Morgan's Rainbow Party!

Be prepared, there are a lot of photos! But I wanted to include the entire party in one post. So here goes.

You can't have a party without invitations. I blogged about them here.

I was completely inspired by the adorable rainbow t-shirt created by Little Bit Funky. I saved it before I even thought about a rainbow party! It's adorable and was so easy.

Here she is wearing it. A colored shirt would probably have been cuter, but she was supposed to wear a tutu, so I wanted it white. She wanted no part of the tutu.

I made the tags for the goody bags using stamps and the striped paper I found at Michaels. I originally wanted different colored goody bags, but when I found these red ones on Valentine's clearance for $.37 a package, I had to go with red.

The goody bags included chalk, pencils, bubbles (also V-day clearance, $.50 a pack), rainbow lollipops, straws & paint chip notepads.

The notepads were easy & FREE!

Now for the decor. There was the rainbow wreath, of course.

And the Fill A Bowl.

Awhile back, I had purchased these crochet face scrubbies on Etsy. I think I was going to put them in the kids stockings, and forgot. So I used them to decorate!

Tissue poms - gotta have em!

I found these pinwheels at the Dollar Tree.

I found this adorable card at Tiny Prints.

The confetti was found at Michaels on clearance.

Goodies! Of all kinds!

Chocolate coins.

Rainbow Twizzlers.

Pretzel MMs (in vintage Pyrex!).

Gummy worms & bears (more Pyrex!).

Candy dots.

Gumballs.

Colorful Goldfish (again with the Pyrex).

Chocolate covered marshmallow pops.

And chocolate covered Oreos.

To make serving ice cream faster & easier, I pre-scooped it into cupcake liners. I kept them in the freezer until it was time to serve.

The kids LOVED this, rainbow slush!

The cake!! That is the tutu she was supposed to wear. She looked SO cute! But as soon as I got it on her, she started trying to pull it off. So I gave up & put some rainbow shorts on her. I thought it looked great around the cake though.

I was going to make fondant balls to border the cake, but I figured gumballs were a heck of a lot faster. And easier!

This was to be expected, right?

We also had cupcakes. And I forgot a photo, but I filled my drink dispenser with Sprite, and added colorful plastic ice cubes, found at Dollar Tree.

There were no planned activities. All but one of the boys in attendance play football, so they played out in the field. Layla and the few little ones played around the house and everyone seemed happy. Now it's time to plan Layla's party which is next month. And a HUGE thank you to Catch My Party for featuring this party on their front page!

Linked to:

Show & Share Day at Just a Girl, Weekend Bloggy Reading at Serenity Now, I'm Crafty Party at So You Think You're Crafty, Weekend Wrap Up Party at Tatertots & Jello, Strut Your Stuff at Saturday Mornings, Sundae Scoop at I ♥ Naptime, Sunday Showcase Party at Under the Table & Dreaming, Get Your Craft On at Todays Creative Blog, Too Cute Tuesday at Funky Polkadot Giraffe, Show & Tell at Blue Cricket Design, Idea Sharin Wednesday at Women Who Do It All, Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style, Talent Tuesday at Vintage Wanna Bee, Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts, Look What I Made at Creations by Kara, Transformation Thursday at The Shabby Chic Cottage, Hookin Up With HoH at House of Hepworths, Catch-As-Catch-Can at My Repurposed Life, Shindig Saturday at Kims Kandy Kreations, Link Party at Bird's Party Blog, 4th Annual Party Party at My Insanity, CSI Project Birthday Party Challenge

Rainbow Party Coming Soon!

I just wanted to say, I haven't forgotten about the rainbow party! I'm waiting to get her t-shirt out of the dryer so I can include it in the photos. It will be my next post! And I also need to announce a new winner in the Hailey's Bows giveaway. I never heard back from the previous winner. So congratulations to comment #6, Ani! Please contact me so I can get you & Sharon connected.

Thank You!

My wreath has received quite a bit of love this past week! So I want to say thank you to all the fabulous blogs that have featured it! Go check them out & show all these ladies some love.

I apologize for the lack of consistency with Frugal Friday. With all the the party prep going on, I didnt get a chance to plan a post. I'm not even sure I'm going to continue. Is Frugal Friday something you'd like to see more of?

Rainbow Bowl

Years ago (9 or so), I got my mother in law something called a Fill A Bowl. I think I first saw it on QVC, then later in Michael's. She loves kitchen stuff, and I thought it was neat. Since then, I've used it for nearly every birthday. The whole thing is made up of clear cavities and you can fill it with anything that will fit. Here it is leftover from a previous birthday.

Removing the old colors...

Now it's ready to stuff. (the bottom circle pops off)

Like I said, you can use anything that will fit. But I prefer to use crepe paper. It's cheap, easy to clean up and comes in basically any color you need.



I just cut a length off, then cut each length into four strips. And begin stuffing.

Ta-da! Here it is done up for the rainbow party. As you can see, the number of spaces didnt work out evenly with the rainbow colors, so I doubled up a purple. This is the top looking in.

And the bottom. You won't see this when it's full of chips, but I stuff it anyway.

Let's just hope I can get this all finished by Sunday!

Linked to:

Hookin Up With HoH at House of Hepworths

Weekend Bloggy Reading at Serenity Now

Catch As Catch Can at My Repurposed Life

Friday Favorites at Simply Sweet Home

I'm Crafty Party at So You Think You're Crafty

Weekend Wrap Up Party at Tatertots & Jello

Show & Share Day at Just a Girl

two.

Somehow, my little monster, my bobo as we call her, turned two today. Where on earth does the time go?




She is the busiest two year old I have ever met. Constantly on the go and into everything! Like cinnamon...

And flour!

(that's flour on her face!). There have also been incidents with ginger, sugar & eggs. Joy. I definitely cannot imagine life without her. She keeps us busy, that's for sure! To celebrate today, we make cupcakes. The big party is on Sunday!



Happy Birthday Bobo!!