Free Printable Photo Booth Props

My wedding had an amazing handmade photo booth with props to boot.  Here are a few of the awesome props that I used and links to print your own.  If you are on the fence about having a photo booth at your next party, just do it!  The pictures are so candid and fun and people will loosen up just playing in the booth.  You can't go wrong.  All of these printables are from other blogs/sites.  Please click on the links below each photo to be taken to the proper sites to print and use them.

Get this printable from Oh Happy Day.  

These super fun staches and lips are from Catch My Party.

(click the link above to get it!)

Another seriously bomb printable from Oh Happy Day

I think the lips and the beards are so rockin!  It takes so little effort to make such a cute prop!  Print em out here at craftzee.

A few more from The Pretty Blog can be found here.

I also printed these (from The Pretty Blog) to give people as they exited the booth with our picture site on the back.  Then I uploaded all their photos instead of printing them out, saving time and money.  

You can view photos of the props we used and see which ones you like for yourself here.  My favorites were the hats surprisingly!  They were so fun.

Freebie: Thank you card printable clip-art

I made my thank you cards for my wedding and my bridal shower and I thought I would share the ones from the shower.  I got the clip art frame from graphicsfairy.  Graphics Fairy has every kind of clip art you could imagine!  Here is the image.  I just copied and pasted it into a word document, shrunk it to size, and then printed it.

Click on it to get it in its full size and then just copy it to your computer.  I put 2 per page and cut them out, but you can make them as large or as small as you like!  Have fun with it.  I stamped the back of each card with a custom stamp from etsy too.  

Bridal Shower Fun!

My mom threw me an amazing bridal shower last month and I never had a chance to share!  My mom threw me an amazing wine tasting shower with dinner, cheese, and games!  We had dinner catered by Zia's in Kailua.  It was awesome!  The cheese was from Costco and was a huge hit, and the wine was a collection of splurge vs. steal!

The girls waiting for the games to begin on my parents top deck.

Well into our 5th bottle of wine perhaps.  I think we were making our own blends by this photo.

My husbands family and my grandmother taking it all in.

The famous steal vs. splurge!  What a great idea.

CHeers!

Kaela and Janine

Getting ready to begin.

We set up 4 different types of wine, ie: merlot, cab, chardonnay, then we had one splurge and one steal for each type.  They were covered in burlap and you had to try to guess which was the splurge and which was the steal.  It was a great way for everyone to enjoy themselves and get a little wild!  Thanks mom, it was a GREAT party!

Moving to Tucson, Arizona

In my last post I hinted at some pretty big news.  Well.... there it is!  I am moving with my husband to Tucson, Arizona.  We already got an apartment and I am getting rid of the bundle that is my home here in Hawaii.  Selling my surfboards, moped, and other pieces of Hawaii and thinking about what Arizona has to offer.  I am excited, bummed, and most of all ready.  I hate waiting for things to happen and I have known for about a month that we will be moving in the beginning of September and it is just a big waiting game!  :)
Here is what I am doing to keep myself busy while I wait.

Hiking around the island and visiting my favorite ridges one last time.

Spending quality time with the people I care about.

Taking in the scenery along the South East Shoreline.  

I will miss you Hawaii.  The past 9 years have been amazing.  Thank you.

Half.com

I have started selling a bunch of my movies, books, and video games on half.com.  They are all super cheap and in great condition.  If you are looking for some good summer movies or tv series, check it out.

My Half.com Shop

Some of the stuff I am selling::  Rescue Me, Nip Tuck, Rome, When Harry Met Sally, Eclipse (Twilight) audio book.  I know, riveting!  I love tv series with no commercials, so I tend to have a lot of them!  Hmmm... why would I be selling things on-line??  I have some big news...  next time!

Bossypants by Tina Fey

Laugh out loud funny!  I just finished Tina Fey's bossy pants and I loved it.  If you like watching Tina Fey, you will love reading through her voice.  She is nonstop funny.

She starts from the beginning, pictures of her childhood that are goofy and real.  Then continues to talk about the start of her career, her time on Saturday Night Live, and then 30 Rock.  

You can't help but laugh as she describes feeling like a star, posing in skimpy clothes, and then asking -- "You're gonna airbrush this, right?"

She describes how she started dressing up as Sarah Palin, and her first sketch with Amy (above).

If you are looking for a quick summer read, this is perfect!

