Crab Shack Summer Party

I couldn't let summer end without a fun little party with friends...50 of them! Sometimes I think I'm crazy! What was really crazy was that I had the party the day after I took my daughter to college! So along with getting a college freshman ready to go, I was preparing for my Crab Shack Party!  I couldn't do my usual level of party details...just didn't have it in me, but I did do a few fun things to make the party special.

For the bar area I made this fishnet sign - it was the "Sandbar" The sign was made using cardboard letters, paint and real sand. A final touch of starfish and shells were added to all the letters. It turned out very cute. I will post a tutorial on how I made it soon.

I hung a few nautical themed items around to set the mood! A quick and easy thing to do is to tie pretty ribbon around your glassware. I used a striped blue, cream and red ribbon from a dollar bin at Michael's. Many of the nautical accents came from TJ Maxx home decorating depatment.

One of my favorite things I made were these adorable cupcakes. These are chocolate candy crabs I made using an ice cube tray and chocolate candy melts. They sit pretty on top of a little brown sugar...oh I mean sand! See the DIY here on how I made the chocolate candy crabs. For the tablecloth I bought a few yards of burlap and a yard of red and cream checked quilting fabric. I trimmed the checked fabric with pinking shears and layered it over the burlap. (I didn't get and pictures of this) It all came together having a nautical, weather washed feel.

Linking to: Someday Crafts, Between Naps on the Porch, Fingerprints on the Fridge, Shanty2Chic, Fireflies and Jellybeans, The Shabby Nest, Tatertots and Jello, Skip to my Lou, Under the Table and Dreaming, Tip Junkie, Today's Creative Blog, Just a Girl, The Girl Creative, Stone Gable, Simply Sweet Home,

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