Celebration Laine

Wrapping Wednesday:Making Butcher Paper Beautiful!

2012-07-25T08:50:00.001-07:00

Good Morning! And happy Wrapping Wednesday!

Today, I'm sharing with you some great ideas on how to turn plain, old butcher paper into a beautiful gift wrap! Now, I'm a sucker for bright, shiny wrapping paper, but sometimes I just don't have the money to go buy new wrapping paper for every party. Here are some ideas to help spruce up some basic butcher paper, simply by using things you already have!

This is an example of what you can do with extra fabric and stickers! Super cute! And pretty easy to accomplish!

In this example, the crafter used old birthday/Christmas cards to spruce up the basic butcher paper! So clever! The last box on the left hand side, is ingenious! Newspaper, lace trim, button and saftey pin! Done!! So cute!

This is probably the cheapest fix for plain butcher paper! Paper Doilies! We all get them around the valentine season, but why not use them all year round? This is what I call Country Chic!!

I LOVE polka dots! So for me this idea is great! Take butcher paper, a ink stamp pad and a pencil, and start stamping away!

Now this is awesome!! Decorating with Hard ware store items!! Great for Father's Day or even Christmas gifts for the men in the family! Nuts & bolts, to tape measures & metal discs, this just goes to prove that you can use anything to decorate a gift!

I hope that you can take these tips and use them for your wrapping needs!!

Happy Wrapping Wednesday Everyone!
Many Blessings!

Monday Game: Feet & Even More Feet!

2012-07-23T09:37:00.001-07:00

Happy Monday to you!!!
Today is Game Monday! Yay! The game of the day is...."Feet & Even More Feet"! This game was inspired by the wonderful Dr. Seuss!
Growing up, I LOVED Dr. Seuss books! And now as a mother of three, I love them even more! My kiddos never get tired of hearing mommy and daddy read them Dr. Seuss books before bed! Because of this, we decided to make my oldest son's first birthday a "Dr. Seuss" party! Great theme for a first birthday! Well, the favorite game of the night, amongst the kids and adults, was "Feet & Even More Feet"! For this game I used my lost socks bag or what I call LSB! Lol You probably have one too! You loose a sock "in the dryer" (because every dryer gets hungry! LOL). So your stuck with one of the pair! Well, I found that every time I got rid of the one, the mate would show up! So I created the Lost Sock bag. If I end up with an odd amount of socks from the dryer, I just throw it into the bag, where it waits until I find its mate! Here is how to play!

Feet & Even More Feet Game

Supplies:
Random, size & color socks. ( if you don't have a LSB then get socks from the dollar store. You'll need 20 socks for 8 people)

Instructions:
1. Dump all the socks into one big pile. (Make sure you have enough space for the amount of people playing to sit around in a circle)
2. Have players take off their socks and shoes.
3. Instruct the kiddos or adults to sit in a circle around the pile of socks.
4. Tell the players they will have 2 minutes (you can add more time for toddlers) to fit as many socks on their feet as they can!
5. At the end of the time, whoever has the most socks on their feet wins!!

(This game can get difficult. The more socks they put on the bigger their feet get!)

The kids loved this game! And I even had the adults try a round! This is very easy and fairly inexpensive! I hope you enjoy this great party game!!!

Many Blessings!

PartyThemeFriday:The Wizard of Oz!

2012-07-20T10:39:00.000-07:00

The theme that I have found for today's party theme is THE WIZARD OF OZ! I saw this and fell in LOVE!! The Wizard of Oz was and still is one of my favorite movies! Growing up, we watched classic movies ALL the time! And I would always go for the musicals! Music is one of my first loves! So watching the Wizard of Oz was thrilling! I was entranced by the colors and dancing of Munchkin land; In awe of the "Horse From a Different Color"! And most of all, I wanted Dorthy's Ruby Shoes! So, when I stumbled across this party theme, I had to share it with all of you!

There are so many different things that you can do with this theme! The possibilities are ENDLESS!

Lets start with, what every party starts with....the invitation! Here are a couple of invites that I love!

Now, these stick with the red, blue & white theme. There are a ton out there that have more colors and are themed to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"! Which is still, really cute! I just liked this more! I think that this theme can be for a little girl or even a Girlfriend Party! I found these invitations on Esty. I think that an invite made with a Cricut could be great as well!There are several cartridges that have the high heal shoes that you can cut out in a sparkly red paper! Click here for the cartridges with shoe templates!

Now that we have the invites done, we move on to the Decor!!

Decorations:

There is so much you can do with this theme! Here are some ideas that I found that would be great!

