Crafty Party Idea- Karate!

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I love when moms get creative with birthday parties. We recently went to a Karate party for a boy in Afton's class. The party was held at a Karate studio. The kids all participated in an hour long class and then enjoyed snacks, cake and favors. 

I was so impressed with the class. The instructor really focused on fun, manners, following directions, and physical activity.

The best part of the party was the Crafty food. The birthday mom made 'kid friendly sushi' using rice krispie treats, fruit roll-ups, and gummy worms/fish.

 Aren't those the cutest?! I found directions for making them here. Very simple and yummy.

The kiddos of course loved them. She also served fruit kabobs, CFA nuggets, and a cake shaped like a karate gi. And the party favors were tucked inside little 'take-out' boxes!

On top of each box were two pencils tucked in a little envelope, made to look like chop sticks. Inside the box was a little package of the candy sushi, stickers, two bracelets, and karate silly bands.

Afton and I were impressed! What a fun, Crafty idea for a boy's birthday party.

Halloween- with Ariel and a Lil Pumpkin

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Hope you got lots of candy- we did!

Happy Halloween!

Christmas is Coming!

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My Christmas line is ready for purchase! Take a peek...

Bows

Christmas tutus

Tutu-Pettiskirts

Rosette Headbands

Sequin Headbands

Little Guy Ties

See more under "Christmas and Weddings" or click here ... http://craftytexasgirls.blogspot.com/p/weddings.html

Order your special accessories for Christmas card pictures, presents, and to match those adorable holiday outfits!

How to Make Bunting-(the Crafty way)

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Lots of fun projects for Maisy's birthday party. Here is one of my favorites- the bunting.

I love how simple and inexpensive this project is to complete. It is sweet, vintage and looks like fabric!

I bought 10 sheets of coordinate 12x12 scrapbook paper.

Then I folded each sheet in half and using a triangle pattern (I made this one quickly just for this project). I traced 10 triangles.

Next I cut them out using my paper pinking-shears.

Oh and when you cut out the triangles, you get a bonus triangle from the middle! This one does not have a flap, but you can still hang it :)

Then I printed out the letters of Maisy's name on cardstock. I used "American Typewriter" font and chose "outline" under my formatting options. That way I would have a line to cut around. The font size is 130.

Finally hang the triangles over your line and tape the backs.

I used the bunting on the fireplace for her name. And then I used it to display 12 months of her photos.

I stuck the rest wherever I was needing some sweet decor.

Pretty cute huh?

Tutu Dresses!

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So excited! I finally got to make my Afton a beautiful tutu dress. She wore it for the annual Grapevine Flutterby Parade.

I made little Maisy a Halloween tutu and baby legs- and then added some butterflies to her headband. I wanted her to be able to wear her outfit for a few Halloween parties too!

 Her tutu is a bit different than others I have made in the past, I added marabou feathers and glitter tulle. I am so happy with how full and fancy it turned out!

Now that I have made the tutu dress- I plan on making more. My sister-in-law had me make this pumpkin tutu dress for her daughter who is about Maisy's age. The dress will fit just like Afton's and I even made a little headpiece to go with it. (Please excuse the photo quality :) needs to be on the baby to do this dress justice!)

I am also in the middle of making a Tinker Bell costume/tutu dress for a friend of Afton's. Stay tuned for that photo- it is going to be so cute!

Tutu dresses are now available for order- send me an email and I will custom make one for you.

Have a great weekend!

Vintage Cowgirl Party

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My sweet Maisy Lou turned one! So to celebrate we had a "Vintage Cowgirl" party. Lots of pink, blues, shabby chic, and cowboy boots!

I made party circles for the cupcakes and food labels by using the 'shape' tool on Word. Then I cut them out using a scalloped round punch that I found in the scrapbooking section at Hobby Lobby.

These are Jeff's boots from when he was little. I filled them with spray roses.
Table cloths are made from burlap- JoAnn's (with the coupon of course!)

For decorations, I made lots of bunting with scrapbook paper. (I'll post the exact how-to) later this week.

Photos of Maisy- birth thru 12 months

I also made these tissue paper decorations. These were easy and inexpensive. I bought tissue paper packs from Hobby Lobby for $1 each. Each ball takes 8 sheets of tissue paper. Here are Martha Stewart's directions.

We served bbq to go with the 'cowgirl' theme. Jeff loves to cook for a crowd!

The kiddos played outside the whole time. I also set up a coloring table with horses to decorate. After lunch they got to hit the pink pinata. Candy was collected in little bags labeled 'cowgirl chow'- these served as party favors as well.

I made white cupcakes with pink cream cheese icing and Bakerella's cowgirl cookies for dessert. Maisy loved her cupcake!

We had a lot of fun- and Maisy felt very loved!