HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday to me! Yesterday was my 29th birthday. It was a good day full of normal fun during the day and then a fun trip to Ikea for a little grub for the kids and shopping in the evening. You see, on Tuesday's at Ikea, kids eat free. We have 5 kiddos, 4 of which eat real food so a free dinner for all of the? For a larger family, that is huge! Our kids love to eat out and go places so this is an easy way to do it on a weekly basis. For me, I love that I don't have to clean up the kitchen, table and do dishes that one night a week! Win win situation if you ask me.

Sorry for the DARK Picture (banner recycled rom my daughters party!)

Ok, so back to my birthday! When I realized my birthday was on a Tuesday, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Ikea to feed the kids (remember, no messy kitchen and table for me to clean up on my birthday!), a little shopping afterwards (what girl doesn't love shopping...and on her birthday!) and then on the way home, I knew we'd pass my favorite mexican food restaurant, Chuy's for a little take-out for me and my sweet husband....after the kids are in bed! Win, Win, Win situation, now! Oh Happy Birthday to ME!

Earlier in the week I got a strong urge to do a little birthday decorating. I know, it was my birthday so someone else should have done it but I had a vision and an urge and knew it would give me a little fun craft time all at the same time. Eleven days prior was our oldest daughter's birthday. She wanted a princess party so I tried my hand at some pink and silver tissue balls that I had been seeing all over the internet. They turned out so pretty and are now hanging over her bed. So fun! Then I came across some tissue balls on pinterest with a more vintage/rustic feel to them. So, that was what I wanted to do for my big 29th birthday. I didn't want to spend any money on supplies so I used only things I had on hand. Any time I order anything from Aveda I save tissue paper to reuse as needed. They wrap everything in ivory tissue paper- perfect for my tissue balls! I also had some brown packing paper that I had saved from some other order (can't even remember now!) that I used for more tissue balls in a second color. Perfect.

As for the table runner, I borrowed an idea from pinterest- old dictionary pages = new table runner! YAH! I haphazardly taped them together across the table. I decided that with a 1 year old, I probably shouldn't have any over hang. I could just picture the whole thing, including jars of flowers, being yanked off the table.

On to the flowers... they were left over from Mother's Day. I tossed the ones that had died and gave new life to the others. And the jars? They were the jars I bought last year to make pickles in- YUM!

I love how I didn't spend even a dime on any of the decorations for my birthday. I had fun decorating and got to get my craft on all at the same time!

HAPPY (RECYCLED) BIRTHDAY TO ME!

P.S. As for Ikea shopping? My sweetie got me a huge sisal rug that I have had my eye on for a very long time along with creamy white curtains for our living room. Also, he got me a Kindle Fire, too! I'm one lucky 29 year old!