Emmanuel's Dedication

I attended my friends Erin & Michael's baby dedication. Baby Emmanuel was dedicated to God, his parents, his godmother, and his grandparents along with his friends and family committed to raising him up in the ways of the Lord.

Family from all over attended. After wards, we continued the celebration at their neighborhood park. Plenty of good food to eat and fun activities for the children. Erin created adorable keepsake shirts for every child that attended. She used the scripture "Fearfully and wonderfully made" Psalms 139:14. My children wear theirs regularly!

Photographed by me!

Party Like a Rockstar!

Happy Birthday Jace!



Whatta day! Today we celebrated my son's 4th birthday with a Rockstar Celebration!
He loves musical instruments so it was the perfect fit to have him rock out for his 4th birthday bash. I am happy to announce I pulled off his entire party- food and gifts included for less than $300!

It was a simple and sweet itinerary. When the guests arrived they had their Rockstar Makeover. I had party bags with sunglasses and candy for them to grab with a table set up with tattoos, bracelets, wristbands, body glitter, face paint, nail polish, and lip gloss. I had planned to have eye shadow and blue hair spray but it was left behind in a bag on the kitchen counter. (even I make mistakes... only while preggers *wink*)

Then once they were set, they picked out their guitars and went to the kids table to decorate. I set up markers, crayons, glitter, glue, rhinestones, and water paints. There are cardboard cut out guitars found on orientaltrading.com $9.99 for a dozen. Which I was willing to buy until I discovered shipping would be just as much, so instead I went to Wal-Mart and bought .39 cent poster boards and my husband drew out 2 guitars per board. Prime example of how do- it-yourself projects can save you a ton of money!
They were all different and unique so even better than the more costly option!
They also had backstage passes to put their name on that I made with badge holders I picked up from Wal-Mart. I attached the balloon string to them & they were ready!

Once the Little Rockers had their makeover and guitars ready, the show began! We played a Rock Mix CD I made along with a bubble machine, and my hubby's drum set in the background and we rocked out!
Nirvana-Smells Like Teen Spirit Linkin Park-In the End Michael Jackson- Beat It Steppenwolf- Born to Be Wild Run DMC- Walk this Way
Very fun party! I knew it was successful when I had the party at a park and all the kids were so entertained they didn't even bother going to the playground!
The menu was very simple, I chose all of my son's favorite foods and set it up buffet style.


My son was really looking forward to this birthday party and I was so happy we had such great family and friends come out to celebrate. By far, one of my favorite birthday events yet!
I even ended up with a cool keepsake, a new pair of rocker shoes! Thanks Payless Shoe Source!

Gingerbread Man

Today we had a fun Sunday afternoon making a gigantic gingerbread boy and girl. After checking out a book from the library, the Gingerbread Man retold by Eric A. Kimmel, my son was very interested in this story. So to take a step further we made our own!
I used my friend's sugar cookie mix, Holiday Cookie Mix by Betty Crocker. (Thanks Iliasha!)
We made the mix and while it baked we read the story.
Once the cookies cooled, I let the kids decorate just using random supplies in my cabinets.
Once my son finished his decoration, I took his plate and ran out the door... just like in the story! He chased me all around our apartment complex as I shouted "You can't catch me I'm the Gingerbread Man!"
He was tickled with excitement. My daughter enjoyed her sugar rush. In all, a successful project.
A really fun afternoon, a very simple and inexpensive idea I'd thought I'd share with you!

Timothy's Racing Cars Party

For Timothy's 4th Birthday Party, a theme was perfectly crafted for him. For a little boy who absolutely adores cars, a Racing Cars Party was planned. Going a step beyond just having a ton of Disney Cars Theme Decorations or other cars decor, I planned a few racing car activities.
Each child was given a "box car" to race. Setting up a decorations table is encouraged so each child can put their own special touch to it. Then let the games begin. A simple race followed by a game of red light/green light is sure to be a hit. Be prepared to play a few rounds of each!
Ready? Set. Go have some fun!!!

Dinner & A Movie Bridal Shower

Popcorn bar and candy bar pictures found on-line. I'm sorry it was so long ago I'm not quite sure where! :P The "pantie"line picture was featured from Chrissy Kim's site of a bridal shower she photographed!


After being asked to come up with a bridal shower theme for a couple, I decided to base it on their first date, which was dinner and a movie. They had dinner at TGIFriday's. So I suggested the appetizer menu be recreated for the party menu. And they watched a Tyler Perry movie.

