{The TinkerBell Party} Part 1

I was gone last weekend for 5 days traveling due to a family funeral.

When I got home I was left with FOUR days to get the Tinkerbell Party completely finished.

It was a little crazy and my family may or may not have suffered in the wake of all the Tulle and Scrapbook Paper and Stickers and Hot Glue. But luckily the next day was Mother's Day and I got a nice day off...kinda.

So OK, here is the rundown on the Tinkerbell Party.

 I made Tutu's for the girls. I bought rolls of Tulle at Hobby Lobby and just did a simple loop around some elastic and made the tutu's. They were probably around $5 each. The poster on the table was from a Dollar Store. Also...the Dollar store had paper Butterflies that I used as wings for the girls to wear, we just pinned them on to their shirts.

I used scrapbooking paper to cut out the paper bunting, used a paper punch and strung it on purple ribbon.

 I had the cupcakes done at a local bakery, Swirly Girls, but I made the toppers...scrapbook paper, and there was a package of chip board Tinkerbell stuff so I cut off her legs and glued her onto the toppers...I thought they turned out SO cute!

linking: Todays Creative Blog

Read here for PART 2

Tulle Balls

I've been getting ready for the BIG Tinkerbell party that is Tomorrow! 

Next week might have a ton of Tinkerbell posts.

I have made a couple "Tulle Balls" to hang from the light fixture.

I've not seen these before...not sure if I made it up all by myself...But I think they turned out super cute!

Supplies:

Rolls of Tulle

Pins

Styrofoam Balls

Pinch together a wad of tulle and pin it to the ball
Repeat a million times...OK, not a million, but a lot...until it's covered...pins will come out but stick them back in and once you are done they will be fine.

I'm going to make a Green one to go with these...Tinkerbell Colors.

Linking: Todays' Creative Blog

Tinkerbell Party Part 1

Tinkerbell Party Part 2

Cinco & a Birthday

Today...

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

 AND...

Happy 3rd Birthday 

to my oldest daughter

Cinco de Mayo

Hola!

Cinco de Mayo is Tomorrow!! One of my daughters birthday is tomorrow too!

I love Mexican food so much. So let's share some ways you can celebrate Cinco de Mayo!

One Charming Party

 

All the food photos above are from Our Best Bites! My favorite foodie site.

via Tip Junkie

Ole!

Cherry Capital

Thanks for hanging in there with my little absence. My Grandmother passed away and I flew back to Michigan for her funeral.

I was in Traverse City (where I was originally born) for the funeral. Traverse City is the Cherry Capital of the world. They grow the more cherries than anywhere else in the world (My Grandparents were Cherry farmers). So you can find lots of Cherry merchandise. It had been 16 years since I had been there so I stocked up.

 Grandma had one of these stained glass cherries in her window when I was growing up.

So...Back to the grinding stone...Preparing for the Tinkerbell party this Saturday and I've got SO much to do.