DIY paper banner

We celebrated Audrey's first birthday this weekend.  I love having parties!  I wish I had a staff of 10 to help me do all of the ideas that are floating around in my head.  I wanted to do banner type decoration, but was trying to cut my budget so three rolls of crepe paper were out as well as any store bought sign.  I also wanted to use up things that I had stashed away in my craft closet.

About a month ago I attended a baby shower and saw a paper garland made from circles.  The hostess had used a jumbo hole punch and sewn the circles together.  It looked so cute and fun.

I didn't have the circle hole punch but I had a large 12x12 packet of scrapbook paper (from Joann's, with the coupon about $10.).  I also wanted something larger, since we had a lot of space to cover.  I cut about 100 of the 250 pieces in half.  I then folded them over so the banner would be printed on both sides.  I sewed across the top about 1" down with my sewing machine.  It took about an hour & I ended up with over 50 feet of paper banner!  Very easy & looked great.  You could take it a step further & buy themed paper for you baby shower or wedding ...

Oh Happy Day!!

Now that I have started blogging, I am reading other blogs.  I feel like I really missed the boat on this world of blogs and am frantically trying to catch up!  There are so many fun, interesting and just really great ideas out there.  The party planner / decorator / DIY-er is going nuts.  My poor husband.  I think I have a lifetime full of projects in my head.

I came accross this blog   http://ohhappyday.com/2011/06/goes-to-paris today.  It is written by a woman who seems to be living my dream life.  San Francisco party planner, blogger and oh yes, just moved to Paris for a year with her family.  

I hope you enjoy it as much as I am!