On the drive way up to your house make the "yellow brick road" with yellow construction paper leading to your door way! Make a sign that says! Follow the Yellow Brick Road to_______'s Party! And stake it next to your yellow brick road!

Here is the "Lolly Pop Guild Candy Shop"! Very cute idea for a candy bar!

And if you don't want to do a candy bar, you can do a dessert table with the theme of Munchin Land! Take inspiration from the movie make it as "Munchin" like as possible!

Now, these food table ideas are to die for! Check them out!

To find all of these great printables got to Etsy under Wizard of Oz Party! Click Here!

So cute right? There is so much you can do with food for this party! You can make "Ruby Red Pop", red cake pops or even "Yellow Brick Road Treats" as Rice Crispy Treats dipped in yellow chocolate ( white chocolate melted, then add a couple drops of yellow food coloring)! How about "Toto's Treats"? (use any cookie dough and cut out cookies in dog bone shapes) You could even do a cake thats "A Horse of a Different Color" or "Somewhere over the rainbow), that has all the colors of the rainbow layered in it! What about some popcorn? You could call it the "POPpy Field" Seriously, the possibilities are endless!!

Now for my favorite part of any party......the GAMES!!! Seriously, we all know that the two most important things at any party are the food ( pppshhh...we got that COVERED) and the games! If your party isn't fun, its not a party! Right? So here are some games/activities to do at your Wizard of Oz Party!

Tin Man Craft!

Supplies:

4" or 5" Styrofoam

1 Can of Silver Metalic Spray Paint (you may need more, depending on how many children)

Soup Cans (one per child)

Silver Sparkly Paper (you can get this at any Michael's or Joann's)

2 Black Sharpie Markers

Elmers Glue

Heart Stickers

Prep:

1. Spray paint styrofoam balls with Metalic Spraypaint.

2. Remove labels from Soup cans & wash.

3. Take the sparkly paper and cut out Triangles (for the Tin Man's Hat)

4. Make a small slit at the top of the styrofoam ball (wait until dry. You can you a steak Knife, it doesn't need to be be deep.

Instuctions:

1. Give each child a soup can and styrofoam ball.

2. Help the kids to put glue around the top rim of their soup can. And squish the sytrofoam ball on top of the can.

3. Now help the kids put a little bit of glue in the slit created on the top of the ball.

4. Have the kids put their Triangle into the slit.

5.Now have children carefully draw a face on their tin man with a permanent marker.

6. Once that is done have the kids give their tin man a heart!

7. And your done!

"Tin Man" Feet!

Supplies:
Soup Cans (2 per child)
String or Yarn
Stickers or paint

Prep:
1. Remove Labels from Soup cans
2. On either side of the can puncture with holes. (Use the triangle part of your can opener. The tool you use to pour liquids out of cans.)
3.Cut string into 3 foot lengths. (Make sure you have enough strings for each child to have two.)

Instructions:
1. Give each kiddo 2 cans & 2 strings
2.Have the kids run their stings through the hole on one side of the can to the other. (Repeat on other can.)
3. Now, help the kids tie together the the strings on each "Tin Man" foot.
4. Have the kiddos decorate their tin feet! And your done!

Scarecrow Search

You can do this a couple different ways, depending on the age group of your kids! One idea is to take a large woven basket (something from Goodwill, super cheap) and fill it with strips of yellow paper (aka: straw). Somewhere inside the "straw" place a picture of a brain. (Make sure its not creepy and gross, just a clip art of a brain will work.) And instruct the kids that they have to look for the Scarecrows brain!! The first one to find it wins a prize

Another option is to hide different words or around the house and have the kiddos search for them. When everyone has found something, explain that these words are really hard words and that they were using their brain to figure them out! Just like the Scarecrow! Then give the kids a Diploma for using their brains and having KNOWLEDGE!

Badge of Courage

This game is all about showing courage and doing something that might be a little scary. For this game you will need a jump rope and two adult helpers to be in control of the jump rope. Have your helpers stand parallel to each other and swing the jump rope left to right, left to right. (For older kids you could do a complete circle with the jump rope and have kids jump in.) Line the kids up and tell them that they need to run or jump to the other side of the jump rope. Show them how its done. Make sure you tell them that its tricky, and that they have to watch the jump rope for the right timing. (You could even tell them when to go.) Once all the kids have gotten across the jump rope praise them for completing the task and for showing courage. Give each child their Badge of Courage!

I'm so in love with this theme! I really hope that you find all of this helpful!! And if you throw a Wizard of Oz party I would love to see pics!!!

Many Blessings!

