Written on May 27th, 2010 by Kim
If you’re in need of a quick and easy favor bag and you don’t want to forgo style, pick up some colored lunch bags. It’s really easy to find red and white ones this time of year. I used these white lunch bags for our new luau collection.
I punched two holes, equal distances from the top and sides, and threaded them with hot pink ribbon. Next, I criscrossed the ribbon, touched it with a little glue to hold it in place and snipped the ends. Finally I attached my favor tags with another touch of glue. You could also cut small straight lines in your tag and thread your ribbon through the top and bottom for easy opening.
More to come on the new luau collection tomorrow!
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Written on May 21st, 2010 by Kim
We shot our new luau collection yesterday. As usual it was a lot of fun and a lot of work. And for those of you who follow me on Twitter or ”like” the shoppe on Facebook (links in upper left corner) you know we had a few cookie catastrophes yesterday. This beautiful palm tree cookie on the left took a nose dive off the table just after this shot. I admit that I mourned it for a few seconds before I could move on. And the surf board on the right suffered an attack from my 3 year old. At least that happened after the shoot was over. {Who could really blame him, right?}
This collection is truly beautiful and will be perfect whether for a child’s birthday, an adult summer get together or a destination wedding engagement party. I’m really excited to share all the details with you early next week. Until then, I thought I would share my luau placecard and favor idea.
I picked up some tin pails at the local craft store (washed them really well) and filled them with brown sugar for my sand. I then iced these fun cookies and piped the guests’ names on. Not only are these a great way to mark your placesettings, but they’re also wonderful as a favor for your guests to leave with. I’ll post a pictorial on how to ice them in a few days with some tips on how to make them stand. (The cookie cutters will be part of the new collection coming to the shoppe early next week.)
Have a great weekend everyone!
Tags: fun luau party placecard ideas, palm tree cookie, surf board cookie
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Written on February 22nd, 2010 by Kim
I mentioned when we launched our dinosaur birthday party collection that my youngest has already claimed it for his upcoming birthday party. With that in mind, I went in search of favor ideas over the weekend.
I really like the dinosaur dig ideas (upper left from Toys To Grow On, lower left from eBay) for the activity. Our guests will be in the 3-5 age range so we’ll likely go with the sand version and then let them take their finds home. But for older kids, the Tricerotops excavation is very cool.
If I didn’t already have foam puzzle dinosaurs in primary colors to match the table decor, this Knex Dino Pal (upper right) would possibly be worked into the decor (maybe at the beverage station). As is, it may still end up as a gift for my little one. {wink}
Oh, and we must have the dino masks. I found these at Oriental Trading, but you may be able to score some at your local craft store.
And I ran across a few more cake/cupcake ideas I liked too. This very fun fondant dinosaur cupcake is from Nevie Pie Cakes on Flikr. For those of you who’ve never used fondant, don’t let it intimidate you. You can tint and mold it into anything you like. Just make a tasty cupcake, because the fondant won’t be (at least in my opinion). And the cake is from Pink Apron on Flikr. I really like the layered effect with the child’s name spelled out in cookies. Hmmm… we’ll see. I’m still undecided.
Tags: dinosaur birthday party favor cupcake ideas, dinosaur dig party game, dinosaur mask favors
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Written on December 8th, 2009 by Kim
We launched a fabulous, if I do say so, Prince & Princess birthday party invitation last year. It’s fairytale castle and fire breathing dragon make it perfect whether you have a little prince, a little princess or both. And this year, we launched a slightly girlier version, Princess Castle, focusing more on the castle and a whimsical gated entryway. I’m not sure which I like more.
So with our new design we also wanted to style a new table. Don’t you just love this fuchsia and white polka dot plate and napkin set with lime green rim!?
To this we added favors including enchanted carriage boxes:
Princess crowns for the special girl:
Royal court tiaras for all of her guests:
And of course we had to create some new printables to go with our already popular pink polka dot cupcake wrappers and princess crown and castle picks:
Like crown embellished napkin rings:
And princess straw slips:
Stop in our shoppe to check out all the details and more. I hope we’ve inspired you for your next celebration!
Tags: crown cookie cutter, enchanted carriage favors, fairy princess wand cookie cutter, fuchsia pink and green polka dot plates napkins cups, prince and princess birthday party table ideas, princess crown napkin rings, princess straw slips, printable princess cupcake picks and wrappers
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Written on September 25th, 2009 by Kim
I ran across these little oinkers at the grocery store. They were on the cover of a Taste of Home kid-friendly recipies book. You can read more about how to make these little cuties on the Taste of Home website.
And the other images are from a Stay-At-Home mommy blogger named Deanna. She did a wonderful job of making cow cupcakes, they look similar to the pig design, and fun barn favors in honor of her third child turning 3. You can read more and see more pics on her blog Just Deanna.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Tags: cow cupcakes, farm birthday party favor ideas, pink pig cookies
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