Happy Friday! I whipped up a few new Valentine’s Day Photo Cards for 2015. So cute + fun, and there’s something for everyone! They are marked down to only $12 for the digital printable file in my etsy shop so don’t miss out! Which is your favorite?! As always, feel free to share, comment, or pin. XOXO
First things first, Happy New Year friends! Secondly, oh my gosh you guys I’m obsessed with my new dining room wall! Last month, I showed my husband a few photos I found on Pinterest of these floating shelves I liked by Shanty 2 Chic that they made for a bathroom. I originally told him I wanted two long shelves to go in the dining room. That’s when he suggested doing a barn wood wall and putting the shelves on that instead. I have to admit I wasn’t totally sold on the idea but let him run with it and now I can say I’m totally obsessed!
He tore apart wood pallets he already had (gotta love free things) and got started. First, he pencil outlined the ‘square’ to make sure it was all level and marked where the studs were. He outlined the edges using the thickest pieces and filled in the rest. It turned out amazing! The total size of the pallet wood section is 70×78.
He made the shelves using oak, and stained them using Varathane wood stain in Espresso. The shelves were the easiest part – he made them under an hour. Each shelf is 3 ft long and 6.5 inches deep and 4.75 tall. We bought all of the material at our local Menards and the entire wall cost us under $150. Here are a few poor quality iPhone photos to show you the process….
After he hung everything, it was time to decorate! {Yay!} I had most of the things already around my house that I moved around but we added the wine rack and burlap sign I found at my home away from home, Target. I found the glass chalkboard jars in the Target dollar aisle and had some fun with those. I’ll blog about my cupcake liner jar another time, it was so simple and a fun addition! I played around with the layout of everything and probably moved things around 50 times before I was happy. 🙂
I have to say I can’t get enough of our new space and just keep staring at it. It’s hard to tell in these photos but it’s huge! It makes the room look so much bigger! My husband did an amazing job – his craftsmanship is incredible. We hope you love it and are inspired to make your own pallet wall + floating shelves. I love how it kind of looks like barn wood but it’s not. I’ve seen a few barn wood walls where they do the entire wall so when he had this idea, I was a little hesitant. Now I know to just trust him and go with it! Feel free to share with your friends, pin or leave us a comment 🙂 We hope you enjoy!
{Wine Rack: Target}
{“Life is a Kitchen” Free Printable by Pen ‘N Paperflowers inside white Hobby Lobby frame. White Sweater Vase from Crate & Barrel, Burlap flower from Hobby Lobby, Burlap “Swell place to gather” sign and succulent from Target.}
{I used cork fillers from Target to fill the $3 Target jar with a $1 aisle chalkboard sticker. Bless Your Heart sign from Hobby Lobby.}
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Here’s a little before and after to give you a better picture of the size and difference it makes to the room.
You guys! I’m beyond excited to show you our new website!! Isn’t it pretty?! In case you missed it, I shared on Instagram a few weeks ago that we recently rebranded and renamed our business to better reflect who we are and what we do. When I first started I DO invitations by michelle in 2008, my main focus was creating wedding invitations and now six years later it has evolved into so much more! That’s when ELLERY was formed. MichELLE + RYan = Ellery. We are still the same shop, just a new name + new look. I really love it and truly hope you do too!
If you’re new here, let me tell you a bit more. 🙂 I (Michelle) specialize in creating stylish invitations and announcements for all of life’s proudest moments – from weddings and baptisms to birthdays and holidays and everything else in between! Ryan, my hard-working hubby, is the creator of our popular handmade signs seen at parties across the web. You’ll probably notice the name Cami around here quite often – she is our beautiful, funny and energetic daughter who lights up our life and inspires us daily.
A big huge thank you to Pretty Darn Cute Design for making our new site all come to life. Lindsey creates the most gorgeous wordpress themes and her assistant Susan helped me with every single question along the way. Thank you Susan, you are truly amazing at what you do and SO speedy. I think we exchanged over a hundred emails and she was so sweet every single time.
I think that’s it for now. Take a look around and let me know what you think! We hope you love it! Oh, and it’s only FIVE weeks until Christmas! Can you believe it?! Check out the 2014 holiday photo card collection in our etsy shop where you can purchase the digital file or printed cards. Take 15% off your order using code THANKYOU at checkout.
We will be posting A LOT more often here, too so be sure to favorite our page so you don’t miss our new posts!
XOXO, Michelle
It was no contest what Cami wanted her party theme to be this year – a Rainbow Dash party! Her room is full of My Little Pony’s – I know more about each of the ponies than I would care to admit. I loved the idea – plus rainbow parties are my favorite so the planning began! Since her actual birthday fell on Easter this year, we decided to do a separate kids party for her this year.
