Easter Treat Bags

I LOVE the DIY project but sometimes you have to break down and just buy things that you know you can make. These bag toppers I ran accross I thought were so cute!! I think these are just as cute as anything you can buy and print online. Plus they are cheaper and you don't have to print them. They are avaible at hobby lobby 20 for $2.99. Plus I bought mine when they were 40% off!

I found 3 different styles available, all have 3d features from the egg, glitter, and furry ball tail.

I plan to use mine to fill with prizes. As home room mom I always try to have atleast 3 games for my boys class parties and I try to do a prize for each game. I thought these would be perfect to hold a fe trinkets and candy.

Want to customize them? Use them for your kids treats and add a cute custom label saying who they are from. Make your own or look on etsy. For around $2.50 you can purchase a sheet of customized easter labels.

Easter Printables ~FREE!

Easter is going to be here before we know it! It's about this time that I start planning for the parties we have, the gifts for classmates and treats I'm going to make. We all know that printables are such a huge trend right now. There are some really great packages you can buy on party websites and etsy. However, so many people are putting free printables online that with a little bit of searching you can find some super cute printables for nothing more than the cost of ink. I put together some of my favorites below:

This collection is available at http://www.catchmyparty.com/ . You can use a 1 1/2-2" punch on these. Use them for your cupcake toppers or hang tags. The http://www.partyboxdesign.blogspot.com/ is just getting ready to release this free printable set. She is going to have invites, toppers, favor tags, and favor boxes all available in this fun theme!

The printables below are actual from 2 years ago but are still available at http://www.babalisme.blogspot.com/.

The rest of the images are all done by Kristen from embellish. Any of these can be downloaded from http://www.catchmyparty.com/ In each of these sets there is everything you need to print for your entire party. Water bottle labels, cupcake wrappers and toppers, banners and gift tags.

Easter Table Ideas

As I am hard at work at some upcoming projects, I wanted to continue to share some of the great ideas I run across online. Blowoutparty.com offers this great line of printable Easter Party supplies.

Spring Time Kids Table

Spring Time Kids Table

I've started working on my kids spring time table. Any time I decorate a table for my kids I use things that are easy to clean, sturdy and fun. I started by creating the floral centerpiece. Start to finish. this cost under $15 to make and maybe took 15 min.

1. All items were purchase from Michaels. I started with 4 Large felt flowers, 4 large flowers with stems, green Easter grass, floral foam and the picket fence base.

2. Pull the flowers from their stems and glue them to the center of each felt flower. Then Take the stem and glue each one to the back of the felt flowers.

3. Fill the inside of the picket fence container with the floral foam. Stick each flower into the foam.

4. Cover with green grass to hide floral foam.

To finish my table. I used a plastic floral tablecloth. Multi-colored flower chargers, bright colored place mats, plastic Easter plates and finished with spring napkins and napkin rings.

To the center I added a few colorful lanterns, springtime garland, a flower table runner, and place card holders folder bright colored flowers.

Bring on Spring!!

1st Stages of Easter Decorating

I started unpacking and my beginning stages of decorating yesterday. It normally takes a few days for me to figure out where things look best. Also, with three small boys I have to figure out where I can put things that are out of reach or less tempting to grab. However, with every single holiday there are some of my decorations that get broke, go missing, or seem to lose pieces. With that said, if you are like me decorate with things that are pretty easy to replace. I have come to realize that there are just some things in my collections that will just have to stay boxed until my kids are a little older.
Yesterday I listed some of my favorite places to get affordable decorations. So, last night I made a quick trip to Hobby Lobby and picked up the Easter platter (pictured). It was originally $17.99 but was on sale yesterday for $10. This will be prefect for a tray of treats or cupcakes and looks great on my side bar. In my second picture I took my entry way planter and filled it with fern plants, robins egg nest, and metal painted eggs. With each holiday I change this planter out. For Christmas I filled it with ornamnets, etc. The last picture is one of my hallway cabinets that I added a little festiveness to by decorating it with an arrangent I made (all items for this came from Michaels), a few of my favorite bunnies, and for some extra spunk I added some paper pastel grass. Well I'm off to make my front door wreaths and decorate my formal dining room.

Planning for Easter

Although Easter seems to fall late this year, it will be here before we know it. After a long weekend of 22 family members staying at my house I am ready for some decorating therapy!! So, I am going to start pulling out the Easter Decorations. It's aways a challenge in a new house to figure out where everything will fit and look the best. I also have to start planning for my kindergarden and preschool kids parties as I am the room mom.

My gift bags and games will be in a future post. I already order their labels and gift bag tags from etsy and they turned out super cute!! But back to Easter planning decorationing. I always like to add to my decorations each year. Some of my favorite places to aquire new items are:

Hobby Lobby...They have really started caring some of the cutest decorations over the last fe years. You can get boutique inspired items at a fraction of the price. Plus each week they put some part of their holiday merchandise on sale. So, if its not on sale this week it will be next. I never pay full price for anything at Hobby Lobby! Next is Target...Yes it's normally hit and miss and not always cute but for those of us with kids there is no better place to stock up then target! For my plastic plates, kids place mats, gift bag fillers and other fun toys this is where I go. Also, everyone knows that the day after it is 1/2 price and if you have the storage space, stock up for next year!! As far as the kids bag fillers this is my favorite time. By the time I fill 40 bags it will cost a small fortune. So, I find ways to fill them for 1/2 the cost. Next is Etsy...for custom made or unique you can't find a better place. If you haven't checked out etsy.com you are missing out. I have bought things like custom boutique kids clothes, address labels, premade scrapbook albums, floral arrangements, pictures, etc. Next....Although these aren't stores, I love the lines of Round Top Collection, ESC, Raz And Bethany Lowe. Most of these can be found in online stores, local boutiques and even ebay. With that, I am off to start unpacking. Look for picture soon!