crafty

just wanted to post a couple things that i've made for the party...

for the party favors, i made little stuffed elephants. they're about 6 inches tall, 7.5 inches wide:

there are ears on both sides...they flap and are not appliqued

i also made felt party hats... i don't have a picture of the hat made into the cone shape, but you see it better flat anyway. gonna use these as the base for the balloon centerpieces for the table:

need to figure out how to weigh it down..the balloons are going to come through the top. one thing i have to mention about this little project...it pretty much cost nothing because all the supplies i had left over from last fall's halloween costume project.

i get immense joy out of getting ideas for making stuff and then actually making it... as much fun as i had with all these little projects, i'm kind of feeling a little nervous about having all this stuff i made at the party because not very many people are 'crafty' or even think about crafting. when baby went to the halloween party with her home made owl costume that i basically cut felt pieces out and used glue to put it together, people treated me like i just invented the wheel.

some other things i made for the party: a paper bunting that says happy birthday brooke and little tissue paper pom poms. not sure what i'm going to do with the poms yet, but it'll be nice to have on hand.