Revising "The Plan"

2012-07-19T10:12:00.000-07:00

Some of you may notice that there have been a few changes to Celebration Laine. I, in jumping in to quickly, got WAY ahead of myself! I'm sure we all have been there! You get excited and pumped at this BIG picture, and you soon realize your in way over your head. Well, that was me!! lol Trying to juggle the kiddos and starting a business was not working very well. Then my wonderful hubby brought it to my attention that I needed to step back and reevaluate the business. When I did I realized that I started way to big! I needed to keep it simple and easy, for my sanity and the well being of my family! So starting now is the NEW Celebration Laine. We no longer have packages, but individual items that you can pick and choose from! It takes a HUGE stress of me, trying to sell packages, and it frees my client to customize what they need!

Also, I realized that I was not utilizing the amazing blogging opportunity's! I mean who doesn't love a blog, right?? Well, now I will post Game Mondays, where I'll be posting fun games that you can use in your parties for kids or even for adults! Tip Tuesdays, I will be sharing party tips with you! Wednesday Wishes, will be links to some amazing sites that help make my wishes come true! Kid Thursdays, I'll be sharing anything and everything about kids! And Friday's will be Party Friday's, where I share with you some of the best parties ever!

I am very excited about this new change for Celebration Laine! And I hope you are too!!

Blessings!

Juggling

2012-03-01T08:00:00.000-08:00

Now that the twins are getting bigger..lol and more mobile, thing have been a little more difficult! They are getting so big now, I can't even believe it! Baby Girl is attempting to crawl! And she almost does it too! She gets up on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth! Its literally a matter of days until she figures out how to make her little body cooperate! She has now figured out how to push her self backwards, however! And gets quite excited in doing so! Baby Boy, on the other hand, doesn't want anything to do with the whole crawling concept! He would rather roll around on the floor! He is really quick too! I left the room for a second...a second and he had rolled himself to the other side of the living room, and Big Brother was telling me, "Beebees, Oh NO!"So cute! I love them! But with the growing demand on Mommy, I have had a really hard time keeping up with my new budding business! This kind of JUGGLING I have never done before. When I work before it was prior to children and never had to juggle this sort of thing before! But , with the Lords help, I get up every day and try to face my growing circus! With the extra needs of the twins, I didn't get to update the website like I had wanted to! Finally today, as you can see, I have finally completed that task! Now, I think its easier to read and not so cluttered! I hated that before it looked like a jumbled mess....but now its much cleaner and I LOVE it! I hope you do too! This color combo is my new fav! In fact, for our family pics coming up, we are wearing these colors!

Blessing To Come!!

2012-01-31T07:56:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, started a whole new chapter for my family and I! Celebration Laine officially opened! This business venture is taking my little family down a whole new path, that we are quite excited to take! Juggling the roles of mommy, wife and now owner of a business is going to be challenging. But its a challenge that we are more than willing to take on! With Celebration Laine, I will be able to use my creativity outside of my home, and be able to bless others with the gifts that God has given me! I so look forward to helping make birthdays and events more special! This year, blessings are to come! For you and for my family. Whether this takes off as a full fledged buisness or just a simple side activity, I am trusting God to guide us down this path. And I'm giving Celebration Laine, to Him! I'm focusing on the blessing side instead of the negative. Even though the Grand Opening wasn't as "Grand" as I had hoped, I"m not going to get down, because.........BLESSINGS ARE TO COME!

Grand Opening January 30th!

2012-01-02T06:54:00.000-08:00

I am very excited to share that Celebration Laine will officially be up for business January 30th! Yay! I'm looking forward to this new year along with the new business! I'm itching to get started on events and use some of my creativity! Celebration Laine allows me to use my skills in a way that I feel completely and utterly fulfilled! It also keeps me sane in my chaotic world of being both wife and mommy! Celebration Laine lets me be me! And makes me love this even more! I hope that you will stop buy and browse our packages and find something that fits your needs! If you don't see a package that fits your event or party, just pop me an email and I'm sure we can figure out something!

Old Fashion Christmas

2011-11-30T06:11:00.001-08:00

I've been rattlin' my brain trying to get some Christmas decorating ideas for our Christmas Party this year! As I've posted before, my color scheme is golds and burgundies! I want this party to be very fun and inviting! I really want to keep the decorating this year, simple! (Christmas is my time! I love it! SO I usually go crazy with decorations! My house is usually covered!) Yes, that's right, I said simple! Lol I kept going back to the image of Little House on the Prairie Christmas! The full Greenery, the naturally beautiful decorations, that's what I'm going for this year.

