Dollar Store Crafts

I wanted some tall containers to hold salt water taffy, sweedish fish and caramel corn on the tables at our party.  The ones I wanted were too expensive, but I saw this idea on Dollar Store Crafts and gave it a try.  I glued a candle stick holder to the bottom of a couple different vases and voila.... I have what I was looking for for less then the cost of one of the more expensive ones.  I also made one with a votive holder on the bottom to keep the dipping sauce warm for one of my appetizers.  Everything (except the E6000 glue) was purchased at the dollar store.  TFL

Piece of Cake Gift Card Holders

Saturday night, my son attended a joint birthday party for two of his friends.  I just recently purchased Sweet Tooth Boxes and thought the cake slice would make a cute gift card holder.  I made two of these and think they turned out great.  The moms loved them!  All these birthday parties are breaking me!  TFL

Altered Binder Clips Food Labels

Happy Hump Day!  Since the food tables are spread out around the house at our party, I like to have food labels so people know what they are eating.  I saw some really cute altered binder clips on the internet and thought they would make great food label holders.  I covered the clip with paper, tied on a piece of ribbon and cut a tag using the Art Philosophy cartridge (on center).  I think they will be a nice addition to the food tables.  TFL

Party Table Decorations

Happy Tuesday!  Once again, I am working on crafts for our Summer in December Party.  Since the massive array of food that I make will take up most of the table space, I wanted some small decorations.  I made paper pinwheels to go in dollar store glass jars.  To hold the pinwheels in place, I used dollar store sea glass, even though I would have preferred to go to the beach and find the real deal!  I think they will add a nice summer touch to my food tables.  TFL

Tiki Bar

I want to have the island in my kitchen as the bar for our annual party.  Since we are having a summer theme, I thought Tiki Bar!  I made this Tiki Bar top to hang from the ceiling over the kitchen island.  I used a cardboard box, some wrapping paper and grass skirts.  TFL

Party Banners

As I posted earlier, my husband and I are hosting our annual holiday party in December (Summer in December Party).  I made six banners over the weekend for the food tables and front door.  Here is the one I made for the Salad Bar.  The others are the same design, but say Welcome to Paradise, Starters, Meat & Potatoes, Sweets & Treats and Tiki Bar.  I used several different cartridges including Art Philosophy, Accent Essentials, Lifes a Beach and Celebrations.  I strung each letter together with ribbon.  I also finally used my Peachy Keen stamps on the sun.  TFL

Quick Gift Card Holder

Happy Monday!  My son was invited to a classmate's birthday party over the weekend.  He wanted to give the boy a gift card as his gift.  Since he plays football, I thought it would be nice to use the football textured paper to cut a pillow box and tie some football ribbon around it.  I used one of my $1 stamp sents for the sentiment.  We went to Modells to buy him a football designed gift card, but all they had was baseball.  I couldn't put a baseball gift card into a football themed gift card holder so we ended up with a Target gift card.  TFL

Summer in December Party

Every year, my husband and I host a holiday party at our house for friends and family.  I try each year to come up with a theme (which is getting harder each year).  This year, since we love summer so much, we (or maybe I) decided that the theme will be Summer in December.  The first thing for me to do is get the invitations out.  Here is what I came up with by searching on the internet.  The details for the party are on the shovel that pulls out of the bucket.  It was a lot of work, but I think it was all worth it.  I have so many ideas for decorations and will post them as I create!  TFL

Trick or Treats

Happy day after Halloween!  We attended a family Halloween Party last night.  I made some special treats for my son's friends.  Sour cream containers filled with m-and-m's and pillow boxes filled with smarties and a pencil.  Driving home yesterday, I got the idea to stick the pencils into a piece of styrofoam and layer the sour cream containers around the outside.  Turned out nice.  TFL