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Painting Flower Pot Party Tips

July 1, 2016 By Erica Deuel 4 Comments

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Do you want to host a craft night? Or maybe you’re looking for a way to connect with other local women in your area. Either way, it’s the perfect season to host a painting flower-pot party.  You can walk away having hosting a craft night also getting to know others in your community better. That was the case for me.

Now, that we have been in Indiana for about 18 months we have established some community. It would be real easy to stay in my comfortable bubble and keep life safe. But I believe one of the best parts of life…is sharing it with others. I love heart to heart talks. I always walk away encouraged or challenged. It may be because I shared about my life or because I listened to others. I am working on my word for 2016 in having courage, so I started dreaming about sharing my ways with others and opening up my home for some craft classes here. If you’ve been following for a while, you know I did this a little in Georgia, which we called my Spoonful Labs.

One day, while walking through church I realized how awkward I am at meeting people in the hall. I feel like I often have a kid pulling on me or I’m watching one run after a friend ahead, so I’m quickly walking through the halls. Although I may say hi to 100 people, I don’t know much more about them at times and I want too. Often community takes putting yourself out there, so this was my way to try to make some more friends. You can do it too.

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rustic_patio_decorI planned a craft that I could get the supplies for. Since it is summer, I thought painting flower pots would be fun and is a seasonal decor item that everyone can use. Even if you aren’t super crafty, you can paint a pot and wouldn’t feel bad putting it in your yard. I think planning a craft that is useful is key!

flower_pot_party_decorThe next step was getting guests! I ended up just posting a Facebook status asking if anyone else was interested in crafting and chatting. I was amazed at the responses I got! That led me to pricing out what my costs would probably be. I bought all the supplies, tablecloths, and drinks. I ended up asking everyone to bring a side to share. This gave away the part that stresses me out, kept the cost down, and kept me planning the part I most enjoy – the craft! I learned from hosting my last craft day.

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summer_craft_partyI used brown painting paper to place on the tables and had extra for my guests to take a piece in the car home with them to keep their pot from getting the floor dirty. You will see why below on how the cars could get dirty.

spraypainting_flower_potsI gave instructions on how I painted a few pots that I had on my patio. One of the tips that was the biggest hit was to spray paint the pot a solid color first and then embellish. Please note: I sprayed all the pots with a waterproof sealant 48 hours before.

paintitng_flower_potA few facts that I either did or learned:

  • old soup cans make great water cups to wash brushes
  • place pencils out so guests can draw their design first to help space it on their pot
  • tell where your bathroom is before the middle of the event 😉
  • get a variety of shade, partial sun, to full sun needing flower plants
  • Try your paint before the event. I have painted LOTS of pots but bought a new brand of outdoor paint right before the event. It turned out to be watery.
  • Have lots of different brushes out in sizes and types.
  • If you have paint stencils, place those out too

paintitng_flower_potsI loved having a little surprise for my guests. All the flowers that were used as centerpieces on the tables were for them to fill their pots. How much more fun is it to take home a flower-pot with dirt and flowers in it than an empty one that might just sit in the garage!?

planting_flower_pots_partyAs guests arrived, we did a little mingling. We then ate as we talked. I gave a brief explanation on how to paint flower pots and told my guests they could make some greeting cards as they sit and wait for paint to dry as well. From there, it was just a fun night. I wanted it to feel more casual than an official event or class, so I didn’t talk for long.  They just crafted away. I decided I’d mingle and talk and be available to help anyone. This helped since I didn’t give lots of step by step instructions. It was so much fun! I think I was giddy all night long.

flower_pot_paint_partyNow, when I smile at the girls at church I feel like we both know each other a little better. Sometimes the first step to a friendship is just saying hello, but sometimes we need to branch out a bit more and share parts of our lives, talents, homes in serving or hosting or something. I am so glad I branched out.

summer_ladies_craft_partyTo all the beautiful girls that came, THANK YOU! I had a blast with you!

My biggest advice to anyone wanting to host a craft night with some friends is to not stress over the details. Ask for help with the parts that you don’t like. What people want most is to feel welcomed and comfortable. How clean your bathroom is doesn’t really matter.

Processed with VSCO with c1 presetDo you like crafting and chatting too!? I love deep talks, but sometimes a coffee date can intimidate me on getting to know someone without something in my hands. Crafting is my favorite way to talk with others. A fierce game of kickball with my kids and their friends is fun too. I plan to do that this weekend.

What is one of your favorite ways to hang out and talk with friends? I hope you have a great weekend!

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Spoonful Lab – Registration Now Open!

September 27, 2013 By Erica Deuel 6 Comments

lets_create_signOur venue is booked.

Our crafts are set.

Fun surprises are good to go.

Now all we need is for October 26th to arrive and for you to let us know you are coming! Registration is now open for Spoonful Lab.

