Always Time for Crafting: 2013

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Flip Flop Birthday Party

We celebrated by daughter's 7th birthday in August. She is crazy for flip flops so we decided to do a flip flop themed birthday party. First stop was the dollar store to buy all the flip flops and summer themed goodies I could find! I was lucky to see that they had flips flops in all the colors I needed! Wanted to make it a little girly but still have some things the boys could enjoy. All the kids, boys and girls alike, had a blast!

Girls favor boxes were made from a free file I found on svgshop.com. I wanted to make the flip flops look super cute so I embellished them with flowers, rhinestones and ribbon. I used heavy card stock for the base so they would be sturdy. I also embossed the base to match the patterned paper. I forgot to take a picture of the inside but they were filled with a manicure kit of nail polish, small bottle of polish remover and nail files.

My sister in law had the window frame in her garage. She was kind enough to let me take it and decorate it for a picture backdrop. My husband screwed on metal brackets to the back so it would stand up since we didn't have a place to hang it.

I painted a piece of balsa wood with chalkboard paint and added the sign to the top.

Favors for the boys, water bottles filled with bubbles, tattoos and gum balls . I was able to find bubble wands and beach balls in green, blue and yellow. Colors coordinated perfectly!

I saw these nail polish marshmallow on Pinterest. The ones I saw were sitting on a tray. I thought it would be cute to put them on a stick so I made a little stand to display them. I just glued a piece of foam board to a glass candlestick holder I bought for 50 cents at a yard sale (used silicone glue for this part, didn't think the glue gun would hold too good). Adhered flower foam to the board and placed the plastic grass on top. Glued card stock to the sides with glue gun. This was super easy, took only about a half-hour to assemble the whole thing.

Flip Flop Centerpieces. I cut the number 7 out of card stock and used foam adhesive to attach to balloons.

I had been wanting to make one of these candy jars out of an empty pickle jar and candlestick. Saw the idea on Pinterest. It was a rush job so its not as clean as I would have liked it to be. But it was perfect to display the gumballs for the guessing game.

A friend of mine coordinated games for the kids. These were the prizes they were able to buy with the fake money they won.

Happy Birthday banner was made with dollar store flip flops and name banner made with MS circle punch.

I was able to find some foam candle holders at Michaels on sale for .29 so I bought a whole bunch and had them out for the kids to decorate.

Of course, we had to have a Flip Flop Piñata!

Hope you enjoy looking at these pictures. It was such a fun theme!

Circus Gift Bags

A family member asked me to make two monogrammed gift bags for a circus themed birthday party she was attending. The gifts were for two girls age 1 and 3. Here's what I came up with.

I used MS circle punch for the base- cut at 12 inches and Cricut Ribbons & Rosettes cartridge for the rosettes-double loop image cut at 4 inches. Embellished with rhinestones and ribbon. Hard to tell from the picture but the tag was embossed using Happy Birthday Cuttlebug folder. Numbers and letters were printed from my computer on white card stock. I also used Crafter Companion Glitter spray on the yellow paper.

Saturday, June 1, 2013

First Communion Cards

First Communion card I made for my Goddaughter. Used Teresa Collins paper, die cute is from Spellbinders. Pearls are Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Ivory. I hope she likes it!

Mustache Bash

My niece wanted a mustache themed party for her 12th Birthday. This turned out to be more fun that I thought. I enjoyed making decorations and was so glad that she and everyone else enjoyed it!

First, I downloaded and cut some mustache images using MTC software and my eCraft. I cut all different sizes to use for favors, invitations, and decorations.

Invitations were very simple. Used Spellbinders Nestabilities, Grand Labels die cut. Sprayed the purple background paper with Crafter's Companion Spray & Sprakle. The multicolor spray looks great on darker shades of paper. What 12 year old girl doesn't love a little sparkle?

I wanted to use balloons for the centerpieces but knew it would be windy so I came up with this guy. I secured the balloon with foam tape inside the edges of the pot. I used washi tape for the trim and the bow tie was cut out from a free download from SVG cuts.

My nieces helped the night before the party with making treat bags and white chocolate dipped Golden Oreo's.

Found a great website to make this poster. www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk

Treat table is always popular!

My first time putting together a photo booth and it was a hit. The vintage oval frames were perfect for the occasion.

All in all it was a fun day! Can't wait for the next party.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Cupcake Tasting in Temecula

Here are some pictures from the cupcake tasting in Temecula

This was my favorite display, she did a fabulous job!

Beautiful Cupcake stands!

Had lots of fun here, they had a Photo Booth.

Easter 2013

I wanted this Easter to be special for many different reasons. One, my daughter is doing amazingly well this year so this makes me very happy! Also, this is the first Easter without my mother so I needed to make this Easter happy and special to help keep from being sad. I put my crafting skills to work and made a few Easter goodies.