Graduation Party with Printables

Hi all! My son graduated last week.  Today, I am sharing his graduation party decor with you.

I have a bunch of printable graduation decor in the Etsy Shop.

View all our Graduation Printables in the Etsy Shop here.

May you be a little inspired!

Until next time,
DaNita 


 

Nautical Theme Baby Shower

In April, my sister-in-law is having her first baby! This will be the eighth grandchild for my parents and the sixth boy. Needless to say, we are very excited! At the end of February, we hosted a baby shower for her. 

When I plan decorations for a shower, I like to know what the nursery theme is going to be and go according to that. My sister-in-law showed me a picture of a whale wall tapestry she was going to buy so I decided a nautical theme would be very fitting.

My husband, Tyler and I made rustic sailboats out of split pine logs and dowels. I was trying to find sailboat fabric and searched two different stores with no luck. I kept eyeing a receiving blanket that fit my vision, so I finally decided to use it and was very pleased with the final product.  

(My "y's" on my sign may be backwards, but I guess that's my signature move!)

Instead of balloons or pom poms hanging above her chair, I made a baby mobile with an embroidery hoop, string and card stock paper punched into circles. 

I asked Tyler if he could make a wooden whale and this is what he came up with after fifteen minutes with the Jig Saw and an old piece of plywood. I was thoroughly impressed with him! I painted the whale with some leftover white paint.

I stenciled the sign with acrylic paint and cut out triangles from card stock paper. We hung the sign above the juice and ice cream bar. 

The shower was a great turnout and I had so much fun working on all the decorations. Now we are just anxiously waiting for baby Aho to arrive! Thanks for stopping by and see you next month.

Jodi

"Hello! My name is Jodi from The Whispering Pines.  I love to decorate, refurbish old furniture, create small crafts and come up with unique party ideas. I also have a knack for organizing and enjoy experimenting with new recipes. My style is rustic with a touch of farmhouse. If you ask my husband, I could live in antique shops and home decor stores. I love being inspired by others and hope, you too, can gather a little inspiration for your home!" 

Carnival Theme Birthday Party

So my baby boy turned two last week! I can't even believe it myself!  I had this big "carnival" theme party planned for my little guy and I created a TON of fun printables for the party to add to my Etsy Shop.

Well, long story short, I had to cancel the party, because first he was sick, and then I was sick.

I had everything set up and decorated (for like a week in advance) and I even had the cake and cupcakes made. So my husband, our boys and I celebrated Cruz turning two a couple of nights ago... and of course, I took photo's of everything.

How adorable are the popcorn bags and...

These straws?! They're from the Dollar Tree

These adorable plastic gum ball machines are from the Dollar Tree too.

Since these were going to be little kiddos coming to this party, I filled the gum ball machines with different kinds of candy and not gum balls (for chocking reasons.) 

Paper shred to look like popcorn:

Balloons were suppose to be coming out of the bags on the mantle.

I even set up a photo booth:

... and we did do the photo booth!!

Oh yeah and I made my baby his "If you mustache, I'm two" shirt too.

Hey, you know... It would have been a fun party!! In all reality, we did have fun...  AND the 2 year old?  Well, he won't remember that all his friends didn't get to celebrate with him.

Maybe you want to give your little one a carnival theme party! If so, I already did all the hard work for you!  Just buy the Carnival Birthday Party Package in my Etsy Shop and print your party right from home.

Find the Printable Carnival Party Package  RIGHT HERE in my Etsy Shop.


You can also find the chalkboard looking photo booth sign here in the shop.


Click HERE for even more party and gift ideas.

May you be a little inspired!

Until next time,
DaNita 
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