Stamped Thanksgiving Place Mats and Name Cards

` stamp 12x12 cardstock to make your own thanksgiving place mats

`leave stamps on your thanksgiving table, and have dinner guests stamp their own... fun!

` clean up is easy... just throw them away after dinner

` fold paper to make name cards

` or food labels

` using a stamp and solid paper allows you to make as many as you need, while looking like a set 

` and it costs almost nothing!

Homemade Luau Party

Aloha!  The series is over, but the party is just beginning.  Watch what happens when we put it all together.  Welcome to our Luau Party!

` layer table runner and cloth napkins for your homemade luau party tablescape

` use some homemade paper lanterns and paper flowers to make up your budget-friendly centerpiece

` use a tray to hold napkins, silverware, cocktail accessories, and a couple homemade paper flowers
` remember to choose paper to match your home, so your tray will automatically coordinate with your party colors

` use old wrapping paper for a fun party backdrop to display the rest of your homemade paper lanterns and paper flowers

` string homemade paper lanterns together with fishing line

` we love Loctite FUN-TAK mounting putty for securing our wrapping paper to the wall and our homemade paper flowers to the wrapping paper

` make your own party sign with an unused picture frame, scrapbook paper, and a dry erase marker

Fourth of July Party

` use-what-you-have fourth of july tablescape

` layer patterned and solid table runners that happen to be red, white, OR blue

` save money on a centerpiece by making your own paper lanterns

` stack plates and napkins

` use a cake stand to hold your silverware

` save more money by making your own platters

` bake stars and stripes cookies to put on the platter you just made because they are SOOOOO good!

` pick just one dessert to feature

Girls' Pink Birthday Party for $40

` cover existing wall art with scrapbook paper

` make a cupcake stand to match your party

` our favorite golden vanilla cupcakes with buttercream frosting from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World.  We are not kidding when we say favorite.  These cupcakes are good.

` make a tray to match your party

` use wrapping paper for table runner

` we bought one book of coordinating scrapbook paper and made millions of paper flowers, fan circles, and pinwheels

Dinosaur Birthday Party

` simplify birthday parties

` make cupcake toppers with stickers and toothpicks

` cardstock can go a long way

` create a simple party game:

find hidden dinosaurs and exchange for a candy prize

printable leaf template

Paint Everything Black for Halloween!

 ` spray painted dead twigs, candlestick, frame, bird cage, and owl

` add spiders to painted twigs

` spray painted old candlestick

` spider web table runner, Marshalls $12.99

` wrap chairs with black halloween shrouds, Walmart $5
` finish with black rose bunches, Michaels $1.50

` spray painted birdcage, Ross $8.99

` fill in with existing halloween decorations and any black home accessories

Complete this Halloween tablescape for $50!