From the Sweatshop

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Annie's Shower

Unfortunately, Annie's Shower had to be cancelled at the last minute. But many of the decorations I made for the shower were also meant for her to take home and decorate her nursery. Above are pennants made from muted baby prints connected with brown organza ribbon and butter yellow rickrack. It should look very cute on baby's tan and cream striped walls.

Pete and I worked on a gift for baby that can hang in his/her room:

Pete chose the fabrics from my stash and cut out the animals, I did the sewing and attached the scene to a prestretched canvas.
Don't know baby's first name yet, but he/she will have a big brown spotted M (baby's last initial) for the nursery. Notice that the spots match the pennants!

A string of green tulle pompoms won't ship well to Ohio, so they found a home in my 7-year-old neighbor's bedroom. They look great blowing in the wind.

And the fresh strawberry pie . . . didn't last 24 hours. Three helpings each for the kids. Yum!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Casey's High School Graduation



What a great time I had planning this party!  The graduate's high school and college colors went well together:  black, white, red.  His extracurricular activities included soccer and music.  With that inspiration I got to work making pennants, windsocks, tablecloths, and centerpieces.

The party was to be set on the small island connected to the client's property by a dock.  Strings of pennants were to line the dock as the guests walked out to the island.  Metallic red windsocks were to blow in the breeze and shine in the sun.  Pots painted red and planted with red gerber daisies and white dahlias were going to be so summery on the red and black gingham tablecloths.

April and May gave us almost no rain and lots of sun, but then on June 6th there was no sun to be found and it RAINED ALL DAY.  What can you do?  We moved some things around and had a lovely party despite the weather.  The graduates even snuck in a muddy game of volleyball when the rain let up a bit.


Cocoa & Fig catered the party.  Their food was wonderful!  Great wraps, pulled pork sandwiches, and salads.  Country Cake Cupboard made the cakes.  They were so cute and really good!



 


Thanks Sue and Phil for the opportunity to plan Casey's graduation party.  

Congrats Casey!  Enjoy college!

Monday, June 1, 2009

Lauren's Go Green Birthday

My wonderful friend Lauren was turning 11 and honored me with the job of planning her birthday party. For the invitation I used wordle.net. Check it out -- fun to play with.Lauren is a budding enviromentalist and chose "go green" as her theme. I found some very cute green (the color) decorations. Dinner was a pasta bar where the girls got to choose their pasta toppings.For dessert we had a strawberry cake and homemade ice cream (ice cream flavors added by Lauren).

We did several green (as in re-use) crafts. As the girls arrived we created button flowers with old buttons, floral wire, and floral tape.

Next was designing a "sculpture". We used empty plastic containers which once held rice and salsa, all the junk from the bottom of the toybox, and a glue gun. The girls were very creative. After dinner we made a tote bag out of an old t-shirt. After sewing the bag the girls used fabric paints to further decorate their bags.Party favors for the girls included pots that Lauren and I filled flowering plants, button flowers in their plants, t-shirt bags, and sculptures.

I had a wonderful time with my favorite 11-year-old and her lovely friends.