Craftibilities: decorations

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My baby turned 17 today!!!

FREE TEMPLATE

I have numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, & 8.

Send me an email under contact me and I email each evening.

#16 video shows the best printing instructions.

I've now re-used the #1 SIX times!!!! This makes seven.

birthday #18, birthday #16, Luau #10, Halloween #1, New Year's Eve, milestone 10K, and now birthday #17.

It still looks great and will probably use for graduation too.

The #7 template printed was a little smaller than the #1 so I had to adjust when cutting it out. I added a little to the top.

This by far was the easiest number to create and took me 20 mins to hot glue the sides after it was cut out. WOW!!!

#1 was still filled from my YouTube 10K milestone photoshoot.

BALLOONS

I usually order 5" Qualatex Pearl Onyx Black Balloons but this time I didn't order the pearlized ones and went with 5" Qualatex Onyx Black Balloons.

7" Qualatex Chrome Balloons - 100 pack

7" Qualatex Chrome Balloons - 50 pack

HOW MANY BALLOONS

I used all 100 of the 5" black balloons and 65 of the 7" chrome balloons to fill both numbers.

If you needed a quick fill, these 7" balloons might fit perfect if I just inflated them a tiny bit more.

I used a hand pump to fill my balloons. Shown in picture below.

2 pumps of air - 5" Qualatex Onyx Black Balloons.

7 pumps of air - 7" Qualatex Chrome Balloons - 100 pack

I did not keep it this way but kinda good to know if I'm doing this last minute.

I like to fill randomly.

5" balloons filled with 1 pump and 2 pumps of air.

7" balloons filled with 3 and 7 pumps of air.

BANNER - BIRTHDAY PACK

I ordered this birthday pack for the banner. It also came with the #17 mylar balloons but I didn't use them. I absolutely love the banner and gold and silver swirls.

Package includes:

40" silver 1 & 7 balloons

12 black & grey balloons

Happy Birthday black & silver banner

4 gold & 4 silver swirls

GLITTER CAKE TOPPER

Glitter cake topper is paper but sturdy and so much nicer than I expected.

OTHER SUPPLIES

Foam boards purchased online from Dollar Tree. Search foam boards. They come in black and white. Even with shipping they are still the cheapest.

I'm using these from Amazon since you can just pop the end off and have a brand new blade.

I purchased a bulk box of longer clear glue sticks and low temp glue gun on Amazon.

For this one I used a regular hot glue gun because I was in a hurry. I did pop a few balloons but not as many as I thought I would.

You may also like:

10th Luau Themed Balloon Mosaic - Tropical colors

18th Birthday Balloon Mosaics - Green, White, & Chrome

2020 Graduation Balloon Mosaics

2nd Birthday Mosaic - Pink, Gold, & White

16th Birthday Balloons - Gold, Black, & White

Red, White, Blue USA letters

3rd Birthday Balloon Number - Hot pink & zebra theme

10K Milestone - Purple & Chrome

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Look at this super cute Halloween wreath!!

I just love Dollar Tree for holiday signs and crafting supplies. I recently found 18" wreath frames!! Usually they only sell 14" so I was super excited.

Supplies

Deco mesh (5.5")

Wreath form (18")

Ribbon

Sign

Chenille stems/sticks or pipe cleaners

Wire cutters

Scissors

Ruler

Ribbon from Michael's. 2 1/2" black glitter and orange and black stripes. 1 1/2" black ribbon.

Frame, sign, and deco mesh from Dollar Tree.

This black and white striped mesh was found in Christmas and not Halloween.

I usually roll the mesh like on the Halloween table centerpiece and summer wreath I made. This time I cut the mesh 17" long and made little butterfly bunches.

Roll ends and flip over.

Bunch together in the center.

Cut chenille stems 4" or longer if you want and secure in the middle.

See! It looks like a butterfly.

Now make a bunch!

I made 48 total.

I attached all the chenille stems on the center ring in each section.

The sign was thin so I used a piece of wood attached with hot glue before stapling the chenille stems. I attached 3 on the back of the sign and added a little hot glue to secure the staple.