Maxwell is 5 Years OLD.  Let that sink in.  That means I have been a mom for 1,825 days!  Actually slightly more because I am writing this post about a month late.  But hey, better late than never:).  We are so proud of the little boy he has become.  Some days we can’t believe how mature he is and others, well he is only 5.  haha.  We had landed on a Star Wars theme for Maxwells party a couple months before his birthday because he was in such a phase.  Then quarantine happened and he started digging out all of his old toys again.  I am pretty sure he wanted another dinosaur party by the time his birthday actually arrived.  haha.  Whatever, you get what you get and you don’t throw a fit!!!  Jk, Jk, I considered switching themes but truthfully I was kind of excited about the stuff I had gotten to decorate, etc.  He LOVED it all anyways and had the best time!  Here are some of the fun party details!

I’m so bummed because I did not get a good picture but we made Aperol Spritz’s with BIG Star Wars Ice Cubes.  These are the molds/trays we used!  They were delicious.

I’m pretty sure Max’s favorite part was the HUGE water slide!!!  It was such a hot day we actually switched to the water slide version of a bounce house at the last minute.

(cookies are Sara’s Custom Cookies)

One of my favorite parts was all the fun yard games we had!  If you are local you must try out Backyard Shenanigans!!!  They bring all of these jumbo yard games to you for a rental fee and even come to pick them up.  It was so seamless and brought hours of entertainment.

One of my biggest party tips, if someone offers to help, take the help!!!  lol.  My neighbor made this delicious and very cool cake for Max.

And our friend Rob, made this Death Star Watermelon Fruit Salad.

I personally LOVE having a piñata at any party.  I just think it adds such an element of fun no matter the age.  This particular one is from Megans Piñata’s.  She makes all of her piñatas and they are AWESOME!!!

Here are some of the goods we shoved into the piñata!

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Balloons courtesy of Twee Partees and yours truly:))).  Storm Troopers compliments of Anagram.  Aren’t they so cool?!?!?

I love this picture.  It’s when my kids saw the ballon wall with the storm troopers for the first time.  They thought it was so cool!

The kids gave out these light sabers for treat bag items!  Didn’t get a good pic of this either.  I was obviously having too much fun.

Cheers to another year!

XOXO,

Lissa

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Happy Happy Monday!!!  One thing I love more than an actual party is the favors.  I honestly don’t know why I love them so much because when on the receiving end it really is usually something the kids do not need and or just gets tossed in the mix of everything.  I just can’t help it and LOVE party favors!!  So for Emme’s Elsa Birthday Party, I ended up snagging a few items and put together these fun little play doh kits.  They were SO simple and the kids loved them!  Everything is linked HERE!

All you need is play doh, plastic containers, some fun things for the kids to use with the dough, and cute stickers!!!

I assembled these in about 20 mins without interruption from the kiddos.

One thing to note, I did order the large stickers, they were a tiny bit too big.  Go with the medium to ensure they do fit correctly.

I found these SUPER cute bracelets, they did take a couple weeks to come in just an fyi.  But how adorable?!?!

I always like to add some kind of cute stuffed animal that goes with the theme too.  I know we all have too many but I mean how cute is Olaf?!?!

I hope your Frozen Birthday Party is a dream come true for your little one too!

XOXO,

Lissa

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I LOVE Balloons, there is something so special about how fun they make a party or event.  I also always want to have everything at a party and I know that isn’t always possible from a financial aspect.  Things start adding up super fast.  For Emme’s 3rd Birthday, I took it upon myself to make a balloon garland.  This is actually my second attempt and honestly SO easy.  The first time I blew everything up on my own.  I can LOL at this now that I have an Electric Balloon Pump!!!

Click HERE to shop all of the supplies for my Balloon Garland. And watch my tutorial video below for all the simple details!

It’s seriously that easy!  And here is what we ended up doing with it.  We just tied a couple of strings where we wanted to attach it and used 3M hooks on the wall.

Check out Maxwell’s 4th Birthday party with the first Balloon Garland I attempted!

Good Luck, can’t wait to see all of yours!!!

XOXO,

Lissa

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I LOVE throwing parties and or gatherings and I also LOVE sending a proper paper invitation.  There is nothing better than getting an actual paper invite in the mail, amiiright?!?!?  Often times they have a picture of the person being celebrated or honored and then it gets hung on your fridge or wall.  I get SO many emails these days that when I get another invitation emailed to me, it often times gets thrown into the mix of spam…….Not to mention, when you spend all this money making the party so darn cute, you best make sure you have an invite to match!

