Sandlot Theme Birthday

I love this girl so much! We have been friends since moving into the door my freshman year at Biola.  That is 10 years!  We have been through so many life stages together and I was so excited to love on Kellee for her 30th birthday. (She doesn't look it...I know!)

We asked her what she wanted and she said to watch Sandlot in the backyard and play corn hole.  

Here is what we came up with!

We had an instagram hashtag sign.

We had a frame with all of the characters and people made themselves name tags for which character they would be.

Snack Bar

We had lots of food with a baseball theme including pretzels, cotton candy, popcorn, nachos, licorice, cracker jacks and of course peanuts.

I made pennant and baseball banners for all the tables.

Licorice flag: For-ev-er, for-ev-er

Peanut flag: "You're killing me smalls"

Photo booth

We had lots of props for people to take their own pictures.

Baseballs, mitts, hats, and faces of the Sandlot characters.

Corn Hole

We all paired up and had a corn hole tournament.

Dinner

After a labor intensive game of corn hole :) Mike bbq'd some hamburgers and hot dogs.

My favorite flags:

L7 Weenies and Great Bambino Burgers

 S'mores

For dessert we roasted marshmallows and made s'mores (just like in the movie).

I framed the quote as to how to make the s'mores from Sandlot.

We had a few different types of marshmallows and candies.

We also put candles in the marshmallows since we didn't have cake or anything. 

Everyone signed the softball so she can always remember her special night. I had fun making these frames with cute baseball fonts.

"You play ball like a giirrrlll."

We then enjoyed the rest of the perfect summer night watching such a great classic under the twinkle lights that Mike spent so much time putting up!

So thankful so many people came out to celebrate and love on my dear friend!

Also extremely thankful for these two in making it all happen, since I had two other events that weekend.  It was an honor to be a part of the love-on-kellee team. 

 

I hope this helps you in creatively loving on someone in your life.

Welcome Lil' Critter

Two and a half years ago, my husband and I helped start a new campus for our church.  These people have become a family.  How wonderful it is to be able to throw a baby shower for Melody, celebrate her expanding family as well as our expanding church family. 

It was a "woodsy" theme.  This is very fitting for Melody, as their entire marriage has been one adventure after another.  She grew up in Colorado and Kyle in Alaska, so they love the outdoors and enjoy camping, hiking, etc.

Entrance:

We had guests write a note to Caleb in "Where the Wild Things Are?"

Prayer is so powerful! Each guest received a prayer card to put on their fridge.

We gave roasted pumpkin seeds as favors. 

Highly recommend having people address their own thank you envelopes. We used them for a raffle. 

Devotional:

Trudi Berding gave Melody and all of us some great and godly advice about being a mom using her cute props. 

Gifts: 

We had the guests fill out the bingo cards.  I didn't get a picture but the prizes were water bottles filled with trail mix. 

Everybody loves Melody and Baby Caleb:

Food:

We had a soup and salad bar which was FABULOUS! Unfortunately our crisp fall day was in the upper 80s.  But luckily soup is ALWAYS good and we had some fantastic cooks!

Drinks:

We had apple cider in mason jars, wrapped with burlap and twine with the awesome striped straws. 

Dessert:

You may see a theme when you look through my different parties.  This was not my idea, but I was happy to help put it together. 

The Team:

One of the unwritten benefits of throwing a shower is getting to spend time with these wonderful ladies.  I by no means did this alone. Thank you to each person who added their special touch. 

I hope this helps you show someone some love!