Communion Gift Bags

First Communion is fastly approaching. I'm using the first part of Spring vacation to get some crafting done. While I am sure I could have found a similar bag on one of the Cricut carts, there is something very satisfying about cutting stuff out yourself. I found the tutorial for this on Splitcoast Stampers. I have no idea what I will put in these bags...perhaps the rosary kit from Oriental Trading.

Time for a Jazzy Challenge

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CCAYR

I wish I were keeping up with Christmas Cards All Year Round. I would have 10 cards put away for Christmas by now. Oh well, perhaps I will catch up with things soon. There just aren't enough hours in the day or days in the week. CCAYR has an interesting challenge for March. Use mostly green and a snowman on your card. Check out what the CCAYR designers have done.

Easter Tablescape

Lately I have been very interested in party/tablescape blogs. Over on Maddycakes Muse, there is an Easter Tablescape/Spring Party contest. There are some seriously talented people out there doing parties and table design. They gave me the inspiration to give it a shot.

For my Easter tablescape, I used a Battenburg tablecloth that I got from mom. That tablecloth must be at least 15 (maybe 20) years old. Each place setting consists of a gold charger (also very old), blue plates from the Dollar Tree, multicolor dishes from Target, and pastel egg holders (Home Goods) with glittered foam eggs (Joann's). For the centerpiece, I have used three grass slabs from Hobby Lobby with ceramic eggs (also Hobby Lobby), more foam eggs and a large blue craft egg (Michael's).

I have also started planning the dessert buffet. Of course, these samples won't see Easter. At least I have some idea of what I will have.

I had a lot of fun with my first attempt at a tablescape design contest. Thanks to Maddycakes for the inspiration.

Call Me, Lady Luck (or maybe Lucky Lady)

A couple of girlfriends and I started a poker group back in the Spring. We played last night. Yours truly was the night's winner of the New Orleans themed gift bag with some Zatarain goodies. YAY!

Well, the next one is on me. I have already started planning for it. Here are pictures of the invites, snack boxes, cupcake holders and picks that I have been working on.

It's Carnival Time

Down in New Orleans

Where the blues was born

It takes a cool cat

To blow a horn

On LaSalle and Rampart Street

The combo's there with a mambo beat

The Mardi Gras, mambo, mambo, mambo

Party Gras, pambo, mambo, mambo

Mardi Gras, mambo-ooh

Down in New Orleans

Lyrics to Mardi Gras Mambo

I found inspiration for this Mardi Gras card from Tenia Nelson. She did a spring card on her blog earlier this week. I loved it and found this tutorial on making spring cards.

I'm taking King Cake to work on Tuesday. I made these toppers to go on the slices.

So Sweet

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