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Friday

Tool Party for Father's Day

Well, you knew it was going to happen sooner or later...
A Tool Party Theme for Father's Day! Tools and Dads, just go together. (This could easily be adapted for a Dad's birthday party, too.)

Tools are a classic 'man' theme and so easy to pull off when you have a garage full of 'props'.
So here it is, a Tool Themed Party for Dad. Take a look.

Brown kraft paper was used to cover the table and continued up the wall. Denim-looking wrapping paper was set over the kraft paper.

Pennant flags strung with string, spelled out Happy Father's Day. Galvanized pails and trays held the treats. Tools straight from the garage, were brought in to decorate.

Adding labels and signs to food brings every party up a notch. (Scroll down for the free printables.)
I chose treats and snacks that resembled tools. I printed my signs on cardstock and taped them to wooden skewers.

Nuts= salted almonds
Lumber= sugar wafer cookies

Drill Bits= licorice

Fruit Picks= cut up fruit on skewers
Nails= pretzel sticks

Nuts & Bolts= Chex Mix

Of course, I had to include some tool puns. These worked nicely with the cupcakes.

Clever little pun sayings were also printed out and attached to denim pennant pockets on skewers.

Some of these pennants went on the gifts.

Click here to print your own food label cards.

Click here to print your own Tool Party signs.

Click here to print your own cupcake/party signs.

Here's some products to help you plan your own Tool Party. (These are affiliate links. No product was given to me. All opinions are 100% my own.)

Want to see more of our Father's Day Parties?

Golf Themed Father's Day

Pizza Themed Father's Day

Fishing Themed Father's Day

Baseball Themed Father's Day

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Monday

Mariners Baseball Valentine

Couldn't do a Seahawks valentine (click here if you missed them.)
without making a Mariners valentine.

In case you haven't read my blog before, AH is a HUGE Mariners fan. He's actually counting down the days until Spring Training.

Click here to print your own baseball valentines.

Cracker Jacks and baseball always go together. Buy boxes or order these single serving sized Cracker Jack - 24/1.25 oz. bags.

These Baseball Glove & Ball Erasers (12 Sets) are perfect to hand out for Valentine's Day. No candy needed, just attach a pencil.

Check out more of my baseball posts:

A 40th Birthday Baseball Celebration

End of the Season Baseball Treats

Baseball Father's Day Party

Organize That Dugout!

*This post contains affiliate posts. All opinions are mine.
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Thursday

A 40th Baseball Birthday Celebration

Has it really been almost a month since I've posted last?
Why yes, yes it has. I have my reasons...I really do.
(1) My computer went dead. It's really hard to blog without a computer. (It's still not doing too great. I'm hoping it won't go dead in the middle of this post.)
(2) Family company. You really can't blog when you need to clean your house and then you want to visit with family that you rarely get to see.
(3) A trip to Arizona! (Read post for more details.)
(4) March birthdays!!
March is one of those packed birthday months in our house. Everyone seems to have a birthday in March...including my son and my AH (Awesome Husband). I've had to pull off multiple birthday parties and now I'm finally coming up to breathe. Whew! I almost forgot what blogging was? (Just kidding.)

Today I'm sharing with you how I celebrated AH's
(Awesome Husband's) 40th Birthday.

After AH spoiled me for my 40th,

(click here if you missed that post,)
I knew I had to do something fun and creative for him.

(Yes, in case you're wondering, I married a younger man. What can I say? I fell for him.)

My AH is a die hard baseball fan!

With the help of the in-laws and some baseball buddies, a trip was planned to attend some Spring Training baseball games in Arizona.

In the meantime, I whipped up a 40 day countdown to 40!

I made these labels to tape onto 40 paper sacks.
One sack for 40 days until he turned 40 years old.

I printed out 40 baseball jokes.

(Yes, it took some time finding 40 baseball jokes.
Some were better than others.)

"Who is the meanest person in baseball?
The pinch hitter (of course!)"

