A Crazy Mixed Up Party...

This could be a very fun & silly party...Ohhh the possibilities! 

A lot of Grammar Schools celebrate something like..."Crazy Mixed Up Days"! The kids wear mismatched clothes,  silly hair or pajama's to school! So why not take it one more step, coordinate  something fun at home & celebrate at the same time!!!

It's a great way to use your leftover holiday & birthday paper plates, napkins, cups , cupcakes sleeves, etc., from every past occasion! 

So, while I was organizing my kitchen...I had a "bright idea"! An after thought really!
Some of the Grandkids had just celebrated Mixed-up Crazy Day at School. I was cleaning out the cupboard where I store all my leftover holiday & birthday plates, napkins, etc.
"Why not organize, divide & bag up a bundle of this stuff and spread the wealth? I had enough products to create 6 or 7 Mixed up Crazy Party bags!

I laid everything out on the dining room table according to each holiday.

Then I started dividing everything into piles. Stacking plates, napkins & more into mixed-up piles !

 This pile had Halloween, Valentines Day, Christmas, New Years, St. Patty's Day & Fourth of July all rolled into one!

Everything was divided & organized.

 I used some gift bags, ribbons & tissue paper I had on hand. And, bagged everything up!

Then I delivered them to the kids and my friends with kids or grandkids!
Everyone who received them...LOVED the idea!
Here is the note I slipped inside...

Make Life Fun & a Little CRAZY with Style...

Embellished Lamp Shade...

Embellished Lamp Shade...

I had some very pretty lamps... BUT I wanted to Embellish them!

Just a little bit!!!

This is the finished Lamp Shade! I love how it turned out!

This is BEFORE the Embellishment! 

These are the supplies I used. Ribbon & Lace bought on sale....Buttons I had been collecting...scissors and a hot glue gun. 

*The bedspread where the lamps will eventually go/live, is white with a large silver flower embellishment! It's going to look amazing when I finally get to decorate! Yeah!!!

 It is hard to see but the lampshade material has silver sparkles throughout the shade! I started tying and gluing on ribbon and lace in white and silver.

On a side note: These lamps will grace our new guest room...As SOON as the new garage/office is finished!

 A work in progress....

 It's coming along...

 Loving how it is taking shape....

 I was very happy with the way this shade turned out!

This photo is with the light on...

 Another view of the finished shade.

 I can't wait to redecorate the new guest room! Until then, I used another bedroom to showcase the lamp.

She's a Beauty with Shabby Chic Style...

A Special Thank You Gift...

A Thank You Gift...

I needed 3 Thank You Gifts...We live in a small town...

I didn't have time to drive to one of the neighboring towns and search for SOMETHING...
And I wanted something Simple, DO-ABLE & USEABLE! 

So I put my thinking cap on...

 I decided to showcase a few local items...But didn't want to use
JUST a paper gift bag...Shoot, anyone can do that!
I wanted some personality thrown in......

 I  had decided on some local wine along with a few other items....

So naturally...a Wine bag popped into my head.....BUT I needed a much larger size to included everything. Especially the large loaf of bread!

 So, I cut out a much larger version of a wine bag from some heavy weight muslin and burlap, (the burlap was slightly smaller in width, but slightly longer than the main/muslin pattern).
Then I started sewing. I placed the burlap over the top of the muslin , making them into a large wine bag style gift bags. I added twine, (to close the tops), by sewing the twine into the seams.

 Included in the bags were; Red Wine, Bread Dipping Oil, a small package of chocolate candies and a loaf of freshly baked french bread. Then I hole punched my business card and attached with the twine.
Ta-Dah....Done!

 The bags were very simple to make, I frayed the edges of the burlap, leaving them longer on the top.

A Very Simple, yet a thoughtful gift with some personal touches! 

These were so simple and didn't take very long to make. 

Best of All...

The gifts were received with Style...

Little Boy Blue, A Shower Cake Gift...

Little Boy Blue Party...

Little Boy Blue...A Baby Shower

A very good friend asked me to help with a baby shower for her FIRST grandchild! She was holding a small family baby shower on a Tuesday afternoon.

*Find the recipe for this cake at the bottom of this post!

 I offered to do the Centerpiece, which would also be my gift! 

A Baby Shower Cake...made from Diapers, blankets, towels, toys etc.

It turned out so CUTE!

 Our Guest of Honor & his Mommy!

Two weeks old! Precious!!!

 So Cute...and fun to put together! We set a white bowl upside down, placed a platter on top, then a wicker style charger...AND then the CAKE!

We used burlap, twine and wicker to embellish the Blue Shower items. Everything came together so quickly....It took only minutes to set up for the shower.

 Another view of the baby cake.

 There are 50 diapers inside this cake!

 Items for the cake...I went to Walmart & Michael's for everything!

 Two layers of the cake are done....

 I rolled the diapers inside a bath towel and rolled them into a cake layer. I tied it together with twine to hold it together.

 This Gift Idea is so simple to do...Just have fun with it! I used socks, pacifiers, wash clothes, onesies, baby trinkets from Micheals, towels, diapers.....I also used Quilting straight pins to pin several items on the cake! They are longer than normal sewing pins. You may also use corsage pins. A little ribbon and a little imagination.....



Everyone LOVED it ...
especially... Mommy & the Grandma's!



I put a simple gift tag on the rubber ducky and my gift was ready to take center stage!


ADORABLE!!!

 I found these cute little boxes at Michaels 

We sat small topiaries in the box and used a brown tissue paper to stuff around the trees. Placed it on a wicker charger and TA-DA...
 called it done!

 These boxes anchored each side of the Diaper Cake.

 Gift Table....

 My Girlfriend chose finger foods & light desserts to serve her guests.

Cheese, Fruits & Veggies, Crackers, Rounds of Baguettes, a Chicken Pesto Dip and a Smoked Salmon Spread...YUMMY!

 For Dessert...

Strawberries & Cream Cheese drizzled with Chocolate

 (Her lovely daughter's creation) and Angel Food & Pineapple Cake!

DOUBLE YUMMY!!

 A Simple Shower with BIG results and a

Prescious Baby Boy! 

A Sweet Baby Showered with Love & Style...

(Posted from 2012)
Happy Birthday to My daughter Tara at Trendy Treehouse...XOXO's
Recipe for the Baby Cake is Below....