Bridesmaid invites and flip flop boxes...

Hello Crafty Friends!

You just never know how wonderful people will come into your life.  Ally found me on fb!!!  She saw the boxes I had made for a bridal shower gift I did quite awhile ago, and asked if I could make some for her. (You can find the post and credits here.)  So, I made these cutie flip flop boxes for  the lovely Bride-to-Be for her to present to her friends and ask them to be her maid of honor, bridesmaids and Jr. bridesmaids.  I hope you enjoy as much as we did.

Some of the girls got shot glasses with little bottles of their favorite booze and others (under 21) got perfume.  I loved this idea and was so glad I could help her out.  I love how her and her friends roll!

Congratulations Allison!!  Remember to keep me posted!!  :)

Bridal Shower invite...

Hello Crafty Friends!

One of my friends needed a few bridal shower invites for her niece the other day and wanted something in blue, aqua, pink and yellow with a shabby country feel.  I found this wonderful digital art on Etsy by GraphicMarket and she absolutely loved it.  Please check out Graphic Market on Etsy.  Love, Love, Love!!!

I finally remembered to make a duplicate copy
of the invite without pertinent information.  :)

Printed on PaperandMore Classic White cardstock.  Cut at 5x7  

Isn't it lovely??

Jessica's Bridal Shower Card & InvitesFont ...

Hello Crafty Friends!

This summer was filled with loads of fun and exciting events!  Here is a card I made for Jessica for her Bridal Shower and the invitations I made.  (Wait til you see the wedding invites I made for her.)  ;)

Both cards were used with WPlus9 Design Studio's Lovebirds stamp set and dies.

Paper is from paper and more! in Classic White, Cherry Red, Cotton Candy and Cornflower Blue

Ink's are Momento Lady Bug and Rich Cocoa

Font Always Forever credit to
Brittney Murphy
Found at Dafont.com

I really like this paper company.  It works well with my Copic Markers too!  I used 100# in my project, but they do have a 70# that would work for layering paper.  The 100# makes a great card base.

Bridal Shower Invitations...

Hello Crafty Friends!

Here is a cute little bridal shower invitation I made for a friend using the WPlus9 stamp set Love Bird and Love Birds die.  The whole theme was Love Birds.  Super cute!  (The wedding announcements are lovebirds too!  I'll be sharing those with you later in the month.)  ;)

Kristine made this yummy lemon cake with the
lovebirds topper.  :)  

Bridal Shower Luncheon Invite...

Hello My Crafty Friends!

Well I am back from another of many little mini vacations we have lined up for this summer.  I will share about that in my next blog post.  Let's just say that it isn't a family vacation for us unless "someone" or "something" gets broke.  ;)

For now I am ready to share one of the many projects I have going on for this summer and that is a bridal shower luncheon invitation.  This was totally inspired by Valita at Valita's Designs and Fresh Folds.  If you haven't been over to her blog, please go check it out.  She is fabulous!  She is one of the inspirations for me to get into this whole blogging thing.  LOL!  (She doesn't know it, but probably now does, hehe)  I am not ashamed that I am a total stalker.  :)

Here is her post that inspired me...Wedding Dress Card.  Gorgeous right?!  (I'm assuming you went and checked it out?)

I am so excited to be helping out with one of my favorite families who will be getting a new daughter in law this year.  I helped with their daughter Kristine's (pictured below) shower and wedding projects last year you might recall.  She married my Besties son.  You can see the items I made for them under the wedding label over on the left hand side of my blog.  When I saw Valita's Wedding Card I just knew it would be the perfect Bridal Shower Luncheon invitation for Melissa.

And without further ado. here is my version:

Here is the outside of the invitation.

And here is the inside.

I would like to apologize to the designer of
this clothes hanger .svg file.  I downloaded
back before I knew the proper etiquette
for labeling .svg files.  If this belongs to you
please let me know and I will be sure to credit you
and link you to this blog.  

As you can see, loads of hangers.  :)

I used my Xyron to make these sticky
as they were too skinny for
my ATG gun to tape.  :)

Kristine, my wonderful helper.  

And I am not above using child labor...JK.
This is my niece Taylor punching all the tiny flowers.
Never tell auntie you are bored 2 weeks into
summer vacation.  I will find something for
you to do.  LOL!

We put little glitter Stickles dots in random flowers to give a little sparkle.  Sorry the pictures are so blurry, I only had my Iphone available to me at the time.  Takes better outdoor than indoor shots.  : /

I would also like to thank my Bestie, Delene for her help also.  She is on summer break and I am going to keep her busy also.  LOL!  <3 you girls, you are the BEST!!!!

I hope you enjoyed my little project.  I will be back with another soon.  :)

Stay tuned!

A lavender sachet for bridal shower favor...

Hello again crafty friends!

