Category Archives: Parties

Fall Festival Black Light Room

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You may have seen my classroom on here before. However, you would not have recognized it this weekend! I transformed it into a blacklight room for our school’s fall festival.

I can’t really explain how I came up with this idea. I just wanted it to be fun and it evolved into this. But let me tell you, fun it was! Can you tell we had fun by these pictures?

These are mostly “after” pictures. I don’t have any “during” pictures because I was too busy having fun!

If you are interested in hosting your own black light paint room for a fall festival or any other event, here are more details on how I pulled this off.

I used black butcher (bulletin board) paper to cover my walls. It was held on by neon duct tape. I had 6 24″ black light bulbs and 5 60 watt black light bulbs. I pushed all my desks together and covered them with butcher paper as well. I got several hundred pleated paper condiment cups donated from area restaurants (Arby’s, Wendy’s, and a local frozen yogurt shop). I filled those cups about a third full of washable florescent tempera paint from Hobby Lobby. To create a fun atmosphere, I played the techno station on Pandora. It also attracted a lot of visitors! The night would not have been successful without my vollunteers. I had workers to collect tickets at the door, dispense the paint, and clean the floor.

It was a lot of work, but it was worth it. There were several people that came back two or three times! I also had kids that were ready to stay all night. Their parents had to page them from the front office for them to leave! And my own students begged me to keep the paper up for class today.

Thanks for stopping by, and I wish you the best with your own fall festivities!

Super Hero Shower

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This weekend I was able to throw a baby shower for none other than my busy brunette sister, Leslie! That’s right! Leslie is due with a baby boy in January!

Leslie’s husband, Jesse is crazy for Marvel, so it was a no brainer that we would do a super hero themed shower.

We began the shower with a prayer over the expecting couple led by my sweet husband. Then we helped ourselves to some yummy snacks before Leslie and Jesse opened presents.

One of the refreshments we enjoyed was some poppin’ punch! I kid you not! It really was popping! What’s the secret? Pop rocks!

If only you could hear this picture!

Here are the happy expecting parents in their super parent capes!

And we can’t have a 2 busy brunettes shower without a sister shot!

(I know, I chopped my hair off! It was time for a change!)

Here are some details about the shower:

  • Wreath: $1 wreath form from Target, painted red, wrapped in black tulle, glued onto round felt board (walmart), with felt cut out of city scape, and yellow fabric paint widows; cardstock “It’s a boy!” sign using font Wurper Regular Font.
  • Cupcake Toppers: stickers on cardstock
  • Capes: felt sticker letters in the font BadaBoom BB 
  • Pop! Straw Tags: I made them using photoshop and the BadaBoom BB font. Download your own sheet of straw labels by clicking the picture:

It’s always wonderful to gather with family- especially to celebrate a new life.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cute as a Button Baby Shower

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Yesterday turned out to be a lovely day for a baby shower- not a cloud in the sky!  (Although we would have probably welcomed one or two to provide some shade!) But I can’t complain at all.

The shower was a huge success and the baby herself was the star of the show. We enjoyed celebrating her birth and adoption with her at her own baby shower. I know she won’t remember it, but we sure enjoyed passing her around!

Here are some pictures of our September cute as a button vintage baby shower.

She really is as cute as a button isn’t she? Such a precious little miracle.

Thanks for stopping by!

*The baby photograph on the food table was done by Leap of Faith Photography.

Sew Cute!

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A dear friend of mine just adopted a baby girl. We’re ecstatic, and I’m honored to be able to host a shower for her. It’s next Sunday and my house is starting to look more like a flea market as I prepare for it. I don’t mind though (don’t tell my husband that!), because it is super fun to plan!

My friend has a primitive/antique taste, and her baby girl is as cute as a button! So I thought, “Why not mix the two and go with a vintage ‘cute as a button/sew cute!’ theme?” The wheels started turning…

Have you ever seen the show Junk Gypsies? Well you know how the first step to their room makeover is to “go junkin’?” Well I went junkin’! They always go to their favorite junkin’ spots, and well.. I went to one of my favorite resources too- my mom! She is always great at listening to my ideas and helping me get to the final product. Here’s a sneak peek at what we’ve got so far:

Come back early next week to see the final product!

Spa Party

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What smells like feet, looks like a zen garden, and sounds like giggling girls? Spa night! Ok, it didn’t really smell like feet, just nail polish and the sentsy scent luna that we had going.

A friend and I decided to throw the girls at our church a spa party the night before their prom. We had a good time playing with face masks, foot scrubs, and nail polish!

 

If you are interested in throwing your own spa party, here are the labels, invites, and signs I used. Just click the picture to download.. they’re free!

