Homemade Lip Gloss & Monster High Favor Boxes

Homemade Lip Gloss

I made Pink Lemonade for Samantha's 4th party and they were so easy, I decided to make Raspberry ones for her Monster High

Ingredients:

Vaseline

Small to-go packet Raspberry Powdered Drink 

Step One:

Microwave the vaseline in pyrex glass cup until a little runny.

I had to keep stirring with a whisk and melting a little more.

Step Two:

Stir in drink mix and whisk

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I found these little pots  with lids at the dollar tree

Pour mix in slowly

I added a monster high sticker and wrapped them in little celophane bags

They went inside these cute favor bags

All the other goodies that went in the bag

I finished them with hot pink tulle and a pom pom tag

they were adorable!

Monster High Birthday { Sassy is 6 }

Today we had a little party for our soon to be six year old... 

Her official birthday is one week from today. But our move date is 4 days after that.. so I had her friend birthday party a little earlier this year for a good reason. 

I had done my usual prep for months.. Finding and making cute garlands and accessories, matchy matchy plates, napkins, serving trays. I could easily love staging houses and planning parties.. I love it. And even though this was the last party in this packed up chaotic house.. I spared no expense to do what I always have done at her celebrations in the past . I didnt want her to feel any different about the fact that we are moving very soon.

The treat boxes were packed and tied with hot pink tulle

Garlands, Balloons, Candy and Tables were set up.

The lovely western new york weather...*sarcasm*.... forced us to have the party INDOORS...

This was a bit of a game changer.. but we had so much fun anyways.. 

Samantha kept telling me it was "the best day ever".. so I dont think the kids cared where they were .. the party was perfect in their eyes. We had her favorite Wegmans pizza for lunch and her friends and her chatted it up and sat around the little tables and chairs we had left 

She has some of the sweetest friends.
We're gonna miss these girls.

She requested a pinata... So we browsed Party City, online stores and even Walmart .. But I couldnt stomach paying almost $30 for something that would be destroyed in 5 minutes or less.

So good ole Pinterest to the rescue.

I cut up an old box and made a 6... the hardest part was the tissue paper fringe. Just time consuming. But it was super easy. I will NEVER pay for a pinata .. its gonna be a DIY thing for me. Im excited to try new shapes and holiday pinatas..

I've never seen such a mess of candy, toys and stickers disappear faster.

The kids loved it, so thats all that really mattered.

After the Pinata .. Samantha wanted to do the cake/cupcakes.

She wanted to "save the presents for last Mama, its my favorite part"

Six. Oh boy.

She was elated. And just as it should be for my little big girl

Onto her favorite part.

I just love her face and her friend's face in this picture.

She was opening this friends' gift. I just think its so cute that her friend was just as excited as she was.

As people began to leave, each guest got a Monster High goody bag.

I chose the zebra takeout boxes to hold all the goodies, and tied hot pink tulle and pom-pom tags of course

Here is what was in each box

Homemade Raspberry Lip Gloss, Bubbles, Lipstick Pen, Monster High Stickers, Pink Lolly, Monster High Pad, and Eraser, & Pink and Black Gum Balls

The lip gloss was a diy 

I got the small containers from the Dollar Tree. 

I melted some vaseline and added pink edible dust (wilton) and raspberry drink mix 

Stirred until it turned pink. 

Then I put the mix into a ziplock bag, and snipped off one end to fill the little pots without a mess. 

I glued a monster high logo face on each one.

I made my first pinata for this party and my first tassel garland

A few new Monster High girls she got today.

I think these things are hysterical.

We had so much fun today

Silly and Sweet end to a fun day.

Celebrating Andrew George

My big guy is three

The previous post was about how I felt about having a three year old now and reminiscing this day (below)

Its a chilly day today.. 15 degrees... It was 55 when he was born. 

So needless to say he had to pretty much stay indoors today.

We arranged his gifts on the table.. and he shouted "open presents now!" which I think is the FIRST time he was all excited to open presents.. He didnt even care that much at Christmas just a few weeks ago

He got right down to business...

