Hosting a party on a budget doesn’t mean you have to pass on the beautiful decorations. I’m guest blogging on the FedEx Office blog today where I designed a bright and cheery “Celebrate” Party Printable Collection to help make your party planning easier! And, it’s all free!

Use this Free Party Printable Collection for a big party, small celebration, or just print a few items for fun! It will work great for a birthday or a generic celebration. There are plenty of designs in the collection to use for all kinds of parties.

• A 5×7 invitation with editable text fields to add your own party details.
• Cupcake Toppers & Tags – Three designs to use for cupcakes and other decor.
• Table Decor Sign
• Three Pages of Patterned Scrapbook Paper
• Cupcake Wrappers
• Water Bottle Labels

I’d love to see photos of your parties. Just add a photo to my Facebook Page or tag Living Locurto if you post one to your wall. Thanks!

Visit FedEx Office to download the free party printable collection.

Please leave a comment over there is you like them!

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I just hosted another birthday party! This was a craft themed party for my daughter who turned 5 in August. I waited to have her party until the weather got cooler and during the school year so she could invite her new Kindergarten friends.

As of now, I’m really behind on editing photos, but have a few to show you. The party turned out cute considering I planned it very last minute! I especially liked the cake that I made. It’s not the most beautifully made cake, but the party printables and ric rac ribbon gave it a crafty homemade touch.

It would have been fun to have made some edible ric rac, but I’m not that talented! This is actual ribbon wrapped around the cake.

She requested pink, yellow and chocolate cake. I just put a little pink food coloring in the yellow cake and in the end, it turned out pretty tasty!

More party details coming soon!

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I had a blast designing my birthday party printables. I you missed my post with all of the photos, check them out here.

I thought it would be fun to share the designs with one of you who might be celebrating your 40th birthday as well. So I’ll be giving away ALL of my 40th birthday paper party supplies to one of you!

I’m not giving away the digital files, but the actual paper pieces!

Here is a little bit of what the winner will receive in the mail from me…

All decorations are cut, embellished, assembled and ready for a party!

Your kit will include: 12 Happy Birthday flags, 12 “40 and Still Hot” favors with candy attached, along with photo booth lips, framed sayings, tags and more.

This giveaway is closed. Congrats to Stacy!

To enter to win:

Leave a comment below telling me all about your party or the one you will be planning for someone’s 40th.

To get an extra entry:

• Like Living Locurto on Facebook and share this with your friends.

Please leave a comment for each item you do above to get those extra entries!

Giveaway ends Monday, October 10th at Midnight CST.

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Birthday parties are my favorite thing to plan! I normally don’t plan big lavish parties for myself, but hey… you don’t turn 40 everyday. I wanted to plan a wonderful evening with friends and let them know how much I love them all! I highly recommend planning your OWN 40th birthday because it sure takes your mind off of getting older! ha.

The best part about having a September birthday is the weather. I have always wanted a pretty outdoor dinner party, so I moved just about every chair, plus a few of my neighbor’s chairs, into my backyard for the big night!

I hope you enjoy photos from my birthday party. Today, I’ve got a great giveaway and will have more giveaways with details about the party later this week. So be sure to check back again soon!

Outdoor Party Table

I did everything myself. Yes, I moved 30 chairs, about 5 tables and made most of the decor. My friends are SO worth it!!

I found some pretty vases and candles half off at Michaels, then bought grocery store flowers and paper lanterns for my table. I love bright colors so pink, orange and purple were a no brainer for this girly girl!

My centerpiece was branches from a tree, spray painted black with silly photos of myself. I wrapped the glass vase with ribbon to hide the bottom which had rice in it to hold the branches. I also designed little wine glass labels for each friend.

Gifts to Celebrate Friendships

My party was all about celebrating my friendships. It’s not very often that I see many of these women, so I wanted it to be a special night.

Each guest was surprised with a beautiful hand-stamped heart Vintage Pearl necklace on her plate. I love The Vintage Pearl! Check out their lovely jewelry here. Erin, the owner of The Vintage Pearl, was so sweet and also included a beautiful “Living Locurto” necklace for me as well! Thanks Erin!!

Gussy Sews made the most awesome party favors ever!!! Aren’t these bags adorable, fun and bright?

Gussy made these especially to match my party colors. I love seeing them all together. She make the most beautiful products. (Scroll down for a gift from Gussy!)

Dessert Table

It’s not a birthday party with dessert! My friend Christy from C-Star Cakes made me the MOST amazing cake ever!!

How fabulous is this cake?? It was chocolate of course. Thanks Christy for doing such a wonderful job!

I just bought simple mini cupcakes and added pretty flags to them.

Party Decorations

The party decorations are my FAVORITE part of planning parties!! I saw this picture tree on Pinterest from a wedding and thought it would be perfect for a milestone birthday party. I attached little sayings and photos of my friends. Some from long ago and some new.

I even made a chalkboard sign for the menu. I’ll show you how I did this later. It’s super easy!

My girlfriend made the best Sangria! Of course I had to have cute signs to go on the table:-)

It’s not a 40th birthday without a little silliness! Guest could help themselves to some gum and atomic fire ball candy!

(I’ll make these designs available for you soon!)

Outdoor Movie

For the after dinner entertainment, I created an outdoor movie theater in another part of my yard. Yep… more chairs to move! I sure got my workout that day! ha!

I set up my photography backdrop stand and projector. We watched Bridesmaids and had some fun laughs!

I snapped this photo during dinner so I could remember what a special night it was to be with such wonderful friends!

Thanks so much to all of you who came and made it so much fun!! I missed those of you who couldn’t be here. You might recognize Laurie from Tip Junkie on the left and my girlfriend D’Ann was great and took photos for me. Yay!

Party photos by Amy Locurto and D’Ann Wright.

Now, I have a party favor for you! A $100 Giveaway!

Because I couldn’t invite ALL OF YOU to my party, you can still get a party favor.

Gussy Sews is giving one lucky reader a $100 gift card to her shop! You can choose whatever you like. YAY!

Click here to enter the giveaway.

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I celebrated my 40th birthday this past weekend. Thanks so much for all of the great birthday wishes on Facebook! I have been planning my party for a while now and it turned out fabulous! I have a lot of photos to go through and can’t wait to show you all of the details. (There will be a few awesome birthday gift giveaways for you too!)

In the mean time, check out this inspiring 40th birthday party idea by Margot Madison. I actually used the same bright color scheme for my own party. So of course I loved her style right away. I also love the fact that she planned her own party to celebrate the friends and family who are so special to her. Thanks for submitting such a beautiful party Margot!

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Also, be sure to check out Printables by Amy! Find easy and affordable digital files to download and print at home or at your local quick print shop. Each product is custom designed by Amy, a professional graphic designer. Amy makes do-it-yourself projects a breeze!