Good morning! A short and sweet blog post this morning to show some of the other projects I did for my sister's 50th birthday party last night. We had a great time and are all recovering quite nicely from our late night!
First project - and I'm not sure what to call this, but I painted a cruise ship scene and cut out the holes where the faces would be so our guests could all feel like they were on board ship with my sister!
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| Sandy and our dear friend Tom enjoying an umbrella drink on board the cruise ship! |
These boards are a great project. I've made a few of them over the years for my kids elementary school "Fun Night" events (I only have a photo of one of them which I will post at the bottom of today's blog. The board is a very lightweight piece of insulation board that you can get at Home Depot or Lowes. It cost about $10 and is easy to cut and paint.
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| It comes in extra large sheets, so make sure you have a large car to transport it, (or a great neighbor who has a large car, thank you Tara!) |
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| Paint over the silver with a primer, such as Kilz, and you're ready to paint. |
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| I drew on the scene and painted it with craft paint. Here's my Mom helping with the lady's polka dot bikini. This was a true family affair! |
Next, the cake! You know from a few weeks ago that I am thoroughly enjoying my new found hobby of making cakes using Rice Krispie treats covered in fondant for decoration. Since my sister is taking a cruise next week, naturally that had to be the theme of the cake...
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| I used two double-layered sheet cakes set next to each other for the base, then made the cruise ship from the Rice Krispie treats. (my dad helped me make the sheet cakes - thanks Dad!) |
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| Putting the pieces together. I shaped the base using a greased bread pan, then the next layer, I greased a small tupperwear container. Once they were cool, I removed them and cut them into the ship shapes. |
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| A ton of icing with blue food color for the watery base! |
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| Well, it wouldn't be a party without eating the decoration! Here is my friend Tom's Titanic reenactment! (A prayer that Sandy's cruise doesn't meet up with any ice bergs... :)) |
A few other smaller projects that really added to the festive, tropical mood...
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| I purchased two grass table skirts from Oriental Trading Company (if you've never used them, check out their website!). I purchased a large piece of blue costume material ($4) and a smaller piece of a more expensive tropical material and sewed the grass skirts on to the material for an inexpensive "table cloth". |
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| A large basket of lei's at the front door to put on our guests as they arrived. |
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| Not sure what to call these, but you may remember that at my great-niece's birthday party a few weeks ago, we had these pink tissue paper balls hanging from the chandelier. Well, I saved them and thought they looked like flowers, and so made some very "Lorax" inspired tropical plants with balloons and chicken wire. I hope Dr. Seuss would approve! |
There may be more photos that I will post mid-week, once my nephew sends them to me. He has a much better camera than I but he has to convert the shots so I can put them on here. Stay tuned...
In the mean time, here is another shot of a board I did for our local elementary school event - the theme of the party, of course, was "The Circus"...
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| I duct taped two boards together for this one so it could stand up on it's own. Of course, most of the kids wanted to be in the lions mouth! :) |
Have a great day everyone, I am going to go back out and enjoy my family until they all head home!
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