35 Times Around The Sun - Rainbow Craft Birthday Brunch

I celebrated a Milestone Birthday recently

and it was a lovely celebration,

surrounded by close friends,

enjoying brunch, 

crafts, 

and a beautiful RAINBOW Birthday Cake!

(baked by the music teacher at school, Bene,

who also happens to have a cake business

and gifted to me by my very good friend

and kindergarten teacher, Sharon)

It was Rainbow inside

and out!

 Good Drinks. 

(Champagne Mimosas)

Good Food...

 Spinach Quiche.

 Cheesy Potato Awesomeness. 

Baby Arugula Salad.

Anyone recognize my beautiful Table Cloth/Art Quilt?

It's from Martha Miller's Etsy Shop Brainstorm Studio

(Mother's Day gift to myself this past year!) 

Good Friends. 

Etsy Rainbow Waldorf Star Votives

From Green Baboon Design's Etsy Shop

(Birthday gift to myself- because what husband

 is going to know to order them!)

Art Studio tables decked out in 

Contractors Paper.

We made Pressed Leaf Lanterns

(with Mod-Podge) 

some of the leaves stuck better than others. 

 It was a bit of a craft fail.

But MOST of them turned out. 

We also made Kite Paper

Window Stars. 

(I order my kite paper here from Palumba)

Favor Bags to take home Glass Leaf Lanterns

(with Paint Chip Name Tags)

 My Awesome Card from "E" ; ) 

(Color Wheel printables from One Charming Party's

Free Printable Art Gallery Party)

I have the best friends a girl could ever ask for.

A perfect way to celebrate

35 times around the Sun. 

Fondly,

pink and green mama,

Coffee Filter Snowflake Art

Remember this little guy from my favorite things post last week?

The girls and I have been having fun with coffee filters all week. 

I bought a package at the grocery store specifically for craft-usage.

We don't use this kind in our coffee maker-

we having boring brown #4 cone shaped filters

that aren't really good for much when it comes to crafting. 

(They are, however, great for composting in our kitchen vermicomposter!)

"E" decided to make a color wheel with hers.

She said the window in my art studio, over my sewing machine,

is/was boring and needed some color. 

She cut out the center of the filter,

then, carefully drew black lines with a marker

to divide each section. Then, she carefully painted

this little spectrum/color wheel. 

I love it and it looks great with the sunlight streaming through it. 

AND...

I love that she came up with the project completely on her own!

We also cut out snow flakes,

laid them on newspapers,

and carefully painted them with watercolor. 

I like cutting them out first, 

because the watercolor paint flattens them out

and stiffens them up a bit.  

They display really beautifully 

on windows, mirrors, and bulletin boards

when they're dry. 

My new view from my sewing machine --

Thanks "E"!

Fondly,

pink and green mama,