birthday party invitations

I have always loved board games.  I love the family bonding time that comes along with them, and I am always down for a fun game night. With this idea in mind, I decided to have a Scrabble Night for our February monthly dinner. Invite:  I created the invitation on Photoshop. I had to do some planning first to rearrange words to spell out the party details in Scrabble formations, but I think it worked out.  I used a Scrabble board image for the background, and cropped each letter out of a Scrabble alphabet tile image I found online. I had to invent the tiles with numbers and the colon.  The tiles don't pop as much as I wanted them to, but overall, I love the concept of the invite. Entry Decor:  I created a Scrabble board for the sign on my entry door.  I bought two pieces of foam board to start.  I cut one into 3"x 3" squares to use for the Scrabble tiles because I wanted the tiles to appear elevated above the board like a true Scrabble game.  T...

Happy Valentine's Day 2016!    Both of my sweet kiddos had their school parties today, so we spent last night making Valentine's for their classes.  Each year, we choose a theme related to their likes. I love that they are excited to help craft them each year. Ella is in first grade this year, and she is the artist of the family.  When I asked her what she wanted to do for her Valentine's Day card this year, she said she wanted to draw a picture and make the card herself.  I got her a piece of paper and a pencil, and she decided to draw an alligator -- "Because the gator is my school's mascot, and both boys and girls like alligators" she said.  Works for me!  After she drew the alligator holding the heart and wrote her name, I scanned the picture into my phone and created the rest of the card on Photoshop. Ella chose the "You're My Favorite Gator" slogan as well.  She helped me back each piece of card stock on red paper and attach 3 crayons to th...

Disney Descendants fans, grab your poisonous apples, magic mirrors and wands, and get ready to throw one seriously awesome and evil birthday party! The Descendants of some of the most villainous characters in Disney history are sent to live on the Isle of the Lost until Prince Ben, the teenage son of King Adam and Queen Belle decided to change this ruling. He invites Carlos, son of Cruella De Vil, Jay, son of Jafar, Mal, daughter of Maleficent, and Evie, daughter of The Evil Queen to live on Auradon and attend his school called Auradon Prep.  There are so many great characters in this movie, you can easily pick your favorite to base your party around. I focused this party around the main characters Maleficent and her daughter Mal. They both wear lots of purple and black, so I chose to use those as my main party colors.  If you look closely you will find hints of the other characters here too! I try to think outside the box when looking for serving ware, tablecloths and backdro...