Showing posts with label Amber's Wedding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amber's Wedding. Show all posts

Monday, January 23, 2012

More Things For the Shower!

Getting Things Ready...
Amber's shower isn't until Saturday, but I have things piled up on the table to make sure I haven't forgotten anything.  I found the cute red and white tree at Hobby Lobby for 90% off...$2.  It was in their collection of Christmas decorations for sports fans.  I'm excited to now have a Valentines tree!

Treat Boxes...
I love painting and decorating papier mache boxes.
The pink ones above were in Target's dollar bins...already pink!

These will be filled with chocolates and small trinkets.
I'm doing door prizes...I hate stupid shower games.

The red boxes are also for door prizes.
Favors are Sweethearts boxes (not shown) decorated with a cute valentine tag on the front.
I'm making smaller versions of the treat boxes for the little girls who'll be there.

Valentine Garland...
The beauty of a Valentines theme is that I get my house decorated for the holiday at the same time.
A quick and easy garland with printed valentines and aqua rick-rack. 
I added a few heart-shaped buttons.

A close up of some of the cards.  They are about 8" in length.
I have to say again...I am so glad that Valentines Day is a "red" holiday!

I will be so glad to back to blogging more regularly.  Do you ever feel that you have lost your "Blogging Mojo?"  I'm doing a lot of crafting...but not a lot of what I would like to do...my head is bursting with ideas, but I have to get this wedding thing over with.  It's all good, though.  I can't wait to see my daughter happily settled down with the right person this time.

Go check out Hobby Lobby for those trees. 
Ours had a lot of red/white ones left a few days ago.



Saturday, January 14, 2012

Blog Book and More Wedding Projects!

Finished at last!...
My goal for today was to finish printing my blog and putting it in the binder.  I had only been blogging for 4 and a half months at year's end, so I was able to fit my entire blog in a 3" three-ring binder.  I like the ones with the clear pockets on the outside so I can decorate it how I like.

Divider Pages...
I made some divider pages for each month.  This year...I will make fancier ones since I will be printing the blog posts from each month as it ends.  Since this was an experiment, I don't think it looks too bad.  Everything is neat and tidy in page protectors.

August

September

October

November

December
I kind of lost interest in embellishing December.  (My grandkids came over.)


 Wedding Projects...
The picture on the left is something I pinned on Pinterest.  It's found on Scrapbook.com.  I'm working on this for Amber's wedding on February 11.  It's been fun doing the decorations.  It's just a small affair, since Amber has been married before.



My version...
It looks a little busy up against the book case...but I'm liking it a lot.
Thank you, Christmas tag swaps, for teaching me a few tag techniques. Lol!
A few closeups of tags...

The frame and letters are white glitter cardstock.
I painted the little clothespins and sprinkled them with glitter.

I'm making scrapbook pages to sign...rather than a guest book.  
She can put the pages in her book. 

We're having a Valentine's Day theme for the shower.  I'll post more of the decorations, etc. in another post.  Thank you for letting me share some of the projects I've been working on.