...5 MinuTe QuiCkIe...

My neighbor's birthday is today...and while the booze inside is a perfectly acceptable present :)  the glitter zebra bag...spectacular though it was, needed a little something...

But it was only going to get 5 minutes worth of something since I had a meeting to be at in 15 minutes...

All hail the Cricut!!...I cut out a "K" and it's shadow...hot glued them on...added a ribbon wrapped candle...and it looks like I'm thoughtful...  :)

Here's a close-up...SuPeR easy and fast...but quite a bit of bang for your buck...besides...how can you go wrong with black glittered zebra print and hot pink?!?!  (That's actually funny coming from someone who's house is all shades of tan and only wears jeans and black or white t-shirts!)  :)

And here's a picture of why I didn't have time earlier in the day to fuss with the bag....

Chocolate coated oreos on a stick in the middle of their production for the BaBy ShoWeR...I spent 6 hours Sunday setting up for that...another couple and the set-up should be done...but the food prep is just beginning...I sure hope I remember to take my camera on Saturday!

Have a TeRriFiC Tuesday!

Thanks for looking

jen

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...BaBy ShoWeR FavoR...take 2

Take 1 was so bad I didn't even post it....this one isn't completely right either...the tag is off...

hopefully I'll figure it out today and have 40 completed and corrected ones posted tomorrow! :)

I love this clear purse from Taylored Expressions as a base...

...and the decoration on the bag is fine...it's just that tag that needs help! :)

More baby shower stuff on it's way...sorry for the lack of anything else...the shower stuff is sucking the creative life out of me :)

Have a great weekend!

jen

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...ShoweR WreAtH...

another quickie...

here's a wreath I made to put on the front door on the day of the BaBy ShoWeR...

Really simple...I just wrapped ribbon around a green wreath form and glued some twine across the back.  Then I cut pennant pieces and used stickers to put ~baby~ on.  I cricuted out some butterflies from the Paisley cartridge, hot glued them on and added white ribbon to hang it from...easy peasy but FesTiVe! :)

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...ShoWeR FLoweR...

Super quick...the BaBy ShoWeR preparation has begun...

I used tin buckets from the $1 bin at Target, filled with florist foam and a silk hydrangea.  The theme for the baby shower is BuTTeRfLies and PoLka DoTs, so I added a few punched and paper pieced butterflies onto wire and poked them into the foam as well...I'm pretty sure I saw this done by Martha Stewart some where...so...thanks MaRtHa! :)

I only have to make 4 more of these....different colors and butterflies though...4 the same would be BoRinG!!!

I'm sure there will be another BabY ShoWeR post tomorrow...since that's all I'm crafting right now :) ...a little sad because I have the CuTeSt new Penny Black Christmas stamps..and they are sooooooo calling for ink! :)

Have a TeRriFic TueSdaY!

Thanks for looking,

jen

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...TreAt TiMe....

So Bunco was last night and we needed treats...cuz that's what bUnCo is all about...the treats...and maybe the gossip...but mainly the treats. 

 My mom was hosting, but since I needed to try out the recipes for truffles that I am making for my sister-in-law's baby shower,  I made dessert...

Here they are...truffles....OrEo, ChOcoLaTe cHiP CoOkiE DouGh, and CaKe bAtTeR....it got a little messy in the kitchen, but they were really easy to make.  I found all the recipes together here ...(thank you soooo much Landeeseelandeedo!!) and since it was my first time making them, I did it ExAcTLY like the recipe said...

My boys did a little pre-bunco taste test and they were approved to go :)

Here's a top view so you can see the decorations...again...for this batch, I did it jUsT like the recipe said to...for the shower, I'll brighten up the sprinkles and make them color coordinated...and I might drizzle colored chocolate on the OrEo ones instead of plain chocolate...but other than that, I'm sticking with what the GeNiUs behind all these recipes says...because they are deeeeeeeelicious!!

Here's a fun little side view sneak peek that shows the baby shower colors...aqua...hot pink...limey green, and purple...bright and happy...should be fun!

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...BaBy ShoWeR PiCs...

A few months ago I helped a friend with a baby shower...I've always wanted to do a dessert table and I thought this would be a perfect opportunity  to try...

Since I just did the set up, none of the pictures have food in them :) you just have to  imagine it...I had also made sugar cookies with royal icing for the first time...onsies and baby carriages...they turned out pretty cute...but I don't have any pics :(

You can juuuuust see the party favors on the table...but there is no close up...where are all the pictures???...what was I thinking???  

There was a bird/nest theme going on...can you see the nest under the glass? and the little birdies on the pennant banner?  The water bottles have cute little stamped labels too...again...no picture :(

I made a little banner too...I would have done the baby's name, but they didn't know it yet...I thought a  ~sWeEt~ banner had a better chance of getting re-used than a ~bAbY~ banner...

I'm doing another baby shower next month for my sister-in-law...I will definitely take more pictures of that one! :) ...It has a butterfly/polka dot theme with bright, fun colors...

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