Our family donated a pinata to Miss Petrie’s class holiday party. I had never purchased a pinata, but apparently they do not come filled with candy. Who knew? I asked the cashier what to do and she told me to cut a hole in the pinata, pull out the newspaper stuffing and replace it with [...]
We have friends whose girls turned 1 and 5 this month. The party was based on the Angelina Ballerina books by Katharine Holabird. A few years ago I found a brand-new set of Angelina books at Goodwill for under $7. We gave them to Miss Petrie for Christmas and now Angelina is a favorite of [...]
For Miss Petrie Deux and my dad’s birthday party, I made chocolate chip walnut cookies as party favors. I spent a very cold afternoon baking a mountain of cookies. I baked over 100 cookies. I wrapped two cookies in parchment paper, then tied the package with jute string and a tag stamped with “Celebrate the [...]
My baby is one! This was her one year ago. And here she is as a big one year old. We had a big birthday week for her beginning with a little playgroup bash. I made pink minicupcakes with a bit of whipped cream on top. Miss Petrie Deux is eating everything, including peanut butter. [...]
We’ve always made invitations for Miss Petrie’s parties. This year it has been tough to get out the crafting materials, but I am able to do computer work. I had Miss Petrie dress up in her favorite ballet outfit and we went out to the back yard for a photo shoot. I used a pink [...]
I love this outfit my mom sent to Miss Petrie for her summer preschool program. After school, we went to a party for our little friend Lily. Her mom hired a clown. The clown was an incredible face painter! I once knew a man who dated Gates McFadden, who played Dr. Beverly Crusher on Star [...]
We had a blast at Chuck E. Cheese’s! Miss Petrie and her friends played really hard, ate pizza and enjoyed a delicious horse cake. This cake was not only tasty, but beautiful as well. I felt a little guilty cutting into something so pretty. She loved the gifts she received from our generous friends. If [...]
Thanks to Poppies at Play for hosting Creative Cats Friday! Miss Petrie’s birthday is right around the corner and I needed to get invitations out for her party. She loves horses and I just got her birthday photos taken, so we combined the two elements into her birthday invitation. She liked a galloping horse stamp [...]
Miss Petrie’s birthday is coming up very soon and I’ve started working on some of the small details for her party. I bought these photo pins at Hobby Lobby this summer. I cut out some denim-polka dot paper to use as the background for the stamp. I stamped a horse onto white cardstock and punched [...]
Our little friend Luke recently turned four and his very creative mom threw him a fire station party. I love how the party was frugal and had so many special, homemade touches. I am always blown away by how much creativity and effort goes into planning a kid’s birthday party. [...]