Beauty and the Beast Birthday Party

I am so excited to see the live action Beauty and the Beast that I think I might break down and watch it at the theatres. I love Beauty end the Beast (although my daughter would have no part of it when she was three) and I also love everything about Emma Watson...

Free printable invitations

Cupcake Toppers

Get the recipe for Teacup cupcakes from Disney Movies

Beauty and Beast Frozen Edible Cake Image Decoration Topper 

Enchanted Rose and Teacup centerpiece from Disney Movies

Beauty and the Beast Customized Banner

Red Rose Chocolate lollipop candy favours

15 Beauty and the Beast Bottle Cap Necklaces 

Thank You Cards

Smurfs: Pin the tail on Azrael

So pin the tail on the donkey is an iconic birthday party game so I decided to make an adaption of it so I created Smurfs: The Lost village pin the tail on Azrael. 

Here is the Tailless Azrael

And here are the Azrael tails. You can cut them out and have the kids sign or initial them 

And for more ideas: Smurfs: The Lost Village Birthday Party

Smurfs: The Lost Village Birthday Party

Planning a kids birthday party can be so expensive and stressful so hopefully these free printables and links will help you cut costs and make your day extra special.

Free printable Smurfs Invitations

Smurfs Cupcake Toppers

Smurf  Cupcake Topper Figurines

Smurfs: Lost Village printable banner  from Mrs. Kathy King

Water Bottle Labels and party hats

10 Free printable decorative posters from Mrs. Kathy King

Goodie Bag toppers from Mrs. Kathy King

Smurfs Thank You Cards

Smurfs The Lost Village party games : Pin the Tail on Azrael 

Smurfs Recipes

Smurfs: The Lost Village Thank You Cards

I designed a few Birthday party printables for the new Smurfs movie: The Lost Village and can't forget about the thank you cards for all those amazing presents the kids get.

I created a few different designs and saved them to drop box. 

thank you card 1

Thank you Card 2

Thank you card 3

Thank you Card 3.1

I saved them so you can print them on a standard sheet of paper and fold them in half.

Hope you enjoy them! And lt me know if you are having any issues.

And you can find everything you need for a Smurfs: The Lost Village Birthday Party here

Smurfs: The Lost Village recipes

I don't remember well but remeber briefly watching smurfs as a kid and I loved all the smurfs movie and although I haven't taken the kids to see the latest smurf movie The Lost Village the previews look amazing.

I think this Patriotic popcorn from Makoodle would also be great for a Smurfs birthday or movie night

How to make your own edible Smurfs Village from the Jersey Momma

Make blue candied apples with the recipe from Green Owl Crafts

Strawberry Almond mushroom cookies from Mitzy at Home

Blue Smurf jello from Catch My Party

Homemade blue slushies from Love from the Oven 

Get the recipe for Smurf Muddy buddies from Attic Girl

Get the recipe for Smurfberry bark from A Magical Mess

Vanilla Smurfette blue drink from a Magical Mess

Homemade fudge from a Nation of Moms

Frozen yogurt Popsicle recipe from Smurfmovie.com

Sixtime mommy created these super simple Smurf treats

Mushroom cupcakes from Gather and Nest

Smurfs Marshroom Houses from SmurfsMovie.com

And you can find everything you need for a Smurfs: The Lost Village Birthday Party here

Smurfs Lost Village Cupcake Toppers

I loved the original Smurfs movie, and Neil Patrick Harris is one of my favourite actors so I am looking forward to the upcoming Smurfs movie - Smurfs: The Lost City which is coming out in theaters in April.

So I have been trying my hand at designing party printables lately so I created 11 different Smurf: The Lost Village cupcake toppers. I saved them 3 or 4 to a sheet as there were an odd number and saved them in drop box. 

page one: Papa and Smurfette

page two: Brainy and Gargamel 

page three: the new Smurfs

And you can find everything you need for a Smurfs: The Lost Village Birthday Party here

How I make $500 blogging on Top of a Full Time Job

Blogging is not easy. It is hard to make a full time income when you are just starting out. So I kept my full time job where I have full benefits and make commission and use the money I earn blogging as my disposable income.

I had a fairly good month in January with a small bump in traffic, and Amazon revenue which actually increased after the Christmas season. Here's a break down of what I made for January:

Adsense is by far my highest source of income month over month. And I have been on the hunt for a Google Adsense alternative that would give me even a nominal amount in comparison. But I have yet to find a company that I am evenly remotely satisfied with. Svorn has not brought in a very much revenue and will be replacing them next month. And you can check out a few tip on ad placement and Increasing your Google Adsense Income.

I was really surprised by my Amazon income for January as I would thought it would significantly drop form the $29.33 I made in December as I anticipated sales would decrease after Christmas but I did include more native posts within some of my more popular posts.

I have had moderate success with Share a Sale in the past when I promote certain product within a specific blog post. They don't seem to have a great turn around as a sidebar banner although I do save the prime spots for my Google Adsense ads. Infolinks is an intext advertisement company and they seem to bring in a steady although not huge source of income on a monthly basis.

And when I posted my December income someone asked how much views I have so here are the views I had in January:

January was one of my better months for revenu and income recently, and I received over 62,580 views for January. I usually have about 1800 to 2000 page views a day.

I did not write any sponsor posts in January although would like to add some more in the near future but find it time consuming to make all the pitches to the company with a great chance of rejection so it is an area I need to work on.

If you want to see last months income you can find Decembers Blog Income here.

Did you have any tips on accruing sponsored posts or a program you would recommend as a secondary source of income to Adsense I would love to hear it!