DIY Beatles-Themed Easter Basket

 This post is super random, but I was looking back at gifts I put together and thought that even though this is an Easter gift, the idea could easily be translated into a birthday or Christmas gift for those of you who, like me, have a huge Beatle fan in their life. I used a lot of free printables found on Google such as the Yellow Submarine on the front. In the Easter eggs, I printed out a mini Paul, Beatles activities such as crossword puzzles, and you could also include sheet music for musicians. This gift was honestly very last minute, so those printables were a life saver. A gift saver, I suppose is more accurate. I added a decorate-your-own-mug kit (Michaels sells them), cookies that I repackaged to look fancier, and a handmade card. The card said "You can't Beatle that Jesus has done for you. Happy Easter!" or something along those lines. If you didn't get that, you are not alone, but I tried. 

I hope you found this simple gift idea useful. Thanks for stopping by!

-Lauryn

Graduation Gift Idea for Boys

 Hey, everyone! Here's a quick little gift idea I did for my brother's graduation gift last year. This can be easily customized. I titled this as a gift for boys, but it could also be a gift for girls too, of course. My gift had four parts:

1. A lunchbox (which my brother was in need of and got to use at an upcoming camp. This could be replaced with a different sort of tote, bag, backpack or suitcase.)

2. A water bottle (again, this was something I knew my brother needed, but could be replaced with a mug or even kitchen appliance.)

3. A card (I hand made mine to make it more personal.)

4. A gift card/certificate (I did one to my brother's favorite smoothie shop, A to Zinc. Go by what you know the person loves, and conceal it inside of the bag/lunchbox.)

That's it! 

If you're looking for a last-minute, easy but personal graduation gift, I hope this comes in handy!

-Lauryn

Valentine's Day Party, 2021

Hey, thank you for stopping in. Here is a party post at last that is actually relevant to the time of the year. I realized I never posted our little Valentine's Day party/décor from last year, so here are the pictures of our Valentine's party of 2021. The tablecloth and bouquet wrapping were just brown Dollar Tree wrapping paper I drew on. The hearts were made from paper plates. If I have a guess, all of the florals came from Ingles. I was kind of going for a playful, whimsical, floral look to make it different from past parties.

I hope you enjoyed! 

-Lauryn

Happy B-Day Bee-Themed Mug Gift & Motivation-in-a-Mug Gift Ideas

 Hey, everyone! Here are two super easy but beautiful and practical gift ideas for adults (or teens) that could work for nearly anyone. 

The first is a "Motivation in a Mug" gift including a mug with that phrase (I think I got it on sale at Target) or some sort of motivational cup, energy/protein bars, an energy/electrolyte drink packet, treats, and (although it's not really theme-related) a natural lip balm. I get my lip balms from Marshalls where they have a lot of vegan and organic products. 

The second gift is bee-themed (I did it for my mother's birthday), and includes a bee-related mug, a bee dishcloth (I think mine came from Walmart?), honey, and honey lip balm. 

These are just two of many, many mug gift set ideas out there, but hopefully they can provide inspiration for somebody, even for an entirely different theme. 

I hope you find this handy!

-Lauryn

Simple DIY Music-Themed Bowling Party Favors

 

Here is a super easy party idea that combines both music and bowling, for I could not decorate the bowling alley where my brother had one of his birthday parties, but he still wanted music-themed favors. I therefore came up with the pun used on the favor tags (I would include the free printable but I cannot currently find the file) and made these last-minute. The tags read "You rock! Thank you for being such an un-bowl-ievably great friend!" I bought cookies at Walmart, as well as dye-free icing. I couldn't use plastic wrap and had no bags, so instead of using icing tips I just used a butter knife (it was a container of icing since the other kinds had dyes). I put them in paper goodie bags and taped on the tags. For me, these took a total of probably twenty minutes (plus a while longer figuring out what to put them in. As you can see, they got squished in the bags, so cookie boxes would be ideal). 

I hope these come in handy or can at least be inspiration for future bowling parties! Thank you for stopping by! 

-Lauryn

Easy, Last-Minute, DIY Custom Superhero Costume

 Good evening! Here's a super quick and easy project you may find useful this holiday season, especially if you find yourself in a time crunch and know a small superhero who'd love a special, personalized superhero costume. Mine used red and yellow with lightning strikes because my friend Morgan loved the Flash and Lightning McQueen, though of course I put his initial instead. Here is a basic outline on how to create your own.

You will need:

-Fabric (my red fabric was from the Walmart $2 section and was so great, I did not even need to hem the bottom after cutting it. I used a couple sheets of felt for the other colors/parts.)

-Hot Glue and a Hot Glue Gun

-Velcro

I cut a scalloped edge on the bottom of my rectangular cape with basic scissors. I sewed the top side to a long strip of yellow felt (also a rectangle with curved sides where I planned them to buckle under the chin). I hot-glued on Velcro to the ends of the yellow felt. I cut a gray circle and yellow 'M' out for my logo and hot-glued those to the cape. I cut out my mask shape, rectangle strips and lighting strikes, hot-glued them all together, and glued Velcro to the ends of the rectangle strips for my mask. 

That's all there is to it! I hope somebody finds this useful as a fun, personal gift idea! 

-Lauryn

10 Simple, Cheap RAK Ideas

Hey guys! Today I am just sharing a quick list of simple, cheap RAK ideas that you can probably make with items from your home or for $1-2 (for a lot of them), depending on where and how you buy your materials. I am not going to describe how to go about creating them since they are pretty self-explanatory and very open-ended. That is for you to decide. These are just some ideas for inspiration, but there are plenty of examples of them on the internet. I also suggest adding a Bible verse to uplift people and share the love of Christ. Some people will write to pass on the kindness and challenge recipients to do an act of kindness in return. I prefer to avoid that since that might stress the recipient out and make them feel like they need to pay for the gift. If they are inspired, they will probably do that on their own anyway. Another item I suggest avoiding unless you know the recipient well is food such as candy since so many people are on such a vast variety of diets. As for the balloon dogs, I will share a tutorial and free printable for that in the (hopefully near) future. I hope you enjoy!

RAK Ideas:

 -Balloon Dogs or Helium Balloons

-Magnets

-Stickers

-Snail Mail

-Painted Rocks

-Kindness Letters

-Flowers

-Practical Pun Gifts (for example: "You are stupendous!" with pens.)

-Banners/Cards/Confetti (there is a free printable sunshine banner here.)

-Bubbles/Chalk/Glow-sticks (or other items that will probably cheer someone up.)

I hope you enjoyed these ideas! I hope you visit again next week for a new post I look forward to sharing with you! 

-Lauryn

Modern Ninjago 12th Birthday Party

Hey everyone! Today I am sharing a last-minute, modern Ninjago-themed party I threw together for my brother Will's birthday back in August. The Mandolorian party I shared recently was for his party at our grandparents and I was originally just going to reuse those decorations due to great fatigue and not being prepared, but I ended up doing this other theme he also requested on his actual birthday, admittedly the morning of. I am glad I was able to do both parties, but I wish I could have done more. This year was strange where we could not invite people, but we tried to make it special all the same. I made balloon swords for favors (I was just using what I had on hand for everything), I used his Lego figures and my mother's metallic bird for decorations, as well as the same photos and frame from his previous party, I used the same balloons from the Mandolorian party and I made a banner with pens and acrylic paint. My mother made cookie cake and he got to decorate the cake how he wanted. He let me help, too. We (but mostly Will) did a Ninjago-themed cake. 

I hope you enjoyed and that this helps with any last-minute parties (especially Lego) you may throw. Thanks for stopping by!

-Lauryn