tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61993264481191688532024-03-05T12:46:05.101-08:00Consumed By CreativityInfused with imagination, devoted to design, washed in whimsy, confused by creativity... an artistic's mom's blog.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07442572608268818904noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199326448119168853.post-29421404474879626622017-09-14T19:44:00.000-07:002017-09-16T03:39:15.802-07:00Savage The Musical<br />
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In my "spare time" I have started to write a musical! I know...crazy...but it is based on a true story about my bad ass Chickasaw Great Grandma Wanda Savage (Sharp Shooter, Stunt Woman). Check out our Facebook page for more behind the scenes updates and information and make sure to LIKE us!! Help us spread the word so we can get this into production and then who knows...maybe Broadway! Enjoy the video below. It has snippets of some of our demos and behind the scenes pics and videos of our process. You will hear me singing on some of the tracks.<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I am not usually one to, well, to be honest…kiss butt. However, I do think that first impressions are important especially when it comes to the person you are entrusting your children to six hours a day, five days a week. I don’t want them to think I am a crazy parent, which I am not. I want them to have a warm feeling towards my kids off the bat, even if they may not be perfect angels. So one of the best ways to do this, besides meeting them for a quick chat before my child starts school is with a thoughtful gift. It doesn’t have to be big or expensive, just sweet and thoughtful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I have put a list of some of what I think are the cutest, most unique, low cost, first day gifts I have found, including mine. Enjoy and just remember it is not kissing butt…it is a first impression! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "backtoschool"; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-kerning: none;">I found a small little organizer box in the jewelry section of Michael’s. A lot of the items I filled it with I already had at my house. Make sure you add some kisses as well. I then borrowed a great chalkboard image I found here <a href="http://apumpkinandaprincess.com/2014/08/back-school-emergency-kit-printable-tags.html">source</a> at Crstyal’s site, A Pumpkin and a Princessm and taped it on the inside. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">She also has a great tutorial about an Emergency Kit for Teachers which is so cute!</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Here are my results:</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></div>
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The gold hearts are cute lil push pins I found.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "kg miss kindergarten"; font-size: 14px;">For the teacher you think may like some bling! Very useful for teacher and stylish too. This is from Katie at The Casual Craftlete </span><a href="http://www.thecasualcraftlete.com/2014/08/05/diy-gold-glitter-apple-tote/" style="font-family: 'kg miss kindergarten'; font-size: 14px;">source</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "kg miss kindergarten"; font-size: 14px;">If you have some mason jars and a wooden crate, this is very useful and thoughtful. I love the rustic look of this. Check out the tutorial from Kim Six at The Kim Six Fix </span><a href="http://www.thekimsixfix.com/2014/08/school-supply-organizer-teacher-gift.html" style="font-family: 'kg miss kindergarten'; font-size: 14px;">source</a><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This is such a smart gift! It is so easy to loose memory sticks. Give their teacher a gift that they will be useful and they will have a hard time losing. Check out the tutorial at Jessica’s blog: Mad in Crafts. <a href="http://madincrafts.com/memory-stick-key-chain/">source</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I, myself, am a coffee addict. If you know your child 's teacher drinks coffee or if you can find out from someone else at the school this is a great gift! I, personally, would love it! I think you may also do this for a tea drinker. Mique at Thirty Handmade Days has a fun tutorial. <a href="http://www.thirtyhandmadedays.com/2015/08/back-to-school-teacher-gift-idea/">source</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This is one your child can help you make. However, with all the allergies now a days, make sure you find out if your teacher has any food preferences, or issues or allergies. This Smart Cookie Tutorial is so sweet from Laura from the blog Corner House. <a href="http://www.cornerhouseblog.com/2012/09/first-day-of-school-2012.html">source</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">If you are good at stamping or graphics or if you just want to download a basic layout, this is the craft for you. This is a gift that would be cute and definitely useful for a teacher. Marie at G*rated has a great tutorial. <a href="http://griffithsrated.blogspot.com/2012/12/printable-teacher-card-set.html">source</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This is an easy, simple, and quick gift that also shows you are thinking of the teacher. Here in the East Coast, a chapstick is great all year long. Julie at the Happy Home Fairy blog shows you the cutest way to gift some chapstick to your teacher. <a href="http://happyhomefairy.com/2015/08/17/back-to-school-teacher-gift-free-printable/">source</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Every teacher needs a little organization! This personalized gift can be filled with bleach wipes, notebooks, pens, whatever you think a teacher may need. When they are done taking out all the goodies, it will be really useful in the classroom for organization. FYI I noticed this week that Michael’s has rulers you could just hot glue on the crates, if you are not into painting. Melissa at Sippy Cup Mom came up with this great idea and tutorial. <a href="http://www.sippycupmom.com/back-to-school-crafts-teachers-crate-for-school-supplies/">source</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The entrance to your party is so important. It sets the tone for your party and gets your guests excited the moment they walk up to your house. I decided to do a red carpet with stanchions. Both of which I bought on Amazon. The stanchions you can find here:</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> Of course if you are going to have a 70s Party, you have to have a disco. We made a dance line and people took turns dancing down the middle showing their funky moves. It was so much fun! We used the Disco light speaker you can find in my other post here: </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">You can see in the picture and in the video below the dancing lights it casts on the ceiling. It puts out great sound too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> Make sure you put together a far-out playlist of disco, rock, and R&B songs from that period (the disco speaker is bluetooth as well). </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">We had a "Gong" which was really a high hat from a drum set. For those of you who don't know what the Gong show was you can watch videos of it on Youtube. Basically it was a talent show of bad, silly, lame acts. Before the party we told our guests to figure out things they could do for the gong show. Make sure you know ahead of time who is going to do it and what they call them selves so you can announce them. We picked three judges...one of which was the birthday girl. The acts would come out and perform. A few times the Unknown Comic would try to interrupt and tell a lame joke in between acts. When the judges can't take it anymore they are gonged. This was so much fun and we all had so many laughs! At the end we had all the acts line up and when I put my hand over each person the audience clapped. The one with the most claps one and got a prize. In this case the prize was one of the lava lamps I had placed around the house for decoration. They could take it at the end of the party. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> We also played the "dating game". The winner would win a lunch date with our birthday girl it could be a boy or girl. How we played this is we had a screen or divider we put up. The birthday girl was on one side and the "bachelors" and "bachelorettes" on the other side where she couldn't see them. She would a question from a list of questions I prettied up. She could pick from that list. In order for her not to know who it was by their voice since she knew everyone at the party, I had them disguise their voices with a voice changer I got from Amazon when they answered questions. It was a lot of fun. You can get ideas on the types of questions and how to play by youtubing the old Dating Game show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> One last thing...I made my own sign props for the photo booth as you can see below. I just googled disco party words or decorations and printed them out and pasted them on poster board and glued sticks to them. Some of them I made myself with photoshop or a Word program. I just enlarged them before I printed them.</span></div>
