Breakfast at Tiffany's Mother ~ Daughter Tea Party { .... table, decorations, party favors .... }

Breakfast at Tiffany's

was the theme for our fabulous 

Mother ~ Daughter Tea Party

which is always the Saturday before Mother's Day.

This special tea party has been a tradition in our family for about 20 years which started as an event that was held at our childhood church. Our mother was always involved with the planning and helped in creating the fun and memorable occasion.  Mothers and daughters came from miles away to attend however, after many years and to our disappointment, the annual church tea party finally came to an end. That was about 7 years ago and since then we have continued the tradition by having our own family Mother ~ Daughter tea party which is now starting to grow as our boys begin to get married. It is always 

lots of fun and it all began with 

our Mother! 

A gift from Tiffany & Co. for each guest would have been wonderful

but

I filled little blue boxes with divine Hershey Kisses instead.

Darlings, these were our pretty

Party Favors

the lovely 

Tea Party Table

I printed a lot of Audrey Hepburn quotes in different sizes and fonts and set them all around. 

And here are the 

Glamorous 

mothers and daughters!

Coming soon...

Breakfast at Tiffany's 

Tea Party Treats!

Breakfast at Tiffany's { tea party invites }

I decided on 

Breakfast at Tiffany's 

as the theme of this years

Mother ~ Daughter Tea Party.

I wanted to make invites that resembled a Tiffany's shopping bag with a "gift" inside containing the invitation so I created each of the 3 main parts as well as the envelope. I used jewels to embellish the actual invitation, satin ribbon for the "box", added handles to the "shopping bag" and stamped a chandelier on the back of the envelope to tie it all together. Once I had my invites designed I needed a square envelope so I used some leftover silver foil lined Costco envelopes that I had saved from my Christmas photo cards and cut them down to fit the square invites. It worked perfectly. I knew they would require extra postage so I asked Ron to take a few to the post office to find out just how much. Unfortunately, not only were they going to cost an arm and a leg to mail, the post master did not like the fancy font I used for my address labels on the envelopes AND there was only 1 Post Office that had a machine that could handle a square envelope and of course that Post Office was across town...UGH.

Since time was running short I decided to make a Save the Date evite to email to everyone and then hand delivered the traditional invitations.

I will be posting photos of our very fun Breakfast at Tiffany's Tea Party over the next several days which will include decorations, games, food and 

The Crown. 

Happy Friday!

SUPER MARIO "30th" Birthday Party

Sunday we celebrated TWO "30th" Birthdays! 

Our oldest son and his wife both have birthdays in April and since this was their big "three ~ O" I wanted to do something fun. I did a little research and was reminded that Nintendo came out with Super Mario Bros in 1985 so thought that would be the perfect theme since it has lots of fun characters and bright colors.  

I made a colorful banner using card stock for the flags and found checkered tissue paper in my wrapping supplies which I glued to poster board for contrasting flags. I also made double sided "30 ~ UP" mushroom decorations and cut out lots of dots in various colors and sizes to decorate the table. 

I wanted some photo props so I made Mario and Luigi hats and mustaches, a Princess Peach crown and some fun red lips.

For dinner we had a Texas style BBQ and I served cupcakes, stamped star shaped sugar cookies and an apple pie for dessert.

Lots of theme related candy too!

Princess Peach Rings

Gold Coins

 Atomic Fire Balls 

and

colorful gum balls

I also made a couple birthday graphics in bright colors to match the table.

Happy "30th" Birthday J & C!

S.p.R.u.N.g! workshop { Hollyhill Quilt Shoppe }

On Saturday my mother and I attended a very, very fun all day workshop at Hollyhill Quilt Shoppe. The classroom is actually across the hall from the quilt shoppe and is decorated with the most beautiful quilts, charming antiques and an assortment of rustic and elegant chandeliers. There were 4 designers who each taught a project and 60 eager students. 

Kathy Schmitz was our first instructor and she started off our morning with this "Bee Happy" embroidery project.

Next it was time for lunch! We all went across the hall to do a little shopping at Hollyhill Quilt Shoppe while the caterer set up. When we returned we did a little chicken dance { yes...we really danced :) } and then had a delicious lunch.

During lunch the raffle opened for these three lovely quilts. They were displayed in the hallway outside the classroom. Mom and I earned three tickets during the day so we are hoping to be one of the lucky winners! 

This wonderful wool "Spring Posy Case" was our 2nd project. Our instructor was Kathy Cardiff. 

Sherri Falls was our 3rd instructor. She taught this fun "Paper Piecing Pin Cushion" project.

Our final project was this cute wool and flannel "Little Spring Chick" by Bonnie Sullivan.  

I learned some new techniques, discovered a few new products and am filled with inspiration. I also came home with a few "extra projects" which I will get to when I have finished all four projects from the workshop. 

Thank you Hollyhill Quilt Shoppe and Designers for the very fun and creative day!!

journal doodles

Happy Friday!

Easter Bunny Napkins

I hope you had a wonderful Easter!

I just thought I would share these festive folded Easter Bunny Napkins that I made over the weekend. I happened to have all the supplies on hand; plastic eggs, both pink and white napkins and bakers twine which I used to tie the ears together. I placed an Easter Bunny Napkin in a goblet and set one at each place setting at the dinner table. A fun little holiday project. 

Have a wonderful day!

~ Happy April ~

 Just popping in to wish you all a Happy April!