Auction donations

I love donating to auctions. It's so much fun to try and come up with or create a fun set of bows or a theme. This is for the D.H. Auction for my high school PTSA. I chose a green, pink, black, orange theme for this set. They turned out cute. I also tried out a new bow design...see the pretty multi-colored double-layered flower with the jeweled center in the pics.

I have our daycare auction to donate to in April. I have two cute ideas for that one too..something I haven't done yet. :)

Favors for the girls...

Here are some detailed pics of the favors for the girls. You saw the flip flops in a previous post. An old friend from ISU made the Hawaiian flower tags that say, "Aloha, thanks for coming!" and I made an initial tag that matched the birthday banner w/ my Cricut.

Birthday stuff..

i finished the birthday banner for bee...now that i have the bigger cricut, i can do so much more with it. next weekend we'll be having a big luau!

Flip Flops for the girls :)

These are 3 pairs of flip flops I have made so far for the girls for Brynn's bday party. It's a Hawaiian theme, so of course, flip flops are a great little party favor and really inexpensive to make. I bought these flip flops for under $2 each. :) I would love to make more pairs to match more of Brynn's outfits or even to match a birthday gift for some of Brynn's friends near and far. :)

I just wish I could think of something cool to make for the boys but so far, no ideas are crossing my mind. Poor boys!

Hawaiian Invites

This is one version of the Hawaiian bday party invites I've been making for Brynn's 4th bday. I have another version that looks similar, except the middle of the flower has a rhinestone instead of a brad. I think both look cute, and they were cheaper than a set of 8 at the party store. This is the first time I've made invites myself. The first year, I didn't send any out. The second year, I ordered them from apple.com. The third year, we bought Hello Kitty ones from the store, and this year, I did purchase some cute flip flop ones from the party store, but after searching online for awhile, I finally found one I could make and had all of the materials (w/ the exception of the Hawaiian paper) on hand. Luckily, at JoAnn's this week, paper was 5 for $1. SCORE! While I have enjoyed putting them together, I am sure I could figure out a way to make them even cuter, but I keep telling myself that people throw them away. Thus, this will be fine. Brynn has been looking at them and her eyes just light up. She is so excited for her party in about a month. it's hard to believe this little girl is almost 4.

Craftin' Away

I have been busy putting together a large # of bows because I am going to be a part of my very first craft show in December. I am SO excited but also nervous. How do I set up shop? The table will be provided and I'll borrow Dj's table cloth he takes w/ him to computer shows. I think I will only accept cash for this first show. I have also ordered a bunch of those white plastic backings to attach my bows onto so they all look the same. I think I need to get a stamp and stamp the backs of all of them or a sticker or something w/ my business name and etsy site.

some new scrapbooking pages