A Girly Diaper Cake and a Baseball Banner for a Baby Shower

I had a baby shower for my cousin Lindsay this past Saturday.  Through a series of unfortunate events, I missed the shower.  But, here's the diaper cake I made as a gift.  I don't think Lindsay reads my blog, so I doubt she'll see this.  If she does, I hope this makes her a bit more excited about diapers ;)  (If you're Danielle, don't read any further!)

In other baby shower news, the he baseball baby shower is in less than 2 weeks, so that's about the only thing I can focus on now.  The invitations are out and the RSVP's are coming in.  I'm tweaking all of my printables for different things and finalizing centerpiece ideas and gift ideas.  My friend Brigett cut out a bunch of shapes and letters for me with her Cricut and I made this banner.

I really like how it turned out!  I might end up making another banner for the kitchen island that says "Concessions!"  Anyway, so far we're going to have a nacho bar, hot dogs, popcorn, peanuts, lemonade, iced tea, root beer floats, and cupcakes.  Anything that's totally baseball that I'm forgetting?  I think I'm going to make personal apple pies for the favors...I mean, what's more American than baseball and apple pie, right? ;)

PS-So far the baseball ticket invitations have been a hit!

Cricut Storybook Cartridge: LOVE it!

a crown for my niece

It's a very exciting day when I get to use my Cricut Expression die cutting machine for a few hours. This Storybook cartridge is really cool. I like the letters and there are also crowns, butterflies , and birds. I made a few things using the letters. I 'm typically not a paper person..I really am more a fabric lover but now that I have the Cricut that is changing rapidly!

FUN TIMES!

Using Decorative Vinyl Decals on Buckets and Party Tubs

When you're having a party or event and you want to add some personalization to your decor try using decorative decals. There are so many stores that offer vinyl decals now and it's becoming more and more affordable. The Lucky Star Lane Etsy shop will carry a few items...ask if you need something specific cut.

Start with some decals and a few buckets or containers. I bought the big red tub at Lowe's for $4.73..it's made in USA and with recycled materials. The stainless steel bucket is also from Lowe's ($3.43). The white metal bucket is from JoAnn's ($1.99). The purple one ignore because the decals wouldn't stick to it. (It has a weird oily feeling).

Lay your decal where you want it to go and see if it looks okay. When you apply something flat to a curved surface it distorts a little on the ends. If it looks higher on the ends you can cut the letters apart and arrange them individually. Sometimes you just need to cut off the end letters and lower them.

Use painter's tape to arrange them where they need to go. Peel off the white backing and smooth them onto the surface. You can use a plastic tool or just my fingers worked well.

This one looked okay to me so I just applied it as is.

Once you peel the backing and stick it to the surface, peel back the clear part slowly. I used a little plastic scraping tool I had in my kitchen drawer but just rubbing it with my fingers also worked.

This one I also didn't need to adjust the letters so I just applied it as one piece.

I had these 1 inch dots cut and applied them in a random pattern on the bucket (these are like stickers..you just peel and stick).

I cut some in half where they would be on the edge of the bucket.






Here is how they turned out. Personalization is so much fun!

I want a rock star party bucket at my birthday party!

Centerpiece Idea Using a Themed Fabric

I'm sorry my picture quality isn't the best...I took these photos at night. I usually take my pictures during the day but it's been such a busy weekend I haven't had time. Right now my kids are finally in bed and everyone is relaxing. We had a carnival fundraiser yesterday for our school district and today two soccer games and baseball practice. It was a lot of fun and it's nice to stay busy for the kids (and husband :))


To make these, cut out a cardboard circle and a piece of fabric about 1" larger in diameter than the circle. I added a felt circle in between the fabric and cardboard to give it a little more dimension. Use your hot glue gun and pull the fabric tightly around the cardboard and felt circle and glue the excess to the back.

Next cut a 12" x 12" piece of scrapbook paper in half and fold back and forth like a fan. I cut the fan in half again while it was folded. Tape or glue the ends of the accordion folded paper together on both ends and flatten into a circle. Put some hot glue in the middle and hold while it dries.

I glued the monkey circle in the middle and then added ric rac trim around the edge using white craft glue. I don't like using hot glue on the front part of finished projects....it's so messy.

I also glued a circle on the back in card stock covered felt. If you put hot glue on the end of your stick and it will fit nicely in between the layers of paper/felt and paper fan.

I like the proportion of the smaller one better. It's about 4.5" in diameter. I think I will try a few of these with an embroidery design on the fabric next.

(........Tomorrow we'll be having a giveaway so stay tuned!)

Embellishing Party Favor Boxes Made with Card Stock

Heather's friend, Bridgett, does die cuts and she sent these awesome purse boxes and star cups to see what could be done with them. I only had one template of the purse...so I traced it and cut it out with scissors (it looks like garbage compared to the die cut one but you can't tell in the picture.)
This one I embellished with three flowers punched with a simple flower punch that I bent a little for dimension. I glued a button in the middle.

This one I added a die cut letter, flower and button.

The ribbon attaches through two slits in the top.

I thought this one would be cool for an Oscar Party with the star and bling.

I love stars so this one is my favorite. It would be cute with some crinkle paper and a star shaped frosted cookie wrapped in cellophane as a party favor.

We'll soon be adding these dies cuts to the Etsy shop so check back!

Have a beautiful creative day...

Erin

Little Cowgirl Ruffle Flowers

If you haven't noticed, I'm on a serious recycled denim kick. I used to own a denim couch and I worked for the Gap for 5 years where my favorite thing was a freshly folded denim wall. I once folded denim for 10 hours straight when I helped open a store in downtown Chicago. I had to give up my store when Bryce was born, but it ended up closing a year later anyway. I loved that store! (It was in downtown East Lansing, MI. )

I have a lot of outdated jeans that are in such good condition. (does anyone remember long and leans?)

Heather has inspired me to try using jeans to craft. This is a banner that I recently made for a customer.

I added some ruffle flowers to the ends of the banner. They clip on so you could use them for something else if you want.

I was trying to achieve a cowgirl theme with the banner. Twine and star buttons seemed like a good choice!

Thanks for reading!