Food Inspirations

The main course of the Nintendo party will be pizza (naturally). But we did a couple of side dishes inspired by characters. And it was nice that we chose items that could be made ahead of time to save the hassle tomorrow.
The first one was inspired by Yoshi. So we of course have Yoshi eggs.

And the next was inspired by Birdo. I used bow tie pasta and died it to match this characters bow. Then threw it together with a few things for some pasta salad.

Mike got creative in Photoshop and created his own wraps for the soda. It's hard to see them all, but they are really fun.

Nintendo Goodies

What's a party without some goodies? Mike and I have been slaving away making these power star candies for the party. He did the eyes himself. I love that he's helping me with this stuff. These little guys will be on the tables to munch on along with what else but chocolate coins.


I am a big fan of goodie bags at parties so we also went to work constructing and finding some goodies to put in them. We found these wooden stars at Michael's pre-painted yellow. Then broke out the cricut for a quick cutting of some eyes and here you have the perfect accessory to the bags.

I found these pins on etsy.com.

And we found some Mario sodas and some candies online as well. Sorry I don't remember the sites. The gold coins were generously donated to the cause by a good friend who uses them at work. They have the work logo on them, but free is good so we don't mind. So each bag will get a soda, some gold coins, some candies and a pin.

And here's a completed bag so you can see what they look like tied with the power star. Ta-Da!

Up next.....the food and costumes. Can't believe the party is finally tomorrow.

Store Bought Party Fun

Of course there is something to be said for going the lazy man's way and ordering some decorations. You didn't really expect me to make everything, did you? I was thrilled when I found this stuff on celebrateexpress.com They were perfect. I ordered the plates, napkins, invitations, some removable wall decorations and couldn't resist ordering a personalized banner for Mike's big day.

So much fun. Still more to come.

Nintendo Fun 2

Here's some more Nintendo part fun. After we made our Tetris magnets a while back, we were having too much fun with the pearler beads so we started making some coasters. These gems will be helping to decorate the tables at the party on Sunday.







And when I went to the D.I. with a couple girlfriends for some costume ideas and options, I found this bowl randomly and by chance it was already painted red with white dots. What are the odds for $1? So I bought it. Then just used and empty Clorox Wipes container for the stem and viola....a big mushroom.

More fun to come when we finish up a couple more things in the next few days.

Gearing Up Nintendo Style

Mike's 30th Birthday party is this Sunday. We have been gearing up for months. Since it's the big 3-0 for both of us this year, we are both having parties (normally we don't go to such great lengths). For his, he has chosen to do a nintendo-themed costume party. We have been busy making some decorations and using our creative minds (watch out!). So this week will be filled with a couple posts of our progress leading up to the big day. Here are some of the decorations we have built from scratch. Stay tuned for more posts! And of course, next week for the pics from the main event.

Pirahna Plant


3 D -Paper Castle

Chain Chomp

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