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New Year’s Eve Memory Balloons

Post author By vickybarone
Post date December 29, 2014

These memory balloons are the perfect way to decorate for New Year’s Eve AND reminisce about the past year!

All you need are some helium-filled balloons, tape, and printed pictures of your favorite memories from 2014.

Your party guests and little ones will love to see the moments you’ve chosen and of course they’ll love seeing their own faces amidst the balloons!

Memories we included were snow angels at the boys’ grandparents house, a fun week at the beach with cousins, and Cooper’s 8th birthday. What are your favorite memories from 2014?

Tags 2015, decor, DIY, do it yourself, new year's eve, nye

DIY Holidays Parties and Events

DIY Felt Heart Cake Toppers

Post author By vickybarone
Post date February 5, 2014
1 Comment on DIY Felt Heart Cake Toppers

We made the sweetest cake toppers for Valentine’s Day! They are super easy to make and would make a nice touch to any Valentine’s Day treat. Try them in your heart-shaped pancakes, use them as a drink stirrer, or have them top off any cake, pie, or cupcake!

Materials: Felt, cake pop sticks, a hot glue gun, and scissors.

Directions:
1. Cut your felt into different sized squares.
2. Fold one square in half and cut out half of a heart, with the fold as the center.
3. Unfold the square and trim the heart you just made!
4. Place the heart on top of another piece of felt in the same color and cut an identical heart underneath, using the top heart as a tracer.
5. Put a line of hot glue down the middle of one heart and place a cake pop stick on top.
6. Outline the heart with more hot glue and place the matching heart on top.
7. Repeat with different sized hearts in different colors.

Use your multi-colored hearts to make different color combinations!

These cake toppers aren’t just for Valentine’s Day! Make them to match your birthday party theme, or cut them into shapes other than hearts! Show us what you make! We would love to see it.

Tags Arts and Crafts, cake, cake toppers, cupcake, cupcake toppers, d.i.y., decor, DIY, do it yourself, easy, holidays, Valentine, Valentine's Day, white

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Things I Love: DIY Valentines

Post author By vickybarone
Post date February 3, 2014
1 Comment on Things I Love: DIY Valentines

We love DIY Valentines! Here are six great ideas for do-it-yourself Valentines that are great for kids. Just add a sweet message and share the love!

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Tags Arts and Crafts, crafts, d.i.y., DIY, do it yourself, easy, things i love, Valentine, Valentine's Day

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DIY Valentine’s Day Garland

Post author By vickybarone
Post date January 24, 2014
11 Comments on DIY Valentine’s Day Garland

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Here’s our first Valentine’s Day decoration of the season! We love how colorful and happy this garland is and we’re excited for Valentine’s Day already!

Materials: scrapbook paper, adhesive chipboard alphabet letters (similar), mini clothespins, a paper cutter and/or scissors, and twine. You can find all of these materials in your local craft store!

The above supplies contain affiliate links. If purchased, I will receive a commission, but the price stays the same for you!

Directions:
1. Using a paper cutter, cut scrapbook paper into 2.5 x 5 inch rectangles.
2. Cut a triangle out of the bottom of each paper rectangle using scissors. We made a stencil out of scrap paper to make sure each triangle cut was the same.
3. Remove the backing from the adhesive letters and attach to each paper flag.
4. Cut three long pieces of twine and attach each flag with a mini clothespin, leaving equal space between the flags and extra twine on each end for hanging.

If you like this garland, be sure to check out our Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve garlands as well!

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Tags Arts and Crafts, bunting, crafts, d.i.y., decor, DIY, do it yourself, garland, holidays, Valentine, Valentine's Day

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Things I Love: DIY Valentine’s Day Gifts

Post author By vickybarone
Post date January 22, 2014

Looking for the perfect gift for a loved one this Valentine’s Day, but don’t want to break the bank? The most thoughtful gifts can be handmade! Here are six ideas for DIY gifts that are sure to put a smile on your Valentine’s face.

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Tags Arts and Crafts, crafts, d.i.y., DIY, do it yourself, easy, Gift Ideas, Gifts, holidays, Valentine, Valentine's Day

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Happy Things Jar + A Free Printable!

