Mint Parcel Giveaway
Mint Parcel is a shop with cute digital artwork prints, and they are hosting a giveaway to ohbrooke readers!
The winner can choose 5 prints from her shop: mintparcel.etsy.com
To win, leave a comment on this post before Thursday June 3, 2010 midnight PST. Winner will be announced the next day. Good luck!
Glass Jars
I always reuse things I’ve collected for parties – sometimes to use at another party, sometimes to use in my home. I was able to do both with these.
I used these jars at a baby shower I threw:
And put them on the shelves in my bedroom:
Remember: Don’t buy these if you don’t have to! Clean out your fridge, eat more pasta, or see if someone is giving them away on craigslist or a garage sale .
Getting My Groove Back
Just when I thought this little newborn had slapped the chic outta me {a swing here, a bouncy seat there…} I’m reclaiming my territory from all things pastel! Okay, not really much you can do about all the baby junk, but here’s how I’m keeping it in check:
Luckily I remembered this cute “grass” drying rack from Making it Lovely. I got it at Target – and a hint in case you want to get it, it’s actually hidden in the baby aisles by the bottles instead of with the other drying racks. Go figure.
We needed access to the formula 8 times per day, so we were never putting it back in the cupboard. Enter disquising glass jar.
Yes, they notoriously end up all around the house, but before bed I do a roundup of pacifiers so we’ll know where we’re at tomorrow. I also have a little station of the things I may need in the middle of the night; Gripe Water, aspirator, etc…
Cute As A Button Baby Shower
I just threw my girlfriend a “Cute As A Button” themed baby shower. I came up with the theme when I saw these adorable cookies. Now remember, I don’t bake, so I didn’t actually make these – it just gave me the idea. I rounded up a bunch of buttons from my personal collection and from friends {free} and grabbed all my scrap fabric {free} from a black and white quilt I had made to make these invitations {how-to here}.
Then I found an adorable button mold via Bake It Pretty and created these little desserts {$4 to make the candy buttons} {how-to here}
I made candy kabobs for the favors using the buttons and scrap fabric {$4 for the skewers and pretzel bags + candy}
More scrap quilt fabric cut with pinking shears for tabletops {free} and a collection of jars for candlelight {I cleaned out my fridge and got 9 jars – embarrassing! The others were from family that I asked to save their jars, and my sister found some very cool ones at a garage sale for cheap}.
Scrap fabric to decorate $1 large water bottles
Hanging hooks on the railing let the guests’ gifts become part of the decorating {$3 for 9 “S” hooks}.
It was a hit!
Cute As A Button Desserts
This is all going somewhere – my “Cute As A Button” themed baby shower post is coming up next. But these were the main attraction – little button-topped desserts. All the supplies needed to make these little buttons are at Bake It Pretty – and for cheap cheap! {Super cute baking supplies available here – even ready-made sugar buttons!}
These are tubes of candy! Mmmm… To make the buttons, all you do is melt the candy writer {$1.75} in some warm water…
Squeeze the candy into the button mold {$2.25}, tap out the air bubbles and set in the freezer for a minute before popping the buttons out.
You put them on delicious homemade cupcakes or cookies, but I {“she who does not bake”} put them on Safeway’s yummmmmy frosted brownie bites that my mom found.
$4 to make these buttons, and you can keep reusing the mold. I LOVE when beautiful things are also cheap and easy!
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Cute As A Button Invitations
Here are the invitations for a shower I’m throwing tomorrow: “Cute As A Button”
Here’s how I made them
1. Grabbed a Sharpe and drew the “Cute as a Button” and the little buttons.
2. Scanned the drawing and finished the invitation in Photoshop, printed and rounded corners
3. Cut scrap fabric using rotary cutter
4. Sewed random buttons on fabric using my sewing machine {if you haven’t done this, you’ll be surprised at how easy it is! I’ll never hand-sew a button again!}
5. Sewed two pieces of fabric together with contrasting thread to make pocket and trimmed edges with pinking shears