maker for years - we LOVE it!!

• Pillows, blankets, bean bag chairs all help to make it a comfy movie night

• Let everyone know ahead of time that there will be an intermission. This gives everyone a chance for a potty break, and get snacks and drinks.

• Consider serving a theme food such as....

           Licorice wands for a Harry Potter theme.

           Penguin cupcakes for a Madagascar theme

           No need to go all out and stress yourself - but serving one food theme item can help make   

           great memories of your movie nights.

           

Since there usually isn't much interaction during a movie, it's important to take the opportunity to discuss and review the move after it's over. Maybe your family can give it a rating on a scale of 1-10 or a thumbs up or thumbs down. How about any lessons learned from the movie?



                                        

       Movie Theater Popcorn Box                 Red Vines Red Original Licorice Twists, 64-Ounce Tub



                                                  

    Whirley-Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper                     Sampler Gourmet Popcorn Pack

Valentine Gumball Necklaces

 

Yes, that's right...a gumball necklace. Who woulda thought?? One Charming Party created this fabulous "pearls of joy" necklace. I'm definitely making one of these for me!

Instructions for the gumball necklace.

The announcement of the Silhouette giveaway winner will be posted before 5:30pm PST  : )

Mod Little Nest Nursery

Rebecca from Fresh Chick Designs created this sweet owl themed baby nursery. Rebecca describes the room, " I knew I wanted an owl them but had a hard time finding art that I liked, so I decide to make my own by using canvases that I painted and wall decals that I picked up from Target. To create interest, I painted horizontal stripes on the changing table wall. I wanted to keep the bedding simple so that it would be easy to mix and match various pieces. I also made the window panels to ensure I got exactly what I wanted. The overall color are tangerine, aqua, grass green, chocolate and white. All of the furniture came from walmart, the bedding was a mix of PB Kids and Bacati." Lamp from Ikea.

 For more design ideas check out Fresh Chick Designs.

                                                                                             

babyletto Modo 3 in 1 Crib, Espresso                                            babyletto Mercer 3 in 1 Crib





                                                               

Babyletto Modo 3-Drawer Changer in Espresso         Babyletto Modo 3 Drawer Changer in Two Tone





                           

   Bacati Window Curtain        Bacati Stripes Printed Crib Skirt        Bacati Reverse Dots  Crib