Wow... that's a mouthful... but however you say it, it's a day/week to thank all those who work with you and make your job a lot easier!
Normally on this day I would get a phone call in the morning from Ryan saying oops, we forgot it was today... can you come up with something? So then I scramble around and figure something out. Well, not this year... I figured out in advance when it was and had a plan!
This is the arrangement I made for all 6 of the help-staff at Ryan's office.The colors were so bright and fun to work with once I figured out what design I was going to do. And it wouldn't be complete without a handmade tag to say Thank You! They also bought all the staff lunch from Bagel Cafe (yummy) Have you thanked your Administrative Professional Lately?
I found the cutest, fun, bright colored sundae cups the other day and thought they would be perfect to make a (non- fattening) Floral Birthday Sundae. I couldn't wait to try it out and it just so happened that my friend's birthday was this week! I was so excited when I found these daisy's with lime green centers! And the pink "cherry on top" makes it so cute! Just add a coordinating tag to complete the ensemble! The tag reads.... "Livin' the Sweet life... Happy Birthday" I also have blue, pink & yellow cups ... can't wait to make more!
Just wanted to share another diaper cake I created for a gift... I added a little something new to this one, those are little hair bow's around the ribbon border. And of course it wouldn't be complete without the "Butt paste" (this bear looks like she doesn't have any eyes)I was able to take the image for this card off their invitation... I just love pink & brown together!
I've attended a couple weddings lately and tried to come up with a clever gift idea like the baby diaper cakes. And so... I saw this idea online and came up with my version of the Towel wedding cake made with 2 bath towels, 2 hand towels and 2 washcloths. Of course I try to coordinate with the wedding colors... the first was black, white & red (excuse the messy house in the background) The second one was Black, white and green. I was able to use part of their invitation on this cake (names)
and on the card (black background) I even found the same font they used on the invite (he he)I just love weddings... don't you?!
I was asked to help with the Stake Young Women's Medallion dinner. They wanted to follow along the color scheme with the new Personal Progress book, pink, white and a touch of gold. So this is what I came up with.... Soft flowing tulle in gold and pink, fresh tulips, and little butterflies floating on the tulle.We served Everything Salad, Rosemary rolls and a giant sugar cookie for dessert...I had the cookie maker coordinate the design with the decor too :) It says the theme.."Choose Ye this Day" and has a chocolate temple on the bottom We set up 18 tables and served 150 people.. Notice in the background the YW values vases that I made a while back along the stage There was a nice display table for all the medallion recipients photo's Everything went pretty smoothly.. whew! Following the dinner and presentation we went into the chapel and watched the YW General Broadcast. The best part... everything was cleaned up when I came out following the broadcast!
For Miranda's Annie production, I was in charge of decorating the lobby table. I wanted something that represented some parts of Annie, so I found a cute "Sandy" stuffed dog, wrapped a box for the raffle drawing for a t-shirt and... created a mirror with vinyl letters with a famous line from the play... "You're never Fully Dressed without a smile!" The original plan was to make these to sell at concessions, but it just didn't get approved and ready in time. Maybe next time!
Normally when someone is having a baby girl you would think of PINK! When I received a baby shower invitation for a friend and it said her nursery colors were Deep purple, Grey and Black I was a little perplexed and not sure how to coordinate the diaper cake with her nursery.
So I headed out on a quest for purple and black... anything purple and black that would work for a baby.
I ended up finding a purple frame and a black and purple clothes pin photo holder... The frame worked perfectly after I distressed it using black paint. I was well on my way, but what about a purple and black blanket to put on my diaper cake???
I discovered a set of blankets that had purple in it, but also pink... well, it would have to do. One of the blankets had butterflies on it so I figured that would be the way for me to tie in her colors. So I cut out many butterflies in different sizes in purple, black and grey. Here is the final result....
I wanted to personalize the frame a little, so I found out what she was naming her baby and cut out vinyl letters to place on the glass.... I printed a b&w photo to place inside and voila... a finished frame. Now remember I also found a clothes pin that matched.... well, here's what I did with it....The clothes pin was already the right colors but I wanted to fancy it up a little so I added a ribbon and flowers. I purchased a Target gift card and covered it in paper from her invitation then adhered it to a card that was held by the clothes pin. So there you have it... a completed coordinating set to match a purple, gray and black baby nursery! I don't even think you notice the pink too much either :)
The colors were so bright and fun to work with once I figured out what design I was going to do. 
And it wouldn't be complete without a handmade tag to say Thank You!
They also bought all the staff lunch from Bagel Cafe (yummy)
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