Caly Person

Hi, Friends!

I created another project for the next Lawn Fawnatics Challenge!  I will have to admit – this one truly was a challenge for me.  I don’t think I’m much of a party planner/decorator.  Having people over? SURE!  The more, the merrier…but decorating for a theme or planning activities is not my thing.  But I pushed myself to rise to the occasion for this challenge and I think it turned out pretty cute!

School is officially over and my 2^nd, Evan just turned 6.  We had a casual gathering for him so it was low maintenance and no big deal. My oldest, Noah, just finished 6^th grade and all of his friends are parting ways (we moved, one of them is going out of state, and due to school boundary changes for the next school year) – it’s quite sad for them!  So we decided to get them all together for last party. 

I wasn’t planning on decorating and thought it would be as casual as Evan’s party – but this will spruce it up a just a little!

I went through my Lawn Fawn stash and found the Smart Cookie set and instantly thought I’d do milk and cookies for the kids. 

A few years ago, for Evan’s birthday, we did a donut party and I decorated for that (long gone, are those days!). I actually decorated it then using Lawn Fawn’s Donut Worry stamp set!  You can see that ancient post HERE.  CRINGE! LOL! Here’s a picture for you:

Anyway, I stamped 8 sets of images for the 8 kiddos for the party and colored them using Copic markers (R20, E21, E23, B0000, C3, C5, C7).  I don’t have the dies, so I fussy cut – which isn’t too bad with the round cookie and straight lines of the graduation cap.  Then I made belly bands for my milk jars using 1″ strips of gray cardstock. 

To create my banner, I die-cut a little banner from the Magic Slider dies.  It fit my sentiment perfect!  I adhered the belly band to my bottles, then added the colored cookies/graduation caps, then the banner just behind that and let it hang free off the side.  Some gray straws give it a finished look. 

For display, I added a few cookies here and there and a stack of cookies beside the bottles.  Big sigh of relief – because they enjoyed it and it’s another event checked off the list (anyone else feel relief after a planned get-together?).  I know I’m not old…but I feel old…and maybe it’s also a mixture of anxiety about what others think and if they’re enjoying themselves in my home. 

Anyway – I hope you enjoyed this cute project!  I was actually featured on the Lawn Fawnatics blog with my last challenge card with the theme Spectacular Skies.  You can check out that blog HERE to see my Upon A Star Pivot Pop-Up card if you missed it!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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LF Smart Cookie LF | SSS | EH | SBPal	LF Magic Color Slider LF | SSS | EH | SBPal	Copic Sketch Markers SSS | EH | ScrapbookPal	Sakura White Gelly Roll SSS | HMSB | AMZN	ATG Gun SSS | EH | AMZN
Mini Multi Medium Matte Glue SSS | EH | HMSB	Absorber	Martha Stewart Mini Scoring Board SSS | EH	MSP Mini MISTI SSS | EH | MSP | HA	MSP Mini MISTI Mouse Pad SSS | EH | MSP | HA
Teflon Bone Folder SSS | EH | HMSB	Tonic Glass Media Mat TS | SSS | EH	1.75 inch Round Grip Block – LF SSS | LF