This is the inside of the card. It's hard to tell in this photo, but the bear and cup are popped up off the background.
I made these little boxes to hold the treats Angel made for each of the guests. They were made using one of the Big Shot dies from Stampin' Up!
Here's a close up of the jewelry items Angel made. She made the bracelets for the little girls who attended, and the key chains for the older girls and the Moms. Aren't they cute? The butterflies were cut out with a Stampin' Up Big Shot die from shrink plastic. The large ones were stamped with Proverbls 31:30, which is a memory verse that we talked about at the party, and then they were shrunk.
I also made little teapot cookies to go in the goodie bags. I tried a new sugar cookie recipe that used cream cheese. They were really good!
Here's a picture of the items we put in the goodie bags. Each girl got either a bracelet or key chain, some cookies, a butterfly wand (I wish I had taken another picture of all of these together--they were so cute!), a fan that they made at the party, and a picture frame. Actually, they colored the frames at the party, I am printing up pictures I took of each of the girls and will give them back to them along with the girls' "thank you" notes.
I made small flower arrangments in some of my teacups and attached smaller versions of the butterflies to them. We also attached butterflies all along the sheets that were hanging along the garage walls. You can see a picture of that on my family blog.
Oh, I almost forgot to add pictures of the cake! Everything on this cake is edible (except the toothpicks holding the handle and spout on)--including the cup, saucer and spoon. This cake took several days to make, and I wasn't sure it was going to come out. The humidity was too high, and the fondant did not want to harden for me. Next time I attempt this cake, I would really like to have some petal dust to do the decorations on the china. I had to use food coloring, which doesn't blend very well, and definitely is not very forgiving.
Here's a close up of the cup and spoon. I modeled the spoon with one of my real teaspoons. The cup and saucer were also molded using a cup and saucer that I had. It was actually pretty easy to make them, just nerve wracking wondering if they were going to dry in time. By the way, you can click on any of these photos to see a really big picture of them.
Well, it's getting late so I should close this here, but first, a new challenge. This week's challenge will be to work on something holiday related. It could be Christmas cards or maybe a hand made gift you would like to give someone. It's never too early to start getting ready. The more you get done now, the less hectic December will be!
I will leave you with the scripture verse we focused on at the girls' party. "Charm is deceitful, beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised." Proverbs 31:30
God's love and blessings.
