Garage Sale STEALS!

This past Saturday I participated in one of my favortie activites....GARAGE SALES! The 1st Saturday of every month is when there are tons of sales, and this past Saturday there were two neighborhood sales. Neighborhood sales are my favorite because you aren't having to steadily reset your GPS for the next house. Waking up at 5:00 was totally worth it! Anyways, I found TONS of things at practically nothing! Here are just a FEW:

    I spent $20 for the 3 fabulous stools. I looked   them up and they retai for $70 a piece. That is a  $190 SAVINGS!

One house I went to was a lady with TONS of serving items at rock bottom prices. I got this 15" Oneida

sterling silver serving tray for $2...yes, TWO bucks! It was brand new in the box!

Peyton's Sock Monkey Party!

Well, I did exactly what I wanted to do for his party. SOCK MONKEY! I absolutely love how vintage sock monkeys are and that fact that Peyton gets a huge smile on his face when he holds it :) The party was a lot harder than I thought it would be, but totally worth it in the end. I ended up making just about everything including  Peyton's special sugarfree cake ( I didn't want my 1 year old consuming so much sugar). It took a lot of time, but I ended up saving a ton of money! I used PDF files online for the food labels, cupcake toppers, and goodie box tages and spent a few hours modifying them to fit his theme and personalize it. The party was a success and almost all of the food was gone! Here are a few pictures, and feel free to ask me any questions. I will post the recipe for the cake later on.

Goodie Boxes for Girls and Boys

These are the tage I made using the PDF.

Made the sock monkey banner with a PDF and  ribbon from Hobby Lobby ($2 for ribbon)

Some of the food table. (for the napkins at Walmart for $1 each)

I made the cupcake toppers on my computer and hot glued popsicle sticks.

This was a HIT at the party!

Peyton's sock monkey

Gift table with a pic of Peyton and his sock monkey.

Peyton's special birthday cake.