ny dessert table – shopping bag cookies

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Cookies in the shopping bags. I mean, NY City is the place to shop, right? =)
I gave the shopping bag mock-up to the mom who baked these Cranberry Pistachio Icebox Cookies, and she baked it to fit in the bag.

I made 30 of these.
Printed the school logo on the white cardstock papers, and added the handles. It took me a long time to make it, but it was so worth it too see people loving it. Heehee.

ny dessert table – yellow cab name labels

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I had to make the name labels for all the desserts we had since it wasn’t me who baked all the yummies. The color theme was green and white, but I had to use yellow taxi on the dessert table. I mean, New York City is not the same without them, you know. And you know how the cabs have the advertising thing on top of the roof? That’s how I was inspired to create this dessert name labels.

Urmmm… Can you figure this out? LOL!
I used 5 x 3.5″ yellow cardstock to make the taxi.
Light green is where you put adhesive to glue together. And the dark green, you put the glue on the back side of the cardstock (for the car hood and trunk). It was really easy to make, but can’t explain it well. Oh well~ Heehee.

I used tiny black buttons for the wheels. Does it look like taxi to you?

ny dessert table – Empire State Building

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Okie, I know this does not look anything like the Empire State building, but I was inspired by it. I wanted to have some high-rise buildings to represent Manhattan. And I thought stacking some cubes/blocks would look somewhat like a building.

I used thick book boards to make the towers. Lots and lots of glues. And lots and lots of coat of white spray paints.

ny dessert table – apple trees

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My apple trees!

I still have tons of left over pom poms from my daugther’s 1st birthday party, I decided to get rid of some of them =)

I used Glossy Accents to attach the beads and the lollipop sticks to the pom poms.

Punch a hole (you won’t be able to see it =) to mark where you want to put the lollipop stick.

Put the glue (Glossy Accents) on the stick and push it in the pom pom.

Green Easter grass and M&M for the fillers.

you don’t bring me flowers anymore

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The last time my hubby gave me flowers on Valentine’s Day was four years ago. It was delievered by mail. Urmm… we live together so don’t know why he didn’t bring it in person, heehee. I was very surprised as I never received flowers by mail before.

It was tulips. His mother’s favorite flower, not mine. What was he thinking! Ugh! Heehee.

And I thought he was being cheap for not getting me the roses. He said the tulips costed as much. So I got mad that he spent too much money on the flowers that will wither. No wonder he doesn’t bring me flowers anymore. Hehe.

I was planning on making these flowers for a while, and finally was motivated to make it after seeing Sassafras’ challenge to create something for someone you love.

I love my kids the most, but if I didn’t love my husband first, they would not be here. So here it is… Fake flowers for the love of my life! =)

PAPERS: Sunshine Lollipops and Hog Heaven from Sassafras;
BRAD: Dainty Dots from Sassafras;
FLOWER POT TEMPLATE: Tapered Box by Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs

Flowers were made almost the same way as the “snow flowers” I made last year. Except I used a smaller scallop circle punch. I was going to use a plain circle punch, but I was inspired by Sinead’s Uptown Citrus Flowers.
Little blue dot is where I made a hole to put the wire through.

Roll it tight starting from the outside.