Our Wedding at Haiku Gardens

Our wedding was fantastic!  Here are some pictures from Kai-Photo, our photographer.  He did an awesome job.

Gotta love being a bride.

Our getaway cart (to the restaurant)

This one took some serious gusto from Cody!

Blessed by the rain.

My little dreams come true.

Best part: everyone danced!  Mom and Melissa get down to the fruit roll up dance!

Thanks girls!  You all look beautiful.

"Turn and smile." Grandpa (the REV-E)

Wedding Photo Booth

I got married last week and we made a photo booth for the big day.  It was so much fun!  Here is a shot of me and my girls! Thanks for helping make our wedding sooo much fun!

Me and my hubby

The Groom's Parents (my new in-laws!) Hamming it up.

My brother and his girlfriend Tammy, love the props!

The girls and the groom.  Lucky MAN!

Super Easy Place Card Holder Tutorial

One of the many projects that I made for my wedding were these place card holders.  I used them to decorate my dessert buffet. (More pictures to come)  They are easy to make and add a lot of personality to your party!  Use them for almost anything you need a little holder for : signs, pictures, table numbers, place card holders, etc.

What you will need:

Glue gun

Moss (I used preserved Reindeer Moss which can be found at your local craft store)

Florist foam

A cutting/work mat or table

Knife

Silk or real flowers ( I used silk so I could make them far in advance)

Take the florist foam and cut it into handy pieces with your knife.  You can make them pretty much any size.  Then take the glue gun and start gluing the moss around the foam until you can't see it anymore.  Voila!  Moss covered and cute...  Next you will place the flowers into the foam, cut the stems short and poke them in securely.  Then you can add your metal stem/holder.  You can purchase them or make them yourself.  (Tutorial to come for making them yourself, super easy!)

Be very careful as the glue from the glue gun is HOT and you will be placing your hands all around it in order to place the moss on the foam.

I added hand stamped and laminated signs for my dessert bar, but you could just put cards, photos, or whatever you like!  Get creative.  And THAT is IT!

Bridal Underwear Tutorial

Do you love those cute little undies that say "Bride to Be" or " Soon to Be Mrs. SO and SO"?  Me too!  I of course always want to make my own, and I actually like them better than any of the ones that I saw on-line to buy and they were way cheaper to make myself.  Here is a short and simple tutorial on how to get those adorable panties to wear around on your honeymoon.

Step 1: Find some super cute and comfy underwear that have a large backside.  Preferably 100% cotton as the transfer method is the most successful with cotton.  I found these ones for around $5 or $6 bucks for a pack of 3 at Wal-Mart.  (Hanes)  Wash and dry them before you begin.

Step 2: Find an image that you would like to transfer to your panties.  I found mine at Wedding Chicks.

You can get the image above  here.  Just input Brides name as Mrs. and grooms name as your new last name.  Then where it says Month Date Year, you can input whatever you would like the bottom to say. 

 Ex: Month-Forever, Date-&, Year-Always. Get it??  Then you pick your color and click submit.  For this project, I chose a dark color and all the same color for each element.  Keeping it simple makes the transfer easy to read.

Step 3: You are going to need to flip your image.  Mine is already flipped above, but all you have to do is right click your image once you save it to your desktop and open it in Paint.  Then go to the top where it says ROTATE.  You will flip your image vertically and then rotate it 180 degrees so it is upright. 

Step 4: Print your image onto transfer paper and then cute around image, leaving rounded edges.  While you are printing, you can preheat your iron.  Next you need to find a hard surface to iron on.  Preferably something that won't burn.  :)  I chose a cheap tv table to iron on.  It also helps if it is about waist level as you can get more leverage to apply pressure.

Step 5: Then you are going to place something stiff, like a piece of cardboard inside the underwear to create a nice tight fit and to separate the layers of material.  Next, place your design carefully in the middle of the butt and iron firmly.  Make sure you get the edges really good, they tend to peel away.  Iron for a few minutes and then remove from heated area and let cool completely.  Then you can peel away the backing and VOILA!

Panties for under $5 each!  These would be a super easy gift for your bridesmaids with their names or something funny on them too.  You could even tie-dye white underwear and then go nuts with the transfers.  The possibilities are endless and they take less than 20 minutes to make from start to finish!

Here is another little something you could use as an iron on.  I just used a free bird graphic and typed Bride underneath and flipped it.  EASY AS PIE!  Good luck!