Stuffing Party

I have taken on helping my friend with her wedding recently we held a fondue party so that she could have assistance with her DIY invitations. It was a great hit with cheese fondue for starters, meat for a main course, and chocolate for dessert. We called it a stuffing party.Here are the pictures.

I used Pyrex dishes I received as a gift from a dear and wonderful Friend Nancy, they were also my guest of honors favorite color and wedding theme color., so it made for a nice tie in.

We used serving trays that we had painted with chalk board spray paint to label the different types of sauces available to try.

I decided to use paper towel instead of napkins because it would hold up better I folded it in half then down to create a pocket for the poker and fork.

Underneath the fondue pots are 6 tiles I picked up at the local hardware store for 16 cents a piece. I did this to protect the table from unwanted oil spills. I was also able to use my plate tier to help corral and organize the food choices. We swapped these oil pots out for small crock pots to melt the chocolate in

Meat should be cooked at 350 degrees

Chocolate at warm

and Cheese at 200.

Baby's Shower Ideas

 I recently hosted another baby shower, this one was a three hour drive away so I had to bring everything with me, including a microwave.We ended up having in a meeting room at a bank. The picture above is what ended up as our center pieces. We wanted them to be things mommy could use again. So we bought baby bottles stuffed them with iridescent cellophane and added ribbons, bibs and pacifiers, we surrounded them with shells and risen drops.

Meatballs, cucumber sandwiches, dips, chips, crackers, chicken sandwiches

Party favors are boxes shaped in bottles tied with ribbon, I placed two square guests soaps in each one, the soaps I bought from TJ Maxx for about 4-5 dollars there where 12 in each box.  Which made the favors about 30 dollars.

The Glass Act

Took those small Halloween plastic rings that come in shapes modge podged them and dipped in glitter make for fun and cheep wine rings, also took about 20 mins to do with prep and all.

Found these at the dollar store so I put them on earings and uded as wine glass rings.

I saw these in the store, to make them I covered the top with news paper, and used painters tape around the bottom to establish an even line and used chalk board spray paint, I was able to find chalk at the dollar store to send with them. The glasses I bought at the dollar store.

Fall Floral Pieces

All of these were done using clear floral tape and the 1 by 1 inch grid pattern on them the top picture was about 30 dollars and the bottom two were between 15 and 20 dollars for the materials.

 

This piece was  just a fun and easy piece to throw together to create a beautifull center piece. I reuse the basket for all holidays.

Baby Shower

This past weekend we hosted a backyard baby shower for my boyfriend’s sister. She is having a girl and decorating the nursery in butterflies. We decided to incorporate the theme for the nursery and her love of books into a shower theme.

Using my copy and paste skills and card stock we printed off several pictures of book covers to make book flags for the cupcakes. We also made a few larger ones to place in the floral arrangements that her mother and a friend designed using flowers they had growing in the garden. We also made a clothes line with several popular children’s titles. To add to the decorations I used Martha Stewart’s tissue pompom directions to hang around the tent. I tied the butterflies in by using ones I found at my local craft store and sticking them to the tissues. I also traced and cut out butterflies on construction paper with quotes about reading and children for the table.

 

Everyone was invited to bring their favorite child book to the nursery. I have to say there was not one duplicate for the books. The guests had a great time looking at all the different book titles. For many it was a reminder of their own or children’s bed time story memories.

What helped with the planning process was selecting a set location for all the party decorations and information.  Anything that we were planning to use or using to make decorations went back to that location that way we could always find it. It also helps to keep a list of guests complete with addresses, in that area, that way when someone emails or calls to RSVP you are able to find and can mark them quickly.

To make the book flags you need; tacky glue, toothpicks, card stock, several ink cartridges. Once you have copy and pasted the pictures into the word document adjust the image to the size you need and print on cardstock.(Make sure your printer is set to automatic