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Ride Into Spring: Free Bike Printable

April 16, 2013 By Michelle Barneck 3 Comments

Hi Friends, it’s Aly from Entirely Eventful Day. I am so excited to share this fun bike printable with y’all. I mounted these prints in my little boy’s room but they would look great anywhere really. These are so bright and fun. They get me all giddy for Summer!

I am more than happy to share these designs with you… but please remember that they are for personal use only. 🙂

Download the bike printables here.

For this project, I used four, $2 Ikea frames and these cute bike printables, designed by yours truly. The color palette was inspired by this Riley Blake Fabric because my son has a similar print fabric in his room.

All you need to do is print the image. I printed it on card stock and put it in the frame.

It’s always a good idea to lay your grouping out on the floor first. You could arrange the bikes facing each other or going away from each other.

In the end, I decided I like them going away from each other. Don’t you just love the vibrant colors? I am working on updating my son’s room. He’s ready for a “big boy” room and I think these prints are the perfect addition.

If you use them I would love to see what you do!

Don’t forget to stop by Entirely Eventful Day and see what other fab projects I’ve been working on.

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Batman Birthday

April 15, 2013 By Michelle Barneck 8 Comments

Our 5 year old is little Mr. Superhero. He has been obsessed with superheros for more than a year. You can see proof here with his Super Hero Squad Party from last year. He loved it so much he wanted a super hero party again this year, but since many of the guests would be the same, we switched it up a bit and thanks to the Cricut and the Target Dollar Spot we decided on a Batman Birthday Party.

I made a fun Batman Birthday Banner with my Cricut (I’m a Cricut affiliate), tied it together with ribbon, and hung it to look like it was held up by bats.

Download the free Batman Birthday Banner Cricut file.

I got the bat banner on clearance after Halloween, but you could easily create one yourself.

We covered the wall with this amazing printable personalized skyline from Ander’s Ruff and had the kids color it while we waited for all the guests to arrive. We had cutouts of skylines and bat symbols spread around tables to add to the theme.

We had lots of fun Batman themed activities for the boys:

Vaporize the Villains – Attach a spray paint gun to silly string to create a goo gun and let them shoot at a plastic tablecloth adorned with Villain coloring pages.
Batcave – Create a cave by putting black plastic tablecloths over a table. Hang strips of crepe paper down from the ceiling of the cave along with glow bracelets. Scatter plastic bats around the floor. Have each guests climb through and retrieve a “power bracelet” and a “batarang” for the next game.
Batarang Blast – Stack colorful cups with pictures of villians on them. Give each guests a few tries to knock the cups down with their batarang (aka plastic bat).
Battle the Balloons – Have several helium balloons at varying heights for the kids to shoot at using foam disc shooters. (I got mine 2 for $5 at Wal-Mart though more expensive ones may work better.)
Batplane – Give each guest a piece of black cardstock and a lesson on how to make a paper airplane. (I was surprised how many had no idea how) Line them all up to see who’s Batplane flies the furthest.

I went easy with treats this year and just did a Batman Cupcake Cake from Wal-Mart and Invisibility Serum (aka water bottle dressed up with Batman symbol).

Download the free Batman symbols for drinks cricut file.

I like to make my boys matching shirts for their parties so of course this time they were Batman shirts made with iron-on.

Download the free Batman shirt cricut file.

Get the Cricut Iron-on Bundle for $199.99 (normally $319.95)

We sent each guest home with pack of goodies (Many of which were from the Target dollar spot 50% off making them 50 cents!):

Batman play pack – coloring book, stickers, markers
Batman hologram stickers and superhero “pow” stickers
Batman temporary tattoos
Batman stamp markers
Silver Airheads
Blue and yellow Zots candies
Batman bucket

The winners of the Batplane contest took home Batman Pez Dispensers.

The kids had a fabulous time and wore me out completely. This post is getting a little long, so stay tuned for the DIY Batman Birthday Party Invitations coming soon!

Disclosure: I am a Cricut Affiliate. All the ideas and opinions are my own.

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Goodbye Death Trap, Hello Beauty {A Ceiling Fan Story}

April 11, 2013 By Michelle Barneck 5 Comments

This post is sponsored by Overstock.com who provided the ceiling fan for review. The thoughts and near death experiences are all my own. 😉

It started out with what I thought was upgrading my “quite the sight” 1980’s ceiling fan and turned out to be saving ourselves from an untimely death. We traded in our non-classy brassy for a sleek little espresso number only to find the old ceiling fan was held on by one measly screw directly above my side of the bed. I was one moderate earthquake away from a news headline, “Local Blogger Impaled by Ceiling Fan.”

Granted it was not the poor fan’s fault. I blame the careless previous owners/builders who thought it too much work to make sure both anchor screws actually connected with something remotely solid. Maybe they were looking for a quick way out while still collecting life insurance? See the suspect fan below.

The difference is grand. Thank heavens for the hubs who climbed up in the attic to install an extra board to anchor the fan safely. I guess he wants to keep me around. I smile every morning when I see our new fan and know I will live to see another day. It is my daily dose of espresso. (hardy har)

Wanna know what else is super cool about our new fan? The other side of the blades is a lighter shade of brown so if I decide to change my color scheme or espresso rolls out with the trendwinds I can just flip them over and give the fan a mini face lift.

I love the color, I love the quality and I love that I ordered it from the comfort of my own home without paying an arm and a leg. We love having four lights so it’s nice and bright when we need it. It is a total lifesaver during these spring months when it gets warm, but you don’t want to turn on the A/C just yet because it might be 70 one day and snow the next.

I knew Overstock had great deals on bedding, rugs, and clothing, but I was surprised to find such a great ceiling fan selection. You can order my ceiling fan here or see their collection of ceiling fans to choose a style all your own.

Do you have a light fixture you are dying to upgrade?

Do you have any funny discoveries while doing home improvements?

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April Visiting Teaching Message: Temple Covenants

April 10, 2013 By Michelle Barneck Leave a Comment

The April Visiting Teaching message is on the importance of Temple Covenants. All of the sisters I visit have been to the temple so I chose a quote from President Monson that reflected such. There a other good quotes for those preparing to attend the temple if those would fit your sisters better.