Transformer Birthday Party {Party Time}

My son turned 4 this weekend and he requested a Transformer birthday party. With the revival of the series in recent years a lot of items weren't too hard to find online but the local stores lacked in the party planning department. So here's how things turned out:

{The invite! Made with Jinger Adams premade prefolded cards, gears washi tape, Transformer stickers, Alpha stickers and a Alpha Letters Stamps for the PARTY}

{The cake was made using a silicone cake pan I found on Amazon and it was decorated by my very talented SIL. Party hats ended up being from the Dollar Tree}

 {Also found some Transformer Ring Cupcake toppers on Amazon for the cupcakes & my SIL decorated the frosting with Platinum Edible Dust found on Amazon too!}

 {I made the cupcake holders using plain old white gift boxes, cut out an X where each cupcake would fit and then tape the boxes together. Then I edged the outside of the boxes with Super Hero Duct tape I found at Michael's and printed the Happy Birthday Russell on the printed and tapes it on with clear tape.}

{Goodie bags consisted of Dollar Tree Truck cellophane bags, some Dollar Tree Plane Kazoos, Dum Dum Lolli Pops, a Transformer Birthday Party Goodie Bags Crayon (separated from a pack of 10) & a Transformer Coloring Activity Pad}

{Best part of the party for my son was having his friends with him at the beach, one of his favorite places to be...in the water. Such a Keys kid}

{Valentine's Day} Fish School, Heart Pizzas & Cupcakes

Feeling like Super Mom...cupcakes and Valentine's finished for my son's daycare party. However the heart pizzas were a bust for my son I still think they tasted pretty good. Valentine's Day 2013 is almost in the bag! ha ha bag...get it? ;)

Filled the ziplocs with Gold Fish Crackers....much healthier than candy. The cupcakes are enough.

 My attempt at "Heart" pizzas. Gluten Free Chebe Pizza Crust, I thought they were tasty.

& then the cupcakes! Super cute toppers I found on Amazon and the tray is a Pampered Chef Cool & Serve with the inserts taken out, works perfect!

{Crafty} Crib Springs and Washi Tape

If this is what I could do craft wise on a sick day then I wish I could get to do crafting on a day where I feel alot better.

Took my son's old spring from his crib and hung it up on the wall behind the couch in the livingroom and am attaching his baby photos chronologically using Washi taped clothes pins. Simple Simple ;)

{Family} Happy Birthday to the love of my Life! He's 3 today!

My little boy is THREE today! So much has happened over the last three years and I'm the kind of Momma that likes to make a BIG stink about birthdays. We're doing a Go Diego Go themed birthday party over the weekend and a little daycare cupcake day today.

Saw this idea on Pinterest, no doubt, and was so excited to try it out! However I have a twist with the cupcakes...there are m&m's inside! Quick and easy...baked up boxed chocolate cake mix (I love love love my Cupcake Stone), let them cool, cut out the centers added m&m's and iced them! I tinted the icing as green as I could...something for me to master later on, but for now I imagine these will be gobbled up by all the little kids at daycare today.

The tray I ALWAYS use for transporting cupcakes is my Cool and Serve Tray. It comes with cooling inserts for Deviled Eggs or as a flat surface to use with the Clear Veggie Trays which are all removable and then there's lots of space for transporting cupcakes

{Danielle}

 

{Scrapbook} Scrap on a Dime Baby Shower Album (Keller's Creations)

At the CKC in Jacksonville I took the Scrap on a Dime class by Keller's Creations for the first time. We did a full 12 page album in an hour. Yes completed in the hour! Of course you could have embellished the heck out of it and that's just what I did when I got home and decided to do an album for a friends' baby shower gift. I took the same size papers cut out of only 4 pieces of scrapbook paper to make the entire 12x12 (12) page album! I embellished with some pink ribbon, pink flowers, stickles, buttons and alpha stickers. On the front of the album I used chipboard alpha letters and tied some ribbon on the spine.

It was so much fun making something girly since I'm usually into Toddler Boy mode. and Only took me about a total hour and a half between nap times and bedtime for the toddler. I hope you enjoy the pictures and if you are interested in a Scrap it Fast album please check out Keller's Creations! They have some amazing quick and easy hanging creations, albums, tag books etc. Lots to check out!

Keller's Creations is also hosting a Crop Weekend in February that I WILL be attending for my birthday.
Check it out here! Great time with tons of crop space, goodies, classes, giveaways etc.

{Charity} Tim Tebow Foundation W15H

Another charity which I gave supported this week is the W15H thru the Tim Tebow Foundation. I am truly enamored with Mr. Tebow and the good that he's doing with his life thru Christ. I may not be famous or even known but I do what I can with what God has given me. This is such a great cause please donate today no matter how much you give no one EVER went poor by giving.

http://www.timtebowfoundation.org/W15h

{Charity} Super Nets

I wanted to begin sharing some of the charities and organizations that I give to whenever I have a spare $5, $10 or more in my bank account. I always remind myself that no one EVER went poor by giving. Our Pastor shared this organization with us at church this past Sunday and the thought of losing my son to something so easily preventable hurts my heart. Give what you can and give often!
~Danielle

Protect children with SUPER NETS:

{Family} Jamie's Baptism Day

How we do baptisms in the Keys are on our lunch break and out on the bay. Congrats to Jamie!

{Family} + {Scrapbooking} = LOVE

Making the time to Scrapbook my son and I's memories in my Full Time working life has been a challenge but between my Scrapbox and my "required min of 30 minutes a night" after my son goes to sleep to craft or organize a project I'm getting there. It's been so exciting to ALLOW myself the time to do something for me. I'm hoping to begin sharing more and more of my projects here on my little blog space and I hope you enjoy and are inspired.

FYI my Scrapbox was aquire after working my a$$ off and after seeing a specially priced scratch and dent Vanilla Beadboard Workbox for sale on the Facebook page for The Original Scrapbox I had to jump on it!

My little chipmunk LOVES to play with the doors <3

CTMH: Flip Flap Album

Last month (May 2012) I took a Flip Flap Album class with Close To My Heart at the Scrapbook Expo in Orlando and was actually a Teacher's Pet but I worked on the project during the crop hours and today I got my pictures in it!

National Scrapbook Day

I couldn't NOT scrapbook today. My project may not have been a layout but it finished up my Mother's Day projects. My obsession with taking ordinary things and making them personal has carried over into the gift giving world. I've also come to the conclusion that I NEVER have to buy a greeting card or a gift for anyone ever again. After getting mycraft room organized tonight I ahve a HUGE box of "gifts". I seem to pick up things on sale and put them away to be given as gifts only to realize that I've got gifts for some people in my family for the next 5 years. Good thing bad thing? I don't care lol

FOR GIGI! aka Martha my Grand mother by marriage.

Took a plain plastic flower pot

(which Mike is going to insert plants for me since I seem to kill all living greenery).

Added some alphabet chipboards, 

embellishment flowers and butterflies, 

ribbon on the bottom and middle 

all over tulle that I adhered first.

I just LOVE these decorative flowers and butterflies...

and the letters were purchased 

with Martha in mind they just scream garden :)

That's normally where you will find her.

Tomorrow is Mother's Day and even though 

I wont get a chance to sleep in or 

probably have 5 minutes to myself the entire day 

I will know that my little man appreciates me. 

& I will do all I can to show that 

I appreciate my Mother more than words

can even express and 

I do not know what I would do without her!