Princess invitation (Shoe template)

For my daughter's birthday party we wanted to do special invitations to get her friends excited about the party. I looked on Ebay for personalised options and thought of printing on standard paper however found a pattern for a shoe template online so we decided to do "glass slippers" invitations.

I used the shoe template from www.ellenhutson.com however her template was quite fiddly with corners etc so I modified it for more straight lines. My modified design is as picture below.

With some stick-on jewels - hey presto a glass slipper

I printed out the invitations and added a clip-art crown.

The invitation was rolled up and secured by some spare ribbon I had.

Diluted juice stored in fridge for kids

My daughter loves diluting juice. We have been trying to wean her off by giving her gradually weaker juice until hopefully it's barely coloured water. To do this we have been making up large bottles of diluted juice in empty bottles and storing them in the fridge. Every time one bottle of the diluting juice is finished we have a new supply so it means we are only re-using the bottle for a short time.

Bonus 1 - Can control the strength of the drink (does not vary with each drink depending who prepares it).
Bonus 2 - Easier to get drink when required (My daughter always seems to ask when I'm in the middle of feeding her brother or cooking etc)