Layla's Art Birthday

Finally - the art party is here! I'm going to go ahead and tell you, there are a lot of photos in the post! But I wanted to have it all together as opposed to several seperate posts.

First up, the invitations. You can read more about them here.


And of course, the art party wreath.


The goodies.


Didn't these signs turn out cute? The fabulous stamp came from a shop called Doodlebug Design.

The cake. I decided not to flatten out the layers so it has a rounded top. The adorable cake garland came from Shortcake Party Picks.

Now for specifics on the goodies. We had chocolate covered pretzels.

Pretzel M&Ms.

Gummi bears. (you can also see the punched paper table runner I made)

Jelly beans.

White chocolate oreos.

Pickles! Layla loves these, so I thought it would be cute to have at her party.

Chips of course.

She also loves cheese puffs, so they were included. And the rainbow bowl made another appearance.

Biscuit BBQ cups.


You can't have a party without goody bags. The glassine bags came from Le Box Boutique.


Inside we had a painted pencil, glitter glue, a mini chalkboard (I wrote 'thanks for coming' on each one), chalk, sidewalk chalk, a lollipop, Painterz gum, a stamp & playdough.






I punched the confetti out of paint chips.


I got the idea for the doily banner from Meg. I wish the colors would have turned out brighter, like hers did, but I was still happy with it. And the kids had fun painting it.










This is a $1.00 white tablecloth that I taped to a board and propped against the wall.





They also got to paint 5x7 canvases.





This is what the table looked like when they were finished!


We also had shaving cream painting.








Haha, Morgan. Nice!


And that would be Blake.


I guess with that many boys around it doesn't take long for a nice, simple craft to turn into a mess!

They also played football (they all play in the same league as well).

The water wasn't planned, but it was a nice way to get cleaned up.

A slight twist on the rainbow cake.

We used the painted tablecloth for a backdrop. I let her choose the color for this frame. She bypassed the watermelon color for this! I am going to be posting tutorials for some of the things featured, so stay tuned.

Linked to: Market Yourself Monday at Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Projects in Progress at Ma Nouvelle Mode, Get Your Craft On at Today's Creative Blog, Talent Tuesday at Vintage Wanna Bee, Too Cute Tuesday at Funky Polka Dot Giraffe, Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style, Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts, Link Party #51 at Tea Rose Home, Idea Sharin Wednesday at Women Who Do It All, What's Up Wednesday at Sew Woodsy, Whassup Whassup at Elements Interiors, Show & Tell at Blue Cricket Design, Inspired By You Wednesday at Eisy Morgan, Look What I Made at Creations by Kara, Weekend Bloggy Reading at Serenity Now, I'm Crafty Party at So You Think You're Crafty, Friday Favorites at Simply Sweet Home, Project Party at Bubbly Nature, Show & Share Day at Just a Girl, Funky Fresh Friday at KoolBeenz, Friday Favorites at Inspiring Creations, Look at Me at It's Fun to Craft, Watcha Got Weekend at Lolly Jane Boutque, Weekend Wrap Up Party at Tatertots & Jello, Sundae Scoop at I ♥ Naptime, Sunday Showcase Party at Under The Table & Dreaming, Think Pink Sunday at Flamingo Toes, Link Party at Bird's Party Blog, 4th Annual Party Party at My Insanity, CSI Project Birthday Party Challenge

Frugal Friday #7

No shopping to report this week, but I'm going to share some fun mail from the week & a few freebies that are available.



A 10 ct. pack of Tide Stain Release, a sample of Tide, a sample of Degree deoderant (all from Facebook) and a Cover Girl Nature Luxe Bzz Kit. (Sign up for BzzAgent here).

This one I wasn't expecting - I won a $15 iTunes gift card from a sweepstakes on Facebook!

Seattle's Best coffee sample, a coupon for free panties from Victoria's Secret and Avery Tabs samples (Facebook).

Even if you don't feel comfortable having a personal Facebook account, you may want to consider creating one and keeping it only for deals & freebies. There have been a TON of free offers on there lately.

NOW FOR THE FREEBIES

Head to Lowe's tomorrow and pick yourself up a free tree in honor of Earth Day.

Get a head start on Mother's Day by getting a FREE Mother's Day card. Shipping is free too! Just go here and "like" Tiny Prints on Facebook. This is where I got the Double Rainbow card used for Morgan's rainbow party. The code is valid today, 4/22, ONLY.

Get a free sample of TRESemme Naturals when you like them on Facebook.

Request a coupon book worth over $35 in savings on P&G products here.

If you're going to be out & about today, stop by Starbucks with a reusable mug/tumbler & receive free coffee or tea.

Remember, free offers expire quickly! So request them ASAP.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Cake & Slush

A woman my mother in law works with is retiring soon. She happens to be a fan of Dale Earnhardt, Jr, so my mother in law asked me if I could make a cake for the occasion. Now I know it isn't perfect. But it's done. I just hope she likes it! I was originally going to do the bottom cake green or maybe grey, but I was worried about not coloring enough frosting to cover it, OR, making too much and not having enough for the other colors. So I went with white.

I printed the 88 and used candy melts to trace over it. I piped the white outline with royal icing.

The Amp logo is also royal icing. I was planning on taking it off the wax paper and putting it on the cake, but it didn't want to dry so I had to keep the wax paper on. She said it was fine. I wish it would have come off though.

She also requested a twist on the rainbow slush. A Dale Jr slush!

I hurried to get it all finished yesterday because I thought she needed it today. Turns out she didn't need it until tomorrow. Oh well, at least it's done!

Don't forget to enter the Chippy Design Giveaway!

Linked to: Hookin Up With HoH at House of Hepworths, Transformation Thursday at The Shabby Chic Cottage, Friday Favorites at Simply Sweet Home, Weekend Bloggy Reading at Serenity Now, Foodie Friday at Little Brick Ranch, Funky Fresh Friday at KoolBeenz, Friday Favorites at Inspiring Creations, Catch-as-Catch-Can at My Repurposed Life, Project Party Weekend at Bubbly Nature, Show & Share Day at Just a Girl, Weekend Wrap Up Party at Tatertots & Jello