Weekend Pajama Party: Sugar & Spice Baby Shower!

I was honored to throw a baby shower for one of my favorite people in the world last weekend!  Katie is having a baby girl in September and wanted a soft and delicate feeling to the decorations and theme.  She decided on "Sugar and Spice" with an emphasis on sugar!  You can't go wrong with that. 

This cotton candy inpspired wreath was hung on the front door.  The rosettes were made from tulle (lots and lots of tulle) and held in place on a styrofoam wreath with corsage pins.  There was zero gluing involved, which I loved.  Click HERE! for a tutorial on my new favorite wreath.  :)

Next I made this matching topiary, using the same technique on the roses. 

I added strips of green tulle in the back of the rosettes for the look of leaves, and it added a delicate contrast. I'm not gonna lie, this little creation was hard to say goodbye to. 

Since the new little bundle of joy will be as "Cute as a Button", the guests each glued a button onto a "M" for baby Megan. 

The shower was open house style so we didn't play any of the traditional shower games, but this gave the guests something to work on for baby Megan's room.

Another little activity the guests were asked to do was with this Blessing Tree. They were asked to write some words of love, wisdom, or advice to Katie or baby Megan to hang on the tree. 

I made these puffy tulle pom poms as a simple garland to add detail to the gift table. 

They were SO easy, so keep your eyes open for an upcoming tutorial.

I LOVED the idea Katie came up with.  Like I mentioned before, it was open house style, but we wanted people to stay and chit chat, so Katie put together this onesie station. 

She bought a variety of onesie sizes, paint, and stencils and let everyone show off their creativity with personalized onesies from baby Megan's newest and greatest fans. 

It was such a cute idea to have the "artists" sign their names as a reminder of this fun day!

I also loved the holiday themed ones! I was a huge fan of this in lieu of games.

WARNING: Just looking at the rest of this blog post may cause cavities! 

Proceed at your own risk!  :)

"Sweets for the Sweet" was the theme of this candy bar.  Guests munched on candy and took a handmade paper box to go as a "thank you" for coming.

The boxes were made using the Cricut cartridge "Boxes, Bags, and Tags" (the first edition, not the "Boxes, Bags, Tags & More").  They are a really easy and custom DIY box for a variety of party favors.  I made the paper rosettes out of vellum which gave them a softer look.  Click HERE for a rosette tutorial.

The apothecary jars and smaller glass jars gave the candy bar an old time feel.

All of the candy was purchased at Gygi's, a super classy party supply store that has more than your average candy and baking selections.

One of my favorites were the giant pearlized gumballs.  ElleBee was sweet enough to let me use her gumball machines.  Click HERE for the tutorial she used to make them.

I got ahead of myself with the party favor, candy bar.  If you thought that was a sugar rush, get ready for the food, treats pure yumminess the guests indulged themselves on.

Katie's amazing neighbor, Rachel, baked all of these deliciously crazy treats!  A picture is worth a thousand words, so enjoy!

I know, right!?! 

 There was an insane amount of to-die-for food!
 These mini champagne styled glasses were one my favorites.  They came from our local Partyland.  The edges were dipped in Karo syrup and then dipped again in pink baking sugar from Gygi's.  The striped straws also came from Gygi's.  I told you, I'm kind of a fan!

Here I am with my gorgeous friend, Katie! (she's on the left)

It was so much fun planning this shower with her!  She will be an amazing mom, and I'm thrilled for her! 

I hope the next baby shower you throw is just as fun as this one!  Hopefully you got some good ideas you can use at any type of party to

make the world a cuter place! 

Have fun!

Cindy Jane
P.S. Click HERE to see some of Katie's baby announcement photos!

Weekend Pajama Party: Father's Day Soda "Pop"

Happy Father's Day!

Father's Day is a fun excuse to spoil your dad, husband, brother...you get the drift. I decided to treat my dad to a box full of goodies along with some of these cute soda "Pop" root beer bottles.

I cut out 3x8 inch strips of paper and glued them around the middle of the root beer bottles and then lined them with ribbon.  I used my Cricut for the circle and the word "Pop".  I got a template for the mustaches HERE!

Every dad is #1, right? 

I know mine is!

Why not tell him with this cute award ribbon?  If you haven't made any of these paper rosettes, you need to.  Now.  They're seriously so easy and so, so, so cute!  Click HERE for a tutorial.  You will thank me later....I promise.  :)

Okay, here's how I made bedazzled the cute box.  I went to my favorite thrift store, Deseret Industries, and I'm pretty sure I bought someone's 7th grade shop class project for $1!  You can't beat that.

 I painted it with Krylon's Pumpkin Orange first, but it was super ugly so I painted it with Krylon's Blue Ocean Breeze.  I still hated it, so I sanded the edges to distress it, and, HELLO!, the orange came through and I loved it!  Accidents like that are the best. 

Then I added some more cutie patootie rosettes...(yep, I just said that)

and loaded it up with some of his favorite treats!

I added my dad's favorite saying with vinyl lettering, "This is Livin'". 

He was a big fan! :)

I hope the guys in your life had a fabulous Father's Day too!

Keep making the world a cuter place!

Have fun!

~Cindy Jane

Weekend Pajama Party: Paper Rosette Tutorial

 

Oh, Baby!  I got to help throw a baby shower for two of my friends at work this week who are both expecting boys.  We had the shower in the library at school so we had an owl theme...owls like to read books, right?  I love paper rosettes but had never made any.  Well...I'm kind of an expert now, and they are super easy and fun to make for any party.

What I Used:

12x12 paper (double sided is best)

Martha Stewart scoring board (If you don't already have one, get one!)

hot glue/glue gun

Give a Hoot Cricut cartridge (for the owls)

The proportions for this rosette will make a 10 inch diameter rosette...the medium sized one in the trio.  Sorry I didn't snap pictures of the owl rosettes as I made them...they were a true pajama craftin' project.  :)

Step 1: Using one piece of 12x12 paper, cut three 4x12 inch strips.

Step 2: Score each paper at 1/2 inch.

Step 3: Fold the strips accordion style.  It's the same technique I used when I was little and would fold papers into fans during church.  :)

Step 4: Line the papers up and glue them together (keeping the accordion pattern)....

....until they look like a lampshade.

Step 5: Press down in the center until it looks like this.  Don't be afraid to force it down. 

You can't break it!

Step 6: I cut out a flower shape on my Cricut and hot glued a flower to each side to keep it together.

If you get the double sided paper, it's a fun bonus if you hang them from the ceiling. 

Here's the view from the back.

See how fun and easy?!  I cut out some owls using the Give a Hoot Cricut cartridge for the baby shower ones and I glued them over the white flower.  This made them extra sturdy.

Here's a cheat sheet for the paper sizes I cut and the diameter of each paper rosette.

Aqua: Finished rosette = 14 inch diameter

Uses four 6x12 inch paper strips (2 12x12 papers)

Orange: Finished rosette = 10 inch diameter

Uses three 4x12 inch paper strips

Green: Finished rosette = 6 1/2 inch diameter

Uses two 3x6 inch paper strips

I kept the owl motif going and made some extra mini owls as cupcake toppers.  :)

I made the banner out of burlap, cloth, and paper letters.  The burlap blocks are 6 inches and the damask cloth blocks are 5 1/4 inches.  I used spray adhesive to stick it all together.  :)

If you haven't already made some of these paper rosettes, I hope you'll give them a try! 

They definitely make the world a cuter place!

Have fun!

~Cindy Jane