Flower Tags- How To

So for Erin's baby shower we did a Pirate theme.  Actually it was pretty easy to come up with seeing as Jason and Erin are already pirates at heart. {I guess their Jolly Roger flag in the garage gave them away...}

For the shower Lauren was in charge of the flowers.  And she did an UH-mazing job.  The key to any shower/party/event is to divide and conquer.  Many hands make the load light :)  And stay w/ theme or color and you've got an amazing party on your hands!

Lauren and I decided that these flowers needed a little piratey touch to it, so I can up with these tags.  I stole the pirate dude image from our invite {see image and invite below}.

I purchased some labels, Avery 5294 to be exact.

I opened word and inserted the image of the pirate dude and added some words above it by using Word Art.  When you are satisfied w/ the layout, print!

Now, I got kabob stick, b/c they are thin but still sturdy, and long enough to stick above the flower arrangments.  And most importantly, inexpensive!! I peeled off 2 labels and gently placed the stick in the center of one label then stuck it to the other label.  Make sure both are facing up and try to line up the edges as best as possible, you can use scissors if you are a little off, nbd :)

Stick in your flowers and vwella!!  Flower tags, or whatever you want to call them ha!! An easy little extra to add a lot of pizzazz!!

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DIY Chalk Boards

Oh people, these were SOOO easy and didn't cost much.  $15 for the paint and $5 in wood, and we had some sandpaper and brushes laying around - free is the best kind of price!!

1) Simply cut the wood to size.  I used all different various sizes

2) Sand the HECK out of the side you plan to use.  I opted for the electric sander, mostly b/c I'm just plain lazy ; ) 

 {this is the paint i opted for}

 3) Paint on 1 generous coat of paint and allow to dry

4) Paint on 2nd coat of paint (this one a bit thinner, mostly just for touch up) and allow to dry

And your DONE!  Use these at ANY and ALL occasions!  Picnic, Easter, Wine & Cheese Night--anything you can think of!  And you can write any message you want on them, although I tend to usually use them in place of tent cards!

Here it is in place of a tent card:

 AND if you are feeling extra saucey you could make an little label with your cricket or silhouette if you have vinyl paper.  I didn't have any of that so I made a little "Menu" label out of some Avery 8665 clear page labels like these:

 Here she is jumbo sized:

{please don't mind my horrible chalkboard handwriting hahah!}

I used Avery 8665 labels and made these to slap on.  I made the background of the label black and the font white so the the background would blend in well with the chalkboard paint.

IF YOU ARE SMART, you will make the chalk board double-sided and put Honey Do List on the other side of the Menu (:

Tis only fair right? :)
Please let me know if you have questions!  What else have you used chalkboard paint for?  The options are endless....Such a wonderful invention Mr. Chalkboard Paint Inventor- thank you from the bottom of my crafty heart! 

xoxoxo
Pam

Sweet Baby Crain's Baby Shower

To Welcome Sweet Bennett Rose and honor the soon to be parents we hosted a cowgirl baby shower!  So much fun!  And so happy we were able to help bless these wonderful folks!  Hurry up and get here Bennett, my Wyndham can't wait to play with you!!  Mucho love Bethany, Jared and sweet baby Bennett!

invites from {here}

 red velvet cake pops with cream cheese frosting mixed in and coated in white chocolate, recipe to come ;)

 cake by Sweet Euphoria Desserts!

Mason Jars with Sweet Tea, Water and Pink Lemonade!  

 Candy Bar Favors!

Just as I envisioned  :)

Jenna and her mom did an AMAZING job on the flowers!  Thanks gals!

Me and B :)

 B and the G-ma's

  Fabric corsages!  Planning to add some to my Etsy, don't you want to buy some for your next Par-tay? (:

xoxoxoxo!

So happy for the soon to be parents!

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