11 year old celebration...

We celebrated my daughter's 11th bday...

We had giggling 11 year olds...

a couple of soon-to-be 7 year olds...

and some toddlers and a baby...a whole bunch of adults...

and with that you have an awesome party....

The table set up before the cake and balloons...I have to upload the rest of the pics...but you get the pictures...(lol I have lots of pictures...)

Soon I will post the rest of the pictures and the cake that I made...such a pretty cake, I got the idea from "I am baker" - great ideas...and such a pretty cake...

Toodles

Centerpiece Finale

Finally I get to finish what I started...sorry for the delay!!!! Okay this is exactly what we ended up as in the styling for the centerpieces:

 It was hard to decide if we wanted the (dyed purple) rice only in the bottom

 or in the middle...

They are side by side here to see which one we liked best...

 The vases needed to be centralized...I thought a charger - hey I was working with what I had!!!

 Quick sneak peek at my first Diaper Cake....awwwww, I love it too!!! 

WHAT IN THE WORLD...is that xmas decor!!!! tsk tsk

 And finally this is what we I ALL agreed on...nice touch huh? do you like the birdie in the frame? he gets a close up...hold on...

check out my diet coke...nope not a can cuz this girl has been working OT and I don't have time to be going in and out the fridge!!!

 Here's the close up....frame was painted, fabric applied and these little birdies were a pack of 24 @ the dollar section at Target...luv me some Target

Did I mention we were baking for the dessert table? No, well here's my little BABY cupcakes...they are chocolate cuz it's all I had...so it was just practice anyways...

 Cute huh

 You like that little chocolate flower? I know super duper cute

 Okay so these baby cupcakes weren't just going to be displayed by themselves, they were going in a baby jar, awwwwwww, so it'll look like a baby bottle....say it looks like a baby bottle...I know!!! the purple hearts are not edible but we did exchange them for m&ms the day of, cuz that way when you grabbed your baby bottle...it was all edible...well that is except the bottle, silly!!!

 Another shot cuz you know I loved them

 More buffet treats, marshmellow tree...okay Dollar Tree is the bomb, they already have their Easter stuff out, YIKES, easter....any hoot, I grabbed these lilac trees...they are for hanging eggs (so they say) for me they are working as my marshmellow tree (for this party)

 coming together nicely

 I made a banner, it's not fancy but it's cute and sweet...

 A close up (frame from Target Dollar Section - SCORE)

 Wishing Tree tags...added a rhinestone to make it pop

 The tree...with a tag...and yes, I added some of the those cute little birdies to perch on the branches...

 A whole lot of tags that my very helpful daughter cut for me (well the cricut did the cutting) but she handled this entire project!!!

 And so the conclusion to this story is this, we ended up doing paper crepe roses instead of poofs, yea I know tons of hard work, blah blah blah...now tell me how GORGEOUS does this look. I love poofs, but come on....???? gorgeous, I have to thank House of Smith's for this idea, I saw her post on these beauties a long time ago, and finally did one and I'm soooooo glad I did cuz I just loved it!!!!!

 HHHMMMMM, hello GORGEOUS!!!!

 And that's the end folks.  I will post party pics, the FINAL party pics, soon. Maybe today, maybe tomorrow...Hope you enjoyed it!!! 

Toodles

A story about a centerpiece

This is what our centerpieces were supposed to look like..nice right?

But actually not good nice enough.

We changed them

Not once but twice

We lost the tulle surrounding the vases, that was the 2nd change.

change #3 will come tomorrow

Baby Shower: Part 1 the Favors

In this post I'm going to talk about the favors. We wanted something handmade. We decided on coasters, I had googled it and found out how to make them, how easy did it sound? Super easy. Mod Podge, foam brush, tile. Brush, apply, brush again, let dry.

Easy

peasy

you know, if you have let's say 20 to do, not 100. But hey, I like challenges, plus I really wanted to do this. Of course, I was going to need help, I have wonderful sisters that are always willing to help (even if I have to threaten them)

It was my first time working with mod podge.

It was very easy but when you times it by 100 (literally) you can get over it really quickly!!!

Start with a tile:

Then add whatever you would like to mod podge, you brush one layer and place you paper, napkin, etc, and brush another layer to seal it in. I brushed a couple of layers into these tiles are we wanted them to be used as coasters.

For the tile on the right, we actually stamped "Thank You" - the stamp is actually this style...no I didn't stamp all different sizes and versions of Thank you, I would like to take credit for that but no, the stamp is actually that way. Thank you Michaels.

I sanded the ones that were on paper so they can feel like part of the tile.

