Showered with Love

May 28, 2013April 26, 2017Leave a comment

It seems that weddings, births and deaths comes in clusters. Happily, I am in the midst of weddings and with a daughter that just got engaged last week, there is more to come 🙂

Today I wanted to share the shower my friend Rita and I hosted for our friend Sariah. I shared the invitation I created with My Digital Studio here and we used it for part of the decor:

We served sandwiches and guests made their own sugar cookie “fruit pizza”:

We played the guessing jar game though what I failed to mention in the original post (which I’ll fix today) is that after you have made your guesses, the answers are revealed and whomever is closest to the correct answer wins that jar or container! We didn’t play it quite like that at Sariah’s party, but I think I would do it that way if I could do it over again.

At the shower we called it the 5 Senses Game because they could feel (household items were tied up in the pillowcases below), smell or taste (spices from the kitchen), hear (some things were wrapped up) or look at the jars to make their guess (see).

Here are some ideas if you are doing this for a household shower:

A small jar of chocolate chips (our half pint held over 300 chips!)
Spices (just wrap a paper around the label and let them smell/taste): Basil, Oregano, Pumpkin Pie Spice, etc..
Wrap a box of band aids or staples and let them shake to see if they can guess the sound
Put household items into a pillowcase to let them feel them. In one we had kitchen utensils such as a garlic press, salad tongs, vegetable peeler, etc. In another were household items like a calculator, a 9 volt battery, a ratchet screwdriver, etc…
A jar of paper clips (guess how many)
A jar of loose change (guess how much $)
Take the labels off cans (like mandarin oranges and sweetened condensed milk) and see if they can guess what’s inside.

You could also have them guess how much something weighs or what day the groom’s birthday is on (a calendar). Remember to NUMBER each item and let everyone have time to make their guesses.

There were plenty of awesome gifts (you can imagine why she is blushing if you look at the bag):

And finally, I was excited to try out this cool recipe from the gals over at Our Best Bites for a favor for each of the guests. It’s great for hands or feet! And it smells good enough to eat.

Which technically, you could do.

It was a beautiful shower for a beautiful friend.

I’d love to hear how any of these ideas work for you. Leave me a comment if you try something and tell me how it goes!

Yes, You MAY: My Digital Studio

May 1, 2013April 26, 2017Leave a comment

This makes me happy! I’ve been needing to order some graduation announcements and print some scrapbooks, plus I’ve had my eye on a few swatchbook templates, so this is sale is like “Permission Granted!”

Creating with My Digital Studio is SO EASY: If you are a beginner, I suggest starting with a template and then personalizing it as you go. Here is an example of a template included in the Sunshine & Sprinkles Digital Ensemble from the Spring Catalog that I recently used for a bridal shower invitation (names/address have been blotted out to protect the innocent)

This is the front of the invite…all I did was change the name:

And this is the back of the template, which I did a little more personalization of:

I ordered them through Stampin’ Up! and the quality is A.MAZ.ING and includes an envelope for each card…easy peasy!

Did I mention that the My Digital Studio Software is only $19.95???!!!!

It used to be $79.95, so the software is now 75% off and during this sale, the following is 25% off:

Digital content~includes: ALL ensemble, calendar, photobook, and swatchbook digital content.
Print products~include: ALL photobooks, swatchbooks, cards, tags, individual pages, and calendars.

To take advantage of this offer, click on the top picture or HERE to go to my online store.

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Bridal Shower Open House

January 18, 2013April 26, 2017Leave a comment

Last week I had the pleasure of throwing a Bridal Shower for my new daughter-in-law-to-be (that made me feel old while I typed it). Kayson chose a beautiful young woman to marry and we are happy to welcome Whitney to our family!

This was the invitation which matched her wedding colors of Pool Party, Silver & White, and we threw in a pop of Melon Mambo, for fun:

The new Cloudy Day embossing folder (127022) was the perfect addition to the background! I found the umbrella stamp in the Carry On stamp set (a hostess set you can choose when you hold a SU! party) but there is also a really cute NEW stamp set in the Spring catalog called Rain or Shine that would be fun to use, too, in case you are making invitations and want to “borrow” this idea!

I hope you can see this adorable banner that says “WHITNEY”: we made it with the new Paper Doilies (129399) from the Spring Catalog and the Typeset Alphabet Die (127553) and the Big Shot, the flower punch from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack (118309) and a few Rhinestone Jewels, because you know how I feel like everything needs a little bling!

Her sister made red velvet cupcakes and we served our traditional warm “Shower Sandwiches” and fruit. That is Whitney and her mom in the background 🙂

Since it was Open House Style, we asked people to write advice or solutions to potential problems for Whitney’s book (above) and took pictures of Whitney with each of her guests to go into the book I created with SU!’s clear envelopes, card stock and DSP. For some awesome pre-made (and free!) Problem/Solution Printables get them HERE! The Label Framelits (125598) made it easy to cut all the advice papers, too, and this is my FAVORITE response:

We also asked guests to write their address on an envelope to make it easy for Whit to send “Thank You” cards and I created a stack of simple cards for her using the Million Dollar Moments set (another Hostess-only set from the Spring Catalog!)