Money Card Holder

Here are some more examples of money card holders I have created, I have created more but unforunately never thought of taking pictures of them before:

 

This one was created 5 years ago for my wedding shower, at the time vintage or Antique suit cases weren't popular in theme weddings.  I had trouble finding some so I made my own out of storage boxes.

 

 

Of course these are my most recent projects and are available to rent as props, I have purchased some antique and vintage suitcases which I will be featuring as well once I have them cleaned up and ready to go:

Wedding Bird Cage Card Holder

Hi there,
When I was planning my sister's shower I came up with the idea of doing a Gift Card holder using an antique doll stroller.  While I was searching I also came across this funky bird cage at an antique store.  I decided I would decorate this as a back up, in case I was unable to find the doll stroller.  I did end up finding the doll stroller, so I decided to decorate this one in a wedding theme.  The cage was painted with chalk paint in a creamy antique white.  The wires were hand painted in a soft gold.  The bottom of the bird cage I modge podged some vintage looking scrap paper to the bottom.  The pieces I decorated it with can be changed to suit your wedding colours.  The cage is almost completed, I had a trap door created for the opening at the top so the cards can be inserted and the trap door locked in place. Also the front doors of the cage, I am thinking about securing them permanently, so the only access is through the top when you unlock the trap door.  The cage will be available to rent as a wedding prop.  I am slowly building my inventory and have aquired several things I will post them on here as they are aquired.  If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
Before picture of the bird cage:

 

 

I added a bit of stenciling detail to the top, there is a hinge at the opening where I will attach the trap door that has a slit for the envelopes to enter, along with a lock and key to secure it in place.

 
Bottom Interior of the bird cage:

 

 

Day of Reckoning:)

 

After months of hard work and planning the day had finally come and it was a smash. My sister loved her shower, and everyone had a great time. 
 

"Let the Games Begin"

The next focus in planning my sister's baby shower was games to keep the guests entertained and give our friends and family a chance to win some fun goodies.  I didn't want to overwhelm the event with too many games, the main focus was for everyone to socialize and enjoy themselves.  We decided on 4 games:

Family Tree Game - Essentially I took baby pictures from both sides of the family, labeled them with letters  and hung them on a tree using clothes pins. On another frame I had pictures of those same people when they were older, labeled them with numbers and provided ballots.  The person who matched up the pictures correctly would win a prize.

Candy In a Jar Game - This one is self explanatory I filled a jar with a bunch of M&M peanut candies whoever guessed the correct number of candies would win the yummy jar. I went to the thrift store and found a bunch of stone eggs, figured they would be perfect to display beside the candy jar in one of my recycled egg cartons.  Beside it is the basket of eggs that were being handed out to people as they entered.

Deco-onsie Game - Each table was given a plain white onesie, along with appliques, fabric markers, rhinestones and glue.  The team based game had each table decorate a onsie and present them to the mommy-to-be, she would designate the winner and each person at that table won a prize.

 I created these appliques as an additional embelishment if our guests needed any ideas.

 

Apparently there was no worries we had a very creative group of family and friends:)

 Someone was crafty enough to think of using the eggs from the Crack an Egg game. Everyone had alot of fun, and my sister ended up with some wonderful onesies.

Crack an Egg  - Keeping with the theme of the shower I managed to purchase some plastic easter eggs, these eggs were in a basket and handed to a guest as they entered.  The guest would open the egg, whoever uncovered a baby chick in their egg won a prize.

Draw - Each guest that entered was also given a raffle ticket where we had some draws throughout the shower for prizes.

Thrift Store Treasures

Trying to decorate on a budget in a Shabby Chic style involved ALOT of running around through the various thrift stores. It's amazing how much inspiration or ideas can be found at the thrift store, on a very moderate budget and if you're handy with a glue gun, spray paint or a paint brush you're creativity is limitless. I have listed below some pics of projects I completed for the baby shower.

 

Picked up the white wicker bassinet at the thrift store was looking for a basket to put the bombonieres in.  I couldn't resist this one spray painted it white added some lace, ribbon, flowers and it worked out beautifully.  The frames were a thrift store find as well, brought back to life with a can of spray paint.

Picked up a fur boa at dollarama and attached it to the back of this wreath.

This is a key cabinet that looked like a little doorway I pulled out the hooks and redecorated it and made it into a cute sign for the guest book.

Spray painted the bird cage, added some moss, left over birds eggs and a bird and ended up with a cute table ornament. Below I repurposed a picture frame and used some of that left over boa from dollarama. 

 The rocking chair was originally a cherry colour I came across a recipe on how to make chalk paint, so I tried it out distressed it myself and it turned out beautifully for my first time chalk painting and distressing. 

 

Wish Tree

I decided to create a wish tree, I went to Michael's and in the .99 cent bins found a little bird silhouette key chain.  I used the key chain as a template to cut out the birds, punched a hole through them and put a ribbon through them.   Of course half were blue and half were pink for the suprise shower:) My mom who keeps every vase, had an interesting square vase that she had received with a flower arrangement.  A trip to the forest for an arm full of beautiful branches and some decorations from dollarama and I ended up with a fun whimsical wishing tree for the guests to sign their well wishes.  I love wishing trees for their sentimentality and also how much they add to the decor once all the wishes are hung.  Be sure to add a frame with some instructions on how the wish tree works, not eveyone is familiar with them yet.  They're great for the recipient to use in a scrap book just an added personal touch for them to remember their special day.