Ellie's Goldfish Birthday Party

Ellie's Goldfish Birthday Party

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bunting, cousins, crafts, decorating, decorations, DIY, family, glitter, kids, New Jersey, party, ruffles, seasons

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We had a blast yesterday at Ellie's goldfish themed party!  The weather was incredible here in Jersey and we spent the whole time out on the deck or playing football and Frisbee. The kids got a chance to run through the sprinkler too. It was a great day and, while I'm not sure Ellie knew it was a party in her honor, she seemed to enjoy herself!  Here are a few pictures.  I'm a little disappointed that I didn't take better ones. I thought they were great and then when I loaded them up they were fuzzy or the color was off. I'm the worst photographer!  I need a teacher.

The candy and dessert table

 

Those twirly sticks are cream filled cookies. Found those at Dollar Tree. Aren't they cute?

My nieces and nephews have come to expect soda in glass bottles at our parties now. How can I disappoint?

These cupcake decorations were my favorite part. I love the little fish stickers!  It's impossible to find goldfish specific stickers so these were the best I could find.

Not sure if the grill was working, we opted for a good ole 6 ft. hero.

I covered a regular party hat with scrapbook paper, a crepe paper ruffle and pom pom and a smaller version of the cupcake decorations.  I'm hooked on embellished party hats now!

The birthday girl!  She wore a light blue bloomer-blouse set that had red and orange fish embroidered on it. She looked adorable!

I know y'all are wondering why we put the food table in front of the air conditioning unit?  Well, it was the only shady spot at the time the sandwich was delivered and you know, no one likes sweaty cheese.

Cheers!
Jenny

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$1.07 Acorn Decoration

$1.07 Acorn Decoration

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crafts, decor, fall, glitter, paint

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The other day I was tooling around The Mother Land, I mean Home Goods. I came across a sweet, glittery acorn made from pine cone scales for $5.99. Bargain!  But the longer I looked at it the more I realized it was nothing more than a styroform ball with acorn scales glued on it. Heck, I could do that!  So I did. And I did it in under 30 minutes. Sorry about the blurriness in some of the pictures.

Here is how I did it.  I cracked and cut the scales off pine cones I had found around our apartment. I tired to use the biggest scales. I bought a gold glittery Christmas ornament from Dollar tree and I applied my hot glue gun.

Supplies

Glue one row of scales about 1/4-1/3 of the way down from the top of the ornament.
Start at the bottom so you can shingle the scales.

Keep adding layers on top. Stagger them so they don't line up exactly. They are small so be careful
with your glue gun. Don't be a victim like me.

Gild the lily, I mean the pine cones scales with some gold craft paint. I applied it just on the bottom edges.
Bert is staring at you. He knows what you did last summer.

Tie a large satin bow around the top. Hang from your chandelier or wherevever.  Accept compliments.

We had Molly's 5th birthday party for our family yesterday. More pics to come but she was thrilled and everyone loved our new home. We were so proud to be able to have a great party in it and have everyone be comfortable with enough room to move. The weather was cold but bright and clear so the kids played outside the whole time and I got to catch up with my sisters-in-law who rock.

Hope you all had a great weekend too! Link up your latest and greatest here!

Cheers!


Jenny

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Mod Podge Reglittered Shoes

Mod Podge Reglittered Shoes

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When I ended up with girls I knew I'd be in for certain things but I have been surprised by what I didn't know. I knew I'd be wrestling toddlers into tights for Christmas pictures. It never occurred to me, pre-daughters, that I would have to do it 10x in one day for diaper changes. I knew I'd be watching dance recitals. I didn't know the costumes cost $80 and you have to watch ALL the students dance. I knew I would wash pink clothes. I didn't know that I would end up doing 2-3 pink/red loads a week. And I knew girls liked sparkly things. I didn't realize that this would mean Jim I would have to continuously vacuum up the glitter that falls off the fairy dresses/fancy shoes/crowns/what-have-you constantly. 

It is amazing how much glitter actually floats around my home. When Ellie was crawling her little knees would sparkle in the sun. Jim more often than not goes into work with glitter clinging to his shirt. Molly thinks it's fantastic!  MORE GLITTER FOR EVERYONE!  And Jim was so thrilled when we came home from shopping with a brand new pair of silver glitter shoes from the Disney Store. HA! HA!  Molly decided they were Ariel's wedding shoes and she wears them all the time.

This is what they looked like a few days ago. Not much glitter left. She was bummed because I wouldn't let her wear them out anymore.

So I grabbed my trusty Mod Podge, a foam brush, some glitter and went to work!  I just slathered on the M.P. and shook on the glitter. Then I let them dry and gave them two coats of a clear spray canned glaze.

Here they are now!

Ahhhhh, so much better! 

She also had a pair of red ones. These had more issues than glitter loss. They are a mess. But she loves these shoes so I decided to reglitter them too but I couldn't find the same color/type of glitter so I just used whatever red glitter I could find. Not perfect but I will let her wear them to play. She will not wear these to school no matter how much she insists she should look like Dorothy in PreK 4.

Before

After

Brain surgery? No. Did it make a 4 year old happy?  Yup!  Mod Podge rules.

Cheers!
Jenny

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