This colorful patterned tablecloth from Target has been waiting for a party and it’s my favorite! Simple flowers brightened up the place.

It’s no party without snacks! I made sure to include cupcakes since I hadn’t made any in a while. These Brown Butter Peach Cupcakes were perfect for a summer celebration. Also, these confetti brownies were chocolate gooey goodness. Those sugar cookies were what we used to DIY.

Plenty of La Croix to cleanse the palate! Thank you to Amy for bringing a yummy bottle of rose that we happily finished.

We made two crafts at the party: flooded sugar cookies and a macramé wall hanging. Here are some shots from the cookie action.

I’ve been wanting to try macramé for a long time! I found the jersey yarn macramé wall hanging kit from Wool and the Gang. They had lots of fun colors for our project. (FYI: the yarn is made from recycled factory cut-offs so the color options change frequently. If you see a color you like, grab it quickly!)

The macramé wall hanging was quite the craft. It was definitely a lot harder and more time-consuming than I thought it would be. Now we understand the time and effort behind all those beautiful macramé hangings on Instagram and Pinterest!

We all spaced out on the floor since the yarn needed to be long. If I had gotten photos of us at work, you would see us intensely concentrating on our craft. None of us finished but hopefully we’ll have finished products in the future!

Jack supervising/”helping” our macrame making.

Here’s macramé progress! I definitely put a lot of “character” in at the beginning.

Have you ever tried macramé? What did you make?

Want more patterns? Check out my Pattern board on Pinterest.

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Eating sweets from @briberybakery, @traderjoestexas, and @uppercrust_atx before taking a @britandco watercolor class at @atasteofkoko’s cozy home. #crafty #diy #watercolor #brunch #austinbloggers #britco #painting #paint #lindaeatsworld #macarons #thatsdarling

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Watercolor & brunch with these lovely ladies! @daniaustin @sushigirl_atx @wanderlustanita @curiousnotions @kathyphantastic

A photo posted by JANE KO, Food & Travel Blogger (@atasteofkoko) on Feb 28, 2016 at 9:45am PST

What a fun morning of brunching and water coloring with @atasteofkoko, @kathyphantastic, @curiousnotions, @wanderlustanita & @daniaustin! #diy #britandco #wearecrafty #craft

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Fun and relaxing watercoloring morning! We took the @britandco online illustration class and it resulted in these cute foxes.

A photo posted by Anita Cheung (@wanderlustanita) on Feb 28, 2016 at 10:26am PST

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My friend Sarah and I hosted a sweet, little Valentine’s Day Party with some of our favorite gal pals this past weekend. We threw together this fun party in a little more than a week! Sarah and I had been emailing back and forth about DIY projects we wanted to do, and the look and feel of our ideas seemed perfectly made for a Valentine’s get-together. Take a look!

Valentine’s is a very versatile party theme. You can do up the room with hearts or use a classic black and white base with splashes of girly pink or red. Sarah’s open, minimalistic kitchen was the perfect setting for the latter. A few pops of color here and there with flowers, a heart garland and a table runner tied in the Valentine’s theme.

Sarah made this excellent strawberry shrub with red wine vinegar for our drinks. One or two tablespoons of the mixture was topped off with Topo Chico or cava.

Getting some fun #diy #valentinesday ideas with @wanderlustanita, @kathyphantastic, @mjsoko & @pbchipses. Pop tarts, chocolate dipped Rice Krispie hearts, Herb infused syrup cocktails/mocktails, flower pepper shakers and more!

A photo posted by Amy drohen (@sushigirl_atx) on Feb 13, 2016 at 1:04pm PST

For our DIY snacks, we decorated rice krispies and made pastry tarts. For the pastry tarts, we used pre-made puff pastry and a selection of jams, including a homemade jam by Amy’s mother-in-law! With a little mix of lemon juice, powdered sugar and food coloring; Sarah made a icing and we topped the treats with sprinkles.

For the rice krispies, I pre-made the rice krispies with my favorite Smitten Kitchen recipe. We used a heart cookie cutter to get our shapes, and then we drizzled chocolate and finished them off with sprinkles.

For our other DIY, we made colorful pepper mills with dried flowers and peppercorn. Sarah first saw this DIY in the Near and Far cookbook. You can find a similar recipe here. We layered peppercorn with dried calendula, roses, hibiscus and lavender. It’s a pretty result that can be cracked onto yogurt or ice cream.

Finally, we also decorated cards for our valentines!

It was a fun time celebrating Valentine’s Day with some of my favorite gals!

#GalentinesDay crafting and baking with @WanderlustAnita and @SushiGirl_ATX pic.twitter.com/kW9EdGSaUP

— Kathy Phan (@kathyphan) February 14, 2016

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First, the set-up. Shaving cream was the magical ingredient in the pretty papers for the backdrop, table decor, menu and place cards. It is slightly messy to make but it’s easy to clean up, it smells good and you can see how beautiful the results are!

I made all of the sheets for the party in less than three hours. Quick tutorial: Cover a tray with shaving cream. Add a few drops of food coloring and swirl with a spatula. Place a sheet of paper on top of the shaving cream. Lift and scrap off the shaving cream with a metal or plastic ruler or edge. Let dry and voila! Be sure to cover your work space with newspapers and have paper towels on hand; if not careful, the dye can transfer to things you don’t want dyed!

Of course, we enjoyed bites and drinks because what’s a party without snacks? Spanakopita and zucchini pizza bites have a slight marble look and were easy finger foods.

When I saw this Almond and Blackberry Pavlova recipe on Camille Styles, I knew I HAD to make it for the party. Not only is the cream on top marbled with blackberry sauce but it is probably the prettiest dessert I’ve ever made! The bottom is meringue and the top is blackberry whipped cream. The taste is light and slightly tart, and it was a hit!

Time to get crafting! We used a tutorial from A Beautiful Mess to make these pretty marbled jewelry dishes. All it takes is oven bake clay: white clay, black clay, gray clay and a pack of bright clay. After the dishes came out of the oven, we had a lot of fun putting a gilded touch with the gold liquid gilding. We resisted gilding everything in sight after that. Gorgeous!

This craft takes 45 minutes at most and is hard to mess up, so give it a try! To make it easier on you, Brit + Co has a DIY marbling kit with all the supplies and instructions ready for you. Check out the kit here.

Want more ideas for a marbling-themed party? Check out the DIY Marbling Party Pinterest board for recipes and craft ideas. I especially like the fabric and glass marbling tutorials!

What do you think? Ready to start marbling?

One of my goals this year is to throw 12 celebrations. This is #10 of 12. These are big and small parties for any occasion with the goal of planning and executing something fun. See all the celebrations here.

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