Landon's Cowboy Party

Warning!!! Photo overload!!!

A few weeks ago we had a birthday party for our little boy! He is now 3! I can't believe how fast time flies! Landon LOVES horses so I decided to do a cowboy themed party. I was on a pretty tight budget. I stocked up on items starting about 4 months before the party! Here's what I came up with!

I made this banner using my cricut. I bought the bandana and denim looking paper at Hobby Lobby. I tied the pieces of the banner together using twine from the dollar section in target.

I used brown ink to slightly distress the letters on the banner.

I already had this magnet board. It was in my craft room. I just swapped out the ribbon and the magnets. I made the magnets using my button maker. I made the sign with my Stampin' Up digital scrapbook program...it's nothing fancy...I wanted it simple. The ribbon is from hobby lobby.

The general store was the main attraction at the party. It had the following items:

-Swirly Suckers, Oriental Trading Co.

-Boston Baked Beans, Oriental Trading Co.

-Animal Crackers

-Popcorn

-IBC Rootbeer

-Water

-Rootbeer Barrels

-Bubbles, Oriental Trading Co.

-Stickers, Oriental Trading Co.

-Cupcakes

-Playdough, Target dollar bin

-Cakepops, made by Krysten Jankowski

-Hairy Cowboy, Oriental Trading Co.

My friend Jenny made up these Toy Story images for me to use to make cupcake toppers. Landon LOVES Toy Story so I had to include some of the characters in the party. I went with Woody, Jesse, and Bullseye. The cupcake wrappers are from Hobby Lobby.

Here's the General Store as a whole. Each item is in it's own bucket. I already had these. They are from Lowes. I just lined them with Bandana's, again from Hobby Lobby.

I decided to put ribbon through these tiers...why didn't I think of that idea sooner?! lol.... again the ribbon is from Hobby Lobby.

I took a lot of pics of the cake pops!

My friend Jenny also made these images for goody bags. They say "Thanks for horse-ing around with us."

In case you're wondering...no I didn't fill that giant bucket with animal crackers! I had lots of people ask that! I put a no 10 can in the bucket then put a paper plate on top. It was the perfect fit. I used 1 large bag of animal crackers. I did fill it wiith popcorn though!

Got these popcorn containers at Hobby Lobby.

Yeah...my back yard is small! Here's how it was set up. I used just cheap plastic white table cloths, but I covered them with burlap, or red and white checkered fabric....again from Hobby Lobby. The tables totally needed a centerpiece...oh well =(. I brought out Landon's jumbo horse and his rocking horse for the kiddos. I was bummed because I didn't buy the stick horses fast enough from the dollar stores...it would have been cute for each kid to have their own horse.

I ordered this shirt off of Etsy.

My friends little boy...all of the kids got bandanas and sheriff badges...from Oriental Trading Co.

Our pretty girl!

Here's the food table. I got that barn door thing from hobby lobby. For food I served cornbread, baked beans, bbq chicken sandwiches and frog eye salad.

I bought this bucket as a kitchen decoration at Home Goods but it worked great for the party!

Landon and his friend on the horsie gazing deeply into each others eyes.

Landon and his partner in crime.

The birthday boy all covered in cake pop and cupcakes!

Landon's other partner in crime.

Here we are singing Happy birthday.

He loved opening presents!

Here's our little family!

Thanks to all who came and Happy Birthday to our little guy!

Piano Refinish!

A few months back my husband picked up a piano for me off of craigslist for $120! It definitely needed to be refinished! Here are the pics of it! I searched all over my computer and couldn'd find the before pic =(

Here it is after some pieces have been sanded....lots of sandpaper was used!

Here's the base of the piano finished! My husband did the whole thing...how lucky am I ?? All I did was distress the edges! My husband used a black stain instead of paint! I LOVE how the stain looks!

Close up! This piano is over 100 yrs old!

Here's a close up of the knobs...found at hobby lobby!

And the finished product...my husband made a different bench! I love it! It stores lots of music and my flute! I love the fabric too...Hobby Lobby!

Doesn't it look great?! My husband did such an amazing job!!!! I'm sooo lucky!!! He said he loved doing it, but he will never do it again! In case you were wondering...40 hours is the estimated time he spent on this....I sure am one grateful wife!

