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This past weekend, I had the honor of helping put together an engagement party for a very sweet friend's nephew. It wasn't supposed to be at her house originally, so when I got the call, we had to put all crafty gears into over drive. I had her email me a few pictures of things she wanted to see at the party and ran with it. I'll provide some of the details, but I'm going to let the pictures do most of the talking. This little sign was at the base of the stairs as you walked up to the front porch. It's made of balsa wood. The sign was stained and hand painted with their names and the date of their wedding.  In the front entrance, there was an heirloom Bible for guests to sign or highlight their favorite verse along with photos of the bride and groom when they were children. The gift table Aren't the flower arrangements beautiful? I love hydrangeas and blue mason jars...you can never go wrong with either of those:o) There was additional seating outside.  Here are...

I am hard at work putting the finishing touches on The Wizard of Oz birthday party. The house has started to transform into Munchkin-land...it's actually really neat looking:o) Since I am on a strict budget right now, I am trying to come up with inexpensive and free favors. I am not usually one for handing out coloring books, but most of the girls attending love to color. I found a site, Kids-n-Fun.com , that has a great selection of W.o.O. color sheets. I copied and pasted them in Publisher to turn them into a mini color book. Here's how I did it. Supplies you need: Blue & white gingham paper cut into 9.25"x6" sheets(folded in half) Scissors Print outs of Pages 1, 2 & Cover Double sided tape Sewing Machine  Start out by printing your color sheets. To make them double sided, I printed page 1 first. I then laid the printed side UP into the printer with the Tin Man going in first...see pic below...& then printed page 2.   Once you have printed your pictures,...