Villy Baby Shower Under the Sea

This baby shower was in honor of Villy and her new baby to be Blakely.  It wound up being a very hot summer day in Southern California.  We had put goldfish as part of the centerpieces, but they were all moved inside due to the heat.  Villy wanted a sea life theme, so we did our best, and I think the pink and teal colors came out amazing.

Food and Mimosa Bar

Baby Blakely Banner made with a Cricut

Baby clothesline

Ribbon backdrop

Goldfish centerpiece, and we dyed the starfish pink on its tips

Under the Sea cupcake, octopus, starfish, sting ray, fish

Happy Birthday Tommy Cowboy/Western Them

I love to throw a surprise birthday party and why not a Cowboy/Western theme...with a mechanical bull.  It's a good thing my husband loves a party and a mechanical bull.  We had a lot of fun with about 80 family and friends.  

Invitation

Table Decor, using Cricut and other items

Horseshoes, Spurs, Galvanized Buckets, Burlap Table Runners, Straw Hats, Bandanas, Wine Barrel

Mechanical Bull Riding

Happy Birthday Banner out of Burlap

Chuckwagon Burlap Banner Over Food Table

Tommy Wanted Dead of Alive Birthday Poster

Cowboy Theme Baby Shower for a Boy

My cousin was hosting a baby shower for her friends soon to be baby boy and asked if I could make some table decorations and a banner. I used the Cricut cartridge Country Life, and tried to make it a little western style.

I already owned 2 pairs of cowboy boots, so it made the project even easier. I even found a metal tin at Michaels and a cheap cowboy hat at Wal-Mart. I filled the boots 1/4 full or rocks to help the stability since they would be outside, and I did not want them to blow over.  Then I added a piece of florist foam to the bottom, and cut my wooden dowels for different lengths.  I went to Michaels and found different things that looked like wheat and items related to a western theme to add a little character and some flowers.  Went to Wal-Mart and found bandanas for $1.  Just played around with all the items until I loved the centerpieces.  Very easy to make and I feel added a lot of fun!

It's a Boy Banner-using Cricut

Cowboy boot from Country Life

Horseshoe Country Life

Cowboy Boot Centerpiece

Cricut-

Sheriff- 4" (horseshoe)

hrseshoe-4" Back

 

Minnie Mouse 1st Birthday Party

Minnie Mouse first birthday table decorations and banner for my adorable niece.  I found two different size black pails from Hobby Lobby (the taller thin, were easier to work with)

Cricut "Mickey and Friends"

Minnie Mouse= 8"

Painted 2" and 3" Styrofoam balls with Martha Stewart paint in black

Summer Banner-Cricut "Mickey and Friends"

Minnie Ears 5"

Mickey and Friends Ears- 5"

Bow-3"

Font- Birthday Bash

Scallop- Ladybg-S= 5"

Font= Bees-S- 3"

We also had pom poms hanging over the table in pink, black and white

30 Sucks (Centerpiece and Lollipops)

30 SUCKS Centerpiece...I had seen something similar years ago on the Cricut message board and thought it was adorable.  

We went to our local Dollar Tree and found the green container, floral styrofoam, purple shredded paper for filler, and green metallic tissue paper.  I wanted all the lollipops to color coordinate to our Mardi Gras theme and went around town looking for orange (gold), purple and green.  Who would of know my husband would find the remaining green ones at the car wash.

Cut outs with Sweet Treats
30=2" (cut off the candle top from numbers)
Scallop Shadow Feature=5.25"
SUCKS = pre-made letters I had.

Christmas Decorations

I hosted a Christmas Eve Eve party for family and a couple close friends. What I forgot was I would be coming back from Vegas the night before and working the following day.  I was extremely tired and luckily my mom pretty much took care of all the appetizers.

One thing she made (which is absolutely amazing) is her chicken salad.  We then cut the sandwiches into Christmas Trees.

 Created a bow and long ribbon and hung all my Christmas cards onto it with cute mini Christmas themed clothes pins.

This is before all the food was set up

Got the idea to tie tulle around a strand of lights from pinterest.com

 Wrapped a couple of my pictures frames with wrapping paper and ribbon...the pink ones never were completed with bows :(

Happy Birthday Mary!

It was my MIL on 9-11, and all she wanted for her birthday was for the San Diego Chargers to win the game (they did).  Our entire family has season tickets and usually all carpool down together to our tailgating spots.  My husband and I made up an excuse to her and went down early to decorate our parking spot for her birthday.  Since she is a die-hard fan, and her favorite color is yellow, it made it easy to create a banner in the Chargers colors.

Cricut Dimensions:

Straight from the Nest: 
Banner 7.5"
Border 7.5"
Scallop 4.5" (Cuttlebug emboss "Polka Dots")

Birthday Bash
Letters 1.5"

Happy Birthday Mary banner using my Cricut

I had my 7 year old friend emboss the white scallops, she did a great job!

CoCaLo Turtle Reef Baby Shower Centerpieces Handmade

A family friend is having a baby and my mom and I volunteered to make the baby shower centerpieces.

Since the mom to be is having a baby boy she has decorated the nursery in CoCaLo Turtle Reef.  I attempted to make the turtles and fish as close as possible to the bedding.

Cricut Dimensions

Stretch your Imagination:
Turtle 6" (Cuttlebug emboss "Seeing Spots")
Skinny Turtle 9" (Cuttlebug emboss "Spots & Dots)

Birthday Bash:
Turtle 4.75"

B is for Boy:
Fish 5.5"

New Arrival:
Feet 2"

Straight from the Nest:
Scallop 4.75" (Cuttlebug emboss "Polka Dots")

Also my Mom made all the paper filler in the buckets, she used a paper crimper and then shredded.  Next time we will try regular copy paper, rather than cardstock.

Update of the Baby Clothes Rolled Into Bouquet

I went over to my SIL to check out her adorable nursery, and she still had the clothes rolled into the flower bouquet so I took some pictures.

More Centerpieces and Party Stuff

Here are the glass vases I used.  I added a ribbon and a charm.

Baby clothes purchased to give to Mom-to-be!  Wish I had a close up of the close pins, I added a pink jewel to them.

The lady who made the cake did an amazing job.  I sent her the invitation and asked her to match the invitation of our "Jungle Jill" theme party.  Not only did the cake look great it tasted spectacular.

If you are in San Diego area and are in need of cake check out Spoonful of Sugar!

Jungle Jill Theme Baby Shower Centerpieces

Just got to Florida and will be taking off for a Caribbean cruise tomorrow, so I wanted to post one more thing.

For my SIL table decorations I made 6 paint buckets to match the invitations of her "Jungle Jill Theme" baby shower.  Her colors were all shades of pink, green and brown.

Here are the dimensions:

Sugar and Spice
Giraffe 8"
Elephant 4"
Monkey 5"

B is for Boy
Zebra 6"

New Arrival
Feet 2"

Straight from the Nest
Banner 7.5"
Border 7.5"
Scallop 4.5"

Luckily Easter grass is in the stores to fill the buckets

wooden dowel from Home Depot

they are all double side animals