Birthday

My family is pretty big. If you were to ask me what my plans for the weekend are, 25% of the time I will always respond by saying, "Oh, we're just celebrating ___________'s birthday." That blank being someone in my family. I love love celebrating birthdays though. We recently celebrated my nephew Garrett's THIRD birthday and my sweet mom's 60th!


I like making the day a little special, a little festive, but I am not a good ahead-of-time planner for these things. So the day before I think and think of what I can do to help make it special. I usually turn to Jordan for some inspiration--she's my kind of girl, totally adorable and totally attainable party decor.

My sister and brother-in-law helped me hang the crepe paper garlands behind the island (just used regular tape attached to the ceiling) for a little backdrop (it was a snap with two people helping), and the cake decor was just letters printed on cardstock and cut out with a circle punch glued to skewer sticks cut in half! Done and done!

What are your favorite quickie party decor ideas?

Pretty Party

These bachelorette party photos from the Follow Studio blog are so simple and sweet. I absolutely love it when I see those straws at a party--the stripes are so much fun!

Snowmen

These are just about the cutest thing ever, plus they're very easy to make!


I saw these on Bakerella the other day and fell in love with them. All you need are:

-some milk bottles (she suggested using those empty Starbucks Frappuccino bottles you can get at the grocery store)
-milk (obviously!)
-donut holes
-straws
-some sprinkles to create the faces on the donut hole


Dressing them is the fun part--it seems the options are limitless! Just use what you have around the house. Happy Wednesday!

[Photo credits: Bakerella, Amy Atlas]