Annie’s Baby Shower

January 14th, my friend April and I threw a baby shower for our dear friend Annie. She is having a baby any day now and I can’t wait for that sweet girl to get here!! Wanted to share some of the photos and decoration ideas. I was very proud how everything turned out. April and I worked hard

We rented the clubhouse in my neighborhood and it was a lot less stressful than having it my house.

Cupcake table with lots of the maternity/ family photos I took back in October. Check out the pics here.

I took regular clay pots and spray painted them gray. It took LOTS of coats. I probably should have primed them first. I wrapped the plastic ware in pink napkins and tried to make them look like roses. The invitations are from Shutterfly.

 

Our wonderfully awesome friend Andrea made the cupcakes and the boxes for them to sit on. She is so talented.  I bought the cupcake liners and wrappers from Sweet Shop Lulu. They have such wonderful things!!

We had our lemonade all ready to go in the mason jars. I also got the straws from Sweet Shop Lulu.

 

April worked hard on the tissue paper pom poms. Love them!

and she did so awesome on these yarned wrapped bottles. Maybe I can get her to do a tutorial for us!! What do you think April??

I forgot to take pictures that day of the Monogram door hanger I made, but you can check that out here.

I saw this idea on Pinterest. So I made a calendar in Excel and everyone got to guess the due date.

{Annie with her daughter + her Mom}

 

   

 

 

Audra praying over Annie

Annie got so spoiled with all sorts of cute gifts for Sawyer.

  

Thanks Annie for letting April and I throw you a shower for your last baby! We had so much fun planning and prepping. So excited to meet Miss Sawyer as I know you are!!

2012 in {Instagram} Photos: Weeks 1-3

I have been trying to take a photo everyday with my phone using Instagram.  I love Instagram and all the many filters they provide for your pictures. I just wanted to share some of my favorite photos from January. There are lots!! Check out more of my Instagram photos here: http://followgram.me/jenllogan or click on the Instagram tab on the left side bar. I am going to do this every week, but for now I will get caught up with the first three weeks of January.

     

     

1. They love spending time with Paw Paw. 2. Justin as a kid. 3. Out to eat with the kids by myself. 4. I love Neives’ in Winfield, KS. 5. Jocelyn drawing on her Aquadoodle. 6. Really cute sparkly heels from Target.

     

     

1. Jocelyn’s first eye appointment. She has 20/20 vision. 2. Lunch on the lawn. We had such a beautiful January day. 3. He has been trying to take pictures 4. Sweet moment. She was reading to him. 5 Candy Land! She and Justin play this every night as long as she takes her nap. 6. Jackson filling his Piggy bank.

     

     

1. & 2. Getting ready to help Justin change the oil in the car. She needed her coveralls on too. 3. My baptism certificate came!! 4. My sweet husband knows me so well. 5. Letter S made for Sawyer’s baby shower. 6. She played with her animals in this bucket all morning.

     

     

1. & 6. Practicing scooping skills. 2. All set up for Annie + Sawyer’s baby shower. 3. Justin sent me this while I was at the baby shower. They are so cute! 4. & 5. Jesus loves you snow much! A fun little event for the families with young kids at our church. Jocelyn bounced forever!

     

     

1. Bath time! 2. He loves any shoes or slippers 3. Mom + Jackson time while Jocelyn is at school

4. & 5. She is looking at her photos. Such a cute little chub. 6. Trying to perfect my braiding. I will get there.

I will share this week’s photos on Sunday

Monogram Door Hanger

I made this for a friends baby shower and wanted to share how I did it. Here it is finished.

I am going to try to explain this, but you can look on Martha Stewart for better photos of her tissue paper pom poms. I took a wire hanger and bent it into the shape of the letter S. It was about 16 inches tall from the top of the letter to the bottom once I got it all shaped. Other letters might take more than one hanger to get the same height. You can always clip off the excess with wire cutters. Next line the back of the hanger with long strips of felt using a hot glue gun. I then started making the flowers. I stacked 4 pieces of tissue paper and then cut them in to 3×5 inch pieces.

Then fold like a fan and staple in the middle.

   

Then round the edges and fan out the sides

Then starting on one side with the top piece of tissue paper, put it towards the middle and then do the same with the opposite side, alternating sides until all the tissue paper is pulled inward. It should look like a flower now.

I then put hot glue on the back of the flowers and started gluing them to the letter putting them as close to each other as I could without making them looked smashed. I also tied a piece of tulle to the top for it to hang from. You can tell here I haven’t glued the ones in the middle of the S yet, but the ones on the bottom were glued. I also placed my felt as I went, but it might be easier to do it all at once.

This was really fun and easy to make, just a little time consuming making all those flowers. I wasn’t sure how this would turn out, but I love it. Can’t wait to make one for Jocelyn! Here it is one more time.