Send in the Clowns!

Don't bother...they're here...
Left is another entry in the parade of dress form people I have been having fun with.  I have a wedding in three days and I should be concentrating on the endless list of chores that need to be done...instead I have been practicing creative avoidance.  My list of characters keeps getting longer and longer.  I had to go back to Popalicious Too  the Etsy shop, and order a few more.  There are so many projects I want to do...but when inspiration strikes...one has to act while the iron is hot!

One inspiration for a future DFP came from Pinterest...the coolest, wickedest looking witch.  I'm sure mine will be radically different when I'm done...but isn't she cool!  I will be looking out for the perfect paper to use for her dress.

She is a creation of...

Hudson's Holidays Etsy Shop

A little bit of a closeup.

I found the cute wee redbird in a box of random vintage Christmas doo-dads.

Some Random Shower Pics....

The Cupcakes!  Red Velvet from Dippidee.  So yummy!

More Door Prizes...the prettiest mugs ever from the Disney Store.

My sweet Amber at the party.

Thank you for letting me share some of my projects and ideas.  I've gotten so much inspiration from all of you!  

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.



Valentine and Bridal Shower Projects!

Blue Bird Candy House...
Amber's bridal shower will be held at our house on January 28.  I'm working on a Vintage Bride theme for the wedding dinner, but I decided to go with Vintage Valentines for the shower.  That way I can craft to my heart's content and still be ready for the party. Yesterday I finally finished the first project...a pink and blue Valentine house decorated with blue birds and candy hearts.

This was fun!  I usually make these into gingerbread houses.

If I were to do this again, I would use red glitter glue around the windows.

They look better than the picture shows, though.

I've always believed that the back of a house should be just as cute as the front.

(I wish some of the people in town had thought of that...I hate boring expanses of stucco!)

Blue Bird Invitations...

Yes, I know these aren't Valentines per se...but I did stick to the blue bird theme.

Since I've been learning to make tags...I decided to make tag-like invitations.

The papers are loosely layered, though.

Blog Books...

I liked the idea of having a blog book printed...but when I saw it would be almost $100 just to print 4 1/2 months of blog...I am making my own.  I just cut and paste the posts to Word.  It keeps the format and looks pretty much like what you get in the Blog Book.  I've been making individual folders on Word for each month.  When a month's worth is pasted, I print it...put the pages in sheet protectors...then put them in a 3" three ring binder.  I am making cute divider pages for each month and decorating the outside of the binder as well.  Once I am finished with 2011...I will simply print each month as it comes...easy peasy!  I got this idea from another blogger...I sure wish I remembered which one, so I could thank her personally.

Thank you, Bloggers-I-Follow, for the inspiration you give me every day.

I want you all to know that I (try to) read every one of your posts!