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I don’t want to give away all the fun things we are planning… However, I will let you know our primary project for the night will be hand painted wooden signs, similar to the ones pictured above. I love these things. They present a perfect way to put up a meaningful quote, fun saying, or  thought. I will lead a workshop teaching the step by step techniques to making one of these signs. We’ll have all the supplies ready to go for you to make your own. You’ll be free to follow along with one of my tutorials or branch out and make your own design with some help along the way.

Don’t wait to book your spot, this event will fill up fast. 

Click Here to Register for Spoonful Lab – Roswell, GA

I can’t wait to create and learn with you!

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Girl’s Craft Night + Baby Shower

February 6, 2013 By Erica Deuel 5 Comments

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The other night I got a chance to throw a little girl’s night + craft night + baby shower all in one event with my friend Erin.

We had a blast planning it together for our good friend Dana, and it ended up being such a fun night.  It was low key, and the perfect blend of girl time, crafts, good food, awesome friends, celebration of life, and pajamas.

Here is a series of pictures from our night with steps on how to make the sweet “girl” banner I made for our party.

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Erin and I were anxious for our friends to arrive, so we took a few pictures of ourselves while we waited.  This kept us from eating all the pretty food before they arrived.

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After everyone arrived, we ate and ate some more, while catching up.  The guest of honor is a candy lover, just like me.  We are kindred spirits with our sweet taste buds, so I loved having the task of bringing the sweets for the party.  I’m not much of a chief, but I can bake some cookies and buy some candy.  Thank you Erin for making the fresh creme cheese and dill dip plus the awesome tortilla roll ups.  She had the hard stuff.

After we ate, Dana opened her presents, and it was so fun to see her reaction to girly items!

opening baby shower presents

Dana has two boys and is pregnant with her little girl, Jane.  We all found out her baby’s name that night, and it was so fun squealing with excitement for her.  I love it.  I love that she has the same gender and close in age kids as me too.

I have been busily making Dana some hair bows, and last week I showed you how to make the DIY Burlap Hair Bow I made for her.  Well, I used that hair bow and others that I had made to form a sweet bouquet to use as a decoration for the shower.

baby shower bouquet

For the shower, we had everyone bring a frame that they would want to turn into a hair bow holder or a memo board.  The bouquet was pretty for the shower, but now that the shower is over all those hair bows needed a pretty way to be stored.

For exact details on how to create one of these chicken wire frames please read about my Pallet Memo Board.  For this night, I brought a series of wire cutters, my staple gun, and the chicken wire and we got to work helping one another.

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crafters teamwork

girls craft night project

It can be a two person job to hold the wire down (from curling up on you) and stapling.  Courtney (featured on the left in above pictures) was a great assistant to all of us.  This was my favorite part of the night as we all sat around in our pjs and talked, laughed and crafted.  I can’t believe I didn’t get a group shot of us all together, but I did manage to get most of our frames in a shot together.

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I love creating with friends and I love creating for friends.  It was so fun to craft together, and I also really enjoyed preparing for the night.  I made the fun “girl” banner out of paint chips.

DIY Baby Girl Banner

In short, this is how you too can make this banner!

1.  Gather some supplies

  • paint chips
  • hole/circle punchers
  • stickers to spell “girl”
  • hot glue gun with glue sticks
  • ribbon
  • scissors
  • brown card stock paper

DIY girl banner

2.  Punch circles out of the paint chips.  I used my big circle puncher to punch four large circles out, as those would be the circles I spelled “girl” out on.  I used the smaller circle puncher to punch a lot more circles out to use along the top of the banner (on either side of “girl”).

3.  Glue the four large circles in the center of your ribbon and glue smaller circles up and down the ribbon on either side of it.  I just put a small glob of glue on the ugly side of my paint chips and stuck it on the ribbon.  You don’t need much glue.

4.  I then used white stickers to spell “girl” on my banner, and cut out some big triangles out of the brown card stock and glued them on the other side of my ribbon.

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That’s it!  The banner is done!  How gorgeous is my model here!?  Dana wears pregnancy so well!

We had such a fun night honoring Dana and her sweet baby and just being with each other.

Have you ever had or been to a more informal baby shower like this one?  I loved being in comfy clothes and having a girls night rather than an early Saturday morning function.

pregnant mommy with shower hosts

I’m so blessed to have these girls in my life!  Now, Ms. Jane!  Hurry up and get here!  We are all anxious to meet you!

The banner you could turn into a birthday banner or really any celebration decoration!  What kid related outing or craft did you do this week!?  I adore all the entries from last week, but the one that had me giggling was the one about fire!  My friend Heather has boys that my boys would adore playing with, if there were not so many miles in between our homes.  Check out her great post on “Why shouldn’t we look at the Sun?” and link up your own post!

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