Tie-Dyed: Peace, Love and Rock 'n Roll Guitars

Love it...just love it to pieces.

First time we've done tie-dyed looking stars 

with our guitars and I'm just crazy about it.

Fun Mom to work with and she had great ideas.

Feeling of Flying

Stacey and I took "the gang" roller skating for 

a birthday celebration for Ryan.

I'm of the age I had to think....mmmm...aren't you

gettin' a little old to be roller skating???

Obviously Stacey isn't.  Here she is with that

Feeling of Flying.  I captured this moment of her as she 

swung around a curve on the rink.

I remembered that feeling of flying.

That's why I put the skates on.

Uhhh...half way around on my first pass I was

on my butt. Jake slid by and said...Grandma,

you okay? I was.  I fell on my pride.

But I gotta tell you.....a few more passes around and

 I got the Feeling of Flyin'....it was worth it.

Foamcore layered PARTY NAMES in silver and white

White on silver or silver on white?

I like both combinations.

I think I like the white on silver best.

What I really like is that big swashy "N".

Each cut-out name we make seems to have

it's own personality.

"Nyree" is in a font called "Feel".

"Taylor" is in a font called "Honey Script Semi-Bold"

Funky Shopping Fashion Girls for Party Centerpieces

I saw these funky little shopper girls at TJ MAXX.

They were made of metal and about 14" high and only $13.

I loved their attitude.

I didn't buy them but I thought....mmmmm....how cute 

they would be if they were about 24" or more and made

with foamcore and glitter....maybe even some real

fabric.  Yup...that's what I thought.

I'm keeping them in mind.

Here's a couple of ones we did that fall in that

"funky" fun category of fashion shopping girls.

PARTY IDEA: Snowy Faux Winter Walls

I'm always on the lookout for party ideas.

These snowy winter walls in J.Crew's window

in the Mall stopped me right in my tracks.

 

Look how big this wall is compared to the mannequins.

It was about 12 ft. high by about 16 ft wide.

What a simple and inexpensive idea for a 

big impact.

I can see snowflake placecards stuck in the

crevices. I can see party giveaways on the

shelves.

Paper and a staple gun and a support frame

behind it...maybe wood...maybe just foamcore.

The side view shows just how easy it was.

These other walls were carved and painted 

styrofoam.  There were deeply carved and coated with special

foam coating that made it very hard to the touch. I had

to touch them and look at the wood frame on 

the back side. It was very "stage-scenery" like.

I could see chair lift tickets strung on

a big rope draped on it.

Such different materials for each one but such 

versatile ideas for hardly any material cost. 

They both certainly made me stop & look.

Creative Christmas Trees: Paris, Fish and Feathers

Here's the last of my favorites from 

the Festival of Trees.

I can make this flower.

I know I can.

It would make a great base

for a centerpiece....

especially with some lights.

I really liked this Paris tree.

It had everything you could think of that

reminded you of Paris.

 

If you didn't already "get it", the

words were spelled right out.

This feathery tree was snowy

and elegant.

But my favorite was this one.

I can stop thinking about how

they were made.

It really knocked me out.

I don't have a fish themed party

right now...but when I do....

watch out.