nursery goodies for a baby boy

I made these faux painted fence wall initials for the newest little man in my life, my very first nephew, who I'm head over heals for (and haven't even met yet). I LOVE the paper I used for the decoupaging! The old painted wooden fence look has the rustic, masculine feel that a little man's room should have, while the vibrant blue and green coordinates perfectly with the nursery's fabrics and color scheme.



The fabric backdrop here is one of the main textile patterns in the nursery.

After first trying to border the letters with antique bronze decorative tacks and then brown grosgrain ribbon with coordinating blue and green stiching, I finally landed on natural jute rope - a perfect match, if I do say so myself! I love how these wall letter turned out so much!

decorative, ceramic letters I painted in the three main coordinating shades of the nursery's fabrics and color scheme = super duper easy little project that will add so much to Little Jeff's room. It's a must for every child's name to be showcased somewhere in their room, right?

airplane baby shower

the paper airplane baby shower invitations I made for my sister's airplane themed baby shower (my brother-in-law, the daddy-to-be, is a fighter pilot)

I lOVE the par avion (air mail) style and I'm so pleased with how these turned out!!!

Welcome to my sister's airplane themed baby shower!

I played off of the par avion color scheme and pattern throughout the decorations and clouds were a must of couse!

I just had to throw the fighter pilot, daddy-to-be's F18 hornet into the mix here and there even though it is a bit wicked looking for a baby shower.

I matte framed the invitation in red and bordered it with airmail tape and twine.

Guests' favor bags (or shall I say, complementary, in-flight snacks) were filled with honey wheat pretzel twists and honey roasted peanuts as a nod to the good old days when such airline treats were free.

My favorite part! I hung WW II fighter gliders and puffy clouds from the light fixtures and topped them off with 2 shades of pale blue tulle to give off the sky effect.

I was so pleased with how my clouds turned out - so fluffy!

I LOVE these awesome airplane cake toppers I found online, especially since one of them was an F18 fighter jet!!

This sign designated the beverage area. I LOVE these straws that I came upon! They have the same look as the paper ones that are so big right now, but they're hard plastic, so you don't end up guzzling down soggy paper chunks - yuck!

paper airplane garland here there and everywhere!

some personalized onesies I made for my first little nephew's arrival - "nugget" refers to the first timers on an aircraft carrier (where my brother-in-law is currently deployed) and "sausage" refers to the daddy-to-be's fighter pilot call sign.

the 12 month onesies I made for my little nephew's monthy photo op

These prop plane clothes pins were another great online find and were a quick and easy craft project for me!

70s style Cinco de Mayo party

I love the Studio 54 style font I used for the gateway - so appropriate!

The entrance looked awesome at night! I lined the brick walls with multi-colored paper bag luminaires to give off the look of the colorful light-up dance floor in Saturday Night Fever.

a view from the street at the end of the night as the take-down started

a view from inside the house looking out as the sun was going down - so cool!

My favorite part!!! These four windows were the backdrop for the party and I covered them with disco dancer silhouettes and multi-colored paper squares to have the effect of the colorful, light-up dance floor from Saturday Night Fever.

On a side note, I love the lone afro on the left side of the table here! Too funny! There were deserted afros everywhere by the end of the night. ;)

I made these candle votives have a lava lamp look to them and I scattered mirror tiles down the center of the table to give a shattered disco ball effect. I made sure metallic gold was here there and everywhere because it screams disco to me.

I found these color-changing, submersible LED lights for the fountain that gave off such a cool, funky lighting effect.

I just had to throw a genuine lava lamp into the mix!