Mario Party

 

I still have a couple of pallets to post about, but had a busy weekend with a birthday party.

 

It was for my boy and he wanted a

MARIO

themed party so bad.

 

So here are some of the highlights of the day.

 

Blowing up 42 balloons, drawing on faces and attaching arms.

Whew I'm tried just thinking about that again.

 

 

Hung them in the front room and boy did they look cool.

My boy thought it was hilarious and kept saying as people walked in,

"welcome to the haunted house".

OOOOOOoooo.

 

 

The kids had to use a sword which

 had a small pin attached to the star to pop the Boo's.

Hello, star power!!

 

 

Next we played smash the Yoshi eggs and find the gold coin.

 

Thank goodness it's close to Easter and those plastic eggs are everywhere.

 



 

The cake just had to be Bowser since that's his favorite character.

Isn't he the bad guy?

 

Oh well.

 

 

My girls and I watch a show called Sugar Stars and they're all about sweet tables.

 

So here's our simplified try at one.

 

 

Had to have some chocolate mustaches.

 



 

More mustaches and some very easy Mario/Luigi/Princess Peach hats from

this blog

 

 

 

Take a closer look and see if you can spot the difference in this group picture.

(Made me laugh when I saw it)

 

Ah, love this group of kids, can't wait to watch them grow up together.

They were so good and kind to each other.

 

 

 

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Feathered Flowers

I love when someone surprises me with their creativity.

Well that's what happened with this next pallet.

 

Another friend of mine who is very creative did this beautiful pallet.

 

 

She whitewashed the boards and then added grayish blue polka dots.

 

Then she added these cool

driftwood flowers

and if that wasn't cute enough she painted

adorable feathers

 on one or two petals of each flower.

 

 

Seriously so cute.

 

 

I love how each feather is unique.

 

 

It really was such a nice surprise to see this one done and waiting in the wood shop.

 

 

I'm sure this will look great in her home.

 

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Captain America and Some Bunting

Well there's a combo that you wouldn't hear together everyday.

 

Saw this vintage superhero poster from

apartment therapy

and thought that would make a great graphic image for a boy's room.

 

So I got my image on the pallet and started painting.

 

 

 

 

added green and didn't totally love it.

 

 

so I dry brushed on some blue.

 

 

Then I aged the whole thing with dark walnut stain.

 

 

After the show I might cut this down to look more like this.

 

 

I love how the stain turned the exposed wood dark

and gave it a little rough edge.

 

 

This next one was done by a friend

who pulled her boards off and dry brushed three shades of grey onto the boards.

 

 

Then she reassembled and added some adorable bunting.

 

 

Very neutral and can be used for many different purposes in many different places.

 

 

 

 

 

I have great and talented friends.

 

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savvysouthernstyle
diybydesign