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Tori Spelling celebrates her daughter’s 4th birthday with a crafty backyard themed party

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Tori Spelling's Daughter

As if from a page from her new book, celebraTORI, Tori Spelling threw a special backyard tea party for her daughter Stella’s 4th birthday.  She shares the details and photos at her website EdiTORIal(www.ToriSpelling.com).

Stella had strict orders… She wanted her tea party to be all hot pink and purple with pops of yellow and Tori delivered from the perfect party dress to a not to believe cake designed by Hansens’s who have been making Tori’s cakes since she was one.  Tori shares that she and Stella studied Pinterest for inspiration for the whimsical cake design.

The blog post at ToriSpelling.com shows an album of photos from the party which was held in the McDermott’s backyard and featured furniture and décor available at their homey eclectic shop, invenTORI.  Fans of  Tori and Dean’s “Home Sweet Hollywood” will be excited to see the antique farm table that seats 20 table she had to have from the antiques fair in Texas last year make its debut as the main seating area.

In addition to the princesses and other party games, Stella wanted to do “crafting” as an activity!

All of the details of every flower, centerpiece and edible are available at:
http://www.torispelling.com/post/stellas-4th-birthday-tea-party.

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Designer Spotlight: Bad Stitched

I came across the Etsy shop Bad Stitched when I was looking for bookmark cross stitch patterns and found their adorable pride bat bookmark, which I didn’t share then because I was going for more of a back to school vibe, but it’s definitely worth checking out if you love rainbows and bats. 

This Etsy shop is big on whimsy and color, but not on organization, as there are not categories. Still, as of this writing there were only a little more than 60 patterns, so it’s small enough to scroll through. 

In keeping with the theme of the bat bookmark, there are a lot of designs with animals and insects in different colors. Another one that caught my in this neon cicada with a crescent moon and stars. This one is 85 by 70 stitches and uses 16 colors. On 14 count fabric it comes out to 6 by 5 inches, or 15.4 by 12.7 cm. 

You’ll also find patterns with animals such as mice, a snail, a jellyfish, a wolf, a corgi in a birthday hat, a fat seal and other bat designs. There are several mushroom designs, a pirate frog, and a scuba diving ghost (among other ghostly designs). You’ll find cats and mythical characters, a mouse thinking about eating strawberries and more. 

There’s also an ebook full of mushroom designs, and another of creepy creatures for Halloween and beyond. There’s also a Pantheon bundle, full of gods, goddesses, characters from mythology, three amphora designs and a Greek inspired font. 

If these sorts of designs sound like something you’d like to stitch, check out Bad Stitched on Etsy. 

Know of a cross stitch designer (or are you a cross stitch designer) who should be featured in the designer spotlight? Let me know by leaving a comment or sending a note through the “suggest a DIY” link at the top of the page. 

[Photo: Bad Stitched]