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Ever wanted to rent a <i>real</i> old fashioned photo booth for your event or party? Have you actually priced these things??? It can start at $475 and go up. FORGET THAT! I have a great tutorial here on how to make your own and use it over and over again! Be warned...however...your friends will all want to borrow it for their events too!</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">A box or container to put the props in</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">A photo back drop holder /stand like this one only 30+ dollars: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/LimoStudio-Adjustable-Background-Backdrop-AGG1112/dp/B00E6GRHBO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461631892&sr=8-1&keywords=photo+drop+stand"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://www.amazon.com/LimoStudio-Adjustable-Background-Backdrop-AGG1112/dp/B00E6GRHBO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461631892&sr=8-1&keywords=photo+drop+stand</span></a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Photo back drop of your choice (You can find these on Etsy or on Amazon $20 and up but a good one is about $50)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Clips to clip up the backdrop and or black fabric around the booth. Find them here for $7.50 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/LimoStudio-Muslin-Backdrop-Background-AGG1242/dp/B00H3R8SEI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461635691&sr=8-1&keywords=photo+backdrop+clips"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://www.amazon.com/LimoStudio-Muslin-Backdrop-Background-AGG1242/dp/B00H3R8SEI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461635691&sr=8-1&keywords=photo+backdrop+clips</span></a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">An ipad </li>
<li style="text-align: left;">iPad floor stand you can find here for 24.99 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/CTA-Digital-Height-Adjustable-generation-PAD-AFS/dp/B00HFRYAGQ/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1461632819&sr=8-5&keywords=ipad+stand"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://www.amazon.com/CTA-Digital-Height-Adjustable-generation-PAD-AFS/dp/B00HFRYAGQ/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1461632819&sr=8-5&keywords=ipad+stand</span></a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Bench or a few chairs</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Download a vintage Photo Booth App - there are many out there like Popbooth, pocket booth, and Event booth. However I use...<b><u>CLASSIC BOOTH</u></b>. You can print out different types of strips with different amounts of pictures. </li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">bluetooth or airport printer</li>
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** If you don't have an iPad or don't want the three small pictures like an vintage photo booth prints out, then you can skip the iPad, the Photo Booth app, and iPad floor stand. Instead, just have someone in charge of snapping pictures at the photo area.</div>
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If you follow these easy steps you will have pictures that print out like these:</div>
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<i>DISCLAIMER: I am not promoting smoking. The "cigarettes" in these picture were candy cigarettes. </i><br />
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If you choose to make a realistic photo booth, you will need the 10X10 canopy. Once you put up the canopy, you can cover it with black fabric (as show below) to make it private for the users. I used the same clips o clip on the fabric around the canopy as I have listed above to clip on the photo backdrop. You can put a sign outside that says: "photo booth". Put the photo backdrop stand together and clip the backdrop to the stand. Put the bench or chairs in front of it. Put the prop box inside filled with props and signs. Have the iPad on the iPad stand facing the bench and with the vintage photo booth app on. You may or may not need to make directions and post them inside the booth on how to use the app. You may want to take a few trial pictures before the party to have the iPad at the right level from the bench. The stand is moveable and bendable which helps so you can get the exact angle for the pictures. </div>
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Here is the sign I hung outside the booth. </div>
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This was the set up inside. I put the backdrop up with the photo backdrop stand and put a cute bench in front with my cute daughter to pose.</div>
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Here is the iPad on the stand and a box of props. Many times you can either use things around your house for props or get things from the dollar store or make your own prop signs. </div>
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Have your security code disabled on your iPad so no one will have to bother you about how to log on. However if you can't do that, then post the password somewhere in the booth. </div>
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As I stated previously, ou may have to post directions on how to use the app, but my friends didn't have a problem. It was pretty self explanatory. Sit down, press the button and change your pose each time the screen flashed. </div>
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As far as getting your friends their pictures, you can do this one of two ways. You can have a bluetooth or airport printer there for them to print out right there, which will cost a bit to get all the ink and paper. The cheaper way is to upload all the pictures on a Facebook group page later or email them in a Google doc. Then people can download them and print them if they want, saves you money and time.</div>
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Another option, which I have done in these pictures below, is that I did not have the "booth". In other words, I did not set up the tent and black fabric or the iPad. I just set up the backdrop and props and took pictures with my Cannon. Here are some examples of that:</div>
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A friend of mine was turning 40 so we decided to throw her a 1970''s party and it was the grooviest!!!</div>
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"Happy Birthday Lois"</div>
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I found a really cool flower child font. On Photoshop I layered pictures of records with the flower child font on top of it. One letter on each record. I printed each one out, cut them out, and punched holes in the tops for a ribbon to go through to create a banner. For the chain background...I went to Michael's and found large scrapbook paper in groovy colors. I cut them out in strips and taped them into chains. You can't see the colors too well with the picture, but I made them go from dark colors (left to right)to lighter in an ombre affect. I found the inspiration here: <a href="http://www.decoist.com/2013-02-20/diy-party-decorations-youll-love/">http://www.decoist.com/2013-02-20/diy-party-decorations-youll-love/</a> The 70s pictures I googled and printed out and taped to the wall. </div>
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Here are some up close pictures of the food table. I found a lot of vintage dishes at my local thrift stores and on Etsy that were not very expensive to serve food on. Mushrooms were in in the 70s in more ways than one. wink wink. See the ugly green glass bowl and plate that was so popular in the 70s? I found other tchotchkes to help decorate the table like the white owl and lava lamps (you can find them on Amazon). I also used a Light Brite (also found on Etsy) to make a message as a centerpiece. In these pictures the food had not been set out yet. Notice I also had candy from the 1970s like the dum dums and sugar stix. </div>
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I made the record bowls and the record cake stand. So easy! I found the tutorial here: Record bowls: <a href="http://www.prettyprudent.com/2010/04/prudent-home/record-bowls-2/">http://www.prettyprudent.com/2010/04/prudent-home/record-bowls-2/</a> For the Record cupcake stand, you can find my tutorial on it here: <a href="http://consumedbycreativity.blogspot.com/2016/03/record-three-tiered-party-tray-cupcake.html">http://consumedbycreativity.blogspot.com/2016/03/record-three-tiered-party-tray-cupcake.html</a><br />
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Around my bar I printed out pictures of some 70's punk bands and posted them on the wall. Where else would the punks be than at the bar?</div>
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Once it got darker I lit up my table, like you see on the bottom right, with LED lighted bases (link to buy below). I also put changing fairy lights that you can also find on Amazon in my disco ball like candle holders. The Light Brite looked amazing once it was plugged in! Lots of ambiance. As for the groovy table cloths on the tables, I bought some psychedelic like vintage fabric on Etsy. You could also find some at your local thrift shop...an old sheet perhaps.<br />
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I had my own Raggedy Andy and Raggedy Ann dolls from the 70s that I used for decorations. I found that Love sign with a peace sign on it (Amazon) and the three glass disco balls(TJ Maxx). If you look closely you can see that all the framed pictures on my walls I cover with 70s record albums. Just tape them right over the glass...easy.</div>
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You can see my disco ball hanging from the ceiling. Make sure you get the contraption that turns it as well. Also make sure you pay attention to the size of the disco ball. You don't want it too small. I got my disco ball on Amazon here: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Eliminator-Lighting-inch-mirror-ball/dp/B000GAXAG0?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s01">http://www.amazon.com/Eliminator-Lighting-inch-mirror-ball/dp/B000GAXAG0?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s01</a> and the motor to move it around: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rhode-Island-Novelties-Mirror-Motor/dp/B004DIXRN2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s04">http://www.amazon.com/Rhode-Island-Novelties-Mirror-Motor/dp/B004DIXRN2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s04 </a><br />
