Airplane Baby Shower

Now for the full Airplane Baby Shower Reveal!  It was SUCH a fun party to plan and throw, and so much fun for my sweet cousin to come into town so we could all love on her and be happy for her upcoming baby!

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Again- we went with the Airplane shower because her Dad worked as an air traffic controller and her husband works for Delta, so lots and lots of flying are in this kid future!  We designed the table to look like grass on either side of a runway…  and I love how the table turned out!  I wrapped a few of my puzzle boxes in green wrapping paper to add height without sticking out.

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The control tower cake, AND the biggest hit were these cloud cake balls!!!  (a 6 petal cookie cutter, press the cake inside, freeze, cut in half, add to a stick and dip!)

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What kinds of food do you think of when you think Airplane?  I created these labels for Pretzels…

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and peanuts!  This way people could snack at the party, or take some home as well!

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I found these great clam-shell plastic food containers at Gygi’s here in SLC, but I’m sure a local food/restaurant supply store would have them, or of course ordering online!  We made chicken salad sandwiches on croissants and I love the addition of my stickers too them.  I’m still tickled how it all came together!

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And of course my airplane color flow cookies

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And you can’t have any party, let along an airplane party without bottled water!!!

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I also found these plastic cups, the same ones from the airplanes, for the Orange juice (my favorite airline drink, AND the perfect color for our party).  BUT I couldn’t find the right size lids… NEXT time, right?  And with Easter the next weekend I found an abundance of blue cotton candy, so I made these orange planes with a mold and added them to the bags!

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I used my silhouette machine to cut out all the clouds and the planes, you can’t see it but I created a mobile that’s hanging from the chandelier to add more clouds and a plane into the sky above the table.  The cartoon plane was an image I found that I changed up to match the other plane, the silhouette of a  plane, that I designed…

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Since so many people were coming from different parts of the Mother to be’s life we included name tags.  On top of the wings is a cloud shape space for names…  Another missed picture (I always have those don’t I?) and the gift table (with a maternity pictures from a photoshoot with my sister, Chelsea Peterson Photography)

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The prizes for our games were simple, but delicious!  The sad thing is the first time around I actually miss-spelled chocolate…

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We threw a maternity Jeopardy game, that was a HUGE hit!  Everyone was laughing pretty hard, and the team that won didn’t have any new or young mothers on it…

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And the baby food game, the winner of this one was my 17 year old cousin, she babysits alot!!!  Way to go!

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And finally a reminder of the invitations I created for the party!  It was a wonderful evening and I hope my sweet cousin had a great time, cause in the end that’s the whole point of throwing a party!

Airplane Baby Shower
Airplane Color Flow Cookies
Airport Traffic Control Cake Tower
Airplane Boarding Pass Invitations

Rainbow party butterfly garland

I’m working on decorations for my daughter’s rainbow garden birthday party.  I don’t have a cricut… yet.  And when I do I’ll be getting the Cricut cake, so I’m at a loss when it comes to cute cute out paper items.  BUT my son’s elementary school has this cool paper cutter with different shapes.  So when I was there this week working on my Creative writing class I saw a butterfly cut out and thought “that would work GREAT for garland!” (yes I talk to myself!).  Anyway I took over a pack of colored construction aper one afternoon and cut out all of these…
rainbow garden birthday party garland butterfly tutorial construction paper
In all six colors of the rainbow!  Isn’t it pretty already?
rainbow garden birthday party garland butterfly tutorial construction paper sewing
So to make it stronger, thicker and have an option of a more 3D look I put two butterflies together
rainbow garden birthday party garland butterfly tutorial construction paper sewing machine
Then put it into my machine.  It’s set at the LONGEST stitch in a straight line.  Pulling out a few inches of thread to start with I started at the head and sewed my way down to the tail.
rainbow garden birthday party garland butterfly tutorial construction paper sewing machine
Keeping it straight wasn’t so bad, but I kept catching my middle finger on the screw that holds the needle in place.  Ouch!
rainbow garden birthday party garland butterfly tutorial construction paper sewing machine
When your done sewing through to keep length between each butterfly set you’ll want to pull the thread to your desired length, trying to keep it as even as possible.  Don’t forget to hold on to that thread through the first stitch in the next butterfly or the top thread will pull itself tight again.  And here you go!  I’ll show pictures on the day of the party so you can see how it looks hanging up for real~!
rainbow garden birthday party garland butterfly tutorial paper
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