I linked to Restored It Wednesday, Domestically Speaking, Today's Creative Blog, Blue Cricket Design

Neighbor Gifts

Again a little late....here is what I did for Neighbors & Friends for Christmas....I got these jars at Hobby lobby then put a monogram or the words "The Candy Jar" then filled with white chocolate popcorn that had crushed up candy cane...yummy!!!

I threw this together for a $5 gift exchange we went to! I thought it turned out pretty cute! I dotted the I's with a rhinestone for some bling!

Christmas Decor...lol

So this is a LITTLE LATE! I realized I haven't updated this blog since October! Wow! I haven't updated my family one since JULY...I sure have gotten behind! My vinyl business has really taken off, and has kept me so busy! I'm just now getting around to updating...and to be honest this is the only update I'm doing tonight...we are cheap and have the cheap Internet, which means SLOW connection and I have no patience for it! I'm tired and I have more vinyl to do! I'll get caught up one day! Lol! Anyways, Here is how I decorated this Christmas. Sadly the pictures are fuzzy because I realized I didn't take any on my camera, just from my iPhone...and I couldn't find a picture of my tree! I know I took one, but I just couldn't find it! Well, it looked the same as last years! Haha!

My candy garland turned out really well this year! I was quite proud of it! I got all of the wooden candy from Tai Pan or the Gatehouse in Utah. I got the kids stockings from Pottery Barn Kids....I love having their names on the stockings!

I got these wreaths and little ornaments at The Gatehouse in Orem UT like 3 or 4 years ago...and I still LOVE them! I did change out the ribbon though. I found this ribbon at Target this year and had to get it!

Here's my shelves....wow these pictures are FUZZY!!! The Christmas tree I made at a craft class. It's a styrofoam cone, with book pages glued on it! I LOVE this tree....I wanted to make more but it took a few hours...not sure if I'll be patient enough to make anymore!

I spelled out JOLLY for Christmas, and used this cute Santa head, which I got at the Gatehouse years ago, and once again, I still LOVE it!

This is my nativity scene I made years ago with vinyl, I just swapped out the ribbon this year!

Here's the top of our desk, I wasn't in love with how this turned out, but it worked! Most of those items I got at The Gatehouse...years ago!

And...I hope you all had a Merry Christmas! LOL! Maybe by Easter I will post my Valentine's Day decor! Life is busy as a mother, wife of a medical student, homemaker, business owner...etc! I promise I will hopefully be better at updating this blog! My hubby refinished a piano for me for Christmas! I can't wait to show you guys...those of you who haven't seen it via facebook or in person! It's amazing! Plus I have done so many other crafts lately, and I've taken so many pictures! That all being said...I sure have a lot of catching up to do!

A few recent orders

Some of these were done recently, and some, I realized I didn't post. Here are a few more things I have done.

We have this frame hanging in our hallway from our wedding. It was silver...I spray painted it black then added this Mr. & Mrs. vinyl.

This was ordered for a little girl who liked Disney Princesses. Please ignore the bad picture...I forgot to take a good one before I left my house!

Same thing...ignore the bad pic...but the sign is cute!

This frame is in our hallway to. It was brown, and I painted it black....then added the forever vinyl to it.

This is a sign a friend of mine ordered from me. I just love how it turned out.

My friend Jenny ordered this sign for her booth at the Quilted Bear in Provo...her booth is pretty new there...so if you live in the Provo area, you should go check out her amazing bows!

In commemoration of this election coming up...my husband made this for his truck....please don't hate me if you're a Reid supporter!

This was ordered a while back and I forgot to post pics! Each metal piece is 5x7...these can be used for pictures or as a wipe off board! I just love this!!!

Another please remove your shoes sign.

This is one of my latest orders...I love this!!! The sign is 6x24, and the frames hanging are 5x7!

Contact me if you are interested in any vinyl =) The holidays are coming up!

Busy!

I have been busy! This pic is the vinyl I did for one wards Super Saturday...at that same time I did just as much for my Halloween craft night, and now I'm throwing my own super Satuurday! Thanks ladies for all of your support!!!