I bought some larger lava lamps like the one standing on the floor, the gold mylar stringing background, and the balloons had LED lights inside. I got similar balloons to these on Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fun-Central-AH946-Blinky-Balloons/dp/B00IGEB51A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1459450813&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=led+balloons&psc=1">http://www.amazon.com/Fun-Central-AH946-Blinky-Balloons/dp/B00IGEB51A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1459450813&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=led+balloons&psc=1</a><br />
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The picture above is the glass beaded curtains I bought from an online Event website (wish I could remember which one, google it). On the other side of the beaded curtain was the "Psychedelic Lounge. " In there we had a lava lamp, a mood light I got on Amazon that created an ocean on the ceiling (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Matney-Ocean-Light-Projector-Multicolor/dp/B009CMH7ZI?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s01">http://www.amazon.com/Matney-Ocean-Light-Projector-Multicolor/dp/B009CMH7ZI?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s01</a>)and 70s games including Twister. I also had some flower power floor pillows in there and blow up furniture....so very 70s!</div>
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I printed out a lot of 70s concert posters. I just googled them. Those were put all around my bathroom walls and other areas in my house. Going into the bathroom we had a wooden beaded curtain that is not pictured here. </div>
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When the guests walked in, there was a table with some goodies they could take...glow sticks, groovy glasses, and mood rings all from Oriental Trading Company and Amazon.</div>
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More from the "Psychedelic Lounge"...Hula Hoops, Simon Says, Trouble, Rock em, Sock em Robots, Etch a Sketches.</div>
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My blow up furniture...with my dog...nor really a panda just a maltese painted as a panda. :) </div>
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Find it here: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Inflatable-Colorful-Chaise-Lounge-Ottoman/dp/B00B8AU8TE?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00">http://www.amazon.com/Inflatable-Colorful-Chaise-Lounge-Ottoman/dp/B00B8AU8TE?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00</a></div>
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More 70s record album covers and 70s candy...in this picture, candy cigarettes</div>
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Another nook of my house...record album covers and Gumby and Pokey!<br />
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Coming up to my house, we had rolled out the red carpet and stanchions also found on Amazon. </div>
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We also had some fondue in my kitchen! So very 70s. You can see the photo booth in the background. </div>
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Here is our photo booth. I found a photo drop on Etsy I think or maybe Amazon that looked Disco like. </div>
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Everyone dressed up 70s. I had a few dress up as 70s punks, Star Wars Characters, 70s disco people, 70s workout people, hippies, and The Blues Brothers were AWESOME! </div>
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This is me and my family...no, my hubby's hair is not really like that!! He doesn't have facial hair either, all a 70s illusion!<br />
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This is THE NUMBER ONE item that I continuously use for my parties and is one of the best investments I have made. We have used this so much and others have borrowed it. So worth the price! </div>
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This is the Ion Audio Party Rocker Live Bluetooth Speaker with Party lights and app control. I have the older model without an app control, but still bluetooth. The lights are amazing as is the sound. You can also choose to turn the lights off and just use it as a speaker. I plug a microphone into it for events. You can find it here: <a href="http://ION Party Rocker portable Bluetooth speaker system with built-in light show">ION Party Rocker portable Bluetooth speaker system with built-in light show</a> You can see here how well it works at a party and this was in a pretty large room!</div>
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This is the Fortune ST-15R Super Lighted LED Serving Tray 13.75" Dimeter. I also found this on Amazon. It changes colors. You can see it to multi colors or single colors like red, green, etc. This is great to serve people with or but drinks on. </div>
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As mentioned above, in the "Psychedelic Lounge" I used a light that made an ocean on the ceiling. You can choose to have it changes colors or remain on one color. You can find it here: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Matney-Ocean-Light-Projector-Multicolor/dp/B009CMH7ZI?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s01">http://www.amazon.com/Matney-Ocean-Light-Projector-Multicolor/dp/B009CMH7ZI?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s01</a> Is it obvious that I am an Amazon junkie?</div>
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In addition to lava lamps...yes on Amazon...you can get these ...remember these? You touch it and the electricity light things changes to attract to your finger or wherever you put your finger? So here is another tip...since I had a lot of these groovy lights decorating my house...for the games we played (see my next post (blog entry)for that coming up) people won lava lamps and plasma lamps etc. That way I was't left with all these lava lamps etc. wondering what to do with them. </div>
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So here is an option if you do not want to buy a disco ball or the ion speaker or if you just want more ambiance with your lighting. This lil contraption is under 4.00 at Amazon. I got a few of them and put them in all my lights in place of light bulbs. This light will go around and create a disco light. </div>
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This is a great light for so many different things. I have used it for alcohol bottles and other things. You can see it in the pictures above lighting up a jar of candy. These change colors or you can have it stay on one color. GREAT party investment! I use these at all my night parties.</div>
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MORE TO COME IN PART 2 of the Disco Party how to....tomorrow!</div>
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I found some pretty colored ones on Ebay or Etsy. Search Amazon for 3 Tier Cake Stand Handle Cake Plate Stand Centre Handle Fittings and you will find some in gold and silver. They are under 10.00. You will need this to put your stand together.<br />
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Depending on which configuration you choose, you always want to put the larger record or records on the bottom and the smaller one or ones on top. As you can see, I had one 45'' and the other two were large records. Also keep in mind if you have two large records, put the thicker one on the bottom. The orange record I used was thicker than the blue one so the orange one went on the bottom. Start with your the handle...that goes on top. Put one of the white round washers between the metal pieces on one side. I'm not sure if it matters which side, but I put mine on the top side of the record as you can see in the picture. Screw the handle part into one of the other rods with the small record in between the two metal pieces. Turn it until tight. Do the same thing with the next rod with a record in between. Then you will need your large record last. On the bottom of that large record you will need the metal washer with the screw to go underneath the record and you are done!</div>
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Last year I was on the Women's Retreat Commitee at our church <a href="http://www.knowmercy.org/">http://www.knowmercy.org</a>. Being in theatre, I wanted to bring more hands-on activities to the event to help women have a different and special experience with God. I had gone to and helped lead worship at a great church Savannah Christian Church <a href="https://savannahchristian.com/">https://savannahchristian.com</a>when we lived in Savannah years ago. I remembered that their women's retreat was so special because they had hands-on experiences with God. I usually never like to go to these types of retreats because to me they are just like going to church, except with only women for a few days. I wanted it to be special...it SHOULD be special. Savannah Christian's women's retreat was the only retreat I had ever gone to that gave me unique experiences with God and it was different than the usual sing songs, listen to a sermon or talk, pray, craft and quiet time. With the help of another artist and creative in our church...we set out to do what you will see in this post and it was a great hit! Women really enjoyed these experiences with God. Hopefully by sharing them, you can also give your women or any group (it can be adapted) these experiences too.</div>
