Pom Cake Toppers

Happy Thursday Everyone! Today I am sharing with you the long-promised pom cake toppers. I made big poms for my friend's wedding, and she also wanted mini ones to put on her cakes. Thanks to my 9th grade Spanish class where I learned how to make piñata, I figured out how to make the perfect mini poms for her cakes! This is my last wedding project to share...for now.

Here's what you'll need:

1. Tissue Paper

2. Scalloped Circle Punch (I used a 1-1/2 inch)

3. Scissors

4. Wooden Kabob Sticks

5. Hot Glue Gun & Glue

6. Pencil

First punch out a bunch of circles (you can also cut out 1x1 inch square and use those if you don't have a circle punch).

Then cut out about a one inch strip of tissue paper and ball it up. Glue the ball together and then glue it on the top of the wooden stick.

Next comes the fun part. Take the scalloped circles one by one, place the eraser end in the middle of the circle, fold the edges up around the pencil and then twist the edges around so they wrap around the pencil. Put glue on eraser end of the tissue paper and glue it to the tissue paper ball. Keep doing this and glue the circles close together starting near the stick.

I'm not going to lie, this takes quite a while (especially when you make 33 of them), but they look so cute when they are done!

See?!

And here we are together at the wedding - my little pom friends and me. My friend had cakes at each table for the centerpiece and the pom toppers were on half of the cakes. Very cute!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week!

Cold Hands, Warm Hearts Swap

Happy Thursday everyone! I'm not doing a Pinterest post this week because I am going to show off my very awesome package that I got from the Cold Hands, Warm Hearts Swap.

When I started my little blog, not too long ago, I already followed a few blogs that are written by some friends of mine. One of those lovely friends is Ilene, from Much Love, Illy. I saw that she was hosting this fun swap and decided to join up! I was paired with Emily over at Practically Pink and we each went to work preparing a package of goodies.

I had a lot of fun coming up with things to put in her package, and she did the same. Here is what I received from sweet Emily [sorry for the terrible iPhone pictures, my camera was broken when I received it!]

Look at all that fun orange and green stuff!

These mittens rock! They are my favorite shade of green and they are so warm and cute! I can't wait to wear them [it's been a little on the warm side for Chicago winter so far...don't worry, it's coming].

 

There's a close up of all my goodies! I love the green and orange headbands - I've already gotten some use out of them. 

 

This little gift was one of my favorite parts [besides the perfect mittens] because, as you know, I just started to develop my sewing abilities. This mason jar is full of thread, ribbon, needles, and other useful things that I will be sure to put to work in upcoming projects.

This Cold Hands, Warm Hearts Swap was such a fun experience, and I will definitely participate if I have the opportunity to in the future!

Thanks Emily, my swap buddy, and Ilene and Sandy for hosting such a fun event!