Karter's First Birthday Mustache Bash!

This weekend we had Karter's first birthday party,

I really can't believe that my sweet baby boy is one already, 

seems like just yesterday I was lying in the OR FaceTime-ing

with Lorne in Afghanistan while he was born.

Karter has been such a beautiful surprise for our family and

I can't imagine my life with out him in it.

Here's the invitation we used (I've blurred the address)

I love a good pun!

Soda Labels are from the Mustache Madness collection from BirthdayDirect.com 

Mustache Straws and Lollies from OrientalTrading.com

I created the printables with graphics from JW Illustrations

We had Stache Sugar Cookies and Manly Crunch (Apple Slices)

Chocolate Cigars (Pirouettes)

M&M Mini Tubes as Favors

Root Beers for the grown ups

and Milk Mustaches (Chocolate Milks)

for the kiddies

Real Man (Red Velvet) Cupcakes

I bought the cupcakes because I didn't have time to make them,

the party was at my mom's house, which is a five hour drive

from our house so store bought it was--don't judge me!

With mustache picks from Oriental Trading

Ranch Bowtie Pasta

(Recipe on Green Lunches, Green Kids)

My famous(ly easy) pulled pork sliders with pickle toppers

(Recipe on Green Lunches, Green Kids)

More of the Mustache Madness collection party supplies

and here's some more fun pics of the family! 

Happy First Birthday, my sweet baby!

and one more for funsies!

 

Free Printable : Mustache Valentines

Hey guys, everyone busy getting ready for Valentine's Day?

I wanted to share with you what Kolton will be taking to school

to share with his little buddies.

I found these awesome self adhesive mustaches at +Target only $1.50

for 8 of them!  I plan to stick them to Kolton's valentine cards I

designed up last week, I'll probably add some candy also because,

well I love candy! 

I made a non personalized version available for download here.

I got ours printed at a local photo place, they're sized just right for 

4x6 prints, but if you wanted to print them at home there is a

version with smaller cards that will print on a sheet

of regular printer paper here:

I like getting things printed at photo labs though, 

mainly just to save my ink, 

but I do think they look better,

and you don't have to cut them out.

Enjoy!

Pirates and Princesses Birthday Party!

This weekend we had Kolton and Kaylee's annual Birthday Bash!

This year's theme was Pirates and Princesses!

Everyone said they had a great time and I know

Kolton and Kaylee had a blast!  

I had fun designing and planning ever detail of their big day, 

from the invitations to the printables to the food.

I love making their parties special for them.

One of the new things I decided to do at their party this year was 

a DIY Photo Booth, I got the props pre made at walmart

they were perfect for our party and everyone fun being silly!

Here's just a few of our fun photos:

Pirate Kolton

Princess Kaylee and Queen Nanny

Princess Kaylee

Me and Pirate Princess Auntie Michelle!

Me and my littlest pirate, isn't that Mustachifier the best ever!

For more photos of the party (mostly food, haha) head on over to 

Green Lunches, Green Kids

The graphics I used for this party came from

Zenware Designs at MyGrafico.com

Free Printable : Wi Fi Password Sign

Hey guys!

Kolton and Kaylee's party is coming up soon,

and the families are coming to visit,

we're going to have a full house for sure.

I didn't want to have to dig around for the piece

of paper that has our wifi password on it

every time someone needed it:

So I whipped up this handy sign,

laminated it,

and pinned it to my bulletin board.

Hope you like it!

Click on the picture above to open it in 

Google Docs, 

there will be a black arrow in the top left corner

click it to start your download!

2014 Facebook Timeline Cover

Hey y'all.  Hope you are ringing in the new year

with your loved ones!

Here's a little FB timeline cover I whipped up this afternoon.

Feel free to save it and use it!

Happy New Year,

From

The Verde's!

Teacher Gifts in 10 Minutes with Free Printable!

 

If you're anything like me... you're a last minute shopper.

This year has been especially bad because of the late Thanksgiving,

I just can't pull myself together and get my shopping done.

After seeing an article my friend Liz posted about gifts that teachers

actually want as opposed to gifts people think they want

I figured I'd just go with coffee gift cards.

Let's be honest, if I was going to be in a room with

20 five year olds all day,  I'd need all the caffeine I could get.

Liz--I hope you approve! :)

I started by creating these super coffee cut outs,

and because I love a good pun I knew they had to say

"Thanks a latte for all you do" 

I left off Merry Christmas, incase I (or you) want to use them

as a general thank you gift.

I also took a few sleeves from one of my (many) trips to 

Starbucks and taped them (at the back)

then used double sided tape to stick the gift cards to the sleeves.

Hope you like them! 

I also had Kolton sign them, because I think it adds to the cuteness!

You should be able to right click and save the image below to your computer

and print it out, I have it sized for 8.5x11 paper already.

Wine Christmas Printable!

Hey y'all, hope your holiday season is off to a great start.

Just wanted to share this printable I whipped up this morning.

Hope you like it, if you do share it on Pinterest or Facebook!

Version 1 with white border 

Version 2 without border

You should just be able to save them to your computer and print them,

just remember to check the print settings so there's no border,

you want to print them as photos. :)