Bridal Shower! March Card and Tag Swap!

Hello Friends!

The themes for the Swap for All Seasons swap in March
were Spring and yellow.



I don't use yellow much in my crafting, but I love this image
that has just a splash of yellow.
I love the spring-y background and her wistful look.
I wanted to keep the card simple
and let the lovely lady be the star.
A bit of vintage lace and vintage millinery flowers:



And my tag:


They say April showers bring May flowers...

I was hoping the showers would wait until my shower was held...
I hosted a bridal shower at my home
for my daughter's lovely sister-in-law last week. 
The sun was in and out but no rain!
The décor was organic, garden-y,
with a bit of herbs, yellow, burlap and chalkboard.  :)
 Her sister and sister-in-law were the real hostesses,
I  did the décor
with a little help from the bubble girls
(flower girls who blow bubbles).
 
Nine year old Ainsley made the favors herself,
homemade bath salts (below).
Don't they look great?

I love how these champagne glasses look

lined up on the burlap ribbon:

One of the hostesses made these lovely little tags

with a different herb for each one

and the trait that the herb stands for (above).

The caterer made a beautiful table of delicious food:

I had fun making this photo op

with a French garden shop look :)

OK.  Now I'm ready for April showers!
We dearly need them in Southern California.

Some sunny freebies for you:

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!  

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!  

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Vintage creativity at Knick of Time Tuesday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

For links to lovely, shabby, chippy whites, stop by Blissful Whites Wednesday!

Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

 
♥♥♥ Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great weekend!

Marie Antoinette in a Teacup!

Hello Friends!

Today is Pink Saturday around the blogosphere,
and I thought today might be a good day for me to join in the fun,
because I have a little alltered teacup to share with you.   The Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group is having a Marie's Garden Tea Party swap,in which you are to create a beautiful garden party in a tea cup for your partner. My partner is Kris, who likes antique Bavarian china in pink and green colors for Spring.I found the perfect teacup in the first shop I went to!!   

 Antique!  Pink and Green!!  Bavarian!!!  Since this is the type of china Kris likes to collect,I thought I would make the garden party removeableand not permanently alter the teacup.

 I did this by shaving my florist foam into cup form and gluing two rows of leaves over it. Then I glued the bottom of a peat pot to the bottom so the little vignette could stand on it's own.  I then glued moss to the florist foam,along with a garden variety of paper flowers and vintage millinery.And a couple of  cute little pink mushrooms :)

 I made a little garden arch by twisting two long wiredfloral sprays together and shaping into an arch.Which doubles as a handle to lift Marie out to play!  :) And because a lady should look good from all sides,  

Marie from the back! I had so much fun creating this,this group dreams up the most creative swaps! I'll share the teacup garden party Kris makes for me next Teacup Tuesday! Here's some lovely flowers for you: 

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Visit Pink Saturday for lovely pink inspiration!
You will find more lovely teacups at Martha's Favorites and Artful Affirmations!
And, for lovely, shabby, chippy whites, stop by White Wednesday!

Lovely, feminine things at Pearls and Lace Thursday!
Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Next Friday!

And for all things lovely and vintage, visit Knick of Time!

Have a great weekend!Time for tea...