Roar!! Here’s Liam’s dinosaur birthday party with bright and vibrant DIY paper geometric dinosaur party decor and cake toppers. Liam wanted his pals to come over for a dinosaur-themed birthday party with dinosaur party decorations, dinosaur party games, and a dinosaur cake. With that in mind, I put together fun and spirited paper dinosaur birthday …

Tick tock! These DIY clock party theme decorations are just in time for your clock-themed celebration. Clock party themes are great for much more than New Year’s Eve party decorations! Try a clock party theme for school fundraisers, retirement party decorations, milestone birthday parties, anniversary parties, and around-the-clock baby shower decorations. I designed these DIY …

Throw a Star Wars Birthday Party theme with this galaxy of colorful DIY Star Wars birthday party ideas for girls and boys, from Star Wars decorations and Star Wars games to Star Wars birthday printables and Star Wars cakes and cupcakes, including the cutest handmade BB-8 birthday cake that you can make yourself. Who says …

This Star Wars party game features the infamous Sarlacc Pit from Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Remember that scene? Luke, Han, and Chewie are facing certain death in the all powerful Sarlacc Pit. Bikini-clad Leia is being held captive. And Jabba the Hut *thinks* he has the upper hand. I thought that Tatooine’s sandy …

Making Star Wars cupcakes for a Star Wars birthday party? Top them with these free printable Star Wars cupcake toppers in colorful lightsaber colors. Who says Star Wars party decorations must be just black and white?? We decorated Elise’s 6th birthday party theme — “Episode VI: Return of the Birthday” — with these yummy Star …

This easy LEGO Friends cake idea is a cheery way to celebrate a LEGO Friends birthday. I didn’t want to make the expected stick-some-plastic-LEGO-Friends-characters-on-a-cake version of a LEGO Friends cake, so instead I made a LEGO Friends cake that celebrates the sunshine and rainbows in Heartlake City. The cake is shaped in a number 8 …

Make this quick and easy DIY LEGO valentines idea that’s fun for kids and parents to make together. It takes less than an hour to print and cut LEGO classroom exchange valentines. And the best part? Your kid gets to play with LEGOs!

Give your sweetie this free printable Valentine’s Day card: XOXO You & Me, Forever and Ever with arrows and hearts. It’s a simple and meaningful valentine with lots of love that’s perfect modern Valentine’s Day card for husbands, wives, boyfriends and girlfriends. I made the XOXO on the front using illustrated arrows that look hand-drawn. …

Attention, passengers, this is your captain speaking: Make an airplane birthday t-shirt for your little pilot’s airplane birthday party! Choose to either DIY your own iron-on t-shirt at home, or order online at Zazzle (click Category: Airplane Birthday Party) with your choice of t-shirt and color. Personalize the name on the could and age on …

Wanna make a LEGO® birthday cake? Here’s an easy way to make fondant LEGO bricks — both thick and thin fondant LEGO blocks — with no special LEGO mold required. It’s fast and easy to crank out a whole bunch of fondant LEGO bricks in a couple hours (and even faster if you purchase colored …

Here’s an easy and free baby bib sewing pattern with a few clever twists for drooly babies who are teething. First, it’s lined with waterproof PUL fabric, the same stuff that you can use to make DIY baby diapers. I put orange water-resistant PUL fabric on the back to reduce teething wetness on his clothes …

Ooh, it’s cold outside! It’s -9 degrees F in Chicago, too cold to head down the street for scones so Shane baked us a handmade batch of berry scones from scratch. Make this easy berry scone recipe for fresh, warm blueberry scones and raspberry scones at home. Cold weather is the best baking weather. There’s …

It’s almost the end of the year — have you been reminiscing like me? I’ve been thinking about time passing and years changing so for this month’s color palette I’d like to share my vintage linen calendar tea towel collection with you. Have you seen vintage linen calendar tea towels before? Linen calendar dish towels …

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Jewel-Osco to celebrate its new home delivery service in Chicagoland. All opinions and text are mine. #JewelDelivers #ad Hey Chicagoans, were you as taken by surprise as I was by last week’s snow? ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ The temperature dip down to wintertime levels makes …

Looking for a cheerful and bright Christmas color palette? Get inspired by my red, green, pink, yellow and blue colors for Christmas. This time of year bursts with traditions and memories. When I was a kid, the wooden German Christmas ornaments on our family’s Christmas tree were always my favorite. Pulling these cute little guys …