Baby Shower Title Buttons - DIY

With our baby shower coming soon, I wanted to throw together some fun buttons for the parents to be and grandparents to be to wear. I did not want to spend a lot of money on them though, because they are only going to be worn during the shower. So of course, I hopped into my car and went to the Dollar Tree and Walmart!

I purchased:

tan colored label stickers (Dollar Tree)

gold glitter alphabet stickers (Walmart)

ribbon (7 different colors and styles) (Walmart)

pin backings (Walmart)

I also used my hot glue gun and glue sticks that I already had around the house. I also used some leftover gold glitter and pink camo scrapbook paper that I purchased from Hobby Lobby to use for the  Pedicure Spa Jar that I made for baby shower game prizes!

here is a closer look at the ribbon styles and colors I used

 

I took white paper and used the gold alphabet stickers to write out:

Mommy

Daddy

Grandma (2 times)

Great Grandma (3 times)

 

I then cut those out and glued them onto the tan colored label stickers from the dollar store.

 

I peeled off those stickers and stuck them to the pink camo scrapbook paper.  I took scissors and cut those out, trying to match the shape of the sticker the best that I could, with leaving a fun pink camo border around the sticker.

I did the same exact thing all over again, but I glued the cut outs to the gold glitter scrapbook paper this time. I took my scissors and cut them out, again, trying to match the original shape as best as I could.

I then took my ribbons and cut them into various different sizes (2 pieces the same size of each ribbon style and color) I took my hot glue gun and started gluing the ribbons together at the top.

When the ribbons were all glued together, I used a dot of hot glue to attache the name tags I made to each set of ribbons. I also glued on a pin backing just above the glued on ribbons.

I let the glue dry for a few minutes, and then I flipped over the button to look at the pretty front of it, and I took my scissors to trim and shape each ribbon to make them look good together.

Here is the final product:

 

I am so excited to give them out on the day of the shower, and then be able to scrapbook ours afterwards!

If you make a version of these yourself, please share a picture of them in the comments below, or tag them on Instagram using #CreatingVirginiaAnne

 

I would love to see your creations!

Flower Pens - DIY

With the baby shower coming up soon, I am just finishing up some last final touches to make it a fun and girly shower. 

Here are the supplies you will need:

Pens (I used 5 I had around the house - 2 black and 3 purple)

hot glue gun + glue sticks

fake flowers (I got 1 bunch [5 flowers] from the Dollar Tree)

floral tape (also from Dollar Tree)

ribbon ( I pictured green here, but I ended up using pink [from Dollar Tree])

scissors

I started off by pulling off the flowers from their stems. I also pulled off the leaves, I was planning on using them but ended up just throwing them away. 

 

I threw away the steps and leaves. I then flipped the flowers over and used my scissors to cut of what was left of the stem.

 

I took the pens and floral tape and wrapped two layers around the pen. The floral tape is sticky, but not very sticky so I did seal the ends with a small dot of hot glue.

 

When the pens were all wrapped up in the floral tape, I flipped the flowers over, put a small amount of hot glue on the end of the pen and held it in place on the bottom of the flower until the glue was dry.

 

I added a pink bow (I just tied a piece of pink ribbon around the base of the flower and cut off the extra ribbon scrap to make the bow the size I wanted.)

Here are the final products. I think they are adorable!

They were cheap and did not take long to make at all.

 

These would be perfect for a shower - teacher gift - party - or just a cute addition to your desk at work. They look gorgeous in a small vase on the table, and I am excited to display them and use them at the baby shower.

If you make a version of these yourself, please share a picture of them in the comments below, or tag them on Instagram using #CreatingVirginiaAnne

I would love to see your creations!

Baby Shower Thank Yous - DIY

UPDATE: Our Baby Shower was just perfect. It was so full of love and amazing people who love us and who we love. It was a beautiful shower, and I couldn't wait to write out the homemade thank yous and send them out!

 

Our shower is on a Saturday, so Sunday I am dedicating most of my day to making the Thank yous and writing them out, so I could mail them out on Monday. (EDIT: These thank-yous took me about 5 hours to make and write out, but they were so worth it and I loved how they turned out.)

