First Birthday Party Construction Theme

Thanks to pinterest (once again) I was determined to create a construction theme for my son's first birthday party!  I am pleased to say, it come out just I had hoped!!! Here is the appetizer table.
Luckily from my older son, I already had construction trucks and the signs all came from his old bedroom wall.  Caution tape came from the hubby's truck!!! Shhhhh....

At the cake table, I displayed my home made invite, pictures of James at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 9 months. Each guest can take a lollipop favor with a sticker that says Thanks and James's First Birthday on it, printed by me!! Lollipops came from amazon.com in yellow and orange swirls.  Each kid took home a construction hat wtih their name on it, printed on stickers, by......ME!

 Here is my favorite part, the cake!!!  Having boys around it's very easy to find props for this kind of theme!

 I also used crushed oreo cookies, and turtle sprinkles from Joann's (I believe) for my dirt piles.

Cupcake liners from Joann's and I printed stickers with clipart from Microsoft word and stuck them on yellow and red cardstock and punched out circles and glued them on toothpicks for the toppers

This is the cupcake that James got to tear up!!

 For my older son, I had a one year old picture taken and had everyone that attended the party sign, as a guest book.  So I did the same for James. But instead of going professional, I took the pic myself, not bad, right!?

Thankfully the birthday boy approved!!!!

Spring Decor...DIY for cheep cheep!!

I was at Target today and who doesn't love those dollar bins?!  I'd be lying if I said that I didn't!  So since spring and Easter is right around the corner I was looking for anything that might be good in an Easter basket or maybe cute around the house.  I love to decorate for the seasons or holidays!  So I found this square, unfinished box...  Now I didn't get a chance to take a picture cause I was to excited to do what I had in mind.  Then I found this bag of fake eggs (green, my favorite but they also had yellow, pink, and blue) with raffia.  I bought 2 bags of eggs and the box for three bucks and this is what I ended up with .....

I love it!!  What I did to paint the box was, I took gray and white acrylic paint and dry brushed some streaks on each side.  Nothing fancy, just brushed random spots (still seeing the raw box everywhere else).  Then I boiled some water and added a few tea bags.  I painted the tea on over top of the paint and raw parts of the box.  After that dried, I took my steel wool and vinegar mixture (which I always have a stash prepared {it has to sit for like 12-24 hours} cause who wants to wait) and I painted that over the whole box and let it dry.  I sanded each side quickly and threw the raffia and the eggs in.  I had some white fabric left over in my fabric stash and I ripped a piece of that off and tied it around the box.  I think it's adorable!!!  So go grab the stuff at Target before it's all gone!! Heehee!!