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When the women came in they were each given 3x5 cards on a ring with the stations. Each card said the station number and then scriptures and quotes to help women with their journey through the stations. Each station had a typed up sheet with directions on what to do at each station and questions to ask themselves or ponder. Each station had a Bible to encourage the women to stay at the station for a while and meditate on God's word. I believe we also had posted papers in the dining hall and our meeting room that said where each station was. </div>
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At this station the women would take a backpack that was on the floor, put it on and go for a walk. The back packs were filled with really heavy books. Not sure how much each weighed, but it was a lot. While on the walk or hike, the directions instructed them to talk with God about what their burdens are. It instructed them to ask God what things they need to give to him that they haven't or what things are holding them back. When they came back with the pack after their time with God, they were to write on a stone with a permanent marker words or a word that God communicated to them on their walk. Maybe a word that reminds them to give it to God, or maybe even what is holding them back. They were to take the stone as a reminder that God forgives the minute you ask and forgets and that He is faithful to take your burdens. You don't need to worry. </div>
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This station was 2 fold. There was a basket of prayer books with ways or things to pray for and a bookmark for those who were married for things to pray for. There was also a basket, not shown, for prayers for your children. For example, one page in a book said: <b>TRUST </b>- Keep me safe O God for in you I take refuge. I said to the Lord, "You are my Lord, apart from you I have no good thing." </div>
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The second part of this station was two buckets with tongue depressors. One said "Blank" and the other said "Prayer Pail". Each person was to take a blank tongue depressor, write annonymously prayers for things or people or themselves that were on their heart and put it in the Prayer Pail. Then they were to take one of the depressors that were already written on by someone else in the prayer pail with them to pray over all weekend, week and month. My friend and I put ours in before the retreat started so the Prayer Pail would not be empty for the first person. What ever was left after the retreat, the leaders divided up and took with us to pray for. </div>
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So many women struggle with self esteem and not seeing themselves as God sees them. This station was intended to help them see themselves as God does. This station was in a small bedroom upstairs. We took over a room and covered the bed and a chair with a black sheet and the sink with a pretty table cloth to make the room more appealing and beautiful. We had lots of candles in the room (battery operated of course), a Bible, box of tissue, a stack of sticky notes with a pen, and a large Mirror. On the outside of the door there was a sign on the doorknob that the ladies were supposed to use if they were in the room or not, so no one would be disturbed. One side of the sign said in use, and the other said available. All the lights were turned off and we had a soft, beautiful playlist of specific songs playing that talked of God's love for us...like Just Be Held by Natalie Grant. The directions for this station was outside on the door. On the mirror were many sticky notes with scriptures of God's love for us and how He sees us. The women were to look in the mirror and meditate on the scriptures. They were to talk to God about their own self image issues and self hate and give it to Him. They were to try to view themselves as God does (as stated on the sticky notes). They could write their own sticky note and take it with them and/ or leave one or take one that was there that hit them. A lot of women were scared about going in this station. Go figure?? But the ones who did, were so touched and had a really great epiphany with God on who they really are and how He sees them. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "museo_sans";"><span style="background-color: white;">The best parties starts with an amazing invite. If you are going to spend all the money to throw a great party, you want the invitation to entice people to come and get them excited to come. For a speakeasy party I threw, I had beautiful invites held together by sequined feather brooch headbands. Not only did it look great, the ladies could wear them to the party. Your invite also will set the theme of your party in advance . One of my Alice In Wonderland parties had a CD invite that said "play me." Alice was on the CD with a personalized, recorded, invite message. The picture below is my invitation for one of my Halloween parties. The invite was in the egg. I also make a FB event in addition to my written in. Another good idea is to send out a save the date card </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "museo_sans";">a month and a half before</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "museo_sans";"> the party</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "museo_sans";">. I did one for my Alice in Wonderland that was also a magnet. Jaclyn Johnson, from Stylist Blogger Network, blogger from Some Notes on Napkins and owner of No Subject Events said in an interview for Huffpost Style that having a great invite is so important and a good choice of font is crucial!</span><br />
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In the past I had way too many drink options and then was left with TONS of alcohol that took me years to use up. If you have a bartender this is not a problem, however if you don't, simplify it. <br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "museo_sans"; font-size: 16px;">Elizabeth Allen, an event planner with offices in Boston and Manhattan, gave great advice on Oprah.com. "</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "museo_sans"; font-size: 16px;">If you can't afford a full bar," says Elizabeth, "have red and white wines and a novelty cocktail."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "museo_sans";"><span style="background-color: white;">Always have a plan B, even if you live in a sunny, warm climate. You never know when the weather could change. I live in New England and find the weather to be so unpredictable, so this is a must! "</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;">Even if you are expecting warm, wonderful weather, ALWAYS have a rain plan! And, if you plan for your party to go on into the night, you may also need heaters." </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;">Mindy Weiss wrote in Marie Claire. Mindy is one of the most sought after event planners and lifestyle experts in the United States, MindyWeiss.com. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: , serif;">Your theme, decor and lighting is so important. Lighting can make or break a party. I can't imagine how my Hogwarts night sky in my Great Hall (see picture below) would have looked with out the twinkling candles hanging from the ceiling and the blueish swirling light for the sky I had. If you are throwing a swanky adult party that is outdoors, a bright porch light versus blue and purple lights could make the difference between cool and lame. Julius Solaris, editor of Eventmanagingblog.com and author of many party/event books says, "Setting an atmosphere and creating a dramatic first impression is why mood lighting is so vital to any event. Get the lighting(and sound) right and you are well on your way to creating a dramatic event." The post I wrote on the adult Alice In Wonderland theme party shows how important the lighting is in creating the Wonderland ambiance. As Julius stated, sound, or music is another important ambiance setter and will help with your theme. Why a theme? Because t</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: , serif;">hemes are so much fun and sets your party apart. Think about it, would you rather go to a birthday party at someone's house with basic cake and beer or go to a Mad Men themed birthday party with a dance floor and martinis. Decor works together with the lighting to create the atmosphere of your theme. It can make or break a theme. When I throw my themed parties, I make a lot of the decor, but some I have to rent (like a tent or dance floor), and some things I buy. You should see my organized party supply basement! The more decorations you can make the better and the most cost efficient. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: , serif;">Food will keep your guests happy and hanging around longer. Always have more rather than less food. If you have to er on a side...go for more. If your party is not near a meal time, have hors d'oeuvres and or a dessert bar. The way you display your food or desserts is so important. Think of all the beautiful party posts on Pinterest...many of the pictures are of beautifully displayed food with a beautiful backdrop. Bring a few small theme elements into your display on your food table. Not only is the appearance of your food important to look appetizing, but the table decor as well. Know your guests and always have food allergy options or take safety into consideration for those with severe food allergies. Chef Ina Garten from the Bare Contessa on the Food Network, barefootcontessa.com and cookbook author says, "The key is the final step." </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , "droidserif" , serif; font-size: 15px;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , "droidserif" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">There are a lot of steps you can do a day before or two days before." Fo example, lasagna can be totally made and assembled the day before. Put it in the refrigerator and pull it out ahead and bake it in the oven just before the party starts. Time it so that you pull it out right when it is time to eat.