A Texas Rangers Baseball Birthday

So this birthday was thrown for my 23-year-old husband, there's not very much cutsie ideas in here but you can always take this stuff and switch it around to your liking. 

I started this party like I do every party, on Google Imagine trying to find all the cool things I could print and make.  The total cost of this party, food and all, was under $50.  I'll start by showing you all the awesome, free, signs and printables I made.  First the big birthday sign...

This sign was made in power point by covering the whole page with a giant circle and filling in the middle with one letter at a time.  I cut those letters out, along with some Texas Ranger circles and tapped them to a blue plastic table cover.  I then stuck them on the back of our ping pong table turned dinner table.  It would look equally awesome just tacked up on a wall or you can string ribbon through each one and hang them without the background like I've done in several other blogs.

This picture here is the wall behind our couch which is unfortunately empty as we've yet to find any awesome art to go there.  It worked out pretty well for this party though :).

The hat and the two foam hands came from our own Texas Ranger collection but the rest I printed myself.  Here's a little bit of a break down...

This Texas sign was copy pasted from Google Image and then I cut it into four's using a cropping tool in a very basic picture manager.  I printed all four sections and tapped them together.  That way I had a much bigger sign!  The sign below I made by getting a picture of the Texas Ranger's circle and I took it into, you guessed it, power point.  I threw a circle over it to cover up the middle and put some letters and pictures there instead.  I glued these together and tapped them up on my wall. 

Now this picture down here is a picture of the drop downs I made.  I had the three red twirly thingys but they had cupcakes on them, so I took them off and replaced them with printed pictures of my hubby.  The best way to avoid cost at a party is to drag out everything you can reuse before purchasing anything.

This is the book shelf, because everything needed to be decorated, of course!

This below is one of two banners I created with the help of Google Image and Power Point.  I snagged this lone picture and printing a bunch of it, glued them together, and tapped them to our TV stand.

 I did the same thing with this banner, and if you see in the background some extra decoration that was done in a similar way as the first two signs.  I also brought out a bunch of pictures of him and the birthday scrap book I've made for him.

Now I wanted to have a special cake ordered for him but it was $100 and he said he wanted that money put towards gifts instead so I pocketed the cash and baked the cake.  I did my best to decorate, I'm not very good with artsy stuff, but it meant more to him this way.

       The cup cakes are lemon with cream cheese icing, they were to die for and the little picks on them I made in the same way I made the signs at the beginning of the blog, just in a smaller scale.  The letters and everything else white I just cut out of sugar paper.

So that's my Texas Rangers Bday party, I hope it inspired all those party planners out there on a budget!  As always if you've got any questions or need some advice feel free to ask.  Good luck and God bless!

Felt Flower Tutorial

This is my felt flower tutorial.  It's extremely easy to make these and they look great has hair bows or pins.  What you need; scissors , hot glue gun, sheets of felt, and different things for the centers of the flowers.  I've got pearls and rhinestones out but I only used the rhinestones.  What you don't see in this photo is the empty toilet paper roll that I used as my base.  I glue a small piece of felt to one side and the petals to the other so you have a sturdy center.

The first thing you're going to do is cut a two to three inch piece off the felt like this picture below.

Now fold it up into small pieces like this...

Then cut it into circles.  Next your going to glue one end of the circle and pinch it so it looks more like a petal.  This is what they should look like.

Next glue each on, I did five on each layer and it turned out pretty good.

Add some pretty stuff to the middle and your done.  This is how mine came out

Christmas Wreath Tutorial

This is my Christmas wreath tutorial! It's pretty simple and something everyone should consider before going out and spending a ton of money on decorations. If you own a glue gun you have the ability to make almost anything.
The materials you'll need, or at least the material I used, is a green pine wreath, garland, two things of plastic bulbs, and a centerpiece (like my Santa).

Tip # 1: Use plastic bulbs, the glass weigh more and can cause some issues in the long run.
The reason I bought extra garland, even though my wreath started out green, was to ensure that the bulbs wouldn't take over and the green would show through. So for an extra dollar it's worth it. I wrapped the garland around it until the whole thing was evenly colored. At this point you should already have your glue gun plugged in and warming up.

The next step I took was to place my Santa, you want to do the centerpiece first so that you have a place to start from.




Then begin glueing on your bulbs. I suggest working out a pattern ahead of time so you don't have any wholes.

This was my finished piece. I threw on some last minute additions including the small red bow and the little golden jewels. This stuff came out of my Christmas stash from last year. I'm strongly considering trying to find a red Merry Christmas sign to go in the middle. Make it your own, leave it plain, either way this Dollar Tree Christmas Wreath only cost me a grand total of $6!

I hope everyone has an awesome Christmas this year, stay tuned for MUCH more decorating ideas. Good luck and God bless!

Personalized Cake Stands

Personalized Cake Stands! Oh YEAH! This one was right up my party throwing ally. The first thing I did was go to the DT and pick up two clear plates and two clear vases. Next I took a picture of the napkins we had bought for the party (my daughters dedication) and printed it on two sheets of card stock. You're also going to need a hot glue gun. The pictures are pretty self explanatory so like always I'll let them do most of the talking.
I cut the card stock down to were it would fit inside the vase and hot glued it in a circle so it would stay in there tightly.I had space left in each page to trace a circle out and put it on top of the vase. I strongly suggest this other wise if your treats get eaten as fast as mine do people will see that you have paper in that vase! We can't have that now can we?Hot glue the plate to the vase and you're done. Here's what they are going to look like when you're finished. I didn't actually put cake on top of mine because I baked a cake in the shape of a cross. Instead I covered mine with fruits and veggies.

So that's my personalized cake stand, total cost? $4! As always if you've got any questions or want some advice for your party just ask :). Good luck and God bless!