Happy summer! (for those teacher like me who just got out of school. Hooray!)

Oh, The Parties You’ll Throw!

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It’s the first post in May and it’s already the 15th? Oops! I guess you can call me busy. Oh yeah.. you already do- 2busybrunettes! (yeah, yeah. Stop rolling your eyes!) Well, let’s see… what have I been busy with? Well there was that baby shower at school I helped host last Thursday, the spa night I threw for our teen girls at church Friday night, my husbands and niece’s birthday celebration this weekend, and wrapping up the year at school. It may not sound like a lot, but just imagine bringing all the right things to the right places at the right times. You know how it is getting yourself out of the house without leaving anything behind! And please don’t imagine the way my house looks after getting ready for all those events!

So what is today’s post about?

The baby shower! And if you couldn’t tell already, the theme was Dr. Seuss. What better theme for a teacher’s baby shower?

Here’s some close-ups of the tables.

  
  
 

Those centerpieces are just butcher paper from the school. I painted Dr. Seuss-like shapes on the paper (trees from The Lorax, bowl from The Cat in the Hat, balloon from Oh, The Places You’ll Go) and cut them out. Then I used library books to create some height, and I borrowed those cute lil characters from other teachers. Oh, and did you know that you can’t find Dr. Seuss party stuff anywhere!? It’s true! At least I couldn’t! So I added to the Dr. Seuss theme by altering the wooden baby blocks (scroll down for more info). I also wrapped the plasticware in napkins and twisted pipe cleaners around them. That was lots of fun! I didn’t have to worry about how they looked, because after all, it’s a Dr. Seuss theme.. and how can you mess up Seuss?

Here are some more shower pictures!

  

  

How about those cakes? Well, this being a creativity blog and all, you might think I made them. Think again! The edible cake was from Wal-Mart!! The topper is one of the Christmas ornaments I use on my classroom tree. The diaper cake was made by another teacher at our school. But, she did share with me how she made it, so if you’re interested, here’s the scoop. (Oh yeah, just in case it’s hard to tell from the picture, those are blue table cloths with red and white striped wrapping paper down the center. Like I said, I had to get creative to do Seuss.)

Dr. Seuss Diaper Cake:

1. Start by gathering 3 containers in varying sizes- one for each tier (Large for the bottom, medium for the middle, and small for the top).
2. Roll up the diapers and place around the containers. Use an elastic band to hold them in place.
3. Wrap ribbon around the diapers and glue in place.
4. Cover three cake boards (one for the base, 2 for tiers) in coordinating fabric.
5. Glue the containers to the cake boards.
6. Decorate your cake with a book, rattle, stuffed animal, etc. (This cake has bulletin board cut outs popping out from behind- ordered from the internet).

*To get your decorations to stay in place on the top tier, cut out slits in the top container to stuff the goodies into.

Now for those adorable wooden baby  blocks that were tumbling down the books.. I did make those! So if you’re interested in those, here’s the lowdown.

  1. I used Island Blue (Anita’s Acrylic), Citron Green (American Acrylic), and Orange (Anita’s Acrylic) paint.
  2. I found that sanding the blocks helped the paint go on better.. go figure!
  3. Paint your blocks! FYI: I didn’t paint all the blocks. I left some red and some yellow.
  4. Finding a cheap Dr. Seuss book (yard sale? thrift store?) trace the pictures you would like to use on your blocks.
  5. Cut out the pictures!
  6. Paint a thin layer of modge podge over the block. I did this on one of the sides of the block with the picture. I left the number side and the letter side alone.
  7. Place your Dr. Seuss picture over the picture on the block.  I just turned my picture the same direction as theirs. Let dry.
  8. If you are like me, you will have some edges that are sticking out from the block. Cut those off. Then put another coat of modge podge over the picture.

For my blocks, I typed (using the font, “Mail Ray Stuff”) up Dr. Seuss words (green, eggs, ham, pop, hop, fox, socks, cat, hat, etc.) and printed them on bright blue paper. Then I followed steps 7 & 8 with the words. They looked great without them though. (Ok, I lied. My husband followed steps 7 & 8 for the words! Did I tell you I have the best husband ever? I was getting everything else ready for the shower and he volunteered his precious time. I love him!)

There you go! That’s the Dr. Seuss shower. And in a year, you can be sure I’ll be posting a Dr. Seuss first birthday party. I’ve already been asked to do the decorations!

Oh, the parties you’ll throw!

P.S. Remember that post about removing the labels from containers to reuse them for an Earth Day craft? Well here’s my kiddo’s repurposed creations.

Aren’t they cute? They had a blast making them. We had aliens, monsters, bug holders, clocks, Nerf gun bullet holders, lightning bug catchers, butterflies, and much more!