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: , serif;">A photographer or videographer is great, but not always worth the money, unless it is a wedding. You can have a friend take pictures or you can take pictures yourself. You can have disposable cameras on the tables for others to capture memories and then you develop it later. You can have a photo area. At one of my parties, I made an old fashion Photo Booth instead of spending an arm and a leg to rent one. I will post a DIY on that in a later post. My guest's loved it. Always have props and a great backdrop. You can get all of your party guest's emails and post a google doc later for everyone to access with the photos from the event. Another idea is to use Instagram. At my 40th Speakeasy party we had a hashtag on chalkboard signs all over the party so that everyone could post and share their instagram photos of the party. Isaac Gube wrote a great article on photography tips for a DIY photographer <a href="http://designinstruct.com/photography/tips-better-party-photos/">http://designinstruct.com/photography/tips-better-party-photos/</a> . </span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">My best friend and I love Alice and Wonderland. I have had several Mad Tea Parties, but my bestie did a whole new take on it! She did an adult version of Wonderland. It was fabulous and the pictures don’t do it justice, but I thought I would share. Of course lighting is everything with parties. A lot of the ambiance came when the sun set and the lights were on. There was a lot of cool blue lights and up lights. Unfortunately, pictures at night are not as amazing as when you are there in person, but you will get the idea. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This is what the guest saw when they walked up to the front door. The party was in not far from Los Angeles so there are a lot of amazing prop places out there. She rented the large mad hatter hat. I think she originally wanted it in the back with the party, but they couldn’t fit it through the gate to the back…so this is where it stayed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Once you went down the rabbit hole (the front door) you entered a magical place of music, lights and mood. The rabbit greeted you in the entry way with custom specialty drinks on the left. It was really blue and dark when you came inside, but I lightened the picture so you could see the rabbit and setup on the table. Tables and chairs were set up in the living room with fabric lining the ceiling and paper flowers hanging from the ceiling. Notice the giant mushroom. Some whimsy with the adult nightclub scene. Each table had a different bright colored satin table cloth. One could very easily buy different satin fabrics from a fabric store and do the same.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The dance floor was amazing and very Alice like. She went through a shop on Etsy to get the giant paper flowers that you see here and there. You can see on the right the DJ table. A rental company came and put up the black and white fabric walls lining around the pool and the round lamps. </span></div>
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Coco Liners ( in different sizes)</div>
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Large, wide tree branches or stumps</div>
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Earthquake or strong adhesive Velcro (optional)</div>
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This is called a Coco Liner. You can find them at garden shops for a few dollars at your local Home Depot. I found mine at Joann's Fabrics. They come in different sizes. I got a few extra large ones and some large ones. They can be molded a bit with your hands if you pull on them. Try to find ones that are more of a bowl shape. </div>
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For the spray paint, get the colors you like…You can do Red and white or do bright colors. I chose a variety of bright colors and white. Take the coco liners and spray them one solid color on the outside. The best way to do this is turn them upside down(rounded side up) on a large piece of cardboard and spray away. Let them dry.</div>
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Take the white spray paint or what ever color you want the dots to be and quickly spray dots on various places on the rounded part of the liners. </div>
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Any stump or short wide branch will do. Make sure they stand on their own. You may have to cut them a bit to make them flat in order to stand on their own. Place the rounded “mushroom tops” on top of the stumps. You can attach them or just sit them on top of the stumps. If you chose to have them attached, use earthquake or strong velcro. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is my second Mad Hatter Tea Party I have thrown. You can view my other Alice Tea Parties here: <a href="http://consumedbycreativity.blogspot.com/2014/12/first-alice-in-wonderland-party-part-one.html">http://consumedbycreativity.blogspot.com/2014/12/first-alice-in-wonderland-party-part-one.html</a> and part 2 is here: <a href="http://consumedbycreativity.blogspot.com/2016/03/first-alice-in-wonderland-party-part-2.html">http://consumedbycreativity.blogspot.com/2016/03/first-alice-in-wonderland-party-part-2.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This party was on a smaller scale as far as tons of actors. When the kids came in the house, I hung a curtain so they could not see into the tea party room. In front of the curtain I drew and painted the talking door knob on foam core board. After I drew and painted the door on the foam core board, I cut around half of the door so it could be pushed open. The children crawled through the rabbit hole once they came in my front door (crawled through some tunnels). Right before the "talking doorknob" there was a table with keys on it to use on the door to get in. Once they went through the door, they found themselves in the Tea Party on the other side. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 14px;"> Here you can see the backside of the door and a child crawling in. I bent the sides so the door would be self standing. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "apple chancery";"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> I had the Very Merry Unbirthday song from Alice in Wonderland playing in the background. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery";"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I found large playing cards on Amazon and hung them with fishing wire from the ceilings. I found decorative wooden frames at Michael's, spray painted them bright colors and then propped them on the windows at different angles. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery";"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I brought in different benches and chairs from around my house to mix and match and ad to the whimsy. I had one friend dress up as the Hatter and one dressed up as Alice. I dressed up as the Red Queen and crashed the party. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery";"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Of course what is an Mad Tea Party without Croquet?? At my previous party I made the croquet characters out of foam core board. This time they were made out of wood. As you can see in the photos above, before we played croquet, I used the wooden characters to decorate the Tea Party room. Also as you can see in this picture, I painted my mallets like flamingos. Really easy to do. Spray paint or paint the mallets hot pink, paint half of the mallet head black and add white and black for eyes. I also found stuffed hedge hog balls on Amazon as well. </span></span></div>
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I’m trying to be better about posting on my blog more often. Being a creative means you may not necessarily be very regimented, unfortunately. I noticed that a year or so ago, I posted my first Alice in Wonderland Party Part 1 post with no follow up. So here it is… PART 2!</div>
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If you can not remember my older post or have not seen it, you can find it here: <a href="https://www.blogger.com/I%E2%80%99m%20trying%20to%20be%20better%20about%20posting%20on%20my%20blog%20more%20often.%20%20Being%20a%20creative%20means%20you%20may%20not%20necessarily%20be%20very%20regimented,%20unfortunately.%20%20I%20noticed%20that%20a%20year%20or%20so%20ago%20I%20posted%20my%20first%20Alice%20in%20Wonderland%20Party%20Part%201%20post%20with%20no%20follow%20up.%20%20So%20here%20it%20is%E2%80%A6%20If%20you%20can%20not%20remember%20my%20older%20post%20or%20have%20not%20seen%20it,%20you%20can%20find%20it%20here:%20%20http://consumedbycreativity.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2014-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2015-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=2"> http://consumedbycreativity.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2014-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2015-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=2</a></div>
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My prior post tells you about the order of events with my actor friends who played all the parts of the Wonderland characters. At the time, we were living in Savannah and the party was in the dead of summer so that means hot and humid in the south. If the weather was better, we would have sat outside, but we decided to eat inside in the air conditioning. </div>