The items I used were:

1 box of plain white invitations (100 count)

 fabric (I bought quarters from Joanne Fabrics - I used 10 different patterns)

buttons - (Joanne's and I used 5 different colors)

Our computer printer

hot glue gun and sticks

black sharpie

black thin sharpie

gluestick

scissors

I started off by using our computer and printer to print out THANK YOU on the upper right hand corner of each invitation. I used an invitation layout in Microsoft Word, and just made sure that my paper size matched the sizes on the computer printer setup page. I also used colored font to match what color fabric and buttons I was planning to use on certain thank-yous.

I ended up printing 10 yellows, 20 salmons, 20 pinks, 20 blues and 30 purples. (totaling 100 Thank-yous)

I then took my fabric scissors and cut out a temp-let shape of a baby buggy. You can even Google baby buggy to print out the ideal shape if you wanted to!

I cut out 10 buggy's of each fabric pattern that I purchased.

 

Once your buggy's are all cut out, now it is time to make the thank yous!

 

Step 1: use a glue stick to glue on the fabric buggy into the spot on the paper that you want it. I did all of mine close to the bottom left hand corner (as you can see)

Step 2: Use your regular black sharpie to draw a small handle on the buggy

Step 3: Use the same sharpie to draw two black lines coming out of the bottom of the fabric buggy

Step 4: Use a small dot of hot glue to attach the buttons to the bottom of the sharpie lines to look like wheels

Now keep repeating these steps until all of the cards are done!

That was so easy wasn't it!?

Here is a mash-up of one of each pattern and wheel color that I made.

I made a total of 100 thank yous in this style, I will then my thin black sharpie to write out my messages to all of our loving and wonderful family and friends.

 

This project would work for Thank-yous or even invitations! 

You could even use it for baby announcements once the sweet little one is born and you could add a newborn picture to it as well! 

There are so many fun ways to use this project, and the colors can be changed and played with as well!

If you make a version of these yourself, please share a picture of them in the comments below, or tag them on Instagram using #CreatingVirginiaAnne

I would love to see your creations!

Tea Lights - Baby Shower Favor

 

"Light this candle, on the night

Once the stork has made his flight.

With a flicker of the flame,

Please say a prayer in Sweetpea's name."

For part of the baby shower gifts we will be giving each person a little baggy with a few items in it. One of those items will be a small tea light candle, with a tag attached that says the short poem that I started this post with.

I wanted to make the tea lights a little more fun, girly and cute.

So I took different pink washi tapes that I had, and cut them to size.

I wrapped each tea light (whew I wrapped 100!) and I really think it made them a little more fun for the favor bags. 

 

This quick, easy and cheap DIY was just that. It was very quick, it took me less than 1 minute per tea light. It was easy, all I had to do was measure, cut and wrap. It was also cheap, the candles were from Walmart but you can buy them from the Dollar Tree as well. The washi tape was off brand and from the Dollar Tree, and that is all you need my friends!

If you make your own version of these fun tea lights, please share a picture of them in the comments below, or tag them on Instagram using #CreatingVirginiaAnne   

I would love to see your creations! 

TuTu Center Pieces - Baby Shower - DIY

Since we have a little girl due in July, the baby shower is of course going to be pink and girly - mixed in with a little camo too!

My Momma-Bear and I decided to make the center pieces ourselves...

Here is what we used:

(to make 15 center pieces)

White elastic bands (Hobby Lobby)

safety pins (Dollar Tree)

12 yards of neon pink tulle (Hobby Lobby)

12 yards of  Paris pink tulle (Hobby Lobby)

Brown flower buckets (Dollar Tree)

flower pots (Home Depot)

Camo ribbon (Hobby Lobby)

 

Step 1: Cut the elastic to 11 inches & pin the ends together

Step 2: cut the tulle into 5 inch by 12 inch strips

Step 3: gather the tulle strips and get ready to tie!

Step 4: fold 1 strip of Paris Pink tulle and 1 strip of Neon Pink tulle in half (together) and loop with around the elastic band

Step 5: Keep repeating step 4 until the band is covered (we used 26 loops on all of ours) 

Step 6: fluff the tulle and TAH-DAH a pretty little tutu to fit around the brown flower buckets!

Step 7: As you can see in the top pictures, we slid the tutu around the flower pot, cut a 33 inch piece of our camo ribbon and tied a bow around it.

We also are going to be putting the flower pots inside of the brown flower buckets, to place white and pink flowers inside, as the whole center piece. I will be sure to post a picture of them completed when it gets closer to the shower date, because obviously the flowers would probably not make it a few more weeks! 

