Milestone Birthday DIY: Forties Shirt

Hubby is a Mandalorion fan.

 So I thought this will be a perfect shirt for when he turns forty.

I got the shirt from Target and made the iron-on design with my Cricut.

Love how it turned out!

Milestone Birthday DIY: Fortieth Birthday Card

Another minimalist milestone DIY card I did for a friend turning 40.

Inspiration from littlemaypapery

 

Money Gift DIY: Birthday Gift

This money gifting idea is very timely.

There was TP shortage few weeks before hubby's birthday.

It's very easy to assemble.

We used an empty TP box, cardstock, washi tape, marker and money bills (as much as you want).

I used washi tape to connect the bills together and to decorate the box as well.

I use a bill sized cardstock to write the "how-to-instructions"

I think the best part, hubby is very happy :D

Milestone Birthday DIY: Age Well Card

This is a very simple milestone card I DIYd for a dear friend turning 40 this year.

Inspiration from papersource

Birthday Card DIY

Little one and I made some DIYd cards for Daddy’s birthday.

This bundle of balloon cards were made with the little one’s finger prints.

Inspiration from Pinterest

Me and hubby are both IT geeks,

I thought this old school computer pop-up message card

will be a perfect greeting for his special day.

Inspiration from Instructables Craft

More Birthday DIYs here.

First Birthday DIY: Buntings

I helped a friend DIY these buntings for her son’s first birthday.

The triangles were bought from Party City.

I used royal blue cardstock from Michaels for the letters.

I used gold cardstock to outline the birthday boy’s name.

Birthday Card DIY

One great way to show "extra" love are DIY gifts.

So for hubby's gift this year little one and I did some DIY-ng.

I helped the LO to make this hand print birthday card.

Materials: Cardstock, Acrylic Paint, Colored Marker

Inspiration from Pinterest

And I made this ATM Birthday Card.

Here's another creative way of gifting money.
Watch the video below for hubby's reaction.

Materials: Bills, Cardstock, Foam Stickers

Inspiration from RobbyGurl's Creations

Fiftieth Birthday DIY

We had a surprise birthday party for our dear friend Roxana.

You got to understand, she's used to organizing parties

so we need to make sure hers will be awesome.

Clockwise: Centerpiece, Happy 50th bunting, Favor tags

Click items for inspirations

For the centerpiece, I used these cylindrical vases from Dollar Tree.

The gold beaded ribbon was extra from my Aunt's 50th birthday few years back.

I got the flowers for $6.99 per dozen from a local market.

For the bunting, I used spearhead pattern which I found more elegant.

I used glittered cardstock for the letters on black cardstock.

I also both a 12x12 gold striped cardstock for accent.

And it looks amazing!

I created the favor tags using Photo Grid.

I had her black and white photo as background,

"thank you!" in white and her birthdate in black.

I finished it with shading the "thank you" with gold ink pen.

First Birthday DIYs

Last month, this Mama's on DIY mode for the little one's first birthday.

I went bunting galore.
I used cardstocks I got from dollar tree and Michaels.
I used balloon ribbon in place of jute twines.
I used straws as poles for the cake topper miniature bunting.
It's a first for me to use Cricut machine for the letters.
It's also a first for me to make photo bunting.
I used monthly photos of the little ones.

Clockwise: Happy birthday bunting, Cake Topper,

Photo bunting, High chair bunting

A month before the big day we did a home photoshoot,

print the photos in black and white

and frame them with white inexpensive ones I got from Dollar Tree.

These were used as decoration for the desert table and doubled as favors too.

These momentos are my favorite, both I created using Photo Grid.
The left is a chalkboard with LOs first year milestones.
And the one on the right is a time capsule.
The metal box was recycled Bath and Body Works gift box.

L-R: Chalkboard, Time Capsule

The last one is this centerpiece.
I made the rosette fan from scratch.
Follow this easy tutorial to create one yourself.
And the rest were created using Cricut machine.