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Our invitations were two fold. First, I sent out a save the date card a month in advance. When you are having a party that big and putting that much money and time into it, you want to make sure people will have the head’s up to come. I found clipart of a teapot online, printed it out, and cut it out. I had a lot of pretty scrapbook paper, so I traced the teapots, and cut them out of those pretty papers. I made sure I cut them out in matching pairs. Make sure when you cut them out, the wrong sides of the paper are facing each other. Then I hot glued around the sides and bottom of the tea pot with an opening at the top so it became like an envelope. <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Inside each teapot I put a tea bag and a save the date card magnet.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">I designed the save the date card on my computer, punched a hole in it and tied a ribbon to it.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Each card was backed with an adhesive magnet</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">sheet.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">My hope was that our guests would put it on their refrigerator to remind them. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></div>
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Many years of being a preschool teacher and an actress has made me quite good at crazy voices. I thought…wouldn’t it be great to send a CD that had Alice inviting the children to the party. So I used the Alice in Wonderland, "A Merry Merry Unbirthday" as a background to my CD invite. I used garage band to loop the instrumental part while “Alice” invited them to this whimsical tea party complete with sayings she says in the book, like “curiouser and curiouser!” (When my Etsy shop is not on vacation, I make custom Alice CD invites for others). At the end of Alice’s speech, I had the complete song play. For the envelopes I printed out queen of Hearts cards(found on the internet) with the invitee's name on it. I aged them a bit by rubbing a bronze stamp pad on them. I attached a tag that said "play me" and a stamp of a clock. The CD invites looked like this:</div>
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I used foam core board and cut it out large arrows. I painted them and used a black, permanent marker to write words on them that I saw in the movie in the Tugley Woods scene. I attached them all over the front of my house around my front door. </div>
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I found these flowers at Michaels and added google eyes on them. I put them in a decoration I already had of high grass. I used them on some of the tables for center pieces. Remember the singing flowers in Wonderland?</div>
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Michaels also had these teacup planters. I took some small ones that were already attached to saucers and glued them together at different angles with E6000 (if you didn’t know, is an amazing and strong permanent adhesive). I did the same with the large teacups and toped them with a large teapot I also found at Michaels. <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">I also used these for centerpieces.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;">I wanted to play croquet with the kids and the Wonderland characters.</span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;">However, I wanted it to be whimsical.</span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;">Me and a friend of mine drew these large croquet characters on foam core boards.</span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;">Then I painted them an cut them out.</span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;">I attached stakes to the back of the characters with duck tape.</span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;">That was the only thing that held when we went to hammer them into the ground.</span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;">We had to hammer the stakes in the ground first, and then tape the characters to them.</span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;">After trial and error we figured this out.</span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;">HINT: don't kill your hands with scissors trying to cut these out!</span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;">Use a Dremel.</span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;">I only made these in foam core board for this party…after that I made them out of wood. The paint looks much better on wood I think and they last longer. When my Etsy shop, lil lollipops is off vacation, I sell these in my shop. </span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;">I used many different types of tables, including little kiddie tables and chairs.</span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;">I had different colorful table cloths and runners on each.</span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;">Each table had a different feel to them with different whimsical decorations on them, but all of them went together.</span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;">I found a large clock on Amazon that is a costume clock and hung it from my lights.</span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16px;">I also hung Chinese lanterns in different colors and tissue flower balls that I made. You can find a tutorial similar to the one I used here: <a href="https://youtu.be/nDiGHGzGXK0">https://youtu.be/nDiGHGzGXK0</a> I think looking back, I would have made them a lot larger or more of them. Make sure you make these way in advance because they can take some time depending on how many you want.</span><span style="font-family: "apple chancery";"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> I hung them with clear fishing </span>string<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">. I also found some mugs that kids could decorate themselves, so right when they got to the party they could sit down and start working on decorating their mugs and then use them for tea. All my usual furniture (couches, etc.) were </span>pushed<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> into another room with the door shut to make room for all the tables.</span></span><br />
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While the kids arrived and got settled, my husband ran around “painting the roses red." He was very frantically yelling before the Red Queen came out of the back room and crashed the party (more of that in my prior post about the party).</div>
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Unfortunately, that day I had a high fever…but the show must go on! However, I was not thinking and did not get a picture of the food setup. I did get a picture of the adorable cookies I ordered from our local cookie bakery. Now, I know how to frost these myself(as you will see in future posts), but at the time, I didn’t. I asked them to make teapots, teacups and "eat me"cookies. In addition to the cookies, we had herbal tea, with different flavors for the kiddies to choose from, finger tea sandwiches, finger desserts, chocolate covered strawberries, and punch. </div>
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The Red Queen and the Mad Hatter led us out to play croquet. In addition to the character croquet set I made, I cut out flamingos from colorful poster board. I hot glued them to croquet sticks. I found many of these on Ebay or even on Etsy for pretty good prices since they were old, used and without a full croquet set. We also used a stuffed animal hedgehog to hit. </div>
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The party was so much fun! It was a hit! Many people said they would have paid to go to the party because my friends and actor friends made it so entertaining. Stay tuned for another posting in the future of another Wonderland Party I had when we moved to Massachusetts.<br />
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You can find more great ideas for Mad Tea Parties on my pinterest board "Wonderland"<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/nicoletteblount/wonderland/">https://www.pinterest.com/nicoletteblount/wonderland/</a></div>
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Many people "celebrate" St. party's day and do nothing or only decorate their house green or go drinking at the local pub. We are a bit Irish. I am very much into helping my kids know their heritage as well as making a home and life full of fun and whimsy for them. Yes, I am "that" mom. 😊 </div>
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St. Patty's Day is a day of fun my kids look forward to, so I thought I would share my top 5 fun ideas we do in our home. </div>
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ONE: The Leprechaun’s Home</div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Every year the Leprechaun comes on St. Patrick’s Day and builds his house somewhere in our yard. The kids have to find it. As they have gotten older, I have hidden it in not so obvious places. I put the door in front of a tree. I tell them to knock on it, but when they open it, there is a tree! The leprechaun’s magical spell so we don’t go into his house. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">I bought the lil door here: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ozarkkountrycrafts">https://www.etsy.com/shop/ozarkkountrycrafts</a> However, I noticed that recently they are not taking new orders. You can find another door maker on Etsy or make your own...future tutorial?? </span></div>
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Two: Green Eggs and Ham </div>
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Why not have some green eggs and ham…or in our case, veggie bacon?? Add some food coloring and there you go. The kids get a kick out of it. We also have cabbage and corned beef for dinner, but I recently read that this is an American tradition, not Irish. </div>
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Three: Golden Coins</div>
