Tutus with a Twist

I had a tutu when I was a little girl, it was a giant pink scratchy thing that I wore until the tulle was falling off of the waistband.  Now that tutus are all the rage again for little girls it is time they were updated. I went with a theme for each one based on fun fabrics I found.

   Tutu number one was a hello kitty rock star fabric in two different colors, along with two different fun prints. I filled in the tutu with lots of ribbons, lace and a little tulle to give it some more volume.









 The result was a super fun and a little funky, after all being girly is a lot more than just wearing pink!

 Tutu number two was rainbows and ladybugs. I chose just two fabrics for this one with a rainbow of tulle and ribbons for lots of fun and volume. This little lady just turned one and she had to show up in style for her first birthday party.

Shimmied just a little too hard!

Modeling with her very best hula shimmy

Happy birthday little Miss Daphne!!!

The ultimate Thomas cupcake cake

I loved this cake. The night I made it I kept checking the fridge going "damn, that's awesome".
Pull apart cupcake cakes, are like the best idea ever for a child's birthday party. I made the cupcake's with half chocolate fudge and the other half butter cake so there was something for everyone. My husband carefully broke 3 dozen pretzel sticks trying to get them to be the perfect length for Thomas and Rosie to ride on. I will say there is a ridiculous amount of frosting on this cake and probably too much food coloring but hey you only turn 2 once right? Several people asked me where I got it or how much I payed for it, which is the ultimate compliment to any DIYer.

Well almost the ultimate, this look on Sawyer's face as he devoured the cupcake was probably the best compliment ever :)

Button Bouquets and Ribbon Vases

 My husband likes to laugh at me quite often, I am some what of a conundrum for him. I am probably the most un-girly, yet definitely not a tom boy girl there is. He how ever is an over the top romantic sap (whom I love dearly, I swear). When it came to our wedding he was the one who wanted an over the top giant wedding and I wanted to go to Vegas and get married by Elvis, just the two of us. We settled for a ceremony at the JoP with a family style BBQ reception. 


 Project # 1 The Bouquet

I hate bees. With a fiery passion. Well anything with a stinger really. My in-laws have a beautiful back yard, but backyards in San Diego tend to come with bees and wasps. I refused to be running from bees on my wedding day so I didn't

My bouquet, Navy, ivory, gold, and wooden buttons

want to carry a bouquet. My husband said I had to carry a bouquet, because every bride has to have a bouquet.  This lead to the flower alternative bouquet searches. I found several absolutely beautiful paper flower, broach and button bouquets. Etsy even has several shops for them, all well out of price range. I'm talking several hundreds of dollars out of my price range. So I decided I could totally do it myself, which I did.
I did a couple of practice ones to get a feel for the best way to build the "stems" and then twist them together and not stab myself while holding it.

Flower girl's

Penguins, because I can :)

Bridesmaid's ( x 3)

 It ended up being a really fun project. Everyone got in the hunt of helping me find interesting and unique buttons. Several family button tins got passed down to me, so I ended up having generations of our families with us on our special day.

Project #2 the Centerpieces
 

Same problem with the bees. I knew I wanted to do some kind of glass votive centerpiece, but I
wanted it to be just a little special with out being froo froo. I got my inspiration from the flower
department of our grocery store. They had completely overpriced ribbon wrapped vases. This one was a super easy and quick project that came out beautifully and was easy to customize to our colors. I loved them because they didn't scream wedding and they are now living in the living rooms of several of our family and friends.