Post author By vickybarone
Post date January 10, 2014
17 Comments on Happy Things Jar + A Free Printable!

One of my New Year’s resolutions is to be more present in the moment so that I can fully experience each day. Sometimes time seems to fly by and I don’t want to miss a second of it. This year, to better capture some of the highlights, I’ve created a “Happy Things” jar. When something happens that makes me smile, I’m going to write it down so that when 2014 has come to pass, I can look back at the memories and treasure them always.

Materials: A decorative glass jar (we got ours at Marshall’s for $3.99!), colorful paper, a marker or pen, scissors, and my free “Happy Things | 2014” printable!

Directions:
1. Download the Happy Things free printable and print!
2. Cut out the circular printable and attach to the jar. We used double stick tape so we can easily re-use the jar for something else, but you could also print the printable on adhesive label paper.
3. Cut squares out of colorful paper to make your jar look extra happy! We used a paper cutter and made 3.5″ x 3.5″ squares our of scrapbook paper.
4. Using a marker or pen, write happy things on pieces of paper, fold up, and place in your jar.

Let your kids write their own memories if they can, or ask them what their favorite part of the week was! Their answers, milestones, and cute phrases will make perfect memories for the Happy Things jar.

Click here or on the image below to download your own “Happy Things | 2014” label!

This memory jar is perfect for the whole family. Open the jar at the end of the year and reminisce over all of the wonderful times you all had together!

If you make your own memory jar, please send us a picture or a link! We’d absolutely love to see it. Enjoy!

***UPDATE***

Each year we hear more requests for an updated Happy Things Printable and we are here to deliver! Click below to download the newest printables!

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2020

Tags 2014, Baby, d.i.y., DIY, do it yourself, easy, Family, free printable, happy things, Kids, memories, new year, new year's resolutions, resolutions

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DIY Happy New Year Garland

Post author By vickybarone
Post date December 24, 2013
7 Comments on DIY Happy New Year Garland

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We made a garland for our New Year’s Eve party! It’s our go-to bunting that works for every holiday. Check out our Christmas and Thanksgiving garlands too!

Materials: Black scrapbook paper, glittery adhesive chipboard alphabet letters (similar, similar), mini clothespins, a black marker or paint, a paper cutter and/or scissors, and gold trim.

The above supplies contain affiliate links. If purchased, I will receive a commission, but the price stays the same for you!

Directions:
1. Using a paper cutter, cut scrapbook paper into 4×6 inch rectangles.
2. Cut a triangle out of the bottom of each paper rectangle using scissors. We made a stencil out of scrap paper to make sure each triangle cut was the same.
3. Remove the backing from the letters and attach to each paper flag.
4. Paint clothespins black, or color them in with a black marker.
5. Cut one long piece of trim (or three pieces like we did) and attach each flag with a clothespin, leaving equal space between the flags and extra trim on each end for hanging.

See more New Year’s Eve inspiration on our NYE Pinterest board!

Tags Arts and Crafts, bunting, d.i.y., decor, DIY, do it yourself, garland, holidays, new year's eve, nye, party decor

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Felt Flower Christmas Wreath

Post author By vickybarone
Post date December 18, 2013

One week until Christmas! Can you believe it?

We have been so happy to share all of our Holiday crafts, gift guides, and recipes with all of you throughout December, and we’re not done yet! Our next project is this candy cane striped Christmas wreath! You might recognize it from the Interchangeable Felt Flower Wreath we made earlier this year. It has served us so well over the past few months during the fall, football season, Halloween, and Thanksgiving. We were not kidding when we said it was interchangeable!

For this Christmas wreath, we filled the entire circle with red and white flowers in a striped pattern to create a candy cane inspired wreath! We love the way it looks on the front door.

For the full felt flower wreath tutorial click here!

Happy Christmas crunch time, everyone!

Tags Arts and Crafts, Christmas, christmas decor, crafts, d.i.y., decor, DIY, do it yourself, holidays, white, wreath