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When the leprechaun comes that means mischief. So one of the things the leprechaun does is drops his gold. However, he put a spell on the coins. They are not really gold, but chocolate! YUM! The girls found some out side by his house when they were young and around the house. Now that they are older, he hides them throughout the house in difficult to find places. You can switch this up a bit by also bidding plastic coins some years with the chocolate and silver dollars mixed in. This year he left them a note. Please feel free to copy the one below and use. You may have to adjust some words like the number of coins. </div>
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A wee leprechaun am I, </div>
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Many moons old and spry.</div>
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I visit the 17th of Mi Marta.</div>
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While you were but asleep,</div>
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Into your home I creep</div>
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Making mischief and saying “how-ya!”</div>
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Aye found my pot ‘o gold, </div>
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With many treasures untold,</div>
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A spell I am a puttin’ upon it.</div>
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With mischief in mind, </div>
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Coins I have hidden for lads and lasses to find,</div>
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Four: Leprechaun Mischief</div>
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When the kids wake up in the morning the house is topsy turvy. Chairs upside down on tables, Barbies hanging from odd places, streamers all over them and their bed, green painted feet on the toilet seat with green water inside, etc. The crazier the better! All day the Leprechaun does mischief. When they get home from school…more has happened while they were gone. This cracks them up and they love it….even as they get older. Here is a great tutorial on the feet prints for the toilet:<a href="http://differentiatedkindergarten.com/how-to-make-leprechaun-feet-becuase-you/">http://differentiatedkindergarten.com/how-to-make-leprechaun-feet-becuase-you/</a></div>
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There are tons of decorating ideas you can do. One of the things I have done is this Leprechaun Jar. I put it on the table as a center piece, however, the day he comes…the leprechaun in the jar disappears. You can find the tutorial here at my much neglected and older blog: <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> <a href="http://lillollipopsdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/02/locked-up-leprechaun.html">http://lillollipopsdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/02/locked-up-leprechaun.html</a> </span></div>
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A place for the kid's crap! A place for everyone to know what is on the daily schedule and even the menu for the week. A place for art and to help the kids remember things. A place for the inner workings of the home. <br />
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I have some of the kid's art framed, a bulletin board for me, and school pictures of the girls.</div>
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There is a Job Chart, Behavior Chart, buckets with chalk and wipe off markers. </div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;">The "menu" I did with a paint marker and stencils. I write on it weekly with chalk. My kids love being able to know what is for dinner ahead of time, since they always ask. Speaking of chalk...I prefer the chalk pencils. They write so much better than chalk sticks that break. </span></span></div>
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I put a calendar behind glass so I can write on the glass and wipe off every month, but I also have 7 small chalkboards with each letter of the week to detail daily events. I made the chalk boards out of 5x7 frames. I took off the glass and painted the backing with chalkboard paint. I added wooden letters that I painted white for each day of the week. </div>
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There are three wood slots for the girls homework or library books and our stuff like bills. I put up two art bulletin boards for each girl and also each girl has an info bulletin board above their hooks that they hang their backpacks and jacket on. The info board is for things they need to remember ...like school things I need to fill out or for flyers from their school (like late library book slips). Also, I can put love notes on their for the girls or write reminder notes. I bought framed bulletin boards at Hobby Lobby that I then painted white and black on the frame part. I attached the first letter of their names on each bulletin board. They are wood and I painted them in black and white chevron. </div>
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I am a Pinterest addict. If you follow me on Pinterest, you will see. Most nights, I have a nightly ritual of surfing Pinterest before I go to bed. What an awesome invention to share ideas! For the creative, this is a dream come true!</div>
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My 7 and 9 year old girls have been having some difficulties with their attitudes. Leave it up to Pinterest to save the day! I took a great idea from Tommie (adorable name by the way for a girl, don't you think?) at <a href="http://ohmygluestick.com/">http://ohmygluestick.com</a> . She had a great tutorial I found on Pinterest for a behavior chart <a href="http://ohmygluestick.com/?p=62">http://ohmygluestick.com/?p=62</a>. It was a very clean, creative, colorful and easy project. I took it and adapted it. Then I took it to my psychologist to get her opinion on it and she approved! </div>
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- Wood pallet sign of four boards (find it at Michael's in the wood section) or 8 rectangular boards (also at Michael's) </div>
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-Black Paint Pen 8 craft colors of your choice (I chose Aqua, Green, Mint Green, Light Yellow, Gold Yellow, Light Pink, Dark Pink, and Red. </div>
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I really liked Tommie's idea, however I wanted to make mine more permanent and personal. So I set off to Michael's to see what I could find. Originally, I was thinking about getting rectangular pieces of wood instead of the cardboard pieces Tommie used. Then I found these!<br />
Four wood pieces already put together and looking like a pallet sign. Perfect! I bought two of them. I almost bought one thinking the chart would give my children to many chances, but I knew somedays they may make lots of mistakes and need LOTS of chances.</div>
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I told the kids what I was doing and they were actually really excited. Funny how kids are like that. The more structure, the more they like it and the better they do. I took out my craft paints and used Tommie's color scheme as inspiration. I ended up using the colors in this order: Aqua, Green, Mint Green, Light Yellow, Gold Yellow, Light Pink, Dark Pink, and Red. At Michael's I also picked up some letter stencils shown above. These happen to be from Martha Stewart. If you have younger kids, early readers, you probably need to get stencils that are more like the classic alphabet. Another way to adapt this, for kiddos who can't read, use a smiley face symbols like this:<br />
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Once I figured out my colors and order I started to paint them. When painting, if you mix the colors a bit at the seams, it's ok. Just blend it in with your finger and it will look ombre. </div>
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Next was time to figure out what the categories/consequences were going to be. When you do this, you must know what your child's currency is. I have an Early Childhood degree. I was an Assistant Director of a NAEYC accredited preschool and PreK teacher for 8 years (before I had kids). This was something that was always super important when discipling kids. What is there currency? What is important to them and what will motivate them? Tv time? Friends? A favorite toy? Do they hate being alone (seclusion)? iPad? Money? For my girls they are a bit old for Time Out. It's no longer effective. My girls are in a dance troupe that is going to Disneyland Spring Break to perform. We have told them that we will not be buying them souvenirs...it is up to them to earn that money and bring it. Money is a big deal right now. The behavior chart goes along with a "Job for Hire" chart that I also made (DIY for that will be in another post). <br />
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As for the categories, the ones posted in Tommie's blog were ok, but I wanted more concrete ones and thought I would adapt hers. I found a post on <a href="http://powerofmoms.com/">powerofmoms.com</a>. Here is the post: <a href="http://powerofmoms.com/2012/01/books-and-charts-to-stop-the-fighting/">http://powerofmoms.com/2012/01/books-and-charts-to-stop-the-fighting/</a> April Perry, the author of the article, posted a picture of something similar with consequences that I thought could work. Two caught my eye: 30 minutes to bed early and lose 30 minutes screen time. The 30 minutes to bed early...I had to be honest, that is a good idea, but wouldn't work with us. First, it probably wouldn't happen and second, Daddy gets home late sometimes, so it would cut into his time with the girls. Don't want to discipline them with taking away a loving, bonding moment. The 30 minutes no TV time I decided to adapt. My kids are usually too busy to watch much TV daily, but when they do they get two shows = 1hour/1 1/2 hours. So just taking away a day of TV would be good. I finally came up with these categories:<br />
