Monday, March 19, 2012

Party Planning | Game Night Fun

Thought I would share a few fun features of our Games Night Gathering...


White Flowers with checker pieces and playing cards in the vases.

Game boards and dart board as centrepiece. Red, Black and Yellow Candy.

Game pieces and pencils on game board as decor.


Card theme plates, napkins and table cloth & white and red cutlery.


All different sizes and heights of glasses.



Playing Cards on the stemware to help guests identify which glass is theirs.

Sewn together playing cards to create a garland.


Game Boards as trays on ottomans.

Stack of boardgames on side table to add to the decor.

Black, red and yellow candy (to match the 'playing card' colour scheme).


Domino Brownies.

Dart Board Taco Dip.


A few more things I did but didn't take photos of:

Chocolate Dipped Pretzels.


Sandwich Checker Board - Tuna on Whole Wheat & Egg Salad on White Bread with cherry tomatoes and black olives as 'checkers'.


Cranberry & Ginger-ale Punch.

Chocolate Dipped Oreos - Mine were standing upright.

We Played 'Wits and Wagers' in couples | Great Game



See more 'Game Night' Ideas that I Pinned HERE

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Celebrating 50 Sales | The Mini Newspaper Program

Today I sold my 50th Mini Newspaper Wedding Program since I started offering them in my Etsy shop last summer.

To celebrate I thought I would do a blog post featuring a few of the recent programs I have created for couples from all over. As you can see each one is as unique as the couple themselves, fitting into various wedding themes and settings.

(*Be sure to click on each paper to view it larger)

Colette & Tom | This UK couple got married on the shores of Loch Goil in Lochgoilhead Scotland. They are avid kayak-ers who love to explore any lake, stream, river or bay they can! They included a fun 'Ask the Experts' section in their paper that featured marriage advice quotes from their friends and family as well as an 'Epithelium (A lyric ode in honor of a bride and bridegroom) for Two Canoeists' written by the mother of the groom.


Jessica & Pierre | This couple got married at 'Olcottage' in Massachusetts on the sea where the bride grew up vacationing each summer. They were able to share these special memories and details about the significance of their wedding location with their guests through their newspaper program and also did a 'food and style' section and were also able to include french and English translations of their ceremony readings for their non-biligual guests to be abel to follow along with what was being read.

Lauren & Mike| This Barrie Ontario couple was having an Alice in Wonderland theme wedding! Their 'Wonderland Times' paper added to their theme by featuring a 'Mad Hatter Tea Room' advertisement, whimsical font, an Alice Through The Looking Glass quote and of course the 'Top Story' sharing the Fairy Tale of how the couple met, got engaged and planned their furture together.

Wesley & Kara| This sunny couple had a destination wedding and got married on 'The Casey Key' in Florida, which is where they got engaged! In their 'Top Story' they shared the details about how they met and the details about the proposal on the very beach they were getting married on. They also added a fun 'Guess that Love Song' section to entertain their guests.
Caroline and Paul | This adventure seeking couple from Nenagh Ireland was having an intimate ceremony and celebration in their backyard. They included a section in their paper in honor of the "Best Man", Noah, the bride's son! They wanted to create a coupon for 'Busters Bootcamp' as the groom (a.k.a Buster) is a personal trainer. They also included a fun 'Death of a Bachelor' section to let all the ladies know the groom was now off the market.


I have recently had a request to create a newspaper program for a sweet 16 birthday party that would feature the birthday girl, her friends, the party's events and menu as well as the sponsors of the event. So this could open up a whole new area for my papers and I even think they would be great for Bar and Bat Mitzvahs as well as anniversary parties and corporate events. So feel free to contact me about these possibilities as well.

Find my Newspaper Programs HERE in my Etsy Shop.


Friday, March 9, 2012

Spring Umbrella Wreath |

This year I made a few Spring Umbrella Wreaths for myself, my mom, my aunts and my grandma.

They are super easy to create...

WHAT YOU NEED:
- An umbrella
- Ribbon
- Faux Flowers (of varying heights and types)
- A door hook
- Scissors

HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN:
Simply turn the umbrella upside down and begin arranging your flowers in the umbrella. Once you have them how you want them simply tie a ribbon around the umbrella, making sure that it holds all of the stems in place. Then you are ready to hang your 'umbrella wreath' on your door (either inside or out!) making a lovely spring display of flower and classic wreath alternative.

HERE ARE A FEW THAT I MADE:

Blue & Yellow:

Multi-colour:


Purple Tone & Pink Tone Umbrellas:

Happy Crafting!





Monday, February 13, 2012

Valentine's Day Pins |


I have a 'Gal-entines' get together coming up (basically a movie night with 'Gals' in celebration of what we love about each other) so I wanted to peruse Pinterest for some cute ideas to see what I could make/ bring to the party. (pictures of what I make to come).

If you are in need of some last minuet Valentines Day inspiration for a craft, card, treat or decor take a look at my hand selected pins HERE.

Happy Valentines Day everyone!

Monday, January 16, 2012

DIY T-Shirt Scarf |

I came across an image of a t-shirt scarf on a friend of a friend's facebook page (amazing the places facebook can take you and you can't remember how or why you got there).

I LOVED the look of it so I looked up more images/tutorials on how to make them and found a number of different sites, images and tutorials for various styles of t-shirt scarves!

I went to a second hand shop and got a few t-shirts and even found some old Ts around the house and got to work on creating my own.


Above is how mine turned out - I used two colours of T-Shirts and followed the below tutorial (Not the best lighting/quality vid but it gets the point across).



Next I want to try to make one of the 10 styles that I found outlined on My Blessed Life they are ALL so beautiful will be hard to decide which one to try!
Check out the post of the t-Shirt Scarves HERE.

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