All in Parties
I recently hosted a Baby Sprinkle for my sister in law. For her last baby shower, I made bookmark favors. I considered making a favor that incorporated sprinkles to continue with the theme. I thought maybe actual sprinkles, or some sort of food dipped in sprinkles and served in cute snack bags. But I really wanted something people would use. So I decided the favors should be ponytail holders!
I recently hosted a Baby Sprinkle for my sister in law. I wanted to do some kind of fun guestbook that was different. I did some looking around online, and I decided to do a form of Mad Libs.
Since I have a Silhouette Cameo and a heat press, I thought it was only fitting to make a few onesies for my sister-in-law's baby sprinkle that I hosted at my mother-in-law's house. My MIL's house has a fireplace as soon as you walk in. Ok-not literally as soon as you walk in, but you see it as soon as you walk in. Anyhow, I knew this would be the perfect place to hang a few onesies.
I recently hosted a Baby Sprinkle for my sister in law. Since she already has one daughter, she has lots of things already that she can use of Caroline's. However, the big thing she really needed was diapers and wipes. So I decided that one way to make sure she received a lot of diapers was to do a diaper raffle.
For my sister in law's baby sprinkle, I bought a large box of diapers to make a diaper cake. I had so many left over, I decided to use them to make something else. I opted for a diaper wreath. I had never made one, so I thought I would give it a try.
For my sister in law's baby sprinkle, I really wanted to play on the sprinkle theme. This included the invitation. I decided I wanted the background of the invitation to be covered in sprinkles. I went back and forth about how many sprinkles to put on it, but I opted for the most amount of sprinkles I could fit! I printed them on white cardstock and cut the page in half.
My sister in law is due with her second little girl at the end of November. I know it is not customary to through a huge baby shower for the second baby, but I still wanted to do something for her. I decided to throw her a sprinkle. She just invited family, and we kept it small and simple. I will post links to a few posts later going into the details of how I did a few things, but overall you can check out the Baby Sprinkle below!
Since Halloween is right around the corner, I wanted to share some different ideas for food you can have at your Halloween gatherings!
I wanted the invitations for Melody's first birthday to be super cute. The theme was ice cream, so I had to incorporate that for sure. I designed an ice cream cone using my Silhouette Cameo and used it throughout the party. I thought using it on the invitation would be perfect.
One of the items I was in charge of for my cousin's couples shower in Memphis was the guestbook. I contemplated many different options. My original thought was to try and do some sort of guestbook that tied directly to the theme of the shower...Memphis, BBQ, Elvis, etc. My best friend had a cute idea of getting everyone to sign an Elvis record. My biggest concerns were a) how would they display it; b) how expensive it would potentially be; c) how easy would this be to do. I decided in the end to go a safer route. I saw various shadow box ideas, but decided to just come up with a version of my own.
One other "craft" I was in charge of for my cousin's couples shower in Memphis was the invitations. My mother-in-law knows I love doing things like this, so it made sense. At the time, our theme was Hometown Memphis. Both the bride and groom are from Memphis but currently live in Ft. Lauderdale. Since the shower was being held in Memphis, it made sense to make the them Memphis based.
I have discussed making napkin rings numbers times [baby shower and baptism], but I liked to share different napkins rings that I do for various events. I was in charges of the napkins for the couples shower I helped host. I wanted to do something cute that tied into the theme very well. Check out what I did below!
For Melody's First Birthday Party, I really struggled with what food to have at her party. We knew we would have cake and an ice cream sundae buffet, but I wasn't really sure what to do about other food or if I should even have other food. We planned to have about 30 people or so, and we opted for a party at 2 pm. So we knew we would not need heavy food, but I wanted some sort of appetizers for everyone to snack on. I contemplated continuing with the ice cream theme, but I wasn't exactly sure how to do that. So we opted for some various finger foods. I also was sure to include a few things I knew Melody and some of the other kids could have.
Melody's first birthday party was an ice cream themed party. I wanted to do some cute favors to go along with the theme. I found all kinds of things I considered doing. I went back and forth on which type of favors to do. Do I do fun favors? Do I do edible favors? Do I do favors I can make weeks in advance? Do I do favors I have to make the day before? So many decisions. In the end I decided I wanted what was going to be the cutest!
A few weekends ago, I helped host a shower with some of Brad's family for one of his cousins who is getting married later this summer. They live in South Florida, but both his cousin and his fiancé are from Memphis. My mother in law came up with a "hometown" theme. Memphis is know for their BBQ, so that was a must. Then we decided to incorporate both Elvis and the Memphis skyline. The shower was a team effort. Below is the final product of that effort. I am going to do a few posts later about the crafts I did specifically though.
Melody's first birthday party was an ice cream themed party. Because of this theme, I knew I would need to incorporate ice cream into the party. Traditionally, people include ice cream to simply go along with the cake, but I wanted something more. So I decided to come up with a way to have an ice cream buffet!
Melody's first birthday party was an ice cream themed party. I designed an ice cream cone in the Silhouette software then I used that as a staple throughout the party. One of the things I did was create banners using it. Check them out below.
For Melody's First Birthday, I wanted a simple guestbook. I contemplated whether a guestbook was even necessary, but I really wanted something to document everyone there. I came up with many ideas, but they all were becoming either way to complicated OR I had no clue what I would do with the guestbook when the party was over. So I opted for simplicity.
My best friend's little girl, Lydia, turned one on May 13. She decided to do a donut themed birthday party built around the phrase "Donut Grow Up". How adorable is that? She had a few ideas that she wanted me to do for her using my Silhouette Cameo machine. All of these were her ideas, I just designed and cut them.
For Melody's First Birthday Party, I really wanted a chalkboard listing things all about her. I have seen this at so many other first birthdays, and I thought it was an adorable idea.
