Celebrate Celebrate Celebrate >Rebel Housewife Bridal Shower Part 2

What did you think of those fabulous shower pics Laurie posted last week?

We had way to much fun coming up ideas for this party. At a certain point we just had to stop brainstorming because A) We didn't win the Mega Million's jackpot to fund all of our crafty ideas and B) Our families were threatening to riot if we didn't spend some of the time we were devoting to party planning, doing boring things like the dishes or laundry...Boo.

The great thing about our crazy Rebel Housewife obsession is that we have lots and lots to share with you guys! Today I'll be sharing some more great pictures of the games and our table decor.

As our guests arrived and found their seats, we gave them a little reading material called the "Good Wife's Guide" from Housekeeping Monthly circa 1955, which was redesigned from a great Etsy seller, Due Cuori. Let me just tell you that based off of this guide, I probably would have become a old spinster with 50 cats or a super divorcee ala Elizabeth Taylor, if I had to adhere to these guidelines. Here's a little sample of some of the "Good Wife's" suggestions:

Prepare and Refresh yourself. Touch up your make up, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh looking for when he arrives home.

At the time of his arrival from work, eliminate all household noise. Encourage the children to be quiet.

Or my favorite:

A good wife knows her place.

I'm pretty sure that my "Good Housewife" place is in front of my laptop with a cup of coffee and if my husband came home to a quiet house and me in make up and a bow; he would be double checking the street address to see if he was in the right house. Or he would wonder if I had been body snatched. No wonder people drank so much back then! Just the thought of sacrificing all my personality just to be the perfect 1950's stepford wife, makes me want to stick my head in the oven. Hello, 2012!

Because we make our party guests work for their food love a good game, we next handed out a quiz that Due Cuori also provided to test those "Good Wife" skills. Some people even answered the quiz as to how the future Mrs. 2wicked would - and it was hilarious!

We also did the standard, "How well does the bride know the groom" and it was so sweet to hear all the quirky things those two love birds dig about each other. The was a lot of "Aawwww" 's going around.

On to the tablescapes!

Our girl loves her world in black and white, so we wanted to bring some of that into the color scheme with some cool chevron fabric that we found at Craft Warehouse. We cut pieces for table runners and table squares. We layered them over crisp white tablecloths for a little pop art contrast. Next we brought in some art deco style plates and then added a fun, blue dot dessert plate, on top. We finished the table settings off with the polka dot napkins with the red ribbon for a splash of color.

Next we placed our favors that Laurie geniusly DIY 'ed and the floral center pieces. For these we used a vintage looking bird accented domed cake plates we found at our mothership, TJ Maxx,  and used oasis foam and flowers for the center. They came out pretty cute huh?

We also used this concept for some busts that we prettied up with a chevron apron and a floral crown. These flanked our buffet table:

Laurie also found these gorgeous mirrored "love" signs from Hobby Lobby, which we hung behind the buffet and dessert tables. A little pop art and retro all at the same time!

 We finished everything off with a dusting of bling...

Ummm, doesn't that table look yummy?! Come on back tomorrow for our "Rebel to a Housewife" menu and more delicious pictures.

~Angela

Celebrate Celebrate Celebrate > Rebel Housewife Bridal Shower Part 2

Are you ready for Part 2 of the Fabulous Rebel to Housewife Bridal Shower?  We have so many fab ideas for you that we are gonna have to stretch this into a three parter!

I want to forewarn you now that I maybe should have titled this:  "Longest Post Ever!"


There have been some questions about how the flower bustier of dress form was made.  It was trial and error and I'd like to pass on the tips that I learned.

• I used small straight pins to pin flowers on.

Assemble the flowers:

• Take flowers apart and with a low temp glue gun put a small amount of glue on each layer to glue together. Why low temp?  Because I'm not very coordinated and I would like to keep my fingers from getting 3rd degree burns.
• I glued the plastic stamen (that's the technical name for that thingy that's in the center of the flower) on the hydrangeas to the flower petals and then cut the back of the stamen flush with the flower.
• I glued the small red flowers together without the stamen, kind of scrunching the top red petal so you couldn't see the hole where the stamen was.
• After gluing the daisy petals together, I glued the red flower to the middle of the daisy (where the stamen would be.)

