tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28470935222598135132024-02-19T01:14:57.527-08:00Bia & Josh's MomAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11611226665417156253noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847093522259813513.post-8048037960212043152012-10-07T16:42:00.001-07:002012-10-07T16:42:24.583-07:00Baseball Party Thank You Pic<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Thank You pictures are easy and fun to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1) Take a picture with the birthday child holding a fist towards the camera.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">2) Add writing to the pic. In this case: "Thank you for making my party a hit!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">3) Print the picture (as many copies as there will be people in your party)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">4) Use the tool from the <a href="http://biajoshmom.blogspot.com/2012/06/indispensable-craft-tools.html" target="_blank">Indispensable Craft Tools</a> post, punch 2 tiny holes in the picture, one above and one below the hand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">5) Insert lolipop stick from the back of the picture into the top punched hole and in the bottom hole aftewards. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">6) Distribute the Thank You Pic when people are leaving the party.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">THESE ARE A HIT!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11611226665417156253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847093522259813513.post-23584376747626534532012-10-07T15:34:00.001-07:002012-10-07T15:34:14.849-07:00Baseball Field Cake<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The only credit I can take for the cake is designing it. I did not bake it! But I think it turned out very nice. The kids and the parents really liked it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I created the back board and score board on Publisher, all that we added to it (the birthday boy helped) were things that mean something to him, and things about him. The boards were printed and added to the cake. As you can see by my son's smiles, he was happy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Well, an image is worth 1000 words! Thanks for checking!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11611226665417156253noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847093522259813513.post-9811963231104573202012-10-07T15:13:00.001-07:002012-10-07T15:21:06.182-07:00Baseball Pompoms<div class="ecxMsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I once saw these pompoms made of tissue paper, but they were only one color. For the baseball party, I wondered if I could make these to look like baseballs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would say it got pretty close, since everyone I asked what it looked like, answered with: “A baseball!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used 16 sheets of tissue paper for each pompom. That made it look really full. I have seem instructions saying anywhere from 8 to 12 sheets, but I thought it needed more. I got the tissue at the dollar store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) To start, lay 4 sheets of white tissue paper, 2 sheets of red, another 4 of white, 2 of red and 4 of white. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4) Tie the middle of the pompom with a “pipe cleaner” (found at craft stores)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5) Cut the edges of the paper in a round shape. The completed pompom was cut V shape, I found that a round shape looks MUCH better, but I forgot to take pictures!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6) Gently separate each sheet of tissue to form your pompom. Be extremely gentle because the tissue paper is very delicate and it can easily rip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7) Separate all sheets on both sides and ta-da, baseball pompom is ready!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8) Hang your pompom with fishing line, this make it looks like they are floating. (This picture is of my first try at this pompom, and I cut the edges V shaped. When the edges are cut round, it looks much better!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11611226665417156253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847093522259813513.post-20175441065856309942012-06-21T08:39:00.001-07:002012-06-21T08:39:11.625-07:00Indispensable Craft Tools<h2 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Provo-Silent-Setter-Hammerless-Eyelet/dp/B000S12R9S" target="_blank">The Silent Setter, by Provocraft.</a> I used these tools to make holes on the flags that make up the 2 banners I designed. I know this sounds a little vague, but once I post the pictures from the party you will get it. I also used it for the thank you notes we will be passing around at the end of the party.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We didn’t name the field right away, but now it is called Double L Field. Our last name starts with LL and also stands for Little League!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our first game, which had 4 players: me, husband, daughter and son, where the family would work on getting the batter out… Was a complete blast! Even the dogs where playing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am now closer to Joshua’s Party and looking forward to updating this blog with all the details! Stay tuned for field care tips!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Play Ball!</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11611226665417156253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847093522259813513.post-18702851208182983002012-06-03T20:23:00.000-07:002012-06-03T20:23:33.432-07:00Josh's First "real" Birthday Party<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">I am in love with <a href="http://pinterest.com/biajosh/">Pinterest</a>. Truth is, I am addicted to Pinterest. (I was a <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/228135537343976968/">guest blogger at my work, talking about Pinterest</a>) I really want to make a contribution, so here I am starting to blog. Really? Like I don't have enough on my plate...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">I am planning Joshua (my soon to be 8 year old) a baseball themed birthday party. I have searched online for ideas, and of course pinned everything I found interesting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">I will blog through planning and if this will help one mother out there to have a cool baseball party for her son, I will consider it a mission accomplished.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">The first thing I did, was to create a board on <a href="http://pinterest.com/biajosh/joshua-s-birthday/">Pinterest for Joshua's Party</a> and create a QR Code that links to that board. I will add the QR code to the invitation that I will show you here how to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ok. So lets create this invitation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have envelopes at home, so to take advantage of that, I started with a new custom size publication. 9in height x 4in width.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I chose blue for the background to match the party colors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I scanned Joshua’s baseball picture and made it black and white.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I added his picture with a round frame and then another two of the same shapes as text box for the writing area. The board area in black and fill area in light gray. The fonts used for this invitation are on the Pinterest board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I added basic information to the invitation and used the barcode font to create a barcode and make it look even more like a ticket. I used an invitation I found on Pinterest as inspiration. OF COURSE! What good does Pinterest if you only PIN stuff, but do nothing with it? :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the final invitation. I will find out if I can upload the Publisher file so that you can use it as a template if you would like.</span></div>
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