Parties are super fun, but let’s face it-they can be very expensive. Pinterest is great for providing ideas to throw incredible parties, but I’ve found myself spending much more than I intended on some great Pinterest idea. So my mission this summer, was to see if I could host parties using Pinterest “free printables”. My goal was to spend $20 or less on the entire party…Is it possible? YES! Here are two of my experimental Pinterest (free printables) parties:
Football Party:
The “football wrappers” on the water bottles & on the willie wonka sugar packs, are actually hot-dog wrappers, and can be located through this link: http://blog.forrent.com/apt_life/kids-tailgate-fun
The cup-cake/ cookie toppers can be located through this link: http://blog.hwtm.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/BigGameBash_CircleToppers2.pdf
The bunting and sign can be found at this link: http://worthyoftheprize.blogspot.com/2012/10/free-football-party-printables.html
To add a little bit of excitement to the party, you can see that I added a candy buffet; which was a huge success!
The Basketball party was also a hit!
I had to be a bit more creative in finding printable basketball items. Most of the basketball party printables are for purchase only, but I did find a few. I was able to make it work by being creative, and piecing together several different items.
The cute little “Dress Up Durant” art was actually from ESPN: http://www.behance.net/gallery/ESPN/2169699
The cup-cake/cookie toppers, I also used on the cups!: http://www.scribd.com/doc/86092411/March-Madness-Basketball-Cupcake-Food-pick-Circles
The bunting, I made by printing a basketball scrap-book paper & cutting it myself.
The sign was actually a greeting card that I re-sized and printed as a picture: http://www.greetingsisland.com/prints/PrintPosting.aspx?card=Basketball&id=2049
The cookies were a great replacement for cup-cakes & they were SUPER EASY!
Reeces Peanut Butter Cup Cookies:
1-devil’s food cake mix
2-eggs
1/2 cup oil
1/3 cup apple sauce
MIX together
add one entire bag of peanut butter chips
Bake @ 350 degrees for roughly 15 min. Check after 10min.
I hope you will check out my Pinterest board to check out tons of more FREE PARTY PRINTABLES! http://pinterest.com/jillyannb/free-party-printables/ , as well as my other board PRINT IT BABY http://pinterest.com/jillyannb/print-it-baby/
Coming soon, will be my post, “A Vintage Back to School Party, Betsy McCall Style!”. Stay posted to see my latest party, hosted for my little first-grade daughter, as she and her friends celebrated the beginning of school…Betsy McCall style!
I just love Eggplant Parmesan, but it can be pricey! Once in a while I can find it on sale for only $.99, as was the case this week. I bought one, and then remembered-they don’t last long. So yesterday I sliced it up & prepared six meal-portions, which are now waiting for me in the freezer. ( a great work-day meal!) I thought I’d share my easy method of preparing this tasty dish!
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