Assembling the Floral Bustier:

• I put the belt on the form first so I knew where the bottom of the floral bustier would be.
• Find the spot that will be the V of the bustier and pin one hydrangea blossom there.
• Pin one hydrangea blossom on each side where the bustier would end under the arm.
• Pin one hydrangea blossom on each spot that would be the top of the bustier of the breast or as I like to call them "the ta-tas".
• Stand back and check to see if it looks symmetrical.  Be sure to stand back often during the whole process and check to see how it looks.
• Fill in the hydrangea trim.  Be sure to put pin in the bottom layer petal so it won't be seen.  
• Now start pinning the daisies on, keeping in mind that you don't want one daisy centered on each side or it will look like a strippers pasty - unless you're going for that look!  I started with the daisy under the V and pinned around the trim and then worked my way down to the belt.
• There you have it - easy peasy.  

The welcome sign was made with an 8.5 X 11 sheet of card stock printed with speech bubble and text.  I used clear packing tape to attach a straightened wire hanger (remember those - this really is a retro party!)  The t-shirt was a child's size and was very tight on the dress form so I just stuck the wire down the back of the shirt and it stayed!

Now for the favors:  the favors are the dollar store (10 for $1) bridal dress favors that I fabbed up to look like a million bucks!  Super simple to do except the numerous trips to Craft Warehouse, Hobby Lobby, Michaels, Walmart and JoAnn's to get the right paper and trim.  You know how that is - you have to look at all the paper and trim to see what is available and then go back and get them from three different stores because no store has paper and trim to go together.  The jeweled band came from Walmart, small polka dot from Hobby Lobby and large polka dot from Michaels.  


Assembling the Favors:

• Trace the bodice of dress favor on the small polka dot paper and cut out.  Repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat enough for front and back of each favor.  Again, we really went old school, pencil and scissors - no fancy schmancy Cricut or Silhouette.
• Trace and cut out skirt using large polka dot paper for front and back of each favor.
• Printed text in speech bubbles and cut out.  I had four different sayings.

• Glue front and back bodice to dress form.  
• Attach flower to bodice and blinged trim at waist.  
• Using a half of a white address label, attach small white floral wire to back of speech bubble.
• Using other half of white address label, attach other end of wire to inside of dress favor.
• Fill with favors and close up with glue dots.
• Now rest your fingers from all the cutting you've done unless you did what I did and find someone to cut out everything - Thank you Mr. Groom-to-be! 

Miss Angela Glossy Flossy will continue with Part 3 which will be all about table decor, games and food.  That's sounds like another reeeaaaalllyyy long post - this may become a four parter.


~ Laurie

Celebrate Celebrate Celebrate > We're Having A Party!

We're so excited - we're having a party!  There's nothing we like better than parties.  There's party food, party drinks, party decorations, party favors, and party clothes and party shoooooes.  We like all parts of the party.  Ultimately the party starts with the invite, (well, technically it starts with the reason for the party)  and that's what this post is all about - the invite.


You know that we are having a wedding in our family.  Mr. 2Wicked will soon have a wife!    The Future Mrs. 2Wicked (FM2W) is having a bridal shower, actually she is having two showers!  What a lucky girl! You might not know this about the Glossy Flossy's but we have a large family made up of Grandmas, Grandpas, Aunts, Uncles and cousins, so we like to have a family bridal shower (that way we don't overwhelm the bride's friends with our large, loud, and unruly clan.)  The other reason we like to have family bridal and baby showers is so the two families can get to know each other a little bit more (and the other family can see first hand what their loved one is getting into.)  We also like to include close family friends cause we all know some of our friends are like family!


Okay, enough  about that and back to the invite.  We like to design and personalize our party and our invite around the person that we're having it for.  Miss Angela came up with the concept of "Rebel Housewife" - you know how I loooovvee the Housewives of Beverly Hills - and we were off to party land.


Take note everyone with Facebook accounts:  I started by taking three pictures of FM2W off her Facebook page.  I knew she liked these pictures because she put them on her page.  I made it into a large invite so it would fit into a legal size envelope and use a regular stamp to mail because we're cheap frugal like that. 


The invite looked okay but the photos needed a little pizazz because we're not about "okay", we're about "fantastic."  Miss Angela found this great site called BeFunky.com.  She took the photos and gave them some pop art pizazz.  If you haven't seen this site, be sure to check it out.  It is very easy to use and FREE!


Okay, drum roll please.  This is how what the photos looked like:

Just kidding!  Were you scared?  Okay for real this time - this is what the front of the invite looked like:

The back had all the details and we used a little bling with some self stick gems in the middle of all the stars.

Watch for the photos and details from the bridal shower.

~Laurie