Samantha's Baptism

At the end of the party the Godfather -in this case my husband Gus-throws what is called "bolo", -coins to the children who attended the celebration- it is ment to be done outside the church when mass is over, but given the circumstances that this was a collective service with over 30 children, and due to safety reasons it is better to do it at the party.


the children have attended several baptisms allready, see how some know to cover their heads to avoid getting hit with the coins : )

all the kids anxious to get the their hands on something sweet...

THE CUPCAKES ...

I ended up not using the fondant crosses but only these round scalloped ones with the cross stamped, just because the cross was too large for the small cupcakes. These were an excellent compliment to the cake that was purchased which was also beautiful and very yummi.

THE CUPCAKE STAND . . .

cereal boxes, spool, tape, wrapping paper, scissors, hot glue gun (ribbon and other decorations optional)

THE CENTERPIECES . . .

side A personalized w/her name

side B personalized w/event

work in progress...

white chocolate cross pops -centerpiece decorations, maybe? that means I'll have to make about 20 more...

rolled fondant -cupcake toppers, cookie decorations? don't know yet but I'm sure I'll put them to good use!

THE FAVORS . . .

The favors chosen are the holy water vial packaged in a favor box -see Fernando's Baptism entry in Sept. 2009-

final product


one down, 24 to go...

favor tags

THE INVITATIONS . . .

I have always been inclined to do pink for girls but when the Godmother said she preferred silver I was hesitant but it turned out a perfect combination...both invitations were embellished with rhinestones, vellum paper and organza ribbon.

two different designs

with picture

without picture

the assembly line

THE GOWN . . .

The beautiful gown was purchased on Etsy, it is the simplest thing but yet so beautiful, I made the rest of the attire -diaper cover, bib, mitts and shoes-in a white cotton/linen blend and lace to match the gown.

everything was packaged nicely and adorned with antique lace and a porcelain cross

embroidered with a cross and her name (Tita hand stitched it in @ 30 minutes!!!)

gown and bonnet (before personalization)

back of gown

slip

M2M gown: bib, shoes and mitts

shoes

bib

diaper cover

She is not even 2 mos old and already will be hosting her first party!

Tita

Belli (5) and Tita (70)

Tita (43) Anna (8)

Back when I was growing up, we did not have much so whatever we had was used for necessities, and taking pictures was not a necessity. We did not have a camera, nor did we know someone with a camera, so I have very few pictures of myself growing up -about 5- This picture of my mother and I was taken at a school function when I was in 3rd grade March 1983. When my older sister saw the picture of Belli with my mom -better known as Tita- she immediately remembered the picture my mom had sent her almost 27 years ago, I had never seen this photo, but I remember taking it and not being too happy about it because of bystanders, now I think is priceless so I made copies and gave one to all my sisters!

Jaylen's Zebra Party

After deciding to put all my sewing and crafting projects on hold -can't wait for my storage/craft room to be ready- I seem to find myself going crazy because of nothing to do...so when Diana came to me for help on her daughter Jaylen's birthday party I immediately said YES. Jaylen has had a party every birthday so she has gone tru a lot of themes already, so when she decided on the zebra theme -so popular right now, even for older girls-I was thrilled, it's one of my favorites too...


she insisted on a picture invitation

the birthday banner was a combination of patterns in pink & black, polka dot and zebra print

Pin the tail on the zebra -hand painted-

these flower pots were used as centerpieces -2 per table-

these were added to the flower pots...marshmallows covered with melted chocolate and sprinkles

mini cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and toppers for the kids

An alternative to cupcake stands which will cost you at least $15 and look too simple, I created this stand with 2 cereal boxes, wrapping paper, and a ribbon spool. Look for the tutorial next week!

for the goodie bag I used the small paper bags and added a scalloped label

Unfortunatelly I did not get pics at the party, but the tables looked so pretty in pink tablecloths with a zebra print runner. The cake did not have the zebra print but was a beautiful black and white polka dotted with a hot pink bow, amazing.

snow day

Although the snow that fell was only about 1", It looked so beautiful, just like in the postcards.

our backyard was completely covered in white

the back patio

the big tree behind my kitchen window was covered with white flakes

the swings were "out of service"

Although it looks beautiful one day is enough for me, I really hope the sun peeks out tomorrow : )

Belli got the best part of the day since she gets out of school at 11:00, and Gus got out early, they had a good time...

Michael and Gabby got out of school 2:30 just to find a few flakes but they made the best of it...they played with "brownie" at Tita's house.

Michael at Tita's house

Gabby at Tita's house

at Tita's house

bow holder

A couple of months ago I had made Belli a tutu bow holder, it looked so pretty I almost didn't want to clip any bows on it...then I got over it and started clipping away.

it was sooo overloaded, it didn't look like a tutu anymore : (

so I knew it was time for a second bow holder for Belli...

it coordinates perfectly with her bedding

I added paper flowers, rinestones, ribbon and her initial to complete the look.

just as I finished putting all the hairbows on, I realized that I am going to need another one pretty soon...