It all started with the invitation I designed, read all about that here. Bright traditional Rainbow Dash colors along with some glittery gold accents. Thanks to the ridiculously talented vendors listed below for helping make my vision all come to life. You guys are amazing, and I am your biggest fan. So inspiring. ALL of you. At the end of this post I have links to every shop – so be sure to check them out.
The first thing I ordered for her party was the Happy Birthday Cami banner seen on the wall behind the dessert table by the talented Piggy Bank Parties. You must check out their shop – amazing favor boxes and handmade signs that are super affordable, too! In the dining room, I used festive wrapping paper to cover up the frames on the wall. Such a cheap and easy decorating staple. A last minute addition were the mini banners draped on each frame. The “Elements of Harmony” are six supernatural artifacts representing subjective aspects of harmony – one for each of the six main ponies. Rainbow Dash is loyalty, for example. Cami’s adorable {and comfy} dress came from Palm Tree Princess on etsy.
I made the festive heart banner using gold doilies from Shop Sweet Lulu. I bought glitter card stock from Hobby Lobby and cut out small hearts to place in the center, punched some holes, strung some ribbon and voila! The prettiest little heart banner you ever did see! 😉 Dina from Deliciously Darling knocked it out of the park with her gorgeous paper flower wreath and the cloud/heart rain drop decorations. She’s probably my #1 party girl crush – her parties are always chock full of the most insanely creative details. My friend Kristin of Threading Marigolds 2 on etsy made the rainbow fabric pom poms I pinned to the front of the dessert table. They were perfect and I just loved her idea of using gold ribbon 🙂
I decorated my two side windows using colorful tissue fringe garland from Petite Party Studio. Cami and I also made the rainbow wands using rainbow printables from Love the Day. See the tutorial on how we made those here. While we were at Party City ordering her balloons, I saw the rainbow chocolate coins seen in the glass container and couldn’t pass them up. I made the glittery gold number five and added some ribbon and a heart b/c it just needed something! 🙂 Ryan made the wooden Cami “five” sign. She was so excited her daddy made her a special sign! 🙂 The Hip Hip Hooray sign displayed on the back of the dessert table was just perfect from Jenny of Evie Ivy. She also made the rainbow “Camryn” sign just for Cami and it was such a wonderful surprise!
Lets talk about the sweets. I mean really. Sandy from Firefly Confections made the delicious rainbow cookies. Perfection, I say. I adore this lady so much, can’t really explain it. So sweet and so talented. The cupcakes are one of my favorites b/c they are just so pretty with rainbow fondant toppers by the amazing Brittany of Edible Details and glittery paper rainbow toppers from Kristy of The Purple Pug. Aren’t they beautiful? Her glitter skills are out of this world. Little masterpieces I tell ya. My sister made the rainbow jello cups – which was her first and last time – ha! They turned out so great but very time consuming.
My friend Ann made the mini rainbow heart cookies that we wrapped up so everyone could take home. Paige from Polka Dot Bakery made the delicious rainbow cake and cake pops. I am pretty much obsessed with the glittery floral cake topper I bought from Paper Treats on etsy. The cake pops were so cute with the rainbow heart skewers and gold sprinkles!
I bought the cute rainbow plastic milk bottles from The TomKat Studio and filled with bubbles for simple favors. We added some My Little Pony stickers on the lids and some ribbon and gold hearts around the front. I hired a face painter, who was fantastic and the kiddos enjoyed, we played pin the cutie mark on Pinkie Pie, and Cami’s request – a pinata! Of course, the biggest hit was the bounce-house slide.
Enjoy the photos below – my sister and I took turns taking them so you’ll notice hers are better than mine! I do like the shot I got though of Cami and my sister taking a selfie 😉 Enough talking…hope you enjoy and leave with a dash of inspiration!
Oh how I love that sweet, happy face. Happy 5th Birthday Cami!! We love you SO much! A huge thank you to our family for their help and to the amazing vendors below for making this all come to life! XOXO
Styling + Invitations: I DO invitations by michelle
This past weekend my daughter and I had some fun crafting a few things for her upcoming Rainbow Dash themed birthday party. We made this heart banner using gold heart doilies I purchased from Shop Sweet Lulu. I just love ordering my party supplies from them – they ship SUPER fast, plus they are fairly local so I always get my stuff next day. Even better! I bought glitter card stock in rainbow colors from Hobby Lobby, cut out little hearts and adhered to the doilies using double sided tape, punched holes and strung some ribbon. Easy peasy and so super cute! We made this for her party but thought how fun this would be for some festive St. Patrick’s Day decor. What do you think? LOVE this – would be perfect to hang on a mantle (so wish I had one of those!) or anywhere, really! 🙂
One of my favorite clients contacted me about creating a simple rain drops and cloud baby shower invitation and I immediately fell in love with the theme. I initially made the baby girl version but had to do a neutral and baby boy theme to add to the shop as well!