That’s why I partnered with Basic Invite to order Maxwell’s invites for his 4th Birthday, he helped me pick them out.  Of course they are Dinosaur themed.  I am not kidding when I say that he was so excited about them!!!  You would have thought I bought him a dinosaur toy.  To him it means his birthday is near, but to me it means I get to start the other decor and party details!!  Since I can’t reveal his invites just yet, below are a couple favorites of mine for Birthdays!  And how amazing that you can order the Thank You cards too.

Other than being able to order the thank you cards, The best part of using Basic Invite was all of these options:

Almost Unlimited Colors – Basic Invite is one of the few websites that allows customers almost unlimited color options with instant previews online. Once you select a design you can change the color of each element on the card to over 180 different color options so you can make sure the card is exactly how you want it down to the littlest detail. For example, on Maxwell’s Dinosaur invites we changed the shade of blue on the Tyrannosaurus Rex!

Custom Samples – Basic Invite is one of the few websites that allows customers the ability to order a printed sample of their actual invitation so they can see exactly how it will print as well as the paper quality before they ever have to place their final order.  I have actually never seen this on an invite site before and think it is actually the BEST feature!

Over 40 Different Colors of Envelopes – Basic Invite is just as colorful with our envelopes as we are with our invitations. Customers can choose from over 40 different colors when it comes to their envelopes so that they can make their invitation stand out even before it is opened. All of the envelopes are peel and seal so the envelopes can be quickly and securely closed.  This is simply amazing to me.  I hate the taste of licking an envelope!

Address Capturing Service – Basic Invite offers an address capturing service that allows customers to simply share a link on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or any other form of social media to request their friends and family’s addresses which will be stored in the customer’s account and can then be selected during the design process. Basic Invite offers recipient address printing at no cost on all card orders.  Ah-mazing!!!

Foil – Foil cards are available in gold, silver, and rose gold. Customers can choose flat or raised foil on all of Basic Invite’s foil designs.

Guess what?!?!  I’ve got a discount code for you!!!  15% off with code: 15FF51 

And just in time for ALL the graduation parties coming up!!!  You’ve got to check out all of the options!!!  I’ve shared a few of my favorites below too!

Templates of Graduation Invitations

Graduation Photo Invitations Templates

Custom Made Graduation Invitations

I mean, I can’t with this one above!  The then and now is too perfect:).

Basic Invite also does business cards!  This will likely be my next purchase, how cool are these clear ones?

XOXO,

Lissa

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If you have been following along with me for awhile you will realize other than fashion and family, I REALLY love my friends and Girl’s Nights!!!  Recently my college friends and I went to New Buffalo Michigan for an entire Girl’s Weekend that mostly consisted of drinking wine, however, we started out the weekend with a Favorite Things Party!  I had heard of this and totally wanted to do it for a long time!  So when we all decided to do it I was ecstatic.  There are a few different ways to have a Favorite Things Party but call us greedy(we wanted everyone to get one of everything)!  haha.  So we had a $5 price point and we all bought for everyone.  It made this super fun and actually easier!

Disclaimer: Not all of the Favorite Things were wrapped but it was kind of fun so that no one could see them!

Seriously, thats all you do:

Find a group of girls!

Everyone buys all of the girls a gift(whatever price point you want)

All the girls get together, drink wine, eat, talk way too much, and give out their favorite things!!!

Some of our favorite things were:

Caramel Apples

Everyone Hand Soap

Micale Lynn Scrunchies

Halloween Masks

Light up Pumpkins with our initials

Silicone Wine Glasses

Wax Eyebrow Pencil

Egyptian Cotton Sheet Spray

Truly everything we got was SO fun!!!

We also turned out favorite things party into a little halloween party since it was the start of October!  All of this fun and SUPER cute decor is from The Paper Merchant!  It is one of my favorite little shops to go into on Third Street!!

My friend Cory made all of our matching Boos T-shirts!!!  You can find her shop here :).  She also makes fun wood stuff too!

And would it even be a party if we didn’t take awkward self timer pics over a balcony?!?!?!?  Seriously though, this did happen and we probably took way too many!!!

Have a great week!  I would love to hear if you have attended a Favorite Things Party!?!?  How did you do it?  What were your favorite items you received?  Drop a comment below!

XOXO,

Lissa

***All items from The Paper Merchant were sponsored but I would not have used them if they weren’t the cutest things ever!***