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Her Party Pants Original Theme: Growing Like A Weed

9th November 2015

 

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When I came up with this idea, I was as excited as a kid at Christmas who just got some ridiculous toy of the year that they won’t like in 10 days.  But GOOD NEWS, I will like this theme forever!  GROWING LIKE A WEED!!! I thought this was the cutest play on an old saying for a 1st birthday.  Check out my details and enjoy, you rascal.

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Holler at my girl DeeDubsDesigns for always making invitations for whatever party I come up with. She did all of this during a near tragedy within her own family so if she would have made a card with Times New Roman print that said only “Party”, I would have been like, “Wow, how did you have time?” The sprouts at the bottom were gradient in color and the sprout design was used throughout the shower.    She made this just for me and the theme font at the top and clean design was great! Check her out on Etsy.  She also did my gender reveal and Easter themed birthday party.

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And yes, that is an invite attached to the FRONT of a frame I spray painted 5 minutes before the party.  Desperate outta time measures call for tape and spray paint.

 

Oh. My. Goodness.  I made three tiers of cupcakes that were weeds (dandelions) blooming in different stages.  Somebody reach out and hug someone.1-1-Phone-pics-JUNE-2015-OCT-FALL-BREAK-2015-040

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Glass bottles with garden floral paper straws and burlap ties with felt dandelion leaves attached to them.  Someone play the tambourine two times.

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Lemonade was served from this metal watering can marked “fertilizer” cause, that makes things grow crazy, y’all.

I LOVE this label for “big sprouts” aka big kids and adults. of course. You have GOT to make this drink, Brazilian lemonade, at your next party!  Unlike the name, it’s not lemonade at all, but limes and a whole lotta good.  Click here for the recipe.

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One of my FAVORITE touches to this party was this dandelion and burlap garland I ordered on Etsy from Giddy4Paisley.  She will definitely go in my favorite sources category specifically for these garlands!  How cool and unique is it?  It’s a definite break from traditional buntings and banners and went perfect with my theme.

The grease from the kettle corn inside of these bags didn’t care about how my party looked.  Grease was being such a jerk that day.  Still, kettle corn is one of my baby’s favorite things to chomp on so I put small servings in mini craft paper bags from Hobby Lobby.  I used these sprout tags for each bag.  I love how clean and simple they are.  Props to deedubdesigns on the sleek, modern sprout images throughout what she made for me.

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I made my birthday girl this little 6 inch cake which was a little girl who was in fact herself, growing like a weed in garden.  And the cake stand?  That is a pot turned upside down with a terra cotta plate, the ones that catch water under your pots, as the cake stand top.

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A crate of “things that grow” for the kids to snag.  Dollar aisle.  Shazam. There are extra favors in there but the favors are the grand finale so buckle up buttercup.

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I put WEEDS in the flower arrangements which I put in these seed containers from Target’s one spot!  They lied though. They cost 3 spots.

 

Are you ready for this?  Are you ready for the next thing?  On the tables outside by the pool, I bought several sizes of terra cotta pots filled with brown “soil” and fake flowers. The soil was made from bags of that crinkly bag fill for gifts you can buy at Hobby Lobby.  The fake flowers came from the dollar store mainly.  Holler, if you hear me.  BUT BUT BUT, there is more than what meets the eye….

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One more thing before you leave, don’t forget to pull a weed anndddddd, when you pull the weed, you pull out a party favor! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Was it all you dreamed it would be??  Now look below at what it was.

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And as always, I put my girls in these number shirts from Old Navy.  They are simple, affordable, and you will never need to ask when looking at pictures, “Which birthday was this?  How old were they?”

Boom.  Party.

Slayed.

I borrowed items, went to the dollar store, and made many things myself.  It didn’t take over my life and was yet still all the unique I had hoped.  I hope you loved it, too! These are the kind of parties that I do:  nothing over the top but creative touches to what elements I do use. That’s why my tagline is: affordable, realistic celebrations.

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Photo credit:  Shelly Griffin Photography

Paper goods:  DeeDubDesigns on Etsy

 

Science Theme Gender Reveal Party

20th October 2013

 

Originally posted on www.the1sthundred.com, but it’s still me, y’all!

Move over balloon boxes and gender reveal cakes!  I came up with the idea for a science themed gender reveal when I wanted something off beat and creative and started to think about what sorts of things change colors. I thought, “Experiments change colors!”,  and from there, my science theme gender reveal was born.  Read the captions for what I did and how I did it.  Please share and pin and, enjoy my unique and affordable scientific reveal!

Thank you to JoelHamPhotography, as always, for making my stuff here on my blog look good since I take all of my own photos with a phone, haha.  Be sure to check them out! These party pictures were awesome. Thanks, you guys!

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COME SEE OUR SECRET CONCOCTION!

