Sonya Nimri

It's crazy, I know, the queen of recycling has never hosted a swap.  Well, I finally did it. No one else had the time or set-up this go round and I'm lucky enough to have access to the neighbor's yard so I made it happen.  I was nervous.  Would anyone come, would anyone bring anything good, would there be too much left over for me to handle?  I was mostly concerned about the turn-out- a leftover sentiment from my middle school anxiety-ridden fear of birthday party hosting.  Well, it turned out awesome.  Plenty of style starved ladies turned out and took out tons of clothes.  At one point, I was wondering if I was going to have to rent a UHaul to take it all away there was so much.  Thankfully, it dissipated, as people took their fair share of loot and I was only left with eight boxes to take to the shelter. Chaise de bijoux More tops than anyone could ever handle. Food on the porch, clothes on the patio and a man?  Believe it or ...

Favors included beads, pom poms, a key chain, and some fabric.  My friends are so creative, I'm interested to see what they will make of it all. Of course, there was a crafty station for safari hats, masks, and headbands for the kids. For the living room, I made a simple construction paper banner with a 5x7 pad of construction paper, making each letter the size of one page and some string and tape. This simple banner I made with the Cricut cutting out each individual letter, 3 1/4" cardboard circles, then gluing the letters to the circles and taping them to string. I had a sheet of 12 round 2 1/2" sugar labels printed at Gloria's Cake Supply .  The sheets are $10.95 each and must be warmed over a toaster over so the sugar lifts off easily.  I botched a few learning how to get them off.   Simple logo cupcake flags, and grass border to go with the hint of a safari theme. No Venice birthday party is complete without a jumpy house!