Baby Boy Collection

Howdy.  I purchased a few items from the Heaven Sent 2 collection by Prima.  Let me start by saying how sweet and beautiful the pattern papers, blossoms, and the embellishments are.  So, it was very easy to create a variety of paper crafts using this collection.  

I created a gift bag, a small gift box, a pizza box, a greeting card, and two different sizes of gift card holders.  I used Kraft card stock by Paper Trey Ink as the base for all of these items.  I did use two different blue matts: Aqua Mist by Paper Trey Ink, and Lost Lagoon by Stampin' Up!.  I used silver as an accent only on the large packaged gift card holder.  I used gold as the accent metallic on everything else.  I mostly liked white paper blossoms, but there are two blue blossoms.  

And yes, all these items will be available at my craft shows.  Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you have seen something that makes you smile.  Have a great day, and I hope you have a chance to create something beautiful!

new Little Man

wow, this weeekend is going by too fast.  Yesterday, was the big party: our daughter's surprise baby reveal shower.  The party was scheduled to start @ 2p.  Most folks were there by 245p.  So, that in itself was a good thing.  The 'surprise' was for our daughter and her husband.  They didn't know they are having a boy.  The rest of us did {smile}.  I was running late yesterday morning, getting everything set up, and so when I got done, my attention was distracted.  And I didn't get 'alot' of photos like I wanted.  But, I did manage to take one of the cake!

So, let me explain.  We through a mustache bash to celebrate the arrival of their new son.  So, the banner on the cake says. 'little man'.  So, we had decorated everything in blues and browns.  Two banners were hung, 'Oh, Boy' and 'Mustache Bash'.    We had 3 games to play.  All of which are not 'organized' games.  These are mingle games . . . games you can play when and if the feeling moves you.  1.  pay to play: pay $10, select a day on the calendar when you believe the baby will be born.  If you are correct, you get all the $ in the mustache stache jar.  How cute, huh?  2. how many diapers.  I rolled newborn diapers and placed them in a tall jar.  All you had to do, was guess how many diapers.  write your answer on a piece of paper with your name.  3.  name that famous 'stache.  I printed photos from 9 (I believe) famous men, and I covered the top half of thier faces.   All you had to do was name who wears the mustache.  There were 4 folks who answered the most correct, 7.  

We had 2 3-ft subs, 2 pizzas, a green chili lasgne, potatoe salad, pasta salad, a tossed green salad, green chili salsa and regular salsa, a fresh fruit tray and a fresh veg. tray.  Everyone pretty much ate all the food.  There was only a serving or two of left overs.

We had just as many desserts, too.  I made the cake and cupcakes.  I packaged a dozen cupcakes to go, that way, if you wanted to take one home, it would survive the ride.  There were dark chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter cookies, oatmeal raisin cookies, chocolate dipped fruit kabobs, wrapped hershey candy bars, blue bubblegum cigars, and cereal treats.  I provided blue polka dot food-safe bags, so you could take a sweet or two home.

I hope everyone had fun, I know the kids did!  And congratulations to Tara and Max on the announcement of their new bundle of joy!