First Birthday Party Project #1- DIY Water Bottle Label

This is the first of a multi-part series.  Here I will post all of the projects I did for The Boss' first Birthday Party, starting with custom water bottle labels. I have seen custom water bottle labels on a number of blogs.  I love them and love that they add a beautiful custom touch to your decor.  I wanted to order some for The Boss' party but knew the Hubby would flip at spending money on "something so unneccisary" so I decided I would try my hand at making my own.

My Husband bought me Photoshop Elements 9 for Valentine's Day.  Since it took me close to a year to figure out how to work my MacBook you can imagine how long it's taking me to use Photoshop.  Every now and then I try something and then end up closing my computer or going to Photobucket (way easier btw).  This time I was determined so I got out my computer, read a tutorial here, and then set to work.  It was EASY!

I used a background from a digital scrap booking kit designed by my friend Jen from Jen C Designs.  You can find her blog and online store here. Coincidentally enough the kit this background came from was inspired by The Boss' nursery even before she was born!  I set the size of the label, chose a backdrop I liked and then added the flower and the "e".

Here's the finished label.

And here they are on the bottles

Helpful Tips 

• Make your label 1.75 inches tall and 8.5 inches long
• Use a digital scrapbook kit, great ones can be found here
• Take your time and try a few different things.  If you are working on photoshop when you love something lock it so it won't move when you move other elements around.  (Probably a total rookie thing...but helpful to me!) 

If I was Ashley H....

Oh Ashley H....you're so sweet but you are confusing me a little bit.

1. I would not trick a bachelor into marrying me on the first date.  Poor William....he is so cute and was so confused by her shinanigans. 

2. Next,  don't beg men to stay when you have 16 other great choices.  It makes for great television for us but... you are being played like a fiddle.  

3. Don't pick your husband based on a coin toss...you might have to marry Mickey. 

  

First Birthday Party!

The Boss turned one a few days ago so this weekend was filled with celebration for her.  We are so grateful for her and she truly is a gift from God.  Over the past few months I have been working on projects  for her party so I have lots to share but thought I would give a sneak peak before I revealed all of my projects.

There was party decor....

Food...

Cake....

Swimming....

and Presents....

A huge thank you to all our family and friends for celebrating with us.  Thank you especially to my Mom, Mother-in-law, Sister, and Sister-in-law for helping me so much with setting up.  Many more photos and tutorials to follow.

ONE

Today The Boss turns ONE.  

I love my little Koala and can't imagine my life without her.  Today she will spend the day with Mommy, no work for me, well...maybe a little during naptime! 

 Saturday is the big party and then tons of reveals in the next few weeks of all my First Birthday Party Projects!

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

If I was Ashley H....

The Bachelorette...what is it about this show....I just can't help myself.  I MUST watch it!!!  I thought I would write a piece for the next couple weeks called..."If I was Ashley H...."

I will keep this week short and sweet but "If I was Ashley H..." I would be so disappointed.  (For all those who are concerned about my marriage and me lusting diving into the lives of these other men...my husband is the first to tell everyone that when I die he is going on the Bachelor... he thinks The Boss will only better his chances of winning the hearts of all of North America, he's probably right.  So???)  I honestly thought the quality of Men this time around was weak at best.  I am pretty sure if you held a gun to my head I couldn't have picked 18 of them.  Maybe that's because my Man is so great?

Ashley looked gorgeous of course...I loved the dress, especially the rhinestone straps on her back...beautiful!  I am not sure how I feel about her hair colour.  I know people loved it at the "After the Rose" taping last year.  I think she is cute as a burnett but definitely would've taken it a few shades darker or kept it highlighted.

Let's also talk about the Man in the mask and this mysterious "Bentley"...seriously?  What's with the mask?  I mean I understand you are making a statement but we decided that unless he is a planted spy he's a waste of time.  Do you think we can't see your eyes?  Unless you are hiding a black eye from the limo ride over, we think you're a quack!  And Bentley (love his name btw)...someone warned you about him, fine...give the man a chance if he's hot but are we really calling him hot????  Ugh...this could be a long season.  Oh and Canadian Chris...you nerd, you give Canadians a bad name.

So far I think JP is a front runner.  He seems down to earth, and definitely sexy!  I also liked the dental floss ice breaker guy...that was creative and cute (can't remember his name)!

Who are you loving this season?

New Patio Set....Again!

Remember how excited I was about our new patio furniture?  Well after 14 days of rain...you think I am joking...I'm not!  It started to rust out.  There was terracotta coloured water coming out of everywhere staining our deck, the seats of the chairs and our clothing...ugh!

We are in the process of getting NEW new furniture.  We called the company, re-packed it all, and the Hubby will be returning it on Tuesday night (today is a holiday here).  Sunday we went a picked out something new.  My in-laws will be here on Friday so we don't have a lot of time.  I am so grateful for a husband he understands how necessary it is to have a nice space for entertaining!  Here is a sneak peak at what we are replacing it with.  We still need an umbrella and we are going to get flowers today.  Stay tuned!

New Outdoor Furniture

With the long weekend approaching we are hoping to spend sometime outside!  One of our favourite things about the house we are in is the back yard.  Although we are in a town house complex, which doesn't generally lend itself to a lot of privacy, ours backs on to wetlands.  In the summer we love eating outside so when we had to give my sister her patio set back we went on the hunt for the best table set for a good price.  This is what we came up with!  We couldn't be happier!

 

The Boss LOVES it too!