I finished binding the nephew quilt this morning. It's now in the dryer; one hopes it will survive. I was thinking I could check that off my list, but then I remembered that I also want to make a pillow to send off with it, so I actually managed to increase the size of my list by finishing something. Excellent.
Things on the auction front are pretty well where they should be at this point (I'm design/decor lead this year, so thankfully I only have one auction to deal with), so I've been able to do some work on the 8th birthday party happening next weekend.
We had a skateboard party when my boy turned 4, but even though he got his first skateboard that year, he wasn't too focused on it except for holding it as a sort of future fantasy, that he'd be a skater someday. Over this past year, though, he & about 3/4 of his good friends have become obsessed with skating (helped in no small part by the excellent public skate park that opened last summer), & so the theme for this year's party was obvious.
Ok: I have, like many of you, a collection of MS Kids magazines, & when it became clear we were having a skateboarding party this year, I happily remembered the skateboarding party they featured that one time, & dug through my issues (well, looked it up on the internet, but then went & dug up the right issue to read the exact same info because I could) to find what I was sure would be the BEST fancy skateboarding party ever. EVER.
Except then I started cracking up because look at how all those kids are dressed in bright colors, & are standing up more or less straight, & are happily wearing complete sets of pads, & don't have hair in their eyes. (I would love to totally horrify my kid by making him & all his friends strike this pose, except school is out this week for midwinter break.)
I actually think this foam wallet is very cool, except I am not too sure how the bright colors & grosgrain ribbon would play around here (would have been excellent for 4yo skate party, though!). Maybe in black, with a sticker or screenprint on it. Does gocco ink stick to fun foam? Anyway, I am not even experimenting with these, because what if I gocco ink DOES stick & then suddenly I am desperately needing to order $50 worth of wallet chains? Oh, Martha.
We're going to an indoor skatepark that includes pizza in the party rental; I'm sure it will be nothing like this lovely pinwheel-sandwich filled spread, but based on my fairly substantial birthday party experience, it turns out that the boys will not care even a little bit. Looking at this, I'm feeling sort of relieved that his birthday is too early in the year to make it worth the outdoor park rain risk, since I am SURE that I would feel compelled to produce this sort of over the top picnic (except I am just not really a pinwheel food fan, & also: Tex-Mex Chopped Salad is a crowd pleaser for eight year olds at a skate park? Really? I mean, my kid is an actual fan of weird grownup food & everything, but still I say: really?) & then stand around feeling mildly deflated when all of the slouchy, mumbling, dark-colors-skinny-jeans-wearing, hair-in-eyes-having boys wondered when the pizza was going to get there.
I am still making cupcakes, though. And I ordered some vinyl sticker inkjet paper to mess around with. So I'm sure I'll manage to become just as ridiculous about this party as I do every year, despite the questionable skate park pizza.
Martha is always great for inspiration and spurring ideas, but often a bit unrealistic...once I tried the ice cream snowmen featured on a cover, didn't know my freezer temp would need adjusted til it was too late and the snowmen were soggy. :)
Posted by: staceywinters | February 18, 2009 at 10:33 PM
delurking...my son is exactly the same! he has a love affiar with skateboarding for years now but has just finally started to actually "ride" it. we were discussing his 8th bday this morning (which isn't until december) and he wants a skateboarding party too. i showed him your post and he thought the MS ideas were too girly and babyish.
i love the wallet idea but would probably make them from oilcloth or vinyl. joanns sells 13" chain on a swivel clasp that might work instead of the expensive wallet chains (http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp?CATID=cat1937&PRODID=xprd634846). if the chain is too short you can but it all seperately.
Posted by: Shanna- Pink Trees | February 19, 2009 at 01:28 AM
Dude! Those are the raddest invited ever! Can I come?
Posted by: Dana | February 19, 2009 at 05:47 AM
I haven't been asked to do a themed birthday party for one of my kids yet... Unless you count them asking for a certain color of frosting on their cupcakes as a a theme!
Posted by: Jaclyn Bailey | February 19, 2009 at 07:51 AM
What an awesome party! Can't say that I've been to a skateboarding party yet! Can't wait to see pics!
Posted by: Sharon | February 20, 2009 at 03:41 AM
martha does that to me sometimes, too.
but your invite? awesome.
Posted by: erin | February 20, 2009 at 05:02 PM
they are also missing the requisite dirt, sweat and cuts, bruises and scrapes that my skateboarding son proudly displays. have a fab birthday party!
Posted by: jacquie | February 21, 2009 at 03:03 PM
i love the wallet idea but would probably make them from oilcloth or vinyl. joanns sells 13" chain on a swivel clasp that might work instead of the expensive wallet chains
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