Pinterest Country Shower!

For my sister's shower, I decided to search on Pinterest to get ideas for the decorations.  I found lots of great ideas, but modified most of them to make them work for the country theme and the colors.

#1.  Pinwheel Chalkboard

The inspiration

My version

For my version of the pinwheel chalkboard, the materials I used were:

 - Scrapbooking paper (three different designs)

 - a large chalkboard from Joann's

 - piece of white grosgrain ribbon

 - pictures 

 - masking tape

I made the pinwheels using this tutorial here, but found I needed more paper than the directions called for when making the larger pinwheels.  For my board, I used fewer pinwheels and made them smaller than the ones in my inspiration.  I felt like the larger pinwheels took away from the pictures.  To make the banner across the upper left corner, I used a piece of white grosgrain ribbon and cut out small triangles from the scrapbooking paper.  I taped everything onto the chalk board using masking tape.

#2. Burlap and Lace Mason Jars

The inspiration

My version

For my version of the burlap and lace mason jars, the materials I used were:

 - large mason jars (I think they were a quart)

 - lace

 - pink shear ribbon

 - burlap (my sister got ours at her work but I have seen it at Joann's for about $2/yard)

 - hot glue gun and glue sticks

I pretty much followed their directions with this one.  The main thing that was different was that I used larger jars then they did so I needed more materials.  I also hot glued the burlap in a few different places while wrapping it around the jar so it would stay better, instead of just at the seams.  

#3. Mini Chalkboards

The inspiration

My version

For my version of the mini chalkboards, the materials I used were:

 -acrylic paint ("Cranberry")

 -paintbrush

 -wooden plaque

 -wooden dowels

 -hot glue gun and glue sticks

 -spray paint chalkboard paint

I followed the directions for this one also but I painted it "cranberry" around the edges (2 coats) instead of leaving it plain.  For the chalkboard part, I just followed the directions on the spray paint chalkboard paint can.  The size wooden plaques that I used were 5 inches by 7 inches.  

#4.  Tissue Paper Pom Poms 

The inspiration

My version

The pom poms that I made were the lighter colored ones in the middle of the mantel.  For my version of the tissue paper pom poms, the materials I used were:

 -tissue paper

 -flower wire

 -scissors

There are many different versions of these floating around the internet.  The directions that I used were for the small pom poms.  My pom poms turned out huge so I can only imagine what the larger versions looked like!

The last thing that I made was the cute cow cake!  It was such a hit and it turned out great!

#5. Cow Cake

The inspiration

My version

For my version of the cow cake, the materials I used were:

-homemade butter cream icing

-tube of black icing

-can of brown icing

-icing star tip

-one box of cake mix + ingredients 

-piece of paper and pencil

-pink food coloring
-2  9 in. round cake pans

My cake was very similar to the directions.  For the face of the cow, I traced the pan and then drew the face how I wanted it on the paper so I had a template to use when cutting the actual cake.  I knew that I would mess the cake up if I didn't.  I omitted the chocolate chips and just used black icing.  I also dyed some white butter cream frosting to make the snout pink.  

It was a lot of fun to make everything but also a lot of work!  To view more pictures of the shower, check out this post.