I am very excited for our tree this year! Sticking with the Old Fashion Christmas theme, I am getting my son, Tristan, involved. Together, we will be making Cinnamon Dough Christmas Ornaments . These are VERY easy, and loads of fun to do with kids! I might even go get some metallic gold paint and have Tristan help me paint them! I think the best part of Christmas is family time! This is a great way to spend quality time together and get decorating accomplished! Once the Ornaments have baked, cooled and painted, we will string pretty ribbon through the hole so we can hang them on our tree! These ornaments smell SO good! It really adds to the Christmas atmosphere! Now, my mom is a huge antique lover! And for years she has collected old cookie cutters made out of copper and steel! They are really special! I thought it would be great to string these up as well and hang them on our tree! They would look something like this.. Cookie Cutter Ornaments I was really worried that our tree wouldn't have enough sparkle, but with these metal additions to the tree, I think it will be perfect! To add to the homey feel of out tree, this year we will be making Cranberry Garland . This is an awesome addition to any tree! And what I love about it is that its yet another project to do with your family! Whats another fun addition to any Christmas?? Pine cones! I'm going to be doing a lot with pine cones this year! Pine Cone Crafts We are going to paint and glitter some pine cones and hang those on our tree as well! Also, on this site there are tons of different ways to use pine cones...one of them has you place twigs, cranberries and pine cones around picture frames and mirrors. This inspired me! I thought why not take that same concept and make a Christmas Chandelier! Above my dinning room table is an ugly, old ceiling fan! I hate it! It definitely doesn't make for a great atmosphere! But I thought that I could totally take this twig concept and almost "hide" my ugly Chandelier and make it a fun Christmas element all at the same time!

I hope you can take these wonderful ideas a dress up your home for the holidays!

Wonderful Thanksgiving!

2011-11-25T11:10:00.001-08:00

We had a great Thanksgiving yesterday, and I hope you did too!! My dad ALWAYS does the turkey and (like last year) he Smoked the Turkey instead of roasting it! MMMM!! It is so good!! It kinda reminds you of Bacon..lol but its TURKEY!! Who wouldn't love that? Needless to say, the food was amazing and we had a very peaceful night! We decorated the Thanksgiving table with great cheap finds! Our table cloth was a beautiful and affordable! Just a mere $5 for a cloth table cloth is unheard of! We scored this deal at Big Lots ! ( Let me just say that, if you have never been to big lots, you NEED TO GO! lol Seriously, everything in the store has great prices and you would be surprise by the variety they have there! Right now they TONS of Christmas stuff! Everything from Christmas Trees to Christmas presents...they have them! And my favorite part is that their prices are very affordable! Ooooohh!! It feels so good to buy something cute, that you need and it has a GREAT price!) We decorated with left over pumpkins (We buy a ton of punkins every year to process for our pies and breads.), some fall leaves (lol of course fake because, lets face it there is no color to the leaves in Phoenix!) and our annual Thanksgiving pilgrim candle holds! Even though our table wasn't SPECTACULAR and expensive, it was very homey and loving! Isn't that what Thanksgiving is all about? We sat around a beautiful table and talked about what we are thankful for; How the Lord has blessed us this past year. Our troubles He has turned to Joy! We just sat there (bellies full and happy) and where in awe of how the Lord provided!

I hope you reflected on your blessings yesterday and look forward to this new upcoming year and all the possibilities this year holds!

Cute Holiday Ideas

2011-11-21T05:39:00.001-08:00

I found these really cute ideas for the holidays, that I think will compliment any holiday event!

Fabric Pine Cone Decorations!! lol I know they don't sound that appealing...but let me tell you..they really are cute! You can make them out of old scrap fabric that you have lying around or even just go to the "Remnant" cart at JoAnn's You can get some smokin' deals on those "Remnant" carts! And I thought you could even use paper instead of fabric! Some cute, seasonal scrapbook paper or even Christmas Wrapping Paper would be adorable!! They would be great for Center Pieces, Ornaments and even special gifts for co-workers or family!Check it out!!

Natural Center Pieces! These are so welcoming! Perfect for the Thanksgiving season! Lots of cute ideas on the Home Made Simple page! But my favorite is the Gratitude Tree! Love this! So cute and natural and very significant! We get so caught up in the turkey and the fixin's and football and sleep, that we forget that we need to have a an attitude of gratitude! I think this is a great way to help us remember what Thanksgiving is all about! The kids would love this project! If you have little ones you can prep everything before hand, then sit with the kids and ask them what the are grateful for and write it on the leaf for them! Or if you have old kids, try having them help you cut out all the leaves and going and picking just the wright branches for your Gratitude Tree! They will have kick out of it! I want to make this a tradition with my kids to do this every year! Its so personal and family oriented!! Check it out!

