This weekend i made this peter pan bib necklace. I used flimsy felt and beads. I glued the beads on with a hot glue gun then connect the panels to each other and to chains using jump rings and pliars. Note that there are three jump rings between the panels so it lies flat. To get rings through the felt open them up and just push hard until it goes through.
Diy yarn lanterns:
My friend and i spent the day making yarn lanterns. We finally gave in to these blogosphere wonders. Here are our hints…
Use the glue mixtures that are prescribed (they are usually white glue, salt, water, cornstarch). This way it will dry clear.
Do not use straight modge podge.
Slather up your balloons with vaseline before you start.
Pay attention to them. Some of our balloons popped as they were drying which resulted in half collapsed shapes because we didn’t catch em in time.
The yarn worked easiest, but the twine looked prettiest.
We bought everything from the dollar store.
We think the could look very cute spraypainted!
Here is an awesome guest vid that jill from www.envirocraftiness.blogspot.com did for me about the paper flowers. She bunches them together to use for centerpieces. They still need to be painted and curled, butfor those instructions, just hit up her blog (sept 6 2010) or let your natural artistry fly!
Here is an awesome guest vid that jill from www.envirocraftiness.blogspot.com did for me about the paper flowers. She bunches them together to use for centerpieces. They still need to be painted and curled, butfor those instructions, just hit up her blog (sept 6 2010) or let your natural artistry fly!
Diy bridal shower veil!
I have a bunch of leftover tulle from a recent bridal shower, so i am reusing it for the bridal shower i am helping host in a week. We had a goofy veil for the bride, but lost it during the stagette. I offered to make the one for the bride’s shower. I picked up a pack of comb’s from my local craft store and pulled out the hot glue gun…
Take about a wingspan’s worth of tulle. Fold it in half. Scrunch up one end accordian style. Add glue to help it stay scrunchy. This is one fifth of the veil. Glue the scrunched end to the first fifth of the comb - make sure it is the side of the comb that would lay agains the head. Do this four more times so the you have 5 strands glued to the comb’s top. Put it on your own hair to gauge the length you want. Trim to desired length.
Being in my mid twens, I have hit the stage in my life where every weekend in summer is a wedding. This year I am a bridesmaid TWICE, which will take me to owning a total of three bridesmaid dresses. Next summer I am also a bridesmaid… at what point do I get to begin saying, “always a bridesmaid, never a bride?”
Anyway, I thought I would give you my two cents on bridal showers. The shower is often the role of the mother or the moh, but times they are a changing, and i have noticed lately that the bridal party often helps to pick up the slack.
I have two showers forthcoming (one next weekend and one in three weekends) and have had my little role in both. Here are some ideas:
1) keep decorations to a minimum. Do a bouquet and some pictures of the bride through her lifetime at the entrance way of the locale. Also, if the shower is at a household, post balloons on the door so that guests know they are at the right house.
2) themes can really help set the tone, but are also completely unnecessary. if you choose to go with a theme, please make it obvious in your invitation.
3) keep it cheap by providing one alcoholic option and one nonalcoholic drink option. If you make a punch, also buy some hard alcohol and now you’ve doubled your alcoholic drink options.
4) games help to keep the day rolling… especially if the bride wants a LONG “me-day” shower… which they are TOTALLY entitled to… respect that if they want it. Prizes help to make the games feel worth it for the party poopers and believe or not are good motivators (yes adults love prizes too). Here are some games I am doing/have done at showers:
How well does the couple know each other?
a) Where was ______ born?
b) List the members of ______ immediate family
b) when is ______ birthday?
c) what is ______ biggest pet peeve?
b) where did you first meet?
c) how did ______ win you over
c) where was your first kiss?
d) who said I love you first?
e) when did ______ first say I love you?
f) what was your first fight about?
f) when is your anniversary?
g) where is your (as a couple) favorite place to go for a meal?
h) when does ______ think you (as a couple) should start having little ones?
i) what is ______ best/most utilized dance move?
j) what will you name your first born if it is a boy or girl
k) what is your best quality
l) what is your sexiest feature
m) what will ______ say you think his best quality is
n) what will ______ say you think is his best quality?
*this game is especially fun if you videotape the grooms answers!
Design a Reception dress
Materials: (per group)
- scissors
- 5 safety pins
- 1 glue stick
- 1 roll toilet paper
- 1 sheet of fabric and/or old tshirt
- 5 elastic bands
- 2 pages construction paper
Prizes for winning team (1 vitamin water and 1 nail polish each = 7 vitamin water and 7 nailpolish)
Prize for best model ( 1 body lotion)
Bridal Shower Bingo
Players place their guesses in a bingo card and must cross out a line in any direction to win a prize
5 prizes only of 2 bath bombs
In a word doc. make a table that is 5 across and six down. put b, r, i, d, e in the first row. The very middle square should be a “free” square. Underneath the table write the following rules:
- Pick some items you predict the bride will receive and place them in the squares on the bingo card
- You may put the same item in many squares
- Cross out squares as the bride opens those items
- Once you have crossed out any line (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) yell “BINGO!”
- First 5 bingos can claim your prize!
For a Stagette:
*this first game helps to have the guests get to know each other in an informal and short time frame
Stand up if:
You are sisters with bride
You are related to bride
You’ve ever lived with bride
You went to university with bride
You went to highschool with bride
You went to elementary school with bride
You went to preschool with bride
You’ve danced with bride
You’ve been choreographed by bride
You’ve been coworkers with bride
You’ve gone on a trip with bride
You’ve been drinking buddies with bride
You’ve been on a double date with bride
You’ve laughed so hard you’ve cried with bride
Name the couple:
- as people think of brangelina names for groom and bride they can write them on a white board and/or on post it notes
- at the end of the evening bride will pick her favorite and that person will win a prize
There are LOADS of resources on the internet, which I am sure you are all well aware of. I just thought I’d put in my two cents.
Bath bombs round deux!
I made these lavendar bath bombs for a second time. This time as favours for a friend’s bridal shower, so i wanted thrm to turn out more pro looking than my previous attempt. This time i followed exactly the proportions from http://envirocraftiness.blogspot.com
Here is my recipe for 6 bombs:
Mix 1 c baking soda with 1/2 c cornstarch and 1/2 c epsom salt.
Add some good hard shakes of solid lavendar buds.
In a small bowl stir together 1 T water with 2 T jojoba oil and 1 t lavendar essential oil.
Add liquids to drys and mix with your hands very well. It should seem “packable” like you could build a sand castle, but not moist.
Stir in 1/2 c citric acid with a fork. Then mix with hands. Pack into you jello mold or muffin tin. Then immediately flip onto parchment.
Let dry 24 h.
How to achieve the perfect shabby chic finish on your thrifted furniture:
1) clean surface with warm water and thoroughly dry
2) prime with a BRUSH. Only one coat. It won’t be completely opaque because you will see through some of the brush strokes
3) wait about an hour ish (i usually go for a jog)
4) paint with color of choice with a BRUSH, but only one coat! It will allow the brush strokes to be seen and some of the primer to show through.
5) Let dry
6) Sand areas that would naturally wear down (all edges and cornera, maybe near hardware)
7) sit back and smile about the fact that your dresser only cost $7 and a litre of paint
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