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Friday, February 28, 2014

{Featured} Under the Sea Party in Polka Dot Balloon Magazine

I am so excited to have another one of my parties and printables featured in another AMAZING magazine.  My Mermaid themed Under the Sea Party printables have been in my shop for some time....unfortunately, I never had a chance to do anything amazing to showcase how adorable they were.  LUCKILY, I have some amazing friends in the party world.  So, I was elated when I was given an opportunity to showcase this collection in Polka Dot Balloon Magazine.

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You can see my Under the Sea Party (p.38) and a host of festive parties shared by other talented designers in the Spring issue here!








Tuesday, February 11, 2014

{Etsy Shop} Radiant Orchid Heart Pom Pom Garland

On my blog-cation, last month, I spent a lil' time making a few things.  One of them was a heart shaped pom pom garland.  I shared the photo on Instagram and was so excited when my party pal, Heather Snyder of Hello My Sweet wanted to use the garland in a photo shoot she was planning for Valentine's Day.  She was kind enough to share these gorgeous photos with me.



Heather shared that since Pantone's Color of the Year is Radiant Orchid, she wanted to do something for Valentine's day that featured those colors - and my garland matched her theme perfectly.



I love how it all came together, the macarons are so festive and the color is so vivid (God, I could use one of those right now).



Thanks to Heather for sharing these amazing photos with me!  I renamed the garland after Heather - it can be found in my Etsy shop!


Friday, February 7, 2014

{Friday Freebie} 3 Valentine's Day Classroom Ideas (Printables)


So, it's pretty clear that some schools are being all UPPITY about what kids can bring into the class for parties.  I'm not saying that my kids' school does this (blatant disclaimer).....I'm just saying it kinda sucks, cause I TOTALLY remember moms bringing in homemade cupcakes and delicious sweets for us kids when I was in school.  The BEST of them were the chocolate cupcakes with REALLY sweet frosting and cinnamon hearts!  I DIE FOR A GOOD CUPCAKE......not really....I digress....

Given the current (and unfair) state of protocol for classroom treats in our schools, I came up with three genius.....ideas for cards.....okay....maybe not genius.....but let me tell you, I felt like EINSTEIN when I thought of these!

I was at Michael's last weekend and came across some adorable Valentine's Day favor baggie fillers.  I thought these would look really cute with the cards I started designing for my kid's classmates!  I figured, that some parents will be on the hunt for similar, fun treats to pass out.  So, I am SHARING (aaaaw)....I've got printables for ya and my spot on creative genius to help ya out.

You can find the favors at Michaels - if you don't have one nearby most places like Target, Party City, Dollar Tree or Wal-Mart have similar items out in their Valentine's Day aisle.



The items I chose were heart shaped mazes, bubbles and a small scratch pad and pencil.  You're going to need my Classroom Valentine's Day Printables, medium sized glue dots, a 2" circle punch or scissors, a 1/8" hole punch and some ribbon or twine to recreate these cards as I've made them.....or use your own creative swag and put your own spin on them.




You're All-Write!  For the Scratch pad and pencils, cut out the round tags and punch a small hole in the top center of the tag. Then, use a glue dot to hold the pencil in place on top of the pad.  Finally, add the tag to the pencil with string


You're a-MAZE-ing and  You BLOW me away! - Simply print out your cards, cut and add a glue dot to the heart shaped maze and mini bubble favors and place onto the card. Sooooo simple....soooo cute.



These cards are REALLY easy to put together (Yeah - no messy glue) with your kids, definitely get them in on the fun and ENJOY! You can download the printables here!


(PS:  Michaels did NOT send me anything or pay me to post these products on my blog.  I was actually at the store and found them and thought I'd share. )

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

{Recap} Superbowl - Team Colors Party Table


Before it's way past it's 'prime', I really wanted to quickly share with you the photos from a little impromptu Super Bowl 'party' I set up for my little family.  It wasn't much, but since neither of the teams we cheer for in my home (Patriots & Eagles) were playing, I chose to do a Team Colors theme for the set up.  Here's a quick run down of how I got everything together in a 'snap'!


I found some scrapbook paper in my stash and created a pennant banner to swag across my backdrop.  I made a few printable party dots with general catch phrases....my favorite is the 'Omaha!' dot - the call played by Manning...tee-hee.  Our grocery store had cupcakes topped with orange, blue and green frosting....so I picked those up for our desserts.  I made naked hot wings (spicy, no sauce) and  hoagies.  We also got potato salad from the deli and I put them in orange striped nut cups that were sent to me by Jenny Raulli over at Bloom Designs.  I served Orange Hawaiin punch in old Starbucks Frappucino bottles that I keep on hand for my party stylings.  The bottles were wrapped with the scrapbook paper, ribbon and topped with a party dot.  My FAVORITE part of this table were the 'Flag on the Field' Popcorn  packs I made just using yellow napkins, twine and a tag.  I placed them in mini tote buckets that matched the color scheme.  It wasn't much, but this party came together very well and in a little bit of time - and boy did my kids enjoy the Super Bowl!



















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