Rainbow Party

My sweet little Maggie turned 6 in April and wanted a Rainbow Party.

Can't believe she is 6! We sure love this sassy loving girlie.

This Spring has been incredibly busy but I was able to throw her a fun Rainbow Party on a budget and with some help of some friends. I'll link up where possible on the ideas. Thank goodness for Pinterest. Years ago I would scour the Internet and books to look for ideas but Pinterest makes it so easy. What a time saver!

First off I was on a strict budget so I wanted easy/cheap decorations but something with a lot of flair. I decided on a balloon banner and I love the way it turned out. It was huge and dramatic and pretty much my only decoration AND it only cost me 5 dollars.

Maggie informed me that there wasn't any pink in a rainbow. Whatever. I found the tutorial at Design Mom. So cute and really adds a punch.

For games I painted a rainbow with a cloud and a pot. (You can see it on the wall on the left in the photo above.) We played pin the coin on the pot. Such a versatile classic game. I had all the materials on hand so it didn't cost anything.

We also played a game of "Shoot the Rainbow". Ha! Sounds silly now, but I really just made it up.

 

I made these homemade marshmallow shooters except we called them cloud shooters and started the game by shooting at the balloon banner. That quickly changed and it ended up being Dad against everyone else. There were marshmallows everywhere! Sooo Fun. :)

For the treat bag I decided to give up the expensive cheapie toys and just go with the treats. Sorry moms. They turned out cute though.

 I just googled a rainbow image then added the wording in Photoshop. Super cute.

I'm in an association for spouse's of the medical students. It's a club of sorts and we do a lot of fun activities as well as community service. One activity we do every year is a service auction. We offer a service (I offered cupcakes, treats, and iron on onesies) and then you get points for having done various things. The points is pretty much your "money". We then have a real life auctioneer come and auction off all the fun things. There were lots of cute crafts, sewn stuff, quilts, treats, free babysitting, etc. Well, I saved up my points to pretty much cater Maggie's birthday party. It turned out perfectly. :) I'm so sly.

This gorgeous cake was done by my friend Stacy Howard. It turned out perfectly and the kids loved it!

Gorgeous!

Yay!

I also won some cake pops and cookie pops also from my friend Bobbi Jo Tucker. They turned out adorable. I was handing out a lot of treats. Thanks ladies. You saved me, really. Honestly I love to bake but it is soooo stressful to plan a party and make a gorgeous cake. I'm tempted to always cater out the cake and treats.

These turned out darling.

You can see my marshmallow shooters in this photo.

After all the kids are gone, cake devoured, marshmallows everywhere, I have a happy 6 year old and very very tired mama. I love doing it. :)

Happy Wednesday!

Love, Monica

Digi Day

Okay, last week was wild throwing a birthday party for my now five year old. Crazy! We had a tea party and the girls loved it! First though, JessicaSprague.com is doing a Mondays in May sale. Sorry you missed yesterday, but next week you'll be right on it, right? It is pretty much buy one product and get another product from the same designer FREE! Yeah baby, love free. Here's your chance to stock up on some wanted items!

If you haven't picked up any templates by The Queen of Quirk, you really need to. I love her templates. They are well designed and so fun to add to. Find them here! They are called Scrap Canvas. Full Credits for layout Here.

So here is the banner I made for Maggs' party. I used a Party Bundle Template by IKari Designs. This template set is great! It has everything you need for a party including a banner, bag toppers, cupcake toppers, invitations, thank you cards, tags, chocolate bar wrappers, etc. You can pick and choose what you want to use. In my case I used the banner and I used the bag toppers as place holders at the table. So easy and soooo cute! Find the template here and full credits here. I linked the bundle but if you buy the Party pack 1 next Monday then you can get the Party pack 2 for free. Save yourself 4 dollars! Just sayin'. :)

Here is the bag topper I used as a placeholder.

Here is the table setting for the tea party. I do have to give credit to my sister-in-law Jamie. She also threw her daughter a Tea Party this Spring and I did get some decorating ideas from her. Thanks Jamie! I was really happy with my centerpiece. The lilacs are in full bloom right now. I love lilacs. They have such a personal meaning to me and warm my heart. They really brightened our home for a few days. Wish they would stay around longer.

These were the dress up pieces for the girls. Each girl got a feather boa, a necklace, a ring, and a flower clip for their hair.

I loved how a little tulle and silk flowers dressed up my very worn chairs.

Love making tissue papers pom poms. They are so cute and so easy. They are a fun decorations for any party.

And of course the birthday girl all dressed up for her guests! Stop growing already!

One more thing, don't forget to head over to our Digi Lovely blog. Every Tuesday you get a Free template. If I haven't convinced you yet, templates are a super quick way to get your scrapping done. Head on over and collect not only today's template but the previous 13! Fourteen templates for FREE people! Next week the blog will be featuring mine. Kinda cool.

Thanks for reading my super long post! Have a wonderful day!!! :)