Saturday, December 24, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
To Celebrate Our Marriage - DAY 17
I am still participating in the 31 Days of Love Challenge at Time-Warp Wife.
"31 Days of Love" will challenge you daily to live beyond yourself,
to put aside your preconceived ideas of what romance should look like,
and seek out true love that is sacrificial and intentional."
-Darlene Schacht
I decided to keep it private and work on it through journaling and lots of prayer.
I find it has already helped me so much as a wife.
Click on the above link and read the daily challenges!
They are amazing.
Here are some of my favorites so far:
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Star Wars The Party
A long, long time ago
in a galaxy far, far away,
A boy was born.
His name was UNO.
This is his party.
{cue Star Wars Theme music}
Cookie Man challenged me to a budget of $60.
And I did it!
I made the invitations,but only made 6 to pass out.
I did have them printed for $1.50 total!
The kids were told to come dressed as their favorite Star Wars Character.
The party favors, the light sabers took half of the budget, $27
but I wouldn't have traded that for anything.
They were great!!
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| Battle on the Galactic Grass |
UNO recieved his gifts from us the day of his birthday.
The gifts became part of the party decor = FREE.
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| Birthday Gifts = Free Decor |
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| The Millennium Falcon was a gift from Christmas. The Helmet- a garage sale find |
I normally would have made the cupcake toppers
but I saved the packaging from his gifts and
with my 1 1/2" circle cutter began to cut out the images from the packaging!
It was super simple and FREE!
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| Cookie Man's mom made the cupcakes = FREE! |
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| UNO and his sisters |
We ordered pizza, which was $30.
For drinks, I made Lemonade with ReaLemon Juice and Sugar, which I already had = FREE!
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| DOS as Princess Leia |
For games/ activities, Cookie Man recorded Star Wars music and sounds on the iPad.
It definitely set the mood of the party.
Imagine kids swinging their light sabers and the light saber sound echoing in the background...AWESOMENESS... = FREE!!
Cookie Man drew the Death Star on the back wall, it was for a game that we didn't end up doing
but it looked great! Outdoor Decorations = FREE!
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| Kick the ball at the Storm Trooper |
We had the jumper up that my sister gave me for my birthday = FREE!
Each kid also received a Jedi Training Certificate that Cookie Man found on the internet.
Cookie Man edited it in Photoshop.
(Also, there is also a typo on the certificate...Padewan instead of Padwan)
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| TRES... the cutest Darth Vader and her Jedi certificate |
I usually get so caught up in the presentation of the party that I don't really think of cost.
I am happy Cookie Man challenged me.
It was definitely simple and stress free!
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| I'm not really sure where this fits in to the theme but I LOVE HIM!! |
UNO had a great time with his friends...
and THAT is the most important thing!
Happy Birthday UNO!
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU
Monday, October 10, 2011
Star Wars Party- Party Favors
When UNO finally decided on a birthday party theme,
I started searching for THE perfect take home favors.
Hello! Light Sabers!!!
I searched for ideas that ran from pool noodles, to dowels, to PVC pipe.
I chose PVC pipe.
I saw a post about making them here.
I made my adjustments to share with you.
My light sabers are 2' long... the perfect length for 5 year olds and under.
The above link has her's 3', which I think is great for older kids and adults.
I went to Home Depot to buy the supplies.
They even cut it for me.
(Thanks Adam!)
Note: It is cheaper to buy the super long pipes than to buy pre-cut ones.
(NOTE: Yoda would have said this to me if here were reading this post!)
For 1 Star Wars Light Saber
YOU NEED:
2'- smallest PVC pipe
2'- Pipe insulation that fits over the PVC pipe
6"- PVC pipe for insulated pipe to fit snugly inside
Grey Duct Tape
Colored "Duck" Tape
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| Slide the Insulation over the thinner PVC pipe |
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| Slide the Insulated pipe into the 6" pipe |
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| This is what your light saber looks like before taping |
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| wrap the handle with the grey duct tape |
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| A light saber, this is going to be. |
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| Next, wrap your colored duck tape overlapping the grey at the base of the handle |
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| YES! The force is with me!! A Light Saber!! |
Honestly, it took me about 15 minutes to make one!!
Friday, October 7, 2011
Happy 5th Birthday UNO!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNO!!
WE LOVE YOU!
You don’t raise heroes; you raise sons.
And if you treat them like sons,
they’ll turn out to be heroes,
even if it’s just in your own eyes.
~ Walter Schirra Sr.
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