Batman Birthday Party

Nana-Nana-Nana-Nana-Nana-Nana-Nana-Nana BATMAN! (I know you checked to make sure I put enough “Nana”s. You did, didn’t you?) For his 7th Birthday Party my nephew wanted a Batman Party. My sister asked me if I would help her with it and I jumped at the chance! I LOVE to plan parties! So, if you’re planning a … Continue reading Batman Birthday Party

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Potions

My son is OBSESSED with making potions. For Christmas we got him little jars with cork lids so he'd have something special to put his potions in.  At his Pirate Birthday Party he insisted that pirates make potions, so we HAD to make potions at his party! Each child went home with a potion jar … Continue reading Potions

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Burlap Banner

This Burlap Banner is so easy to make and looks so good. My paint dried quickly too, so it was a pretty quick decoration to make. I used this banner for my nautical baby shower. This style of banner would also go well with a spring theme or a vintage theme. It's very versatile.  Supplies: Burlap … Continue reading Burlap Banner

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Nautical Baby Shower

My cousin Emily's first baby is due in 12 days!! Emily is more like a sister than a cousin to me, so when she first told me about Baby I knew that I was going to be one of the ones, with Emily's sister Lucy, who got to plan her family baby shower.  Since we, … Continue reading Nautical Baby Shower

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Kids Felt Board

For Christmas one year I decided to make my niece a travel felt board. My original idea was to make a background (sky and grass) and then make some pieces, like large pretty butterflies, ladybugs, flowers and clouds for her to arrange on them. Well, once I started creating I could. not. stop. I worked … Continue reading Kids Felt Board

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How to Easily Cut Burlap

This is a teeny tiny post on how to easily cut burlap to make cute crafts like this one: You can find the instructions for this craft, Burlap Coasters, right here on my site! When I was searching for burlap crafts on Pinterest I found a post by Celeste at decorbytheseashore.com and have found it to … Continue reading How to Easily Cut Burlap

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Burlap Coasters

For my daughter's 2nd Birthday Party she wanted the theme to be colours. Because her birthday is in March I thought a spring theme would also be nice. I used burlap, twine and white flowers for a lot of the decorations (keep watching for the post on that party! Soon to come!). I wanted a … Continue reading Burlap Coasters

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Gilt Picture Frames

  I was redoing our bathroom as a birthday present from my husband. I got to pick the paint colour and new decorations and then he would do the work. I really wanted three old fashioned gilt picture frames, each with a picture of one of my children at the beach in it. I looked … Continue reading Gilt Picture Frames