Daily Doily

I know my posts have been few and far between dearies! I have a laundry list of excuses...it was my 8th wedding anniversary last week, I have sewn so much garland for Sept that I actually had to stop to let the machine cool off, and today is my first ever school day since Henry starts preschool. My little baby is going to school! Luckily, I'm throwing a miniparty for the four of us, all of which will be done in 4 hours. Really. I will show you how to do it, too.  I haven't done anything but plan.  I was being especially frugal and wanted to use what we have.  Being able to throw a party together in an afternoon is a good skill set to have, I figure I should start practicing in case he wins a school election or spelling bee later on.

But I will show you a little piece of lovely that I want to add to my collection.  I bought these wood coasters by Uncommon some time ago.  Now I want these. 

Aren't these little rubber doilies adorable?  I love that they come in black, (and pink and green) too. 
Lace Coasters at Gretel

Wood Garland

As I am working on a DIY for awesome fabric swag bunting, I saw this baby last week. WOOD-ent you love this in a shower?  KNOT for the traditional party, it's that little something extra awesome that'll make your guests do a double take.  You can have anything you WOOD want it to say printed on them. When I SAW this I went nuts.  Ha! Ha! I will stop with the wood puns, sorry, I couldn't help myself. Go check out this sweetheart on Etsy, custom wooden bunting at blissinateacup.