Spruced up wooden utensils

Happy Monday!

We had a very chilly weekend here in NYC (maybe the reason for which I have a very bad cold :( ), so I thought I would try to cheer up with a colorful post.

This one (pics and all) comes from Oh Happy Day, a blog about party planning:

Add a colorful detail to your (already nice) wooden utensils by drilling a hole and adding a ribbon flag. Yes, that's it. Simple and beautiful!

I just love it.  It looks great and it seems easy to do. If only I had an electric drill :-). I feel like this could be used for labeling too. I really don't like it when people use three spoons or forks because they don't know which one is theirs anymore. It's such a waste!

As if I was a continuously throwing parties I follow blogs that post ideas for events. I like crafts; I just don't have the time nor material to try to follow them. I fantasize how I will try to do them more often when I have a family, ha! We'll see. In the mean time they do inspire me to look for my own very small DIY projects, though... That makes me happy :-). I may end up blogging about them too. Have a good week!

DIY: Chalkboard Banner

It's been a while since I added "party material"-related blogs to my Google Reader. I always found it a bit amusing how popular banners are. I think I did it not more than 5 times when I was really young ('cause now I am still young, right?), and I have never thought of doing it anytime soon again. That is: I never payed much attention... until now.

Once again, Liz Stanley does a fantastic job on momtastic, posting very detailed instructions on how to do chalkboard banners.... yes, you read it well... Every letter is written on a little chalkboard (shape of your election) and then put together as a banner. It is not only easy, aesthetic, and original; it's green as well! Oh, and for all of us lazy sloths, you can use it over and over!  It's just genius.

By the way, that site is amazing. If you are into crafts and/or if you have kids, you HAVE TO check it out if you haven't done so by now. I am continuously thinking that if I decided to work as a babysitter one day, I would live out of that webpage to entertain my clients :-).