Recap of my 21st birthday.

I AM FINALLY TWENTY-ONE!

I can now say "yes" to wine at restaurants and beer at burger joints! Woo-hoo!

Here are a couple photos from my party.

I didn't get that many photos from that night, mostly

because Opal was superrrrrr crazy and wanted me to hold her all night.

 

 

The lanterns hanging in the tree.

 

My cake table against the side of the house.

 

The letters were hanging with fishing line.

 

 

Definitely not how I planned it, but my family was trying to help, soooo...

 

On the second I turned 21. I had so much fun this past weekend with my party, shopping with my mom and baby sister, and then hanging out with my family at dinner. It was pretty awesome that Opal got to experience this day with me, and I hope I get to share a lifetime more with her. The only thing I would have changed, would be that my husband was here to enjoy the day with us too. But- this week she and I will be hitting the road to LAX to pick that handsome man up.

So, before all of that craziness happens, I wanna share some photos from my birthday party, cake time, and the prep. 

:)

She went down for bedtime, but woke up an hour later!
Partied in her pajamas after that!!

 

My sister offered to hold the baby.......

playing with mama!

my baby sister and opal, my favs!

 

 

~sisters~

cake time! (days later on my ACTUAL birthday)

Opal was so excited for the candle time!

<3

 

Can't wait for Opal's first birthday!!!

Flamingo Party- planning PT 2 - CENTERPIECES

Hey guys! So, I am only days away from my party now, and have so much to do still! 

I decided last night to start putting my centerpieces together and then individually bag 

them so that on the day of the party I can save some time, and only have to take 'em

out of a bag and set them on the table!

I want to share some really easy centerpieces, that literally cost me LESS than $5!!

Also, I will share where you can *hopefully* find the same items, or similar ones.

First off, I'll share the cup and utensils holders that I bought at Target.

The holder itself is designed by Poppytalk in their Poppytalk for Target party line!

This line is currently on clearance, so now is the time to go snag it really cheap!

I also found these cute cups at Target, they're also Poppytalk's.

The picnic napkins were from Michaels Craft Store and the spoons/forks were from Walmart

I really wanted them to have a picnic feeling, so I wrapped the utensils in the

napkins and tied a little piece of thin yarn around them.

Now for my centerpieces!!!!

For these, I really didn't spend a whole lot on them!

I bought the tin chalk bucket at Target, it was found in the $1 bins!

They currently have a cartwheel offer for 20% off this section of the store!

Which would make them .80 cents!

The chalk pen, I bought in April for my sister's car windows after her wedding,

so I didn't spend anything on it. But- they run for around $5 at Joann's.

Obviously you can use regular chalk and not have to spend a lot at the dollar tree.

I only used the pen because I am putting it into the bags and didn't want it to smear.

Next, you'll need the foam. I also already had this, but you don't need a lot 

and can find this really cheap at Walmart for under a couple dollars!

You'll also need flowers! I opted out of the real deal to keep in

 my budget! I found these at the dollar tree, and because my party 

is in the evening, nobody will notice that they're super cheap! 

Especially if you take the not so cute leaves off of them!

These pinwheel picks are from Michael's, they're the brand "Celebrate It!"

I believe they were on clearance for around $1.

If you use wire cutters and trim the flowers to be just high enough to poke

out of the bucket, it'll look great and nobody will see inside!

Flamingo Party - Party Planning Part 1 - Glitter Name tutorial

Hey everyone! So I have been doing some projects for my 21st birthday party and want to start sharing some of the things I've done so far! I saw this cute photo on Pinterest and decided to do something similar. I haven't quite decided how I am going to set them up, but I think they will be along the side of the house, hanging from the side of the roof by fishing line (surrounded by lights, lanterns, and other cute things) or something else, (I have no idea). 

I will definitely let y'all know how I end up doing it!

Supplies:

• Wood letters (I found mine at Michaels craft store.)
• Glue (any kind of liquid glue strong enough to hold the glitter.)
• Gold glitter (I found a cheap jar at Walmart for like $3.)
• Acrylic paints
• Paint brushes/ foam brushes
• Clear coating (I haven't done it in these photos yet.. I am waiting until I'm done with some of the photobooth props!)

 STEP ONE: PAINT THE LETTERS

I didn't do much but picked a couple different colors and designs. 

I wanted the letters to pop, obviously without the glitter they look sort of blah!

STEP TWO: GLITTER THOSE BABIES UP!

This is the size I picked of glitter. I wanted it to be BIG and FLASHY, 

especially because my party is at night and outside.

I used a foam brush to add glue to the gold upper half of the letters, 

and poured tons of glitter all over and waited for it to dry a bit before tapping the excess glitter off.

STEP THREE: CLEAR COAT.

I haven't done this step yet, I still have some other pieces to finish.

But- Here's a picture of each letter with the glitter and paint completed!

I can't wait to see how cute they'll make my cake table.

(excuse the "E", I totally accidentally dropped and broke it!)