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SOO Photography Auction Fundraiser

>> Friday, March 30, 2012 – design, events

I've been helping out with some of the advertising campaigns for the fundraisers that the SO (Significant Other) Organization has been putting on here in Grenada. Here's the latest one for a photography auction! The auction was last night, and it was loads of fun. So much fun, in fact, that I forgot to take pictures. I was too busy stuffing my face with brownies and ice cream. :P

A Very Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Party

>> Friday, March 16, 2012 – baby, custom design, events, kids, party

In addition to the invitations, I also helped out with some of the decorations for Emmett's first birthday party. Chau found a local baker who did such a fabulous job with the beautiful cake, smash cake, and the cutest cupcakes ever! Chau and her sister also worked really hard to put all the extra details together, and her mom and extended family made tons of homemade Vietnamese food that was so delicious. Let me say, this family knows how to throw a party! And I have to mention that Chau and Quoc have a gorgeous home that is just perfect for throwing parties. :)

For Emmett's birthday present, I decided to make him a felt version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar that included felt pieces of all the fruits and junk foods that the caterpillar ate. I'll share more details and a printable DIY in a follow-up post. :)

the birthday boy

Pin the caterpillar on the apple

Photos courtesy of Julie Wan

A Very Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Invitation

>> Wednesday, March 14, 2012 – baby, custom design, events, invitations, kids, stationery

I've been meaning to share with you these fun invitations I made for Emmett's first birthday party several months back. The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of Emmett's favorite books, so his mom Chau decided this would be a perfect theme for the invitations and the party! Chau mentioned that Emmett loves to stick his fingers through all the little holes in the book, so I did my best to incorporate that into the invitation as well.

I decided to play along with the counting aspect of the book, so each phrase had a number that matched the amount of fruit the caterpillar munched through each day.

I also helped out with some of the decorations for the party, but I'll talk about the party in a different post because there were so many gorgeous details that I want to share with you. :)

Dean + Jade's Birthday Party

>> Monday, March 12, 2012 – events, friends, party

Dean and his friend Jade have birthdays a few days apart, so Jade's wife Natalie and I decided it would be fun to throw them a joint birthday party. The two of them just finished up their midterms this week too, so it was double the reason for celebration! Here are a few pics from our birthday extravaganza.

Happy birthday, Dean and Jade! Hope you guys enjoyed your party. :)

DIY Giant Cardboard Letters

>> Tuesday, March 6, 2012 – DIY, events, tutorial

Grenada's Save the Children Foundation (Grensave) holds an International Food and Drink Festival every year with booths from different countries around the world. I volunteered to help out with the decorations for the America table, so my awesome decorations team and I whipped up these red, white, and blue pinwheels, flags, firecrackers, and giant letters. A lot of people asked me how I made the letters, so I wanted to share this tutorial with you.

You should be able to make them with supplies that you already have in your house (and that you can find even on a tropical island):

Materials:

cereal box

cutting mat

Xacto knife

ruler

printed block letters

hot glue gun

Step 1: Cut generously around your printed block letter and staple to the cereal box (cereal box brown side up, printed letter right side up. The orientation didn't matter for my letter "U," but it would with letters that aren't symmetrical.

Step 2: Cut out the letter and cereal box with an Xacto knife or with scissors.

Step 3: Flip the letter over and trace it again (cereal front sides facing each other) and cut out.

Step 4: After you've finished cutting out your letter shapes, cut out a couple stripes of cardboard roughly the same width of your letters.You'll need a different amount depending on the letter.

Step 5: Begin glueing the strips to your letterform. I purposely lined up the folded part of my cardboard strip with the corner of my "U" so that the crease would fall in the right place. You'll want the strips of cardboard to sit on top of the letterform so that from the front and back, you'll see no glue or edges.

I used two strips for the outside of the "U" here. I joined them at the bottom with some glue on the inside.

Step 6: Repeat the same steps for all sides of the letter.

Step 7: After all the sides have been glued, go ahead and place the top on. This part is a bit trickier to glue. I flipped my letter over so that the extra face that still needed to be glued on was lying on the table. I then put hot glue on small sections at a time and then lined up my sides to the bottom.

Here's a close-up to show you how the letter is constructed and a little cross-section diagram here for you:

Step 8: And when your letter is all done, it's time to paint! I used 2 coats of tempera paint for each of my letters. Make sure to let them dry before you put the second coat on.