Here Comes The Bride

So the other day I bit the bullet and decided I am going to advertise my signs for sale.  That's right to complete strangers.  I have been wanting to do this for some time but just didn't have the guts to put my work out there, would anyone want to purchase them.  Well low and behold someone actually made an order for some signs.  

It is exciting to know that my signs will be included in someones special day, they will be part of their memories for a lifetime.  I couldn't be happier. 

Pretty In Pink Card Box

Oh how excited am I to be a part of such a wonderful day.  My cousin and his wife are celebrating their 10 year wedding anniversary this month and they are throwing a big party.  

Us girls say make it look pretty and he says keep the cost down and make sure the bar is stocked.  Why can't there be both.  

They don't want gifts but I figured people might bring cards so I made this card box for all those wonderful cards.

The colors are bright and fun so I added a little bit of the pink to the box to add just a pop of color. 

The party is next weekend so I will be sharing some of the fun ideas we came up with for this party throughout the week.  

Bride & Groom Signs

I love how these turned out so I just couldn't wait until October to share these.  So thought I would give a little sneak peak at some wedding projects I have been working on. 

The bride I am working with is having a rustic/country wedding so I made these Bride & Groom signs for her special day.  

I can't wait to share some of the other projects I have been working on for this wedding, but I don't want to give away to many of her secrets till after October. 

Gardening Tool Box

For every good Birthday Party you have to have a good party favor bag

Every year I try to come up with something a little different, something that the kids can use and personalize them.

This year for my sons buggy party I decided to make these fun Gardening tool Boxes.  Each tool box included a gardening shovel, bag of dirt, a pot and a package of seeds.

For this I got all the kids involved helping me.  Makai helped get me the wood to cut, then we would pass them over to Keegan who would sand all the edges and last we would hand them off to Chase where he would stand them up together and let me know how many more pieces we needed.

If you want to make your own here is what we did.

We used 

1x6 cut at 12" for the bottom

2 - 1x6 cut at 9" for the side.  I then measured 2" down and cut on a 45' 

2 - 1x4 cut at 12" for the sides

1 - 5/8" dowel cut to fit I believe this worked out to 13.5" long.  

Once I had all the pieces it was just a little wood glue and an air nailer to put it all together. 

Each one of the boxes were painted.  I decided on Brown for the boys and Pink for the girls and then finished off with their names stenciled on the front. 

The next day my kids got right to work putting their seeds into the pots and are waiting for them to grow.