 I had these children’s science invitations customized into a gender reveal party with a: Come See Our Secret Concoction headline.  The beakers of blue and coral set the color scheme and I adore how it looks like doodles in a school notebook.  You MUST check out the Etsy seller, Dee Dub Desgins who designed my party package.  She has excellent products and she knew I was crunched for time and got it to me all within 24 hours!

Atom cupcake toppers on top of Gigi’s mini cupcakes:  chocolate chip, Reese’s cup, wedding cake, & blackberry cobbler

To feed 25 on a budget, we used good ole’ hot and ready pizzas from Little Ceasars for 5 bucks a pop.

Coordinating notebook-esk water bottle labels I had printed with : Baby Potion Drink With Caution.  They have coral color vials on them as well, not seen in this picture.

Party Favors:  Color change bath fizzers for the kids.  This favor compliments with the reveal experiment later.  I bought a pack of black tags at Hobby Lobby and used foam scrapbook letters to spell experiment phrases (aka the best ways to avoid ugly handwriting).  Elmo fizzes:  1 dollar a bag!  Ribbon:  1 dollar at dollar store  Tags and Letters: with coupons, 4 dollars for both.

I saw a board like this on Pinterest for a children’s party where they made words look like they were made up of elements from the periodic table.  The numbers across “Reveal Laboratory”  make up my due date.  I borrowed the beakers from a friend who is science teacher:  Free 99 Dry Ice: 8.50 for 5 pounds

Everything was science themed including the wording to my pre-reveal voting game:

“Cast Your Hypothesis”

 

 

Dee Dubs Design made me a sheet of blank beakers and everyone wrote their name on one and put it in the beaker that had the sex they thought we were having.  Here instead of boy/girl, to go with the theme, we used chromosome gender:  XX girl, XY boy.

 

 

The prize won by the name we drew from the winning beaker:

Make Your Own Potion: a 10 dollar gift card to a create your own frozen yogurt shop.  I made this tag with scrapbook paper, scrapbook sticker letters I already had, a plain white extra Hobby Lobby gift tag I had, and by cutting up an extra invite and gluing the beakers on the front.

 

Name Tags:  We each wore a DNA contributor (#1 and #2) name tag on our lab coats which I thought was a fun themed idea.  We borrowed lab coats from a friend who is a professor at our local college:  Free 99.  Name Tags:  1 dollar for 25 at the dollar store   Our glasses were also from the dollar store for a dollar each with the lens popped out.

Tag:  Big Sister Prototype

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THE BABY BOMB!!!!  This is the “experiment” piece itself.  Most experiments that change color involve toxic chemicals or too much work.  I took three layers of black panty hose from Walmart that come in those little plastic snap containers and wrapped a colored bath bomb fizzer inside.  The panty hose concealed the color and I added a tie and a question mark and fashioned it into a bomb. So fun!  I untied the top, dropped it in a huge vase with bubbling dry ice and stirred and……

IT’S A GIRL!  

 

BEAKER HANGMAN! 

Name That (baby)  Concoction.  Come on, I had to do a name reveal, too! Everyone gathered round for a good old science version of hangman.  I guess if they filled up the beaker before guessing the name, I could never tell them my child’s name and they would just have to refer to her in pictures and symbols like Prince.  These black foam boards came from Walmart for 2 dollars each and the white opaque pen, from Michael’s for 1.79.

AND THE NAME IS……

 

About the Name:

Mendel (men-dull):  Mendel, like my other girl’s names, is Hebrew.  It means “one who comforts”  and “wise”.  Probably one of my greatest strengths is comforting and giving advice to those I love.  I even did it as a career before staying at home with my girls.  Also, my spiritual gift is wisdom/discernment.  In a special way, this is like naming her after me in a different way  than just giving her my name.  It’s unique with a rich personal meaning, all while being old and uncommon. Naming my daughter this is dear to me. Months ago I wrote it on our shower walls with bath crayons to see it everyday and to give Lance subtle messages about names I liked.  It’s true.

Covington:  This name comes from a place in our hometown that is significant to Lance and I’s love story.  For those of you who don’t know, I told my mom I would marry Lance in 6th grade, finally dated him in 9th grade, fell in love, and in true 15 year old fashion, broke up with him 9 months later.  For almost 4 years while I with another guy, Lance loved me, pursued me, and yes, tried to kiss me any chance he could even though I had a boyfriend.  It was on this street, Covington, that after almost four years of being apart, he kissed me again and I knew that I would marry him.  2 years later, we did.  I think it’s neat to pass down a piece of our love story to our children.  One day my grand-kids will ask, “Where does the name Covington come from?”, and they will hear the love story of their grandparents. History with a name is wonderful.

So without further adieu, and definitely last but not least, the final name tag:

Thank you so much for stopping by and looking at my party.  Creativity excites me and so does the occupation of my uterus so it was the perfect storm for me to celebrate our last child.  If you enjoyed this post, pin and share away!  Follow me here on herpartypants.com and all of my social media outlets!