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The lesson in this is you have to do what works for you. Also, I asked the girls what consequences would be hard on them and what order to put them in. Luckily, they were honest. This was good, as my psychologist pointed out, as it gave them ownership. The funny thing is it took me a few days to get the supplies and have the time to make the chart and they kept asking me about it. They were actually excited for me to put it up!<br />
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Next was time for stenciling the letters. I used a paint marker. This made it so much easier and neater. I used the Martha Stewart letter stencils. When I first did it it looked like this:<br />
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Nice, yet, it seemed a little light. However, if you like that stamp look, one coat is fine. I decided to go over the letters again free hand with the paint marker and it then looked like this:<br />
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Two more things were left to do. Put the two pallet sign like pieces together and figure out the kid's name clips. To connect the two signs Inailed a small piece of wood behind them to connect them in the back with short nails (so it doesn't poke out the front and hurt lil hands). Then I hot glued them in the crease on both sides. I guess you could use wood glue too. For the names, I used large laundry like clips I found at Michael's and covered them with washi tape to make them each different and cute. I used the permanent marker to label their names on the clips. Lastly, I put picture frame teeth on the back to hang it.<br />
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My husband jokingly calls this the defcon (defense readiness condition). When he was in the military and you would drive on base, there would always be posted the defcon in different colors for alert. LOL Red was the worst.</div>
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When the girls misbehave, they move their names down the chart. They can also move up, if I notice some amazing behavior (being kind to each other, sharing, listening right away, helping etc. ) . They have been doing it for a week now and I can report that their behavior is improving and the chart is a success so far! No one has gone passed warning yet! I highly recommend this especially in conjunction with the chore chart. Check back, I will be posting that DIY next. It especially works for elementary age kids! If you make one, let me know how it went in the comments below! Love to hear from you!</div>
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I love Alice in Wonderland. I have loved the magical, fantasy tale since I was young. As a teenager, I read all the classics: Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. If you have never read theses originals...I highly recommend them...even at an adult level! There is so much you can learn rereading it as an adult. When my children were old enough to appreciate it... almost 5 and almost 3, I decided to throw an epic Alice in Wonderland Party. We were preparing to move from Savannah, Ga. It was a few months away from my youngest's bday, but I thought we could do it as a going away party. I was a theatre major and was in the drama group at our church. I started putting my ideas together and quickly called my theatre friends from my drama group to see who would be willing to do it with me. All the costumes I bought on Amazon. I bought the wig and Hatter hat online, but his outfit, I did rent. You could very well just piece it together.<br />
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Don't feel like you have to do all these characters or even any. However, if you do have characters, it is important to find one who will be the main character either Alice, the Mad Hatter, The Red Queen...etc. In my case it was the Mad Hatter, but the Red Queen took over once she came in and crashed the party. <br />
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Here's the Hatter before make up and costume; he is on the right. Those are my girls and our Alice (before hair and makeup)<br />
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Here is our Alice with the Mad Hatter:</div>
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Here's our Red Queen with Alice:</div>
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Pre- Makeup and hair<br />
Our Red Queen was AHHHHmazing! <br />
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This is our White Rabbit and my husband had a very short and brief role of painting the roses red. </div>
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Here they are together. I didn't get very many pictures of my Door Mouse second from the right.</div>
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My friends basically improved the whole thing. I had a night when they came over and we watched Alice In Wonderland (the old Disney one) and talked about the order of events. I gave them a brief outline.</div>
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I wanted the Hatter to be there opening the door and greeting people and the Door Mouse inside. Shortly into the party, Alice came in running around asking if we had seen the white rabbit. Every once in a while the white rabbit would run through the house saying he was late and then disappeared. Before the Red Queen crashed the party (about 30 minutes in), I had the Card run around with his white roses with some paint on them with his paint brush and bucket. He was frantically telling everyone he was painting the roses red. </div>
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A few minutes after that, the Red Queen made her entrance and took over. It was GREAT! No one expected her to be there. I had so many people comment on the fact that they would have paid to go to the party it was so entertaining. </div>
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You can watch videos from the party here: </div>
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The Red Queen Crashing the party: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTvxK0Csghk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTvxK0Csghk</a></div>
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Teaching Alice how to greet the Red Queen: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKV5wGPzEUQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKV5wGPzEUQ</a></div>
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The White Rabbit Enters: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izE4tfgtaXY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izE4tfgtaXY</a></div>
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The Hatter singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XxiEhm7_nE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XxiEhm7_nE</a></div>
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The Red Queen bossing the White Rabbit around:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p-6SyiXgrk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p-6SyiXgrk</a></div>
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Before croquet, the Queen saying she always wins: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=961jhJgOwXU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=961jhJgOwXU</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am in the middle of preparing for a big Halloween party. I wanted to give the kids awards for costumes. I found some lame ones at Target...they just said first and second in the dollar bins. Not good enough. So I decided to make these:</span><br />
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So simple...I will never buy award ribbons again! Yes, I did stay up until 2:00am, but that is because I made so many. This is a GREAT WAY to use all those ribbon scraps you may have been saving hoping for a time when you will use them. Now maybe your husband will understand why it is so important to "save the ribbon!!!" :)</div>
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These are super easy. You can use hot glue or tacky glue. I prefer hot glue. </div>
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First I downloaded a picture of a basic circle from the internet, then I added the wording I wanted to on photoshop, but I am sure there are many other programs you can use. I printed out the circles with wording on different kinds of thick scrapbook paper, the kind that feels more like card stock. I cut each one out. Then I found some ribbon scraps that made a good palette together. Each strip of ribbon is 5 inches long...give or take. I used scrap rick rack and other embellishments as well like lace ribbon. I made sure I cut out two of the same ribbon patterns. I glued them in crisscross layers on the back of the circle. </div>
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When I was done layering the scraps, I cut the ends with little V's. I glued two longer strips at the bottom 4- 6 inches, with cut V's at the bottom. Then I added one of these pin backing things I had that I had bought a while ago in the jewelry section of a craft store, or on Etsy. That's it!</div>
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<b><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;"> HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!</span></b><br />
FYI...this is a new blog. My older blog is <a href="http://lillollipopsdesigns.blogspot.com/">http://lillollipopsdesigns.blogspot.com</a> if you want to check it out. There are a few party ideas on there as well. </div>
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