Monday, August 3, 2015

Quigley's Blessing






July 5, 2015 my baby Q was given a name and beautiful blessing by her daddy.  And whats a blessing without a luncheon? This go around I went with a burlap and lace theme to match her birth announcements. (check back for those....perhaps they are my favorite out of the four but that's between you and me!)

I saw a cookie type bar on pinterest- I have such a love/hate relationship with pinterest- back to the point!  I got 2 gallon glass jars from Wal-Mart and filled them with some of my favorite cookies.  (oatmeal raisin, strawberry white chocolate, gluten free chocolate chip, snickerdoodle, cowgirl cookies, peanut butter kisses, and lemon-lime swig cookies. My mother-in-law made the swig cookies and OH MY WORD! They were tasty.  I probably could have eaten my weight in them) Wrapped them with 4" cream lace ribbon, 2" burlap ribbon and tied a knot with 1/4" mauve satin ribbon.
I then ordered chalkboard table signs from Ebay.  They came from China so make sure to order well in advance of your par-tay.  Mine arrived within about 2 weeks.   With chalk markers I wrote what each individual jar contained.

I designed little sayings on each take home bag- they said her name, Sugar and Spice and Thank you.  Also super easy.  Just design it, change your printer to the size of bags and BAM! print it out, your done.  I found that I did have to feed the bags through the printer from the bottom of the bags.  Otherwise the page kept jamming on the uneven top.

As far as table decoration went, I kept it simple.  Chalk painted mason jars (one coat of chalk paint followed by three layers of paint- letting dry a full 24 hours in between.) 6 foot burlap runners and baby's breath.  12" doily place mats.











I just love this little family of mine!
(my outfit- DownEast, my daughters- Richie House, blessing dress from my favorite The Quilted Bear)











Questions.......shoot them my way!