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Luau Party Favors

August 12, 2011 By Rachel Leave a Comment

I love the month of August, mostly because it's my birthday month! I say birthday 'month' because that's how long I like to celebrate. Here in Portland we are finally getting a full doze of summer weather and I decided to host a luau in my mom's backyard to celebrate turning 27-years-old. We set up tiki torches, put bunches of fruit on the tables for decoration, made pupu appetizers and served mai tai's (to see photos from the party, check out my blog). I ordered some custom coasters to serve … [read more...]

Filed Under: Birthday, Blog, Featured, Food & Drink, Grown-Up Party Ideas, Occasions, Treats & Desserts Tagged With: birthday, cookies, decorations, dessert, favors, food, homemade, Occasions, party, recipe, summer

Alice in Wonderland Tea Party

May 13, 2011 By Rachel Leave a Comment

What's more fun than throwing an Alice in Wonderland inspired tea party? As one of my favorite children's stories, nothing sparks my imagination quite like Lewis Carroll's talking flowers, the cheshire cat's smile, the queen of hearts, and of course the Mad Hatter's tea party. Alice in Wonderland is a wonderful party theme and there is so much you can do to recreate the magic that happened down the rabbit hole. For this fun Merry Unbirthday party I used: • Vintage yellow tea set. • Gerber … [read more...]

Filed Under: Birthday, Blog, D.I.Y. Ideas, Decorations, Featured, Kid Craft Ideas, Kids Party Ideas, Occasions Tagged With: birthday, cupcake, decorations, dessert, DIY, handmade, homemade, kids, party, tea

Easter Basket Favors

April 13, 2011 By Rachel 2 Comments

In my opinion, holidays are the best excuse to get crafty. I love making little gifts or favors for each and every holiday. With Easter just a few weeks away, I thought I'd share with you this fun idea: Easter Basket Favors. I'm making mine for friends and coworkers, but this is a gift anyone will enjoy and a great project to do with kids! Supplies Needed: • Small party cups or dixie cups (I found mine at the Dollar Store) • Your favorite Easter candy (I chose mini robin's eggs) • Green … [read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, D.I.Y. Ideas, Easter, Featured, Handmade Gifts Ideas, Holidays, Kid Craft Ideas, Unique Packaging Ideas Tagged With: candy, craft, decorations, dessert, DIY, easter, favors, handmade, holiday, kids, party

Daffodil Centerpiece

April 11, 2011 By Rachel Leave a Comment

With Spring officially here its time to enjoy my favorite flower, the daffodil! One of my favorite springtime activities is taking walks through my neighborhood in NE Portland and seeing all the flowers start to bloom. I especially love all the pops of yellow, which is what inspired my latest project, creating daffodil centerpieces for my friend Sabrina's wedding! Daffodils are perfect decoration for any kind of springtime event, whether it be a wedding, baby shower, birthday, or Easter. To make … [read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, D.I.Y. Ideas, Decorations, Easter, Featured, From The Garden, Holidays, Wedding Tagged With: birthday, decorations, easter, flower, party, weddings

Planning A D.I.Y. Wedding

March 4, 2011 By Lindsay Leave a Comment

Now that we've covered wedding colors and favor ideas, it's time to discuss five tips and tricks I've found that I hope will make your DIY wedding as budget friendly as possible: 1. Coordinated Mismatching Coordinated mismatching entails that you take components that are different, and combine them in complementary ways. Instead of focusing on identical pieces, you'll take objects that are purposefully mismatched, and then tie them together using elements of theme and color. For example, … [read more...]

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Planning A D.I.Y. Wedding

February 18, 2011 By Lindsay Leave a Comment

Welcome to our first ever D.I.Y. Wedding Series! Over the next month we will be sharing inspiration and ideas on how to plan a do-it-yourself wedding. One of our contributors, Lindsay Jewell, will be sharing real life tips and ideas she's found while planning her own wedding. She has tons of great ideas about choosing wedding colors, creating themes, and tips on creating your dream wedding while on a budget. This is the first post of this series, to be published every Friday. Have any tips or ideas … [read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, D.I.Y. Ideas, Featured, Planning A D.I.Y. Wedding Tagged With: color, decorations, DIY, favors, homemade, inspiration, planning, weddings

DIY Paper Heart Garland

February 11, 2011 By Rachel 8 Comments

One of my favorite things to do when a holiday approaches is make my own crafty decorations for my home. I love to create handmade garlands because they are easy to make for any holiday or special occasion and you can put them up almost anywhere in your home. Hang them in a doorway, a window, chandelier or just on your wall. With Valentine's Day just a few days away, I thought I'd make some pretty paper heart garlands to hang in the window of my living room. I chose to use an MOL Heart Tag with one … [read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, D.I.Y. Ideas, Decorations, Featured, Holidays, Valentine's Day Tagged With: craft, decorations, DIY, garland, handmade, heart, holiday, valentine's day

Lucky In Love

February 9, 2011 By Jeanne Leave a Comment

Celebrate your love and good fortune, good times and good company. Personalized poker chip labels, bottled water, and coasters commemorate your lucky numbers with good taste. I found this in our "ideas" archives and thought it was such a fun wedding theme, I had to share it again. I especially love the idea of putting personalