Circus Theme Party

I recently helped throw a circus themed party. Once again, I am so very thankful for my Silhouette, as there is no was I could have done such nice decorations. The guests were greeted by this sign at the front door.
We attempted to make the dining room ceiling look like the top of a circus tent using crape paper, but I think it would have turned out much better if we would have used large sheets of material. Still turned out festive though. The guy the party was for is a huge circus/clown fan and had several old posters that we were able to use as part of the decor too. Also, to make more room we pushed the table up against one wall of the dining room.
Here is a picture of the treat/sweet table before we finished adding all the food.
Instead of attempting to make several cupcake toppers, we found it to be just as cost effective and easier to order these from Oriental Trading Co. The bonus feature is that they are made of vinyl, so they could be washed and reused someday.
The other cupcakes were baked in snow cone cups, topped with frosting and then sprinkled with homemade colored sugar to look like actual snow cones. These even fooled a few of the kids!
All of the food served was food that you would actually find at a circus. To help liven up the table, I made these super cute place cards.


The lemonade not only had this cute label, but also some tickets wrapped around it. We did the same thing with the peanut bowl to help tie it together.



The salt was made using Crystal Stickles. Perfect touch!
With so many treats, there was no way anyone would want to eat a large amount of cotton candy, so putting a small amount into cupcake liners works perfectly.
This party was really fun to put together and hopefully you get some ideas. This was an adult party, so if you have kids, it would be really fun to add face painting and games, but the decor would be still be amazing for any age group.

Hugs & Kisses

This year I have decided I want to decorate for each holiday, big or small, but I don't want to buy manufactured items or spend a lot of money. My first holiday is Valentines Day. I bought these letters at Joanne's on sale, scrapbook paper and used some leftover modge podge to create.....
these X and O decorations. I am picking up the perfect dresser this weekend that I plan on repainting and using in my living room. This is where I will be displaying all my holiday craft decor. Pictures of the furniture, wall display and holiday displays coming in the near future!

Baby Cakes

I first saw these adorable Baby Cakes when a friend of mine made them and then found them on pinterest with instructions. Basically, you just take a receiving blanket, onesie or burp cloth and fold it into a strip and then roll. Put it into a coffee filter and hold in place with a rubber band. Cover rubber band with a ribbon.

These are for the newly expecting mom's in my MOPS group, so I made them all gender neutral, as no one would know the sex of their baby so early on. I originally made them just like this picture,
but then decided that they needed something more. So I went ahead and made cupcake toppers for them. I put mine in a cupcake/muffin pan, but if I was throwing a baby shower, I would arrange them on a treat stand and then display them on the desert table.
An up-close picture of the cupcake topper.

Animal Theme

This little kitty card is paws-atively precious. With the floral background it reminds me of a Victorian style card.

This little pig is sitting on brown "mud" paper with a blue sky. He has wiggly eyes and a stamp inside that says Hogs & Kisses.

Turtley Awesome. Cute turtle on a southwest style paper.
What a cute little ladybug. She is two layers and resting on some embossed leaves and flowers with wiggle eyes.
Jellyfish swimming in blue water with bubbles.
This squirrel would be great as a Fall card or for a man.
I love how elegant this little deer appears. He and his little butterfly are Besties Always.

Fruit Theme

As I said in my previous post, I made 4 themes of greeting cards for a recent boutique. Here is one of them, the Fruit Theme. I sell these in a pack of 8 with envelopes, housed in a clear plastic box. If you are interested, please contact me at ediving@hotmail.com. I am also willing to sell them individually too. All die cuts are given a 3-d look using pop dots.

The Apple. Red card base, with white cardstock inside to write on. I embossed the top part to look like leaves, put stickles on the seeds and stamped it with Apple of My Eye.

The Pear. Dark green card base, with white cardstock inside. Embossed with pears, strip of brown cardstock with ivory ribbon and stamp says What A Pear!

Strawberry. Green cardstock, topped with a silky smooth summer print paper. Inside of the card, it is stamped with You're Berry Special.

Grapes. Plain white cardstock, with 2 layers for the grapes. Green paper with white polka dots and purple ribbon. Stamp says Have a Grape Day!

Watermelon. This card screams Summer. Green cardstock, red/white plaid top, ivory bottom and a red/white stitched ribbon. Stamp says You're One, in a Melon.

Cherry. Red cardstock. Black cardstock embossed with cherries. Heart on cherry is covered in stickles. Stamp says Life is Like a Bowl of Cherries.

Peach. Rustic orange cardstock. Green base and a strip of printed rustic orange. Stamp says You're a Peach!

Lemonade. Yellow cardstock card. Light blue base with a summer plaid bottom. The pitcher is made using velum, lemonade is a yellow/white print paper and lemons are two shades of yellow. Stamp says When Life Hands You Lemons...
The detail on each card is amazing. The pictures just don't do them justice, but trust me when I say you won't find cuter cards in the store and you can't beat homemade products.

A couple of weeks ago, I attended a boutique. I was one of 12 vendors selling various products. I sold my greeting cards (4 themes), Reindeer art and Santa ornaments. I will post close up pictures of all these items in different posts, but for now I wanted to share my table with you.
Each box contained 8 cards/8 envelopes. I sold a Fruit theme, Animal theme, Girly Girl theme and a Bird theme.
A couple of cards out of the box displayed in a flowerpot.
If you are interested in purchasing any of these cards, please leave me a message on here or email me at ediving@hotmail.com

Oreo Bats

Unfortunately, this is a horrible picture....sooo sorry. I got this idea from bestbites.com, so if want to see the directions or a good picture, check them out. My kids went to a party on halloween morning and I thought these would be cute to bring. The kids loved them! It is just an oreo cookie dipped in chocolate and then bat wings (cut out on my Silhouette) inserted in the sides. The ghost container I got out of the dollar section at Target and I inserted a floral foam inside to hold the bats.