Crafty Tea Party for a 5 Year Old

We like to keep the kids´ birthday parties small but craft intense. After last years Fabric Craft Party it took me a while to come up with a new theme... but finally I had the idea to make it a Tea Party with cake decorating and dish towel stamping. For not getting to messy while stamping, I also made aprons for all kids to take home afterwards. 
This idea initially came to me because my kids like to play that the playroom is their house, so I thought why not make it look like a house and invite their friends over for a tea party. 

I´ve created a Pinterest board where I´ve collected some neat ideas that go with the theme. 

And here are some impressions about how it turned out: 

Tea cup invitations

 

Fabric curtain for playroom door

 Aprons from dish towels

Dish towel stamping

This was my own stamping version

Bake pop decorating

Happy Birthday to my not so little 5 year old girl!!

KitchenAid Cover - Another Amy Butler Cameo Project

This might be the last project (for now) of my own little Amy Butler Cameo series, because all these beautiful pieces will leave my house as soon as they are done. 

This cover for a KitchenAid Stand Mixer will move to Oregon together with my friend who got the cushion covers and the floor pillow. I am sad that my friend is moving, but I am happy to give her something that will remind her of me in her daily live. 

I´ve made one of those covers for myself long ago, but this time I added a little pocket (I´ve seen that the store bought covers have those too) to store e.g. your flat beater in it. Not sure how useful...

Christine, you and your family will be missed!

Little Kitchen Helpers (Make Your Own Bias Tape)

I am happy that I pinned this tutorial - how to make bias tape (5 yards!) out of a fat quarter - a while ago. And now I finally used it!

I had some left over terry cotton from another project, fairly small pieces though. First, I didn´t know if I could think of something to do with them, but then I had the perfect idea. 

We just got one of these fully automated coffee makers that also make froth milk. And every time you use the panarello to froth your milk you are supposed to clean it right away with a wet cloth. Well, do you want to use your sometimes stinky sponge for that? No! 

So, I cut my terry cotton in little squares, followed the bia tape tutorial to make my own bias tape and just put both together!

Pick a fabric

Make bias tape

Cut squares

Sew together

Ready to use

Always a clean cloth handy

Label Jars With Chalkboard Paint

Since I came across Martha Stewards acrylic craft paint, I am a huge fan. There are countless possibilities (for example see this DIY screenprint project) for craft projects! Today, I would like to share the most recent project I´ve made using chalkboard paint. 

I´ve got a couple of giant jars to put flour in, but it is really hard to tell which flour is which, when you take them out of the original wrapper (wheat, rye, spelt, ?). So, I wanted an easy way to label those jars, but at the same time I wanted to be able to change the labels. Chalkboard paint - sounds genius!

I couldn´t find any painter´s tape around the house, so I used regular tape to mark the edges of labels. I let it dry for a couple of hours and re-painted the jars a second time. After that I let them dry over night. 

Next day, I carefully removed the tape and that is almost it!!

Here is how the jars looked like.

The instructions I´ve followed called for completely chalking it over and clean before you start using them. 

Here you go!

I did not use chalk markers but regular chalk which was maybe too tough on the paint or maybe I should have let it rest/dry longer before I started using them, but my chalk scratched away the paint at some parts. So, the result is not as pretty as it could be, but it still works of course.