My sweet mama is turning 70 on Friday.She was born on April 8, 1941.   |
| Because we now live in the same town for the first time in 18 years, I am hosting a Garden Luncheon in her honor. Fun! I'm starting on the preparations today. This morning I made lemon slice ice cubes to go in our drinks. |
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| I am also making the table favors today. Thanks to some brilliant gal on a blog which I cannot remember and could not find today, I decided to make old spoon garden stakes! I found exactly 6 old but beautiful spoons at the flea market for .29 to .50 each. |
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| I looked online for some free flower clip art. Then decided to check the pretty, old calendars that I have been keeping for a craft. Sure enough...the pictures on the back of the calendars, showing tiny examples of the pages inside, were the perfect size. |
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| I used my circle punch to cut out pictures of pretty flowers. |
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| Next, I coated the bowl of the spoon with a thin coating of Mod Podge. |
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| Then placed the circle punched flowers and a printed tab of 'bloom' in the center of the spoon bowl. I let it air dry for about a half hour, then coated the bowl of the spoon completely in Mod Podge again. Let dry another half hour. |
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| While those dried, I used pink tulle leftover from my niece's bridal shower 4 years ago to make 7x7 inch squares. Inside each double square I placed 3 Gadioli bulbs, and tied the packet with pink curly ribbon. |
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| I added a green fabric tie with some raffia ties to each spoon, and made a place card to go on the tulle packet of bulbs. Hurray! I like them! Which is always a plus when you are making something for the first time. :) The spoons can be used in the ladies' flower beds or in an inside plant. I plan coat the bowl of each spoon with a thin coating of polyurethane too, to make them weather proof. |
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| Check back later this week as I make more fun things for my mom's 70th b-day Garden Luncheon. Thanks for popping by! And mums the word....don't tell my mom about any of these surprises! :) I am linked to http://www.tipjunkie.com and to http://www.remodelaholic.com |