Apple Wreath! This is SOOO cute! I'm not a huge "Country" style person..but I love this! It fits the Thanksgiving holiday really well and its fairly easy to make! Very cool! Check it out!

Table Runner! These are so unique! I really love this! Great combo with the Gratitude Tree! This you can actually make a family Tree on your Thanksgiving Day Table! How special is that! Every family member will have their name on your family tree and when a new member is added all you have to do is write them in! AWESOME!! Check it out!

Christmas Party Planning!

2011-11-14T13:39:00.000-08:00

So I'm starting to plan for the big Annual Christmas Party! Man does time fly! This years theme is Christmas Around The World! I'm very excited! I'm definitely going for an old world feel to the party....lots of golds! Im still trying to figure out the second primary color. Maybe a Plum or a Burgundy?? This is always where I start, when I plan a party...I look at what the theme is, then from there I look at how I want everything to feel. ya know...do I want it warm and inviting...or do I want a fun & peppy atmosphere; casual or formal?

Last year, the Christmas party was a Ugly Sweater Party, so I wanted to keep everything fun and lively! I had snowmen everywhere wearing ugly sweaters and to top it all off we had a amazing City wide Picture Scavenger Hunt! We had a blast! This year, I thought it would be appropriate to theme for something a little more formal and more elegant! So instead of a buffet style dinner (like last year), we will be having a formal, sit down dinner. Instead of cute little snowman, I will have antiques! I'm am going to have so much fun planning this one! I don't have much of the details done yet, but the first step to an awesome party is the thought behind it. People will see if you just try to though a party together last minute....the more effort you put in the more special your guest feel! I'll keep you updated on the detail! <3

Black Friday Sales!

2011-11-12T17:52:00.000-08:00

Hey All!
So its that time of year again!! Thanksgiving! And Black Friday!! For all of the crafting ladies out there, here are the Black Friday Adds for Michael's http://www.blackfriday.info/sales/michaels-black-friday-ad.html?utm_source=infolist&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=new_black_friday_ads_nov_12_2011_a and also for Joann's! http://www.blackfriday.info/sales/joann-black-friday-ad.html?utm_source=infolist&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=new_black_friday_ads_nov_12_2011_a

Looks like some pretty good sales!

Full Day Ahead!

2011-11-12T06:47:00.000-08:00

Good morning!

Today is a busy day for me. haha not that every day isn't busy with three little ones. But today is on of my family members birthday parties. And I get to make the cake! Wooohoo!! Its a Thomas the Tank Engine Theme, so I'm carving a sheet cake too look like Thomas!! I'm very excited for this cake! Once I'm done its off to the party! Then when we get home....CLEANING TIME!! haha I want the house to be as clean as possible before the babies dedication tomorrow. So busy...but I wouldn't want it any other way!! I love always having something to do! When I'm done with the cake I will post pics so you can see!! Have an awesome day!

Disney Cars 2 Party

2011-11-11T09:10:00.000-08:00

Here are the pics!
I made the checkered banner with Lightning Mcqueen 95's out of construction paper!

I made box cars for the kids to play with! (Included with Seat belt)

I made the cupcake toppers out of Scrapbookpaper. And the cupcakes are Cookie's n Cream! Yum!

THe cupcake stand I made out of Goodwill finds!

The centerpieces I cut out of construction paper! Love them!!

I made a Pull Up Cake ( We are starting Potty Training!)

The Party hats I made as well!!

The food: I made Hot dogs on the grill called them "Hot Rods" , Apple Cars, Spare Tires. For Drinks: I bought Gas Cans and filled them with Grape Koo-Aid (Gasoline) and Ice Tea (Oragnic Fuel)

Enjoy!!
If you need help with your next event, email me for packages!

Blog Newbie!

2011-11-11T07:56:00.000-08:00

Yay! First day of my blog!!

All my friends and family suggested that I start my own buisness on the side doing parties! At first I thought they were crazy!! lol But I realized that I do LOVE IT!! And I was always wishing that we had more parties in our family so I could get creative!! So I decided the first step towards that would be a blog! ( Good thing my husband is very computer literate!) Without him I would still be at it!

Last week was my son Tristan's 2 year old party! It was a Disney Cars 2 Theme and I had a BLAST making everything!! Later I will post the pics so you can get a look at them! I would do it now but one of the twins is screaming to be fed! lol (Never ending battle)

<3 Brittney