1st Pirate Birthday Party

For my little guys first birthday I decided to go with a pirate theme. My inspiration for this was the fact that a long time ago before little guy was even born I had bought some super cute pirate invitations (as soon as I find one I will post a pic) and had been dying to use them. Therefore, Pirate 1st Birthday.

I found pirate hats at Party City for $3 each.

 I had bought two different table cloths, one the red, white and black and the other the pirate map. I didn't realize when I bought them that there on the map one there was only print on the sides and the middle was white. And the black, red and white only had the black on the sides and the middle was red and white. So I cut them up and taped the red and white one to the middle of the pirate map one. It ended up making it even cuter!

 I used the extra table cloth to bring the room together by wrapping the trashcan and putting it on the cabinet doors.

I used Hersey's Toffee and Almond chocolates since they looked like gold treasure chests and found really cheap gold coins (it was right after Christmas and I found the gold coins on clearance at Michael's of all places).

I made stickers and magnets as party favors. I actually sell these on my website celebrationswithkristy.blogspot.com

I ended up having two birthday celebrations for little guy that day. For the first party I made yellow cupcakes with chocolate icing with gold sprinkles and pirate flag toppers.

I think balloons are an instant and cheap way to make it an instant party! At Party City I got 6 regular balloons and 1 Mylar balloon for $8!

I love adding a personalized banner for any party! They are made out of a sturdy vinyl material and I re-purpose them as a craft mat for the kids. I sell these for $18.

I couldn't resist the pirate balloon weight for $1.99

And there's the cutie birthday boy himself!! Ready to make a mess with his first cupcake!

For party 2 of the day I bought the cake. This cake was from Giant Eagle. I was very impressed with it!

Gingerbread cookies

Joseph (3) helped me to decorate gingerbread men on Christmas day. New tradition?

My pumpkins

I love carving pumpkins.

Cards I've Made

 These are super easy to make. They sell card stock kits with matching envelopes. I just glued ribbon on and stamped or wrote on the front and then hid the ribbon on the back by gluing on an index card.

Mom's 50th Birthday Party

I found really cheap candle holders so I used them as vases. I arranged the flowers myself. I strung lights around the tents and between so that at night we had lights. It worked out great and gave the party a soft glow. 

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I made this banner. I'm starting a new business where I sell invitations, banners, and all sorts of fun print products. Check out celebrationswithkristy.blogspot.com for more information.

We used a project that we borrowed to play Just Dance on the Wii. The garage was our "screen" We also hooked up some microphones and made a dance/karaoke party since Just Dance puts the words on the bottom of the screen!

Cars theme Birthday

This was for Joseph's 3rd Birthday. He loves Cars so that was the theme. I made the cake and used chocolate and green dyed icing. I bought the little cars from Target which then become a present. I used some Cars toys he already had to to decorate the table. I always buy balloons because they are cheap and kids LOVE them!

Let me create your invitations!

I provide affordable and adorable invitations for any occasion. I do Holiday cards as well. Get your invitations personalized and cheap. Check out my "store" at celebrationswithkristy.blogspot.com
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