Parties make life FUN!!

I hosted a fun little baby shower for my friend last week.  She will be having a baby boy soon.  So I went with the Vintage Car theme.

I found a vintage car brush from Brusheezy, and used them in photoshop to make the little picks.  Muffin liners are around the outside, and then I hot-glued them on skewers.  I used a piece of felt over the stick and the paper to keep it together better.

 Then I designed a few T-shirt transfers with them. They made the most adorable T-shirts, decorations and gift.

 I pulled out my trusting sewing machine and made a baby banner.  It was so cute that I offered for her to take it home.  She is able to hang it in the nursery because I made sure to use her colors.

The food was delicious.  I made sugar cookies(recipe here).  It was so fun to frost them.  They looked beautiful on the table.

I had some friends bring some side dishes(which were to die for), and then I served Chicken Salad on homemade rolls.

Chicken Salad Recipe

2 Chicken breasts boiled and shredded

1 C. grapes chopped.

1 green pepper chopped

1 onion chopped

Slivered almonds if you have them

Add those ingredients together.

Mix:  1 C.  Real Mayo

1 C. Sour cream

with 2 tsp. dill, 1 tsp. salt and pepper to flavor.

Add to the chopped ingredients.

Let refrigerate for a couple of hours before serving.

My friend, Tracy helped me throw the shower.  She always finds the most adorable cakes.  It was blue with brown polka-dots.  Sigh. So adorable as part of the table scape.( I wish that I wasn’t so busy hosting and that I remembered to take pictures)

Last but not least, I made these poms for over the table.  They are everywhere in the blog world; I found tutorial on Martha.

I love them.  Since the party, I have used them here.

 And now they adorn my room.

 

So cheap, and easy to make.

I love a good party. 

Parties make life FUN!!