DIY Glittered Signs

If you're looking for a simple yet satisfying project this weekend look not more! These DIY Glittered Wire Signs by Oh Happy Day would be a lovely touch for a bride or groom's chair at the reception and they are easy to make!

 

These could also be used for the guest of honor's chair at a bridal/baby shower or for a dinner party. Head over to Oh Happy Day for the full tutorial and have a happy weekend!!!

DIY Fancy Clothespins

For Jayde's Baby Shower I made decorative clothespins to hang the onesies the hostesses made. I am confident I'm not the first person to ever do this but today I am going to share with you how I did it.

Materials Needed:

Clothespins
Spraypaint
Mod Podge
Scrapbook paper
Sandpaper (optional)

Instructions:

1. Spray paint your clothespins the color you would like them. I spray painted my clothespins to be a copper/champagne color to match the scrapbook paper I had picked.
2. Use a dry clothespin to start tracing on your scrapbook paper. If you want to multitask you can set aside one clothespin sans spray paint to trace while the rest of the clothespins are drying.
3. Cut out your traced clothespin.
4. Once your clothespins have completely dried, spread Mod Podge on one side of the clothespin and stick your scrapbook paper to the clothespin. Let it dry and then spread more Mod Podge on top of the paper.
5. This step is optional. If you have excess scrapbook paper on the sides of your clothespins you can shave it off with sandpaper.

Decorated clothespins can be used to hang onesies at a baby shower, lingerie at a Bachelorette Party or shower, food menu cards, the possibilities are endless. In fact, I used the same clothespins from Jayde's shower to hang my Christmas Cards last December:

Also, I recently saw these fancy clothespins used for gift wrapping and to hang pictures:

 

View the full tutorial for these flower clothespins at Creature Comforts.

DIY Layered Cake

What if I told you this cake cost only $5 and required zero baking whatsoever? Don't believe me? Check out the tutorial by Jessica Kirkland on Hostess with the Mostess and you'll find yourself asking, "Why didn't I think of that?!" I know I did! Thank you for sharing Jessica!

DIY Lace Pottery

I saw this DIY for lace pottery on Urban Comfort and can't wait to try it myself. In fact, I wish I'd have come across it before I decorated for the Lace Bridal Shower I did a few weekends ago. My mom bought me an expensive lace bowl on Etsy for Christmas this year. It actually wouldn't have been that expensive except she thought she was buying a set of six and realized she was only buying one when the bowl arrived. After seeing this tutorial, I plan to decoupage lace to an assortment of white bowls to coordinate with the one I already have. Thanks for idea Urban Comfort!

Milk Bottle Centerpiece

Spring has (officially) sprung! I use the term "officially" because in Texas it has felt like spring since November. We made the trip to Round Top last weekend and I was reminded of a the milk bottle crate I purchased on our Fall trip. My original plan was to use it as a centerpiece/vase for my kitchen table and that is where it currently resides sans flowers but the below pictures were taken last fall when I had a fresh bouquet at my disposal. I'm thinking Texas Wildflowers would look stunning if I were brave enough to pull over on the side of the highway to pick them. For now, these photographs will have to suffice.


 
We saw several milk bottle crates again this year. Unfortunately Round Top doesn't occur again until the Fall but I'm sure they'll have them again!

Lace Bridal Shower

The best man in our wedding is engaged and I had the pleasure of designing the shower for his bride-to-be a couple weekends ago! We were told that the bride liked lace and that the wedding colors included grey and blush pink so we based our theme off of these tidbits.

Never underestimate the power of Baby's Breath. Bunches of these babies together are simply breathtaking. I made the centerpiece above by wrapping the stems of the baby's breath with floral wire and sticking them into a half circle of floral foam. Below I stuck stems directly into the chandelier.

   

A few lace touches: I used my Silhouette to cut wrappers for the water bottles that resembled lace (top right), folded doilies onto the napkins (middle right), and wrapped bottles with lace and blush pink ribbon (bottom right).

   

For the food, we wanted to serve individual servings rather than full plates so we incorporated mini foods such as veggie cups with ranch dip at the bottom, mini shrimp cocktails and chicken salad served in tiny glasses with mini forks. My mother-in-law and her sweet friends hosted the shower and did a beautiful job executing the mini foods. The display was better than I could have imagined. If I didn't know better, I would have thought it had been catered!

The invitations (top right) were designed by none other than Three. We made personalized cupcakes in a jar (above) with a sticker on top that said "J & J" (Jamie and Jerrod) and coordinated the colors with the shower. These were the bride's personal favorite and many guests ended up taking these home as favors.

   

We ordered Bunditinis from Nothing Bundt Cakes. If you've never tasted these before you're missing out. They will change your life.

   

I wanted to incorporate the letter W, the first letter of the groom's last name, in as many ways as possible. I used a tutorial online to make the yarn letter W which I gave to the couple at the end of the shower to keep. (I just Googled "yarn letter tutorial"…I don't remember which tutorial I used but there are many!) I made Strawberry Shortcake and piped white chocolate W's to stick out of the top. To make these, I sprayed wax paper with Pam, melted pink white chocolate (which I found at Michaels...you could also just put food coloring in white chocolate) and used an icing bag to pipe the letters onto the wax paper. When they dry they peel easily off the wax paper and you can use them however you want!

 

Congratulations Jamie and Jerrod! We can't wait for the wedding!!!  

A special thanks to the hostesses: Malena, Cyndy, Judy, Cynthia, Janie, Karen and Merry!

Pin! Pinning!

It's a week of Easter pins...

 

DIY Silhouette Eggs

 

Thread-Wrapped Easter Eggs

Easter Tablescape

Burlap Bunny Garland

 DIY Silhouette Bunny Mason Jars

Happy GOOD Friday!!!

DIY Baby Shower Gift

I found my new go-to baby shower gift and it's all about presentation. I have been told babies can never have enough socks and wash rags but that's just so PRACTICAL and dare I say it, boring. Unless, of course, they are disguised as...

CUPCAKES!

 

Cute right? Well guess what? They're easy to make too. Here's what you need:

• Baby socks
• Cupcake Liners
• Twine (rubber bands work too)
• Baby washcloths

And here's what you do:

1. Fold a washcloth in half, hot dog style.
2. Fold the washcloth in half again.
3. Take one baby sock (not the pair, just one) and stick your finger through the top of it to bunch it a little.
4. Lay the sock on your washcloth and begin rolling.
5. Once you have rolled the sock completely in the washcloth, repeat steps 1-5 with two more washcloths. One "cupcake" needs three washcloths.
6. Tie your twine around the final washcloth to hold it in place.

And there you have it! Plain old boring socks and washcloths turned into dessert! I was able to make six cupcakes since I bought three pairs of socks and presented them in a cupcake box to top it off. There's a tutorial at Martha Stewart Weddings if you want to make your own "treat" box. Trust me, your mommas-to-be will LOVE it!