on tuesday evening, i got the bright idea to make these two buntings, and i thought it would be the perfect project to practice my applique skills {from this inspiring tutorial} and found out that when you are new to applique it takes a long stinkin' time to make 9 letters. thank you, kristi, for not naming your children long names. i am still sub-par, so i can practice on savannah's name. {which will not be fun to do... but will make for good practice.} and notice, i did take a close up of these for you. intentional. during this sewing project i was so focused i couldn't even watch tivo'd episodes of my soap, if that says anything... and they were still not close-up worthy.
also on tuesday {do i wait until the eleventh hour, or what??} i decided that everything should match. the games, the favors, the sign in sheet, the gift recording sheet, the flowers, etc. so i took the image from the etsy designed invites and put it on all the paper things... and i loved every minute of it. i am kicking myself for not taking graphic design classes at baylor. it would be so nice to know how to use photoshop. seriously, maybe i will when my kids go to school... hmmm... food for thought.
and guests took one of these when they left. they are my mother-in-law's danish sugar cookies. melt in your mouth buttery goodness. do you want the recipe?
and a special thanks to my husband... who let me leave the housework half-done and took care of the kids on saturday. he also cooked dinner on friday. hamburgers on the grill and homemade french fries. and i wonder why the scale didn't move down this weekend? between dinner like that and the shower {and the wine and champagne in the middle of the day??!? decadence!} here's to healthy choices in August...
It looks like it was beautiful and the banner and all the details were precious! Nice work:)
ReplyDeletethanks, sabrina. and thanks for the expert advice! and thanks for commenting. i love it!
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