Happy Birthday Pennant Banner: Tutorial

This pennant banner made from scrapbook paper was not only free to make but also took only about 20 minutes to make.  No brainer!

Here is a simple tutorial.

1. Print your letters.  I used these from Martha Stewart.
2.  Pick your scrapbook paper.  I used 12x12 which will give you six pennants per sheet.
3. Fold your paper in half to make a rectangle.
4. Mark the top of your paper at the middle and the bottom in thirds.  If you look closely you can see the pencil marks.
5.  Use a ruler and connect the dots.  Look closely again and you can see the outline of your pennants. 6.  Cut them out.
7. Cut out your letters.  Punch holes in the top corners of your pennants. Glue letters to your pennants.
8.  Thread a length of ribbon through your pennants making sure to leave enough on either end to make hanging easy. 

That's it!  Big impact on decor...tiny impact on time.... zero impact on budget! And one happy little two year old who still walk around singing "Happy Birthday To My Party..."!!

Kandi

PS... Come back Thursday for a Shabby Apple giveaway!

**See more on this ice cream party here.

**See more party decorating with pennant banners here.

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Ice Cream Party: Free Printables

Harper Kate's party was this weekend and I think it went great.  Very low key but the kids had a blast!  In years past I've tended to blow the budget on birthday parties for Gray and Harper.  I've just realized that it is really not necessary.  The kids could really and truly care, and as long as they are having fun what more could matter?  So this year I took the fun more seriously and the decorating less seriously.  Entirely out of my nature if you know me but people evolve you know :-)

I scoured the web, well, actually Pinterest, for free printables and the magnitude of things that came up were amazing!  I narrowed it down to just 3 different projects because that would be SIMPLE!   

Project 1: Happy Birthday Harper Pennant Banner
Cost: Free

This was the easiest banner ever, but I'll give a quick tutorial tomorrow. I cut all of my pennants out of scrapbook paper that I had on hand and found this perfect letter printables on Martha Stewart. She had some other adorable ways to use them on her website (duh) but I needed a little more color.  It was just the pop I needed over the desert table.  Just enough without being over the top.

Project 2: Harper's Birthday Ice Cream Labels
Cost: $7 for the sticky labels

I went with the little cups of ice cream to save on time and fuss but wanted to dress them up a bit.  This project could potentially cost you $7 unless you have these labels on hand.  I used the two inch circles from Avery's new line of Customizable Market Solutions  and I thought there were absolutely perfect! The website is full of free templates and a super easy to use platform for designing your labels.  You can import pictures and logos and they are 100% fully customizable.  I designed these from a blank template in about 5 minutes but the possibilities were truly endless!

Project 3: Ice Cream Toppings Labels
Cost: Free

These Ice Cream Tags are by Amy Moss at Eat Drink Chic.  To save time I hand wrote the toppings onto the tags and glued them to card stock so they could stand up on their own.

The rest of the decorating came from bright linens I already had on hand, flowers from my yard, and about 20 brightly colored balloons.  

You know you have an awesome friend when she brings you a set of 12 monogrammed brightly colored napkins.  YOU ARE THE BEST REBEKAH!!  I pulled out all the colors that worked with the party for extra pops of color.  Worked perfect since our last name and Harpers first name are both H's.  The printable on the right I've had a around for a while and its a freebie from Eighteen25.  They happen to have the best collection of subway art ever!

I also reused pennants from my sisters baby shower on the lower patio. 

More on the party to come this week!

Kandi

Harpers 2nd Birthday Inspiration: Ice Cream Party

So.... although I knew that Harper's birthday was coming up soon I think I have been in denial of just how soon!  You have to understand, within a month of each other I have one turning two and the other going to Kindergarten.  Kindergarten is killing me... I can't even talk about it right now!!  Instead, lets plan a party!!

I love ice cream and I love playing in the water!!

Summer birthdays are fun.  It just opens up the possibilities and I am "planning" to have this one outside (which we all know means it will rain).  The loose theme I am using is "ice cream and slip-n-slide".  Basically I'm going to decorate with and serve ice cream and then send the kids outside to play in the water and get their energy out! 

For me, a party always starts with the invitation.  I didn't know whether to go with the full on ice cream theme...

PINK ICE CREAM CONE INVITATION

Or the full on Slip-N Slide theme...

Girl Waterslide Invitation

Neither were perfect but I fell in LOVE with this one!

Pink Pool Trio Invitation

Loved the colors and love that it gets across the whole party!  Water, fun, and food. 

Now, on to the decor.  I am thinking lots of pennant banners hanging from the decks and trees. 

GiddyGumdrops 

Eat, drink, chic

Of course, a big ice cream bar!

Amy Atlas

Amy Atlas

Party Inspirations

Ok!  This has been the easy part!  Now, I need to get to work.   

On another note, my entry closet makeover is coming along beautifully!  My sweet husband is working so hard to get it done.  He is a perfectionist so I've heard a few choice words coming from the foyer... but we will let that slide as long as he keeps working!  Want a sneak peak? 

LOVE IT ALREADY!!!!

Kandi

Baby Girl Nursery

This nursery was created for my daughter.  The design started with the beautiful crib given to me by my mother.  With that came a bedding that had to have a cream background to coordinate.  We ended up going with Leaves line from Hoohobbers (http://www.hoohobbers.com/).   In deciding on a wall treatment this Thibaut wallpaper from their Waterlily collection in the Mimosa Pink pattern (http://www.thibautdesign.com/) literally jumped off the page.  Perfection!

A beautiful white monogram ended up over the crib and that precious smocked dress was also a gift from Rebecca.

Framed pieces of wallpaper served as art.

The finishing touches included a Pottery Barn chandelier, a couple framed wallpaper leftovers, and an amazing arrangment of pillows created especially for the baby from Rebekah!!  There couldn't have been more beautiful 'icing on the cake'.

These last 2 pictures were taken in the new nursery at the new house... hence the different color walls!  But I wanted to show the monogram on canvas and the beautiful pillow Rebekah made for her!

Made with accents from vintage linens, piping in the curtrain fabric and also tassels from the curtains to tie the room together.

 

There is a sad part to this nursery story.  We found out we were moving due to a new job for my husband and moved from this house when she was 10 days old!!!  It's all a blur now...  I did atleast lay her in the room one time for a picture.  It's actually not so sad!  We couldn't be happier to be back in North Carolina and as the time flies and I am now thinking about her big girl room! 

Kandi