Ninna Lu

A Make and Take Experience

      

For my January birthday this year, I wanted to offer my guests a make and take experience. 

DIY Materials: Chalkboard painted plywood, ArtMinds stencils, brushes, paint, and we made our own chalk paste.

 

   Here is yet an addition to Ninna Lu's collection of DIY blog posts. I'm a proven fact that you can never get tired of doing arts and crafts. As craft trends change, Michael's rolls with it. Then there is my newly discovered, Chalk Couture specifically designed to sell chalk transfers, chalk paste, and other chalk related accessories. I do have to say that Chalk Couture's transfer designs are quite adorable even with some vintage vibe. So many brands to choose from for arts & crafts these days!

   

Welcome Chalk Transfer can be purchased at Chalk Couture.

 

 

   If you're interested in a Make and Take experience and you are local to the El Dorado Hills area, please email me at ninnalublog@gmail.com. Feel free to look over my DIY portfolio in my blog to get other make and take ideas that can be done as a group at the comfort of a home for any occasion.

Thank you so much for reading!

~ marissa

Mother's Day DIY: A Paper Card & Chalk Painted Keepsake Box

   Mother's Day is a very special day for me this year aside from being Trinity Marie's Mom, my own Mother has been nothing but plain and simply supportive the last nine months of my life since my baby girl passed. I decided to go to Paper Source and make her a card as she's been the best Mom anyone can ever have, but I'm biased as she's my Mom. (Smile...)

Materials:

Ivory card stock paper, gold striped and floral paper from Paper Source, scissors,

craft stick glue, baking twine, and a gift tag made from vintage paper.

   I used a corresponding envelope to measure my folded card and just used the craft stick glue to glue on the papers I wanted as designed in the above picture making sure that I cut the floral paper sides short enough so that the ivory card stock paper will also show. You're welcome to design your card however you'd like with the baking twine, but I thought of holding it with my vintage paper gift tag that I have always handy in my craft room and labeled it "To the best Mom in the world". I planned on writing her a Mother's Day poem which I hand wrote inside the card. The written poem is below.

 

So Blessed By You, Mom

A mother who always cares

A mother who is always there.

A mother who always prays

A mother who always stays.

When things get rough,

When life gets tough,

When all is just too much to bear,

God's word she shares,

God's light she shines,

So blessed God made this mother mine.

 

Author Unknown

 

   I wanted to also chalk paint this keepsake box I found at the local antique store and it turned out to be pretty good with the olive green chalk paint bringing out the colors of center floral accent of the keepsake box. Remember with Annie Sloan chalk paint, you don't need to prime your project, just paint it. As pictured below.

 

 

   Have you thought of what you're getting your Mom for Mother's Day? It's on May 13th, 2018, about nine days away. If you haven't, I hope this blog post gives you some kind of inspiration and it was also not too expensive, it's really the thought that counts the most anyway. May your Mother's Day be filled with laughter and making more memories! Thank you so much for reading. ~ marissa

DIY: Summer Popsicles

 

   Woot! I'm now able to make homemade popsicles for summer and it truly helps that I finally found my dreamy popsicle mold from Sur La Table.

 

 

I'm not about to invent any popsicle recipes, well at least not yet, but this post will give me photographic memory on how to create The Other Side of the Tortilla's horchata popsicles as it's a special request from the hubby. See the link for instructions and other details.

Ingredients: Rice milk, Mexican cinnamon sticks, condensed milk, sugar, cantaloupe, blackberries, and water. See The Other Side of the Tortilla's blog for measurements.

 

Boil the rice milk and the cinnamon sticks. Whisk in the sweet condensed milk and whisk occasionally for 30 minutes.

 

Fruit and more sugar is optional. Dice the cantaloupe and blackberries to bite size. Add a teaspoon of sugar (again optional) and let sit for 20 minutes.

 

Prepare your popsicle molds.

 

Add a teaspoon of fruit to each mold. Place whole blackberries on the top of each mold for that first fruity popsicle bite.

 

Pour in the horchata after it's cooled to room temperature. My molds are so small that it froze the popsicle mixture in three hours. But instructions said six to eight hours but it depends on your mold.

 

 

Here are a few other popsicle recipes that I'd like to try from Pinterest for many summers to come!

Cinnamon and Toasted Almond Dulce de Leche Cheesecake Popsicles

Strawberry Banana Popsicles

Lavender Lemonade Popsicles

Peach Lemonade Popsicles

 

I sure hope that you are having a great Memorial Day Weekend!

Thanks so much for visiting!

~ marissa

 

A Girls Night In

    I wanted to throw a Girls Night In with a kind of relaxation, zen type, spa feel and of course the dress code was pajama style.  To calmly celebrate my birthday this month with a few friends, I set up my dining room with these hint of girly and cheery accents to set the mood for the evening. With added ten minute chair massages for guests, Jamberry nail wraps for doing nails, and spa facials, overall, everyone enjoyed the pajama party!

 

Of course simple flowers in vases, framed quotes, and confetti added to my activity table. One of the many planned activities for the evening were adult coloring books.

 

Each guest was able to do a DIY by personalizing their very own wine glass or champagne flute with doggie wine charms, Swarovski crystal wine charms, boa wine charms as well as an added creative touch of drawing with wine glass markers.

 

I also set up a fun corner "Babe Cave" selfie photo booth. Loved this one!

 

 

A great idea from Pinterest was my zen rock guest book that everyone signed that evening. I've placed all the rocks in a ceramic bowl as a memory token that I can always read and look back on.

The activity table.

 

My wall of girly quotes.

 

Added small details such as fun colorful napkins and a cheers wine stopper.

 

Of course we need pink champagne for every girls night!

 

Thanks so much for reading. 

~ marissa

Fall Fest | The Neighborhood Marketplace

 

 

 

The Neighborhood Marketplace is a marketplace event at a local venue where vendors can display their goods or merchandise every other month at a nearby neighborhood. The Fall Fest neighborhood marketplace event will take place on October 22, 2016 at El Dorado Hills, CA. Please join us at this neighborly community event!

A vintage trailer photo booth, an hourly raffle, DIY/craft tables and outdoor games will be available for kids and parents.

Admission is free!