Harry Potter Birthday Party

my cute niece asked me to make her a few printables . . . and by a few, i mean quite a few:) 
for her 13th birthday party (still can't believe she is 13) which happened to land on the opening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II
which happens to be one of her favorite movies/books.
so, i went to work with the help of her expertise on all things harry potter and the amazing creativity, patience, and hard work of my sister on getting ready for her party. . .
 and by party, i mean a 3 day party involving a harry potter movie marathon with 10 13 year olds!
i think my sister had a LOT of caffeine to keep up with those girls. 

i must worn you that just looking at these pictures makes me exhausted, not sure how my sister did it!

the party was complete with a display of potions,

house flags,

breakfast table,

snack table,

lunch table,

dinner table,
"great hall" banner,

favors which included a tie 

(something my sister just "whipped up" the night before the party. . .it's okay to not like her just a little bit), 

harry potter glasses and a lightening tattoo,

hands on instructions on how to tie a tie,

 harry potter cupcakes,
watching ALL 7 harry potter movies,
and last but definitely not least, going to the midnight showing of
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART II.

 oh, how i wish i could have used the floo network to go to that party.
it was in utah, i am in nebraska,
they are 13, i am 27.
i was out of luck.

i made 2 different invitations for my niece to choose from, both of which can be found in my shop as well as the harry potter printables.
 


harry potter embellishments are by tainted sweets at mygrafico.com
a site i highly recommend for all things digital design!

linking up to these parties:

craftomaniac, dittle dattle, between naps on the porch, stories from a2z, not just a housewife,  tip junkie, sugar bee, blue cricket design, night owl crafting, somewhat simple, house of hepworths,

tater tots and jello, at the picket fence, remodelaholic, whipperberry, addicted 2 decorating, funky junk, i heart naptime, thrifty decor chick, diy showoff, just a girl, the shabby nest, under the table & dreaming, be different act normal

growth chart tutorial

i really wanted to make a growth chart before my first son was born. . . 

well, he is 3 and my other little man is one.

better late than never.

neither my husband or i are over 6 feet, but i come from a family of tall people so i have high hopes for my sons. . . no pun intended:)

 i got a 6 foot tall, 12 inches wide and 1/2 inch thick piece of wood at home depot,

painted it white and sprayed painted some polyurethane on it after it was dry

(polyurethane in a spray can. . . my new bff),

again, using my sisters cricut (who lives 3 states away so that is my excuse for taking so long) 

cut out 12" numbers 1-6 and little tabs for the inch and feet marks with vinyl,

used a ruler and measuring tape to put on on the little tabs

and hung it in the boys barthroom!

 it is HUGE!

 don't even think my boys will really be into me measuring their height once they get over 5 feet but a mom can dream:)

p.s. does anybody have that cute frog pod that NEVER stays up? if you do and have figured out a way to keep it from falling, usually in the middle of the night and scaring the *#%! out of me, let me know!

linking up to these parties:

craftomaniac, dittle dattle, stories from a2z, not just a housewife, tip junkie, blue cricket design, somewhat simple,

tater tots and jello, at the picket fence, remodelaholic, whipperberry, funky junk, i heart naptime, thrifty decor chick,

diy showoff, just a girl, the shabby nest

***Custom Name Print***

newest addition to my shop

*** custom name print ***

spell out the name of that little sugar tot in your life or use it for a baby shower or birthday gift!

colors are customizable to match any room and other embellishments available as well.

discount applied for letters bought for a name with 5 or more letters.

Letters A B C D E F G H are available HERE

letters I J K L M N O P are available HERE

letters Q R S T U V W X Y Z are available HERE

embellshments by justsoscrappy, creativity by crystal at jessicasprague.com, and mygrafico.com, and ME!

{custom name prints}

a friend of mine recently had a baby girl. . . let me rephrase, her THIRD baby girl

and i made this fun print to hang in her nursery:

i am ABSOLUTELY in love with the name preslee!!

custom name signs are available here

i also have an option to do it like this:

linking up with remodelaholic

a few of my favorite . . . walls

it may be over done, but i still love the photo gallery walls!

the home print can be found here

and the scripture print here

that "V" has been at least 3 different colors. . . i still might paint it again. suggestions?

possibly my favorite room in the house which is ironic because laundry is my least favorite thing to do in the house!

which is why i made this sign. find it here

and painted a fun bird cage with a bird:)

not sure why i am obsessed with all things monster for my little sugar tot but he has just started noticing these little guys painted in his room. love it!

linking up to these lovely ladies:

blue cricket design, eisy morgan, somewhat simple, house of hepworths, tatertots and jello, atthepicket fence, whipperberry, remodelaholic, i heart naptime

{happy mother's day}

happy mother's day to my angel mother

and to all the other AMAZING mothers in my life!

linking up to

Window Makeover

i got this bad boy from a nice old man on craigslists for . . . 1 buck!

he had tons of them and didn't want them to be landfill.

i started sanding and sanded some more

and some more than decided to just paint over it. . .

and sanded some more.

when i was done antiquing it a bit, i realized it looked pretty much like it did when i bought it.

but, i felt better knowing there was fresh paint on it:)

when i was dating my hubby, he sang (and by sang, i mean sang one line)

of george strait's "i cross my heart" to me. . .

and that sealed the deal:) (that has always been one of my fave songs)

so i thought i would put that line in one of the window pane's

after almost a year of living in our home,

i finally have something hanging over our bed

{if you ain't dutch, you ain't much}

we have a teeny, tiny bathroom that i can't seem to figure out how to decorate.

i have changed what's in these frames 3+ times.

i think i finally made something i like. . .

after all if you ain't dutch, you ain't much

(that's what my husband tells me anyway)

background paper by SprikSpace

. . . amazing site that you must check out

linking up to {tatertotsandjello}

prints for the home

eat happy print

scripture print 1

children's prints

car print 1 dino print 1 space print 1

space print 2 brush teeth print 1

abc & number prints

abc & number print 1

abc & number print 2

abc & number print 3

abc & number print 4

abc print 5

abc print 6