Jacque Made: a place to share my creative side.

I threw a baby shower for my sweet friend . It was so fun planning it, as I've never done a Mexican/llama themed party before.  This table runner was what inspired the colors and feel of the shower. Isn't it adorable? Here are the other things I found for the shower. The llama stuffed animal is from one of my favorite stores, Pigment. The plates, cups, napkins, and silverware are from Target. The bowls, llama mug, and cacti are from TJ Maxx, and the llama vase is from Walmart.  I loved these little gums from Trader Joe's and thought they'd make perfect party favors. My twin sis helped me a ton with this party and not only designed the invite, but also this adorable print, the favor tags, and the favor table sign. The favor table:   The food table: (I made the yarn banner myself. It was a little time consuming, but so worth it, I think.) I also made the cute little yarn tassels for the llama. Such a sweet little detail,

At our church, the 8-11 year old girls have meet biweekly for activities. Then, in the summer, they have a day camp. I didn't plan or carry out any of this, so I can't take any credit. But I went to help out, as my daughter was in the group of girls who participated. It was so cute, I had to take some pictures and share. The theme for the camp was "We can do it!", and they used Rosie the Riveter for inspiration.  They put up this cute sign in the gym for the girls to take pictures with. The girls each got a bag with a cute red and white polka dot headband and red lipstick, which they were so excited about. Then they were put into small groups and went to a number of different classes in different rooms.  This was their "Friendship Snack", where each girl brought in a fave snack and then dumped it all in one bowl. The girls loved it. The girls learned to make dutch oven pies. They were delicious.   They got to make these adorable heart stri