A new garbage/recycling truck.

He was smitten. 

Played with that thing ALL day.

He also got new diecast car set, a Cuckoo Clock (hysterical) Tractor Set from Sister, A Backyardigans DVD, and a Delta Airlines Airport set 

Sam and I headed out to get a few things for his little party later in the day.

I love setting up party stuff.

No real theme, just blues and reds and yellows, But his truck cake ended up being Orange.. so .. 

I had leftover cake and homemade buttercream, so I froze about a dozen un-dipped cake pops (just the cake and frosting rolled) and then I made a few blue ones. 

Drink station ;)

And I had made these sugar cookie "3"'s about 2 weeks ago and froze them/forgot about them till the party almost was starting. 

We ordered some pizza, and had snacks. 

My homemade salsa/chips, carrots and dip and popcorn, chips

As soon as we were done eating, we mentioned presents again, and he ran and sat down so fast.. he was ready.. he likes this "present opening" thing...

Then cake... He was so excited too.

I know I keep saying he was so excited.. but i'll just preface that he was into NONE of these things when he turned 2. I made him a huge construction cake.. he took one bite and spit it out.. And Samantha opened all his presents last year.. (which is why she looks teary-eyed here... She had to accept that he FINALLY wanted to participate in his own party)

We were laughing so hard because he kept digging his fork right into the big cake.. He poked off all 3 Oreo wheels and went to town.. He had never had an oreo until yesterday.. so we were amazed.. haha..

He sat and ate and ate and ate frosting and cake and oreos... 

He was so happy ... We were so happy.. 

The party was so much fun.

and just like that, he's 3.

I have a 5 1/2 year old and a 3 year old.. with no plans of another baby... thats kind of sad... 

But then again, we're getting into the stage when its become a LOT easier, and Im grateful for that.

But if I could just blink myself back into the hospital room with him for a few hours.. That would be okay too..

Frozen 5th Birthday Party

Of course this year she chose her theme way in advance.. FROZEN was to be the theme.. as if we had any other choices...

So I started party prep way in advance like I usually do. 

I had a ton of ideas.. and I started with painting these ball jars with white acrylic paint & then spraying them with sealant.. to be either vases or silverware holders

I also started on this canvas about 2 months prior to go behind the dessert table.

They ended up being utensil holders.

And I found the teal flower plate at Michaels.. and it all just started coming together. 

Frozen mints from Party City, and Samantha picked out the cake plates and napkins from the Dollar Spot at Target a few months ago.

I kept the party food pretty simple. 

Water bottles, Mom made mimosas, and we had Frozen Blue Lemonade. 

The party was at my Mom's house, and she has a covered patio, which worked great for the dessert table, present area, etc.

The dessert table included, Marshmallows, Frosted White Animal Crackers, Gumballs (Target) and Taffy in blue and white (wegmans)

She was so excited 

She had her little Elsa inspired outfit and new necklace on .. and I sprayed her hair white.. which looked more like grey, but she LOVED it.

Another reason for having the party at Moms was her pool, which almost every kid used!

I had printed out Anna and Elsa coloring sheets, and also had wooded snowflakes with sequins and glue, so every girl made some snowflakes to take home decorated in frozen colors.

She got some adorable gifts, including a new Frozen backpack! I checked that off our school supply list! 

She had so much fun with all her little girlfriends

The cake was a homemade blue funfetti/sprinkle cake with a new bakery style buttercream recipe I found. 

The favors

 I put the favors in berry baskets I purchased from Etsy.

The favors included:

Bubble Wands

Birthday Cake M&M's

Princess Wands

Frozen Pencils

Frozen hair clips in muslin bags

and 

The necklace kit below

The littlest guest even got a party favor!

Sam and her friend Annabelle went for a swim after all the guests left 

It was such a fun party 

Then we were off to another family bash.

There are so many family members from all over that visit during the summer, and my cousin had a bbq that evening. We checked out their music room, and Sam loved playing the drums.

It was a long day.. and as I instagrammed, I started and ended the day with cake.. 

Not such a bad thing.