The set-up was a long elegant dinner table with a popcorn and candy buffet set up as the centerpiece. My color scheme was hot pink, light pink, red, black, white, and a hint of green (since that was the bride to be's fave color!) The candy colors and table setting were to reflect the color scheme. The colors were chosen as a mix of sexy meets TGIF's classic colors!

The decor would be simple, a "panty" line hanging overhead, a few pom poms, flag banners, and balloons. All simple to make and very inexpensive!

In the invitation the guests will be instructed to bring a pair of unwrapped panties. At each guest's plate they will have a place setting instructing them to indulge in the movie themed snack bar of popcorn and candy.

I really loved the style of this card from Paper Ink & Smiles, with a similar bow and different designing it is the perfect elegant touch. Suggested wording: Complimentary coupon for (guest's name) to enjoy unlimited sweet treats!

Suggested Itinerary:

When the guests arrive they will give their panties submission to be hung on the clothesline.

Once everyone is seated the hosting of the games should begin.

First game is easy, the bride will pick her favorite pantie pair and they will win a TGIF gift card.

Second game, is a newlywed like game. Each person will be rewarded for answer guessed correctly. The winner will win 2 movie tickets to AMC theater. From Diva-Girl-Parties-and-Stuff.com: A Newlywed Bridal Game here. Or find questions by searching the internet or create your own!

Third game, is like Price is Right, the “honeymoon version”. Guests who get closest without going over to each item will win the item. The second item will be given to the bride-to-be.

Suggested items: for fun- toothbrush, paste, and mouthwash (for the start of the honeymoon night!) love cd, massage oils, handcuffs, edible panties (for during the honeymoon night) for fun- a pregnancy test (for post honeymoon). Limit should be 10 items!

Then it will wind down with each guests giving marital advice. Don't allow the guests to know about the "game or categories", but give the bride-to-be a voter card. Having her vote for who gave the most unique advice, funny advice, useful advice, and scary advice. When it's over have her announce the winners of each category. Award the guests with a movie basket.

Movie basket: Use a popcorn bucket butter or kettle sold at your local Blockbuster video store. Fill with 2 small sodas, and movie sized popcorn candy. Include a gift card to Blockbuster's for $5 or a Tyler Perry Movie. Place all the contents inside the popcorn bucket and cover with a cellophane gift bag found at your local craft store & tie with a pretty bow!

The bride will open her gifts.

Party favors will be given out. Cellophane bags for to-go treats.

Party concludes.

This theme can easily be transformed to any dinner location and theater movie with a few simple changes!

A Super Father's Day

I always thought my dad was Superman. & when I see my kids playing with my hubby I can tell they think he's Superman too! My husband is our family Superhero! So this Father's Day I'm making a special superhero gift for my husband!

I thought I'd pass along the idea.



The Superboy images are from aivault.com, they have a African American boy & girl image in vector and jpeg format. Also a Caucasian boy in jpeg format.
Cool images found here.
For an accommodating cool treat make "Super dad" some red velvet cake pops. What is a cake pop?
In short, their the new hot item! It's a cupcake on a lollipop. Just how cupcakes have been stealing the limelight from cake, I believe these are next up!
Instruction & images are from bakerella.com found here.

What I plan to do is first make a border for my photo collage using scrapbook paper, cardstock, and the images from Aivault. Then I'm going to take a photo shoot of my kids' in last year's Halloween costumes. If I didn't have a cape on hand, I'd revert to a towel or their blankey. Can't you just see a toddler in their diaper with their favorite blankey zipping through a grassy lawn? I'm going to arrange the photos using my favorite online photo site. I plan to insert the collage of my 3 kids inside my photo border inside a nice photo frame.

Have A Super Father's Day!

Sienna's Baby shower

To welcome Baby Sienna, I orchestrated a pink and brown ladybug baby shower. Due to large guestlist, I created teams, to ensure everyone would get a chance to mingle and have a good time participating. Throwing out the traditional baby shower games, I created them all! Putting my most creative foot forward, I hosted a unique competitive baby shower gaming experience! I made all the games at home using ordinary craft supplies and researching baby items on the internet.

The baby's aunts made the wonderful cake and party favor cookies. I was inspired for the cookie idea by The Painted Cookie's version of a ladybug.

I was proud to have created, planned, organized, and hosted this event!