All You Need is Love...... (Or Let the Celebrations Begin!)

If you have been following me for a while you know that there are a lot of family weddings ain the future.  In 2019 both of my daughters and my brother became engaged.  Of course, all preparations and parties were postponed over the last year or so, but it is now time to get together and celebrate!

Last week my oldest daughter/ Maid of Honor for her sister hosted a bridal shower at my house.  As she lives out-of-town and is quite busy in her own right, she asked for some assistance with some decor items and the favors.  So you know that I had to get out my Cricut! 

This first item I would like to share is the "favor" that we made for the guests to take home. She stressed about the best thing to send home with the guests, but ended up with this cute idea. 

Was there ever a more true statement?  What more can you ask for? 

But cupcakes have to be carried in a special container to get them safely to their destination.  That's where the Cricut comes in.  

I found this super easy, super cute cupcake box on SVGcuts.com.  You know how I love that site for my Cricut cuts! I am sure that I will be getting a lot of use out of this cut in the future.  It is such an easy design and makes for a cute presentation!  

Because I needed so many boxes, I got my green paper from Walmart.  It was inexpensive and fairly heavy, and I knew that this was not a keepsake item that I needed to get premium paper for.  Unfortunately, the core is white.  For the darker color boxes I inked the edges- I really hate white core paper! It wasn't as noticeable on the lighter colored boxes.  I really like the gold paper from Michaels.  I used it a lot throughout the decor, as her colors were green and gold.  I used the foil technique for the monogram on the "seal". 

For the "window" of the box I used leftover Cricut mat covers.  I always save them when I toss out my used mats.  I seem to be going through a lot of them lately- nothing I do works to get them clean and sticky again!  I used them for windows in my gazebo seen here  and my trucks here.  They cut quite nicely with both the Maker and the Explore.  

The sign is a painted canvas board that I got from the Dollar Tree.  I use them all the time as well! I painted the Canvas and had a little bit of difficulty with the vinyl that came from the Dollar Spot in Target last year.  Again, if this was a keepsake, I would be more particular about the materials I used. 

This week's post is just the beginning of the fun projects that we made for the shower!  Come back next week for more of the decor! 

As the Bitten by the Bug 2 Challenge this week is a Recycle Challenge, I think that I will link to them to share how I used the old Cricut mat covers as part of my project.  Stop by to see what the other makers created to show off their eco-friendly projects! 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

~Cynthia