Remember my monkey cake a while back? Well, here are a few pictures of our monkey baby in his habitat at the baby shower. It was an easy theme for decorating since most of the decorations were gifts for the baby or things we already had. 
I was recently asked by a reader to re-create this Nancy Drew invitation for her daughter’s birthday. I originally designed this invitation for my daughter’s 7th birthday and posted about it here. This isn’t the first time I’ve had this request from a reader. I’ve done 4 or 5 of these invitations for little aspiring sleuths and…
It’s Disney week on the blog, and I thought we would start at the beginning of the fun: Telling the kids that they were about to take a trip to Disneyland! It wasn’t hard to keep the trip a secret, since we didn’t know for sure that we were going to be able to swing…
It be time for me account of me pirate party, mates! No, I don’t think I can write an entire post in pirate speak. You’ll just have to enjoy the occasional pirate outburst. I’m going to give you the guest’s view of the party today. Next week, I’ll break it down and give you the…
Do you remember the days of cake walks, bobbing for apples, and old-fashioned carnival -type games on Halloween? We do and wanted to give our kids a taste of what a simple family Halloween party was like back in the day, so we threw a simple but fun Old-Fashioned Family Halloween party. I am excited…
My blog will be turning 2 years old, on Friday! Can you believe it? Last year, to celebrate, we had a rocking Party Party! It was so much fun that I’d like to make it a tradition. What is a party party? It is a linky party, where everyone can come and link up their…
I’ve been teasing about this event for a couple of months, but I finally got some pictures and can show you the ice cream party we threw for the kids at our church on a teeny-tiny budget, and what possessed me to spray paint a plastic tablecloth. I currently work as a leader in…