Fly Away Celebration

Tonight I went to a  farewell party for a very special young friend whom I have know since she was born.  She is leaving tomorrow morning to drive all the way across the country to begin attending BYU, and start a brand new chapter in her life... Times like this come to each of us, and it is a time to reflect and celebrate new beginnings, yet cherishing the relationships that will last a long, long time....

 And so it is with my beloved HoneyBees... The time has come for the HoneyBees to Fly Away from the Hive over at BettyBee's Buzz.  I am sad, yet happy at the same time.  They all have achieved such success, that I am very excited for each of them!   I have chosen a familiar theme for my party centerpiece to honor them.  

The tutorial on how to create the centerpiece is over on BettyBee's Buzz...

  

 

 

Inside the card.

I am so very honored to have had the opportunity to be the Queen Bee to these amazing designers, and mostly my friends.  Most of them have served on other design teams with me, and continue to work very hard throughout the industry.   You will see their work in lots of places!!

I have listed a "tribute" to each of these amazing ladies on the blog.  I do hope you will stop over and leave some "Honey" for these sweeties!!

What will I be doing?

Oh, I'll be staying busy, too.  I will contiue to host Cricuteers in Paradise crops, and be a Tutorial Artist for Digital Delights, but am also very excited to be partnering with Wanda, and Kathy from PaperPhenomenon. to start a brand new company called WonderWorks Crops!  This is something new to the industry, and we are so thrilled to bring it to you. 

Please pop over to check out our first project!  This is a CROP only deal... you have to come see us to get the aweome Haunted Chateau!  OR invite us to come to you!!  We travel :)

 I know I will always be close to these ladies, because they aren't just a Design Team... they are my friends, my sisters that I chose... and I love them...

Happy Creating~

(We'll have one last post on Wednesday to show what the HoneyBees made for the Party!!!  One last Showcase!!!  We hope you will come by and leave them some honey :) 

Be Inspired #50

Isn't it fun watching these birthday party creations evolve?!!

This week's challenge is to create a masterpiece for the center of your table to go along with your party theme. I used a vase/bowl that I had on hand, glittered the inside, wrapped a strip of matching paper around the center and then added the same cute pink pom pom trim that I used on the table runner. This same treatment could be used temporarily on lamps or the chandelier for a great tie-in, too!

I used my Cricut, and Paper Doll Dress Up to cut out Lollipops, and Stickles to add lots of bling to them. Then I used many of the same swirls that I cut from the Accent Essentials cartridge, and manipulated in Design Studio (remember that I cut a bunch of them the first of the month, so I have a stash to play with!) to make smaller pops...all of these were adhered back to back over skewer sticks, trimmed to length, and decked out with dazzling pink ribbons.

This is a very easy way to make a centerpiece. You can use this same design with balloons, flowers, numbers, letters, Halloween creatures, .....what can you think of??? Leave me a comment and tell me how you might make a centerpiece like this!

Be sure to check out Cuttlebug Challenges to see the rest of the Design Team's awesome creations!! Then link your centerpiece to Mr. Linky there.....

I'll be back soon with more fun stuff....

Happy crafting ~