Stitch In Time

Chocolate

This weekend we discovered chocolate fountains and 10 year old boys go very well together.

Crate Paper Color Challenge

Our Creative Weekly challenge for Crate Paper this month was to create a collage in all one color.  I chose this soft green color and made a layout about one of my favorite drinks.  I layered in a lot of vellum and even put the journaling on vellum to give it a softer look.  I think I am going to have to try and stay in one color family more often... it was a lot of fun.

 

Baby Shower

I posted today over on the Crate Paper Blog about a baby shower I had for my cousin this past weekend and I thought I'd post a few extra pictures here on my blog.

First up is the lemonade.  We actually found these spice jars at World Market, but they were big enough to use for individual lemonade glasses.

I added little vellum umbrellas I made using paper from Crate's Party Day collection with my Cameo.

It helped to keep things simple and only serve one kind of drink vs. setting up a whole bunch of different drinks.

We only played one game which was matching the names of the party guests to their meanings.

Of course there were prizes for the winners:

I also set up a frame which everyone could sign for the baby:

We had a fruit tray, tea sandwiches and cupcakes.

The cupcakes were a big hit.  At first I was going to just get one kind, but in the end I decided it would be more fun to get different flavors and let everyone choose their own.

We had everything from Whiskey Maple Bacon to Lavender.

I used Crate Paper's new washi tape paper to make little flags to mark the different flavors.

Lots and lots of flags..

People liked picking out their cupcakes..

And I ordered doubles so I could send everyone home with another flavor...

And finally a small photo holder for the guest of honor made using more of Crate Paper's Party Day goodies...

It's been such a long time since I planned a baby shower, but it was a lot of fun and now I can't wait for the baby to get here.  He's due next month!

Project Life - New Year's Eve

Kicking off 2013...

and speaking of celebrating, my husband turned the top of the champagne bottle into a little chair. I thought this was the cutest idea...

 

New Year's Eve

Hope everyone is having a wonderful last day to 2012.  We are getting ready for a delicious dinner followed by some fireworks and party favors.  Bring on the New Year!

Monster Bash

I used the Sweet and Sinister Affair kit from Kitschy Digitals to create the decorations for a little monster bash. 

Garden Party

Garden Party decor made using the new Kitschy Digitals Paper Garden kit available at jessicasprague.com.  This was such a fun kit to work with.  I only wish our Seattle weather was being a bit more cooperative. 

 

 

 

I Love Sushi

Actually I don't love Sushi, but my husband does.  So on Friday when the kids were out of school for a teacher training day, we drove into the city and took my husband to sushi for lunch.

We went to Blue Moon Sushi where you sit at a giant rectangular lunch counter and the plates go by you on a conveyer belt and you just pick off anything you want to eat.

The chefs stay in the middle and make the food...

My kids and I stuck with sesame noodles and pot stickers, but my husband was in sushi heaven.

And my kids were happy to go just for the fun experience...