Bride to be

She's one sweet girl in our life and we got to shower her

with love and prayers and gifts this weekend!

Danielle has been a part of our family since she

was in 3rd grade and has been friends with my eldest 

daughter since. 

Brittany, Danielle and Shelby all smiles.....

Getting ready for lots of picture taking

Danielle and myself

I've shared many times the large paper flowers and

how to make them.   Here is how I used them for 

the shower.  I just tucked them into the greens, even

with a little bit of wind they didn't move.

I always use the chalkboards in my events to add

a special touch to the space, whether it's the wedding

date or a special saying.  

The hula hoop diy I showed last month that I used for my daughter's graduation party I also used for the shower. 

I used little scripture cards to surround their photo.

Such a beautiful day celebrating Danielle.

It was a full weekend, I was off to two more bridal showers celebrating new bride's to be-  aaaahhh...... young love!

Paperless Post

                                                                           

  

Hi friends!

You have seen me post about this company before and I just have to share with you again about Paperless Post.

I most recently ordered the above bridal/lingerie shower invites from them and couldn't be more happy with the results!

                         

If you haven't had a chance to take a look at what they have to offer I invite you to do so.  The wide variety offered by their company accommodates so many styles and designs for any event.

           And the best thing about it is that they are paperless!

What does that mean?  They make celebrating easy by offering beautiful invitations and flyers for any occasion where you easily pick your design or create your own invitation or flyer and send them off via email to your guests.  No paper, no postage!

                             Super easy!  you can do this! 

                                     

The ones I have chose to show you are a small sampling of what is available for bridal/lingerie shower invites.  The possibilities are endless.  You can pick the design whether customizable or a design on hand, input your emails and send off for the event of your season!  This is a game changer!

                                

           Don't you just love the sampling I have chose to show you?

Want to see more?   Hop on over to Paperless Post HERE to view

all the amazing designs from Kate Spade, Oscar de la Renta, Rifle Paper Co and so many more! 

           You won't be disappointed with all the choices available.    

                                                 

                               

                                                                    Here's a few more......  

                                    Now go ahead and start creating and planning!

                               

Towels

Hello friends!

Hope you had a wonderful 4th, those of you stateside.

I have a few of these beauties available in the shop right now

They run a bit smaller than all my others tea towels (20 x 20)

which is your standard sized kitchen towel. 

I made them up for an event earlier this year and have about

10 left that are yours if you wish!

I am not going to post them to my Etsy shop since there are 

so few, so message me if you'd like to get your hands on one.

Grad Party

What a fun weekend celebrating my girl's graduation!

So many friends and family showed up and I cannot thank you all for coming and sharing in Shae's accomplishment!

I wish I was able to get more photos of everyone but here are a few.....

Here are a few of the decor pics.

Remember the hula hoop photo rings I shared last month?

Here they are with all her pictures on them.

My girlfriend Kirstin owns this canoe and I was lucky enough to get to borrow it from her for the party.

We set it on top of some landscape rocks that are on our patio area and then put some 25lb arm weights inside to keep it secure.

I used a 10ft long piece of wood to run the entire length of the canoe in order to be able to set things on top for serving.  

I used white tablecloths to cover the wood.  I also used buckets in areas in the canoe where I could put the bowls of food or tortillas.

At each end of the canoe and in the center I put flowers that were in glass vases that I sent right down inside of the canoe.  It worked well and also filled up with ends.

It really turned out better than I ever expected!

We were really hoping for sunshine, it came around 5pm 

just shortly after everyone left, go figure.....

Still, it turned out to be a great celebration

Sweet friends.......

Graduation Hula Hoop

A few weeks ago I shared with you all and idea for you to showcase photos for upcoming events this summer.

Weddings, showers, graduations, anniversaries, etc....

Well,   look at this one above!!!!

Mara stepped it up!  check out the amazing details she added to 

her hoop!  Every little detail.  She tied her ribbons to the hoop which is genius! Also adding scrabble wood tiles to spell out grads.

And look at those cute sparkly glasses! 

This is just makes me smile!

When I post, my goal is to show you projects that you can truly make, and I always stress how easy they are. 

Thank you Mara for sharing your grad hoop, it turned out just great!

Large Paper Flowers

Grad season, baby showers, bridal showers, they all are coming right up and we are getting ready to host over here.

We haven't been in our new home but 6 months and the yard is just starting to pop with color. 

Above is this trellis wall with a evergreen plant that I don't know what it is called yet.  But what I do know is it's ready to be decorated for some parties!

I have showed these large paper flowers on my blog before

just not done in white. 

You can head over to my instagram accout by 

clicking the icon to the left to see how to make these

You can see how big they are by the scale of my hand

I made the middle of each flower different

Here are the original large paper flowers I made below

Doesn't matter if they are white or different colors,

they are just beautiful

Wood Bead Garlands

Adding color to your decor for spring?

Look no further, these great colors will add a touch

of fun to your home decor. 

Baja Blue

Charcoal 

Spruce 

You can order these by going to my home page to see 

how to order these spring colors.

Wood bead garland 

Color Wood beads!

So excited to announce and be offering my wood bead garlands in custom colors!  Wooohoooo! color! color! color!

There are two types of garlands;

 long strand measuring 30" long

and the small loop measuring 2 1/2' round

Welcome new colors!

above is - Charcoal

This one is called - Spruce

Below the color is - Baja Blue

If you would like to order head over to my home page and click on the 2340 West Newton to order, be sure to choose your color preference.  You can also request a color of your choice. 

DIY Photo Hoop

DIY Photo hoop project........

Next month my daughter graduates from High School, 

I wanted to make some decor for her grad party.

Above are a few items I purchased from the Dollar Tree to make

this project.   

You will need to get:

a hula hoop

a garland of greens

a bunch of flowers

This project is a great way to showcase the different photos you have from year to year.  It is also a great project for weddings, showers, baby showers or birthday parties so give it a try. 

I chose the hula hoop with the least amount of design

on it so I could easily spray paint it.  I sprayed mine gold.

Once it's dry, take a ribbon of your choice and stagger the ribbon

across the hoop as you see above.  Once you have them where

you would like them, using a hot glue gun, adhere them to the hoop.

The ribbon I used it like a linen cloth type, it's what I have on had.

You can use any color for the event you are hosting.

To attach the photos I used the little wooden clothes pins.

You can find them at your local craft stores, even the Dollar Tree carries them. 

Using the leaf garland, fold it over and cut it in half.

That way you have enough for each side of the hoop.

Wrap it around and glue it down.  

I placed three flowers on each side as you can see.

And here it is all done!

I made two of them to place in my front windows in our

living room so people can walk over and take a peek.

To hang them I ran some twine around the top and used a push pin to push it into this framed window.

Have fun trying these!