Project- Pailynn's first Birthday

So-- I found out I am that crazy mother who goes all out for their child's first birthday party! I may find myself regretting it later but so far, the decorations I made are ADORABLE. Plus, the items I am making- can go into PJ's room as décor.. Here is a sneak peak on why I have been soo busy that I haven't had time to blog...


So here is your sneak peak to Pailynn's "Look WhoOoo's Turning ONE!" Birthday Party!!

Mommy daughter time

Regardless of how old your daughter may be, spending time with my little one still makes my heart thump uncontrollably, She is the second love of my life! Some times it its great to forget about all her little tantrums and play with dolls or other things. But life isn't that way. You have to learn to grow, together. My daughter is 11 months. She will soon be a one year old, I can't seem to wonder where the time went? This is why I vowed to her, that we will do more fun mommy and daughter dates. She is young and may not understand but I shouldn't let my time with her slip away. I find myself hiding away on the weekends to study and to do homework. I know that right now that may seem important but I have spread myself thin a lot of times, but not with this one person. Don't get me wrong, I do a lot with PJ. I feed her, bath her, and play with her. But I always thought she wasn't old enough to do FUN mommy daughter things together. This girl has my full heart and will always be my favorite little girl in the whole world! Which is why I decided to change the way I thought and start doing MORE baby friendly activities with her.

So .. I wanted to paint her nails. I didn't want to use my regular nail polish, she sucks her thumb way too much to put all of those toxins in her mouth! I did my research and found piggy paint. Walmart actually carries them for like 7 bucks you get pink, blue, and purple. It is a non-toxic, ordorless, kid friendly.

Making this whole "TIME" thing work was a little ruined when I first painted her big thumb and tried to blow it dry.. Lets just say it takes a little to long to dry and ended up on her pants.. So I decided I would wait just a little while... She actually fell asleep on me.. and well.. I atleast got one coat done!! haha! We will try for another coat tomorrow!.. Still a little fun for me.. NO lie. Plus look at those cute little pink fingers!

DIY Photo invitations

I never realized how much planning your little ones birthday party could be! Specially since I am on a budget but I still want it to look amazing! I am finding all of this DIY stuff.. the problem is trying to budget time in between her party, school, working, taking care of PJ, and actually being able to do each project. I am not going to lie.. These SNOW DAYS are definitely helping!

I wanted a CUTE invitation with a picture of PJ on it. The problem was, I didn't want to spend 15 bucks for 20 invitations. So I came up with this CLEVER idea to get past breaking the bank.

I used the website pizzap.com and edited a background, cut around PJ in her picture, put a sticker, added some text and PRESTO. I sent the photo to walgreens (first I made sure that everything fit on the picture, I actually had to redo it because you need a gap between the edges so it doesn't cut off the picture or text. BAM- 20 cents per invite. I then went to the dollar tree and bought a pack of invites only because I wanted HOT pink envelopes. There were 8 for a dollar. I ended up only spending 7 bucks on her invites. One thing off my checklist and so far.. I have already saved -$23!!!

Here was the final result. Don't mind the black out spots- that is where the original information for the party was. But I don't want everyone and their momma coming to my daughters first bday unless you actually receive an invite! Sorry! xoxo.