Her first birthday

My daughters birthday was almost a month ago now, that is why I want to show some pictures of how the place looked. I didn’t do all the things I had on my to do list, but I have done a lot of the things I was planning to do. In the end I am really happy how our house looked and all our friends seemed to have enjoyed the party too.

We also got a great cake for her! It has the Fisher Price Rainforest theme, since Caia loves the monkeys. Next time I will definitely try to make the cake myself, but I need to get a bigger fridge first

Bianca

Tags: birthday, bunting, cake, fisher price, interior, monkeys, pom poms, toddler

Bunting

I want to share some links on how to make bunting. I really enjoyed doing it. Its easy, fun and it makes the party a little more personal.  I’m not the most economical person when it comes to cutting fabric so I won’t give you any tips on that.

What I did was, I made a paper example, cut them all out, bought bias tape and sewed it all together. I ironed it before I had sewed it, so it would look straight and perfect. I also measured the distance between each flag.

Here is a good bunting tutorial with good explanatory pictures: http://www.myhomemadehappy.com/
And another one with good explanatory pictures: http://www.joyfulabode.com/

There are so many more websites and tutorials out there, I am sure anyone can find a good one or just do it themselfs without any help!

Have fun!
Bianca

Tags: bunting, diy, how to, sewing, tutorials

Party plates

I wrote in my previous posts that I was going to make some party plates for my daughters birthday and so I did! I picked up some porcelain markers at the hobby store. The markers are from the brand Hobby Line (a German brand). I also bought 2 small plates.

I wish I would have bought some carbon paper, so I could have first digitized my design and then copied it onto the plate, but I forgot. I always forget to buy things when I go into the store, even when I write it down… I blame the lack of sleep.

Anyway so I put my idea onto my plates and then I had put them 90 minutes into the 160C. degrees oven. I am not happy with the Hobby Line markers. The paint just comes off easily. You only have to scratch it with your nail and your design is ruined. The markers were over 2 euros each. I even tried to put the plates in the oven longer and with a higher temperature but it didn’t help. To give the brand the benefit of the doubt, it could have been that the plates should have been without this shiny layer, but the hobbystore sold them next to these markers, so I figured they would work well together. It’s either the plates or the markers…

Here are my plates. I did enjoy making them and would love to do more in the near future, but with better material!

Tags: bunting, creative, diy, handmade, hobbyline, plates, porcelain, porcelain markers, review

Washi bunting

Like I have posted before, I was waiting for my Washi Tape to arrive. Well it took a while, cause it got stuck at customs! They didn’t know what it was and they couldn’t find the invoice. My husband travelled farrr to pick it up for me, but it was worth the blood sweat and tears! I love my Washi Tape! I already made a small bunting out of it for Caia’s birthday. I still need to decorate the glasses with it and some toothpicks for in the muffins, but I will do that later.

Tomorrow I will start with my real bunting line out of fabric. I just need to get special scissors so the fabric won’t fray. I love being creative again…

Tags: bunting, celebration, crafting, crafts, diy, party, washi tape