I threw my best friend Hannah a baby shower this last weekend. She's having a girl so I decided to do a tea party themed party, since that seems pretty girly. Here are the crafty things I did for the shower:
A lot of diaper cakes are really fancy with things sticking out of the cake like baby items and stuffed animals. I wanted Hannah's diaper cake to be simple and pink so I just got some fabric and tied it around the rolled up diapers and tied a bow. Simple. Easy. Pink. Perfect.
I found these letters at Joann's and covered them with Mod Podge and then this cute pink paper. Her room will be pink and green so I added a little green bow to the "I".
I found these vintage tea tins on Ebay and put fresh flowers in them. I made chicken salad sandwiches, cucumber sandwiches, and cheese/olive/pickle kabobs. Since we don't drink tea, I served different flavors of the Archer Farms Italian Sodas from Target. I had a lot of help from some other women- one friend brought adorable mini cupcakes with pink swirly frosting and another brought a fruit bowl with a fruit dip. I took these pictures before the food was on the table- once the food goes on the table, things get crazy.
I got these tea pots at Goodwill and just put the leftover fresh flowers in them and put them on the coffee table.
It was fun to put everything together. Who else wants to get pregnant so I can do another baby shower?
I had some old shirts in a pile to give to Goodwill so I stripped a couple of them, ruffled the strips, and sewed them onto a new white shirt I only paid $2.50 for. Then I made little fabric rosettes and sewed them onto the top and bottom. I have more of these t-shirt refashioning projects in mind and I'm pretty excited about them!
My sister taught me how to make these cute fabric flowers. You can make them into clips or headbands or corsages. You can even clip them to your purse or diaper bag.
I got this pattern from here. I can't wait to try it in all different sizes and fabrics. It was really easy to do, even if you aren't great at sewing (which is me).
I found these letters at Joann's and covered them with Mod Podge and then this cute pink paper. Her room will be pink and green so I added a little green bow to the "I".
I found these vintage tea tins on Ebay and put fresh flowers in them. I made chicken salad sandwiches, cucumber sandwiches, and cheese/olive/pickle kabobs. Since we don't drink tea, I served different flavors of the Archer Farms Italian Sodas from Target. I had a lot of help from some other women- one friend brought adorable mini cupcakes with pink swirly frosting and another brought a fruit bowl with a fruit dip. I took these pictures before the food was on the table- once the food goes on the table, things get crazy.
I got these tea pots at Goodwill and just put the leftover fresh flowers in them and put them on the coffee table.
This is the Easter set from last year "A Good Egg" with the Sell-a-Bration designer paper and the new corduroy buttons that I heart. These chicks are hot and sassy (and topless I'm afraid), don't you think?
These are the spring blocks that I made for this year. Julie, as I take my blocks out of storage for each holiday, I'll try to remember to take pictures of them. My Easter ones from last year are less than cute so these spring blocks will have to do. It's hard to tell how big they are, but the "S" is about 5 1/2" by 4 1/2". I painted the blocks that my crafty husband cut for me, then covered them with paper, letters (cut out of paper) and embellished them. My crafty friend Megan came over and made them with me and we shared our creative juices.
For our February Card Party (aka Stamp-a-Stack), we made 10 cards- 2 each of 5 designs. It was a lot of fun to have all the girls over to hang out and be crafty.
For my birthday, my crafty hubby made me something to hold all of my jewelry on. I saw something I loved online and he went to Michael's, got some supplies, and made it for me. Actually, two of them.
Shadows in pictures are lame. Sorry.
