Getting Crafty: Bachelorette Style

First, let me say this. The normal bachelorette garb is a bit out of my comfort level and personally, I find it pushing the line of being slightly tacky. That being said, I really don't want to be a prude, that's not the problem, I just think there are more creative ways to get your point across.

For this party I wanted to incorporate some sassy and typical bachelorette details, how much we adore our friend Sayj and the love she has with her fiance, Mitch, and lots of color. I wanted everyone to be as care-free as possible so I tried to create an inviting and interactive party theme.

Here are some of the DIY projects I worked on!

Pom-pom garland:

These are really simple and make me feel like I am in third grade celebrating Cinco de Mayo all over again (that's what we did at my elementary school anyways).

Essentials:
Tissue paper
Scissors
Floral wire
Ribbon

The plan:
1. Stack up about 8-10 pieces of tissue paper.
2. Accordion fold the stack into 1/2 inch segments for smaller poms 1 inch segments for larger ones.
3. Tightly wrap a piece of floral wire around the middle of the folded paper.
4. Piece by piece pull the tissue paper apart so each piece stands alone.
5. Once you have pulled each paper apart, fluff it up to make a round-ish shape.
6. To make a garland, simply tie each pom to one long ribbon at the center of the pom about 12 inches apart.

Favor bags:

What is a party without favors? I wanted to make something for each of the ladies where even the bag containing the favors could be something useful. I had some extra material laying around that I really loved so I went to work making small draw-string pouches. I figured that this tutorial from my friend, Martha, (psh I wish) would be easier than me trying to explain this so here you go!

This is what I put in each bag:
Bachelorette Truth-or-Dare scratch-off tickets
A penny to scratch with
Some lemon and pomegranate hard candies
A few packs of Swedish Fish
A fun colored sleep mask

Origami Fortune Teller Place-cards:

These were a huge hit! I placed a fortune teller at each place setting with their place-card nestled inside. I used regular ol' scrapbook paper (that was on clearance, cha-ching) and got to folding. I am proud to say that I can now fold one of these bad boys in under 30 seconds. Impressed? Yup. (Here's another tutorial on folding.)

On the four outer parts I put the words, "Sayj is getting married". Then I numbered the 8 folds on the inside. Underneath each number there was a fun and racy fact such as "The average person spends about 2 weeks straight kissing in their lifetime".  (FACT: That is one of the least raciest of them all.) I managed to have a completely different fact for each fortune teller.

Mustache(s) on a stick:

Yeah, that's me. Minus makeup and/or hair product, plus some facial hair via kabob stick. These were so very easy and I was able to use up some of the kabob sticks we bought in bulk last summer. To make each 'stache I used this template (thanks again Martha, we should be bffs), some brown foam paper, kabob sticks, and a glue gun.

To display, I put a few leftover poms from my garland project into a tall glass vase and stuck them all into the tissue paper. Like so:

A word to the wise, if you are going to take on 2 or more craft projects, don't do it all in one week. Between this and a number of wedding projects I've been working on, it took a lot of energy. Though, I must say it was totally worth it as soon as I saw how much my wonderful friends appreciated it and how much fun we all had.

One last note: Thanks, as always, to Haley at Haley O'Brian Photography for the sweet photos- even if you did catch me by surprise by making me model my own mustaches!