If you make a version of this yourself, please share a picture in the comments below, or tag them on Instagram using #CreatingVirginiaAnne

I would love to see your creations!

Pedicure Spa Jar - DIY

Our baby shower is just around the corner... and we are still working on prepping different game prizes for the guests to win.

I made 5 pedicure spa jars that were so cheap, easy and fun to make!

Here is what I used:

Nail clippers (pink of course & from the Dollar Tree)

A fun girly mini nail file (a pack of 5 from Five Below for $1)

Nail buffer block (3 for $2 at Five Below)

Mason jars (Dollar Tree)

Ribbon (I used pink from Dollar Tree)

Nail polish (Again, I used pink from Dollar Tree)

Toe Separators (pink and girly from Five Below - $1 each)

Scrapbook paper (I used pink camo & gold glitter - Hobby Lobby for $0.49 each)

Tissue Paper (I used a pretty white and glitter one from the Dollar Tree)

I took the cap off of the mason jars, and I traced the lid on the scrap book pages, and cut out the circles. I put one piece of pretty tissue paper in the jar, and left it loose. (I did not push it down, yet) I then took one of each item and placed them in the jar - one at a time. (this step pushed the tissue paper down on its own, without making it too squished.)

When the jar was filled, I placed the lid on with the scrapbook paper cut out on top, and screwed on the top ring. I then took two colors of ribbon and cut them to tie a bow. I tied the bow and TAH-DAH! It looks beautiful!

UPDATE: These favors were a huge hit at the shower and I wish I would have made more than just 5 of them! They were so easy and fun and the possibilities are endless with colors, toppers and items that you can use!

 If you make a version of these yourself, please share a picture of them in the comments below, or tag them on Instagram using #CreatingVirginiaAnne

I would love to see your creations!

Baby Shower Prize Ideas!

The shower is just around the corner, and we finally have almost all of the prizes, tagged, organized and wrapped. I took pictures of them before wrapping them, so I could share some game prize ideas. I will be doing a separate post on the games we are doing.

First off, here are the favors that we are going to be giving to each guest.

A pretty fuchsia mesh bag (Micheal's) with a Sweet Pea hand sanitizer (Bath & Body Works) and a tea light (I made them.. here is the post on how to make them yourself! HERE.)  

The tags are double sided, so I photographed both messages.

 

Some of the other prizes that are going to be given away are...

My mom worked hard making these prizes.

TOP LEFT PICTURE: Not made by my mom but collected, baking sets. It consists of a kitchen towel, two oven mitts and a hot pad. 

TOP RIGHT PICTURE: My mom made grocery bag socks. You can hang them in your kitchen cabinet, a closet or the pantry, and they have an opening on top and bottom, you can use it to store the plastic bags you get from shopping. So handy & creative! 

BOTTOM LEFT PICTURE: Hot Pads for bowls that my mom made. Have you ever placed a bowl of something in the microwave, only to not be able to touch it right away when it is done heating up?! This solves your problem! Place these around your bowl before microwaving them and the fabric will not get too hot to touch! Love this idea! (I told her I wanted a few of them for myself! ha!)

BOTTOM RIGHT PICTURE: Mini oven mitts that my mom made. They are small and padded, so you won't get burned taking something out of the oven, and they are small and compact so they don't take up a lot of room in the kitchen cabinet or drawer!

TOP LEFT PICTURE: My mom made some adorable jewelry pouches for traveling, and I placed a homemade bracelet hanging out of each one!

TOP MIDDLE PICTURE: Cute notepads (guests will win them in sets of 2)

TOP RIGHT PICTURE: Fun little garden accents

BOTTOM LEFT PICTURE: My mom put together travel packs. A caboodle package filled with: razors, mini first aide kit. Q-tips, mini sewing kit, sun block, hand lotion, and tooth paste. So convenient!

BOTTOM MIDDLE PICTURE: A travel pack for liquids!

BOTTOM RIGHT PICTURE: Hand soaps with chalkboard labels!

 

We also got scarves for one of the games, and there will be a guest at each table winning a centerpiece! The centerpieces were made by my mom and I and you can see how we did them and what they look like HERE! 

If you make a version of these yourself, please share a picture in the comments below, or tag them on Instagram using #CreatingVirginiaAnne

I would love to see your creations!