Zebra minnie mouse party Favors DIY

As we are getting closer and closer to Lila's birthday party, I am soo happy to see things coming together!!! I still have tons more to do, but these turned out better than expected!

What you need:
party Lolli's (http://www.partylolli.com/)
Party favors (we used minnie bubbles, mickey and minnie fun shapes bracelets, ((like silly bands)) and minnie mouse necklaces)
polka dot paper
black paper

We First cut out circles with stems on the bottom to place inside the party lolli to keep them in place
We then printed off a bow stencil off line and then drew the creases on the bow. We used hot glue to attach them to the ears!

   These will be a hit at any party!!!! We love these, and will likely do these for holidays!!!

The Brown Life

DIY Ribbion topiary

I cant get over how cute these are! these will be great for my mantle! They were kind of a pain to make but turned out soo cute! You can use different kind of ribbon for different holidays, themes etc!

What You need:
1 medium Styrofoam ball
5 (1 1/2 in) spools of ribbon cut into 4 inch strips
straight pins
1 pail

Once you have all the ribbon cut, start by rolling the ribbon in a circle with a little bit of overlaying. Then push the straight pins through the ribbon and into the styrofoam ball. Continue doing it till its fully covered!

DIY Zebra Minnie Mouse Birthday Banners

I hate spending TONS of money on banners that everyone else buys and them not being 1/2 as cute as making your own! This was CHEAP, SIMPLE, and FUN!

Supplies:
scrabbooking paper (black, zebra, pink, and polka dot pink)
hole punch
zebra tulle
hot glue/glue stick
ABC stencils
pencil
scissors

I used a ribbon spool to trace the black circles and then used the inner circle of the ribbon spool to make the smaller circle.

DIY Minnie Mouse Invited

     I cant believe how fast time goes!!! We lost our first daughter (21 wks gestation), September 2010, adopted our daughter, Savanna, in May 2012, and gave birth to our Rainbow baby, August 2012. I cant believe she will be one! We did a year of Fertility to conceive her and  fought every day to keep her in! We were able to make it to Full Term on the "T" 37 wks 0 days! She will be ONE in three weeks!
   It does not feel like its been a year, but since I will have to face reality I have been having tons of fun planning her party!

First DIY minnie mouse invites! I had to play around a lot on Word to get it to appear the way I wanted it to! My husband drew up the minnie mouse out line! We then got some cute ribbon to tie a hair bow on it!What ended up being so cute about this was i folded them in half (hamburger way lol) and they looked like Minnie mouse hats!!