"Why did Cinderella get kicked off the baseball team?
She ran away from the ball."If you're interested in printing out 40 baseball jokes, click on these links.
Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6, Page 7, Page 8, Page 9, Page 10

I also printed out 40 love note cards.
(It's a little mushy, sorry.)
On each card, I handwrote a reason why I love him.
(Maybe it's more than a little mushy?)

Each day for 40 days, I placed:

-a favorite snack item
-a baseball joke

and a love note inside each sack.

My kids were so jealous that I've never done this for their birthdays. (Maybe next year, kids?)

Each morning a sack was waiting for AH to open.

Almost 40 days later...

We arrived in Peoria, AZ to watch the Mariners.
What fun we had!
AH's parents and sister and family joined us.

I used the baseball jokes to help decorate the rental home we stayed in.

On the mirror I taped up pictures of the first 21 years of AH's life.(He still looks like he's 21 to me!)

Now, (truth be told)
the best part of this birthday was when the families left
(we flew home for the kids to get to school,)

and the baseball buddies arrived.

3 days crammed with 4 games in the sun,
stadium food and constant baseball chatter.

Not to mention lots of autographs, pictures
and a fly away bat caught! What a way to celebrate!

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Monday

Seattle Mariners Christmas Tree

The trees are up and decorated! The house is full of lights!

Love this time of year!

Last year, in the Baseball Room--

we had a World Series St. Louis Cardinals tree

just for AH (Awesome Husband).

Remember why? Click here to see.

This year, we're back to our Seattle Mariners tree.

Baseball is very important in this house.

Mariners hats, mini helmets, mitts and balls.

Mariners baseball cards and ornaments.

Complete with Lou Pinella.

Even Ichiro is on the tree.

Mariners lunchboxes sit under the tree...

and guess who's on the top?

The Mariner Moose, of course!

And there you have it...

Maybe 2013 will be the year for the Mariners?

According to AH, "You just never know... "

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Tuesday

A Cardinals Baseball Tree

A little baseball history...

My AH (awesome husband) LOVES baseball!

We live in a suburb outside of Seattle, so naturally he loves the Mariners...

Yes, even when they are NOT doing so well!

Every December I put up a Mariners baseball tree full of blue and silver colored

Mariners' ornaments, hats and lights!

This year is a bit different...

You see, AH also loves the St. Louis Cardinals.

The love started many years ago when he was a little leaguer and played for the Cardinals.

Ever since then, he's been a huge MLB Cardinals fan.

Yes, even I have attended a few St. Louis Cardinals games.

(In appropriate jersey wear, I might add.)

Back to the story...

When a friend of a friend of a friend (seriously) gave AH a ticket to attend a

St. Louis Cardinals World Series Game this past October,

he jumped on the first flight!

When the Cardinals actually WON the World Series,

I knew that I couldn't put up our standard Mariners blue and silver Christmas tree this year.

Here it is,

Our Cardinals Baseball Tree!

Yes, (in case you're wondering) we do have a TV viewing room dedicated to all things baseball.

(Maybe after the holidays I'll give you the full tour?)

Red ribbon and lots of baseballs grace the tree.

(Can you spot the Mark McGwire ornament?)

I made the baseball garland from baseball shaped, Easter eggs leftover from this post.

I searched the house for all the Cardinals hats we own and stuck them in the tree.

I gathered up a few gloves and stuck them in too!

I even found some Cardinals figurines from AH's childhood and tied them on.

Look what else I found in AH's stash...

an old Cardinals antenna ball!

(You didn't believe me when I said he's a HUGE fan?!)

A fellow baseball lover gave AH this cardinal ornament in honor of the World Series win.

(He also subtly mentioned that he wants to go to the World Series with AH next time!)

Under the tree I put baseball pillows borrowed from my son's room.

And guess what I found just the other day!

Clip on cardinals!

I'll leave you with AH's parting words...

"Only 3 months until Spring Training!"

***Updated 2013
The Cardinals made it to the World Series again this year...
so did AH and his brother!
The red birds are back on the tree.
Sorry, Mariners...Maybe next year?

Click here to see last year's Mariner's Baseball Tree.

Other trees to check out...

Mini Advent Tree

Family Room and Angel Tree