Christmas Party Photo Booth

Last weekend, it was time for the annual Christmas party....The theme this year was 'Pajama Party'. It was so fun...and comfortable.....and I really loved seeing all of my friends relax and enjoy Christmas. It is my favorite thing of the year.

I love planning it and I look forward to it all year long...and now I am sad that it is over.




I will be posting a couple of more 'christmas party' posts...but I really wanted to share the photo booth with you.

The backdrop is an IKEA fabric with white icicle lights on top. I included little finger puppets and all sorts of props for people to use including wigs, hand-painted signs, santa hats, antlers, and other Christmas gear.

 I don't have any pictures suitable to share using the finger puppets.....as you can imagine what finger most people put their puppets on.....*sigh*

 While the wigs weren't worn in many of the photos, they look kind of cool on my dresser.

 I ended up setting up one umbrella light on a table because the lighting in the bedroom was too yellow...and it was too dark with the lights turned off. Here are a couple of my hand painted signs.

 My sister flew in from Hawaii just in time for the party! YIPPEEEE!!!!! She looks so cute draped in Christmas lights!!

 

I took a lot of photos at the party....these are just a few of my favorites!

Halloween Bucket Tree

You can check out yesterday's post to see my Christmas bucket tree. The whole idea started when I realized that a bucket would work perfectly for the cool Halloween Decoration on page 36 of the new Fall/Winter Close to My Heart Idea Book (my open house is Saturday September 12th and 7:00 if you want to stop by and pick up a copy!).

I actually made 3 of these. On one of them I just HAD to use Halloween stickers...but on the other 2, I stamped all the images of fall leaves and owls. Super cute!

A Holiday Bucket Tree

If you have been reading this blog all week then you might remember me mentioning that I woke up really early on Labor Day weekend and started making stuff....spray painting...Well, I spray painted a bunch of sticks and started making these little Holiday Bucket Trees.

Okay, the buckets came from the dollar bin at Target a year or so ago. I bought 3 black and 3 silver. (You will see the black tomorrow with my Halloween Bucket Tree!) Using my Crop-A-Dile, I embellished the bucket with some eyelets, stuffed some foam in the bottom and stuck some spray painted sticks down inside.

I just happened to have everything I needed to complete 6 bucket trees--laying around the house. The crafting foam I found in my basement, the sticks I got from my yard...I had the spray paint and the netting that you can see around the base of the sticks.


All of the stamped images are CTMH. I used cardstock, glitter rubbons, a MS snowflake punch, Stampin' Up punch, ribbon, Crayola glitter glue, and some craft wire to put these together. I made 3 Christmas Bucket Trees. I might keep one...or give it to my secretary at school...I may give one to my mom...I WILL for sure be giving one away at my Open House this Saturday and I might donate one to a nursing to put at the front desk for the holidays.

A little tip. If you ever decide to make anything like this, craft wire is perfect for hanging the little 'ornaments'. Glitter glue is awesome for adding some sparkle. And glue dots are awesome for attaching the bows. I do not advise trying to tie the bows to the sticks. These were super easy to make and they are SUPER cute! They fall over a little easy so if you make one for yourself, you might want to put it on the mantle where a pet or a child won't knock it over. They stand about 8-12 inches tall when finished. Enjoy!


Also, the color scheme for my 'Holiday Bucket trees' fit in perfectly with Jeannette Lynton's Color me Monday colors for 8/31! I just love the soft green, blue and white with the gorgeous tulip red! I added a bit of blush too! Thanks for reading!

Happy 4th of July Weekend!