DIY BRIDEMAID AND MAID OF HONOR GIFTS

Baby Cat kept her bridesmaid gifts a secret until now to avoid spoiling any surprises before the wedding. Now that the wedding and honeymoon are long over, there is no reason not to share them!

Baby Cat knit these little purses for each bridesmaid to keep her wedding-day essentials in. They are the wedding colors, of course!

A silky royal blue lining complements the shiny silver yarn!

Baby Cat picked up these gorgeous blue glass bottles as potential gifts last summer. 

Aren't they the perfect color?

These cute labels from collage made the perfect nametags for everyone.

Using Illustrator, Baby Cat designed custom nametages for each bridesmaid (and one bridesman, Baby Brother Cat, who also received one of the Tuxedo gift bags!)

After filling each bottle with yummy lavender bath beads and attaching the nametags with a jewelry chain and a "made with love" charm, voila! They are done! 

Baby Cat also made this magical faery dust necklace for her maid of honor. Wonderful bridesmaids deserve special handmade gifts!

-Baby Cat

WEDDING BASKETS

While Baby Cat was making her cute Bridesmaid hair clips  I made the wedding baskets that the Bride, Groom, and flower girl will carry.  The happy couple wanted something to put their wedding favors in so that they could pass them out to all their guests when they greeted them at the reception.  So, voila!  Momma Cat got out her spray paint and went to work.  First I got a couple of really nice baskets.

Bride's basket

Groom's basket

I took them outside where I set them on a table and sprayed them with a primer coat.
After they were tacky-dry, I sprayed them with a few coats of chrome paint, just like Baby Cat used on her ring box.


 

After several coats of chrome paint, drying in the sun

Then we decided to do the same thing for the flower girl.  I used an Easter basket that was painted yellow.  First I had to remove all the trim and glue that was around the edge.

Little Yellow Easter Basket

Little basket being primed

 I sprayed it with primer, then with chrome paint. 

 After several coats of chrome paint it was ready to be finished.  

When all the baskets were done, I lined the bottoms with royal blue lace, and decorated the handles with blue lace, silver mesh, and blue roses!  And here they are!!!!

 

 Here's the flower girl basket (those white things in the background are the paper lanterns I will talk about in my next post)!

I think they turned out really well.  The Bride and Groom's basket will be filled with the wedding favors that FutureMom Cat and I made.  The flower girl basket will be filled with white and blue rose petals.  

- Momma Cat

WEDDING FAVORS ARE DONE!!!!!!

Momma Cat and FutureMom Cat, also known as Maureen Cat, put their considerable talents together and made 114 favors for Baby Cat's wedding reception this past week.

They started out with some beautiful silver mesh, and some equally beautiful royal blue lace.  They cut out eight inch squares, using a quilting template, rotary cutter, and cutting mat.  That made getting the size right real easy.  

Here's a photo of what the fabric looks like.  

Blue Lace and Silver Mesh with matching ribbons

Then they got some skinny silver ribbon, and some skinny royal blue ribbon and cut them in to twelve inch pieces.  Momma Cat made up some cute labels on her computer, with Baby Cat and Fiance' Cat's names on them, and their wedding date,  printed them out on some metallic silver paper, cut them apart, and punched a tiny hole in each one.  

Momma Cat and FutureMom Cat bought bags and bags of York Peppermint Patties, 
 

blue and silver, just like the wedding colors!

then spent several hours together putting these beautiful little favors together.  See how pretty they are?  

We hope Baby Cat and Fiance Cat know how much we love them and how much we enjoyed making these little gifts for all their wedding guests.  

Happy Wedding Baby Cat and Fiance Cat!

-  Momma Cat