A friend of mine asked me if I would help her come up with some ideas for a bridal shower she was giving.  I sent her a few ideas and since the bride to be is a very crafty person and loves to quilt, we came up with this cute little sachet idea.  I found this pin cushion on Pinterest and thought what a cute sachet it would make.

Uh oh...problem.  We wanted lavender, and lavender season wasn't until the week after the shower.  Problem solved...I Googled alternative ideas and one of the sites I visited suggested soaking cotton balls with lavender essential oil.  Yay!  I put a bag of cotton balls into a zip lock bag and added the oil.  Lot's of oil.  :)  My house smelled so good.  LOL!  Anyway, I let it set for a couple of weeks because I wanted to see how long the scent would last.  Well, it lasts...that's for sure.  This was loads cheaper than buying dry lavender and a lot softer.

I found these really cute fat quarter packs at Joann's that had all the colors coordinated already.  They were on sale for around $6.00 and I used my 40% off coupon.  Saweet!  Then I also got a bag of poly fill and a bag of coordinating buttons (all different colors and sizes).  On sale of course!

All in all. 40 sachets for under $20.00.  Woo Hoo!

The brides soon to be mother in law, and my friends had a taste testing for the cupcakes (lavender with champagne icing), and sewing day at my Besties house.  She made us quite the lunch, Yummm, and we got to work.  My friends daughter wanted to learn how to sew on a machine so I put her to work right away.  I am not above child labor.  LOL!  JK!

I have to say it did take my bestie and I an extra day (or two?) to finish these up...but check out our results.  They were quite the hit at the shower, and fit the brides personality perfectly.

I can't wait until the wedding.  It is going to be a girl trip to the wedding destination.  :)

Kristine's Bridal Shower...

Hello Friends!

I hope you all had a wonderful day today.  I surely did.  Today was my bestie Delene, soon to be daughter in laws, bridal shower.  We all have such a GREAT time when we get together.

I made her this card with the help of Penny Duncan Creations Peony Petals .svg file (It is in the Flower section on her left side bar).  I used a center from a flower that I got at SVGCuts.com.  I had some Peony leaves left over from another project and wrapped floral tape around some candy sticks.  Tied it all together with a white ribbon to make look like a bouquet and adhered to card.  Wha-la!  :)

What do you think?  I was so happy with how it turned out.  

Hugs,

Challenge Week 4 at The Paper Dolls

**UPDATE**
Unfortunately it has been brought to my attention that this file is no longer from the SVGShop.  :( Sorry.

Hello Friends!

I know I haven't entered a challenge in a while, but when I saw this one today over at The Paper Dolls I just had to.  As soon as I saw this fabulous Flip Flop Box .svg file from Eleanor over at the SVGShop, well I had the perfect idea in mind.

I immediately thought of those bride and groom flip flops that you can get at most wedding shops that have the words on the bottom of the shoe, so when you walk on the sand it leaves the imprint Bride/Groom.  So I played around a little with my SCAL2 and came up with this for a bridal shower gift.  (You could totally make a combo Bride/Groom gift and make one in black and put Groom on the bottom of the sole.  Make them a left and a right.)  :)  Just an idea. hehe You know I always have ideas.

What do you think?

See how I stamped Congratulations to look like
a shoe manufacturer logo.  :)

I embossed the straps and added a flower spritzed
with a sparkly mist and added a rhinestone to the
center of the flower.

I used a Sizzix embossing folder to run the bottom
sole through after I put cut out the word Bride
with my SCAL2.  (hint: make sure you layout the
word correctly to go with the shoe direction.)  hehe
Took me 2 tries to figure this out.  LOL

I would love to hear what you think.

Have a GREAT day!

Bridal Shower Invitations...

Hi everyone...

I made these little beauties for my Best friends soon to be daughter-in-law's bridal shower.

This was a little tricky for me but I managed to figure out a way to print with my printer and cut with my cutting machine using an .svg file I found here at SVG Place.  This is a beautiful file by Loni Harris.  I used the dressform.svg file and resized to fit the information.  I embossed the bodice with the Victorian embossing folder. I wrapped tulle (a 10" circle folded in half) and tied around the waste with ribbon.  I used all the colors of the wedding.

Hugs,

Bridal Shower Card

Hello all,

My sister needed a Bridal shower card for a friend at work that is getting married soon ( I am working on a wedding card for her as well ).

I used a Sweetheart-Neckline Princess Dress .svg file from Craft Crave.  On the inside it says happily ever after.  :)  It has a base card and then the dress topper which I cut 3 from two different color papers, the skirt paper was already printed.  I cut the 3rd from white card stock. I cut both color and printed paper in half at the bodice.  I ran the top through the Cuttlebug with the Victorian embossing folder. Then I taped the top and bottom to the card stock piece (to give it some backing) then wrapped in ribbon around the waist to hide the seam and glued a bow to the front.  Then I attached it to the card base.  Very easy.  :)  Now what to make with the leftover dress pieces...hmmmmm.  :)

I hope you enjoy.  Hugs,