Repeat: One hundred (100) times (50 times the paper and 50 times stamped). Yes, 100 hundred tiles. We did this the day after the New Year. Might as well start the year off by being productive!!!! I had 2 helpers. We got all the tiles "ready" for more mod podge, then it was all up to me to finish them....yay.....no really yay....lol

The finished product looked something like this, some raffia, pretty lilac & green ribbon with a "It's a Girl" charm to finish it off....

oh and I almost forgot you should seal it with clear gloss spray. Just to seal it all in, let dry at least 24 hours

A closer view of the stamped "Thank You"

So, this was the beginning. We picked a favor and went with it. The theme kind of set in quickly. It was going to be a Lilac and Cream baby shower. We were excited, we were in no way aware of what was going to happen next. We had NO idea that we were going to change our minds when it came to the centerpieces. That deserves it's own post. It needs it's own explanation.

I hope that you will tune in tomorrow to hear all about it. Then, I will show you how it all came together and how beautiful it all turned out.

Thanks for reading. Thanks for following!!!!

Comment. I love to read them

It's soooooo hard....

To work on a party and NOT be able to share anything with you!!!! I am working my butt off but loving every min of it!!!!

Okay I have done all the party favors...by hand. They are just too cute for words. The centerpieces.....done. It was hard settling on a concept but once that was chosen it was easy breazy....okay NOT easy but it took a couple of tries to get it perfect.

Fabric....oh how I love thee...gorgeous fabric. I am so in love with this party. can't wait to show you. Can't wait to showcase it. Just. can't. wait. Okay 2 weeks, 2 more weeks and I will be able to show you everything, heck I may that Friday before start putting some things up....okay maybe not...but gosh I promise that Sunday I will.

Toodles!!!

Preview

S-O-P is this Saturday

O - M - G

F-U-N --- F-U-N --- F-U-N

{Pease excuse the poor quality of these pictures. My phone camera is NOT clear at all}

First up, is the invitation:

Next: a wreath filled with scraps of tied ribbons to coordinate with the fabric being used
Centerpiece for either the girls table or cake table...

About the colors: Well I picked 2 colors from the fabric to use throughout the decor - i especially like these two very BRIGHT colors. I love color - LUV it.

Sure hope you like what's to come of this S-O-P {Sleep-Over-Party} for the next 2 days I will be finishing up the last of the details, grocery shopping for items that I need and setting up as apparently my hubby now has a meeting that wknd that he needs to attend. Thank goodness that I have a helper although how much help was hubby going to be with a bunch of giggly girls????

You're right ZERO help so I guess it's better that he's not around so

we can be a house of SILLY GIGGLING girls.

WOO HOO is this my GIRLS NITE that I've been so wanting? I guess I have to take it!!!!!

HEY

No I haven't forgotten about you....just been so busy! I am trying to work on Kailyn's bday, also school supplies - and of course - enjoying the last bits of Summer. I have things to show you. I have to take pics. Soon the post will have preps for the party, I promise.

The party is in 2 weeks. I cannot believe it. I need to get my butt moving. Well it's been moving but I need to finish the projects that I started!!!!

Okay really. I'm gonna get to my cricut and start creating a banner!!! :o)

SUPER LONG POST...

REMEMBER THIS:

IT'S TRANSFORMING INTO THIS. I TOOK MY DOLLIE APART. (btw, my youngest was in disbelief as I was doing this). I added this wire and a bell ($ tree) wedding bell...lol. I needed a stand!!!

I closed her up.

Then I stood her up for you all to see. But guess what - she's not holding up so well, hence, my helping hand...OKAY will fix that - remember we are building a model here.....

I put her in this ramekin dish because you know the bell wasn't enough. You will SOON understand why she's in yet another stand.

This baby right now has just been sprayed painted white and I have to have her standing upright to withstand constant abuse from jewelry. YES, that's what I'm trying to achieve here, a jewelry holder. This is why I need the ramekin cup because this way you can store your really cool rings, you know when you're 10 you have really cool rings OR silly bandz...lol. I will giver her wire arms to hold necklaces or - yet MORE silly bandz, whateva these girlz will eventually hang on her. As for me, I will have her holding my necklaces.

REVEAL:

LOL sounds like OMG what is she revealing, it's just this fabric no big thing just my inspiration, just where the colors will tie in - just about the entire basis of the party itself. so yeah maybe it is pretty major....thoughts? whatever they are - I know you agree it's pretty FUN.!!!! :o)

So I started just messing around and getting all inspired and did these cute little buckets, don't you heart the $ tree cuz I do. So these babies will house, don't know what yet, but something totally cute!!!

And this - a fabric flower, why? because I had to. I had to try what's all over bloggie world. And so with my fabric this is what I did. I like it. pretty cute huh? so yeah part of the decor - again don't know exactly where it will play it's part - but it WILL be part of the show.

So there you have it, I have begun the party prep process. I'm sure you're as thrilled as I am - party is in September. Hopefully, no really, I'll have about 5 -6 of those jewelry holder thingies - I should give them a name right? we'll see. And I'll have more flowers, the buckets are done and ready to ship, that is to their resting place *laundry room a/k/a craft area* until the party.

OKAY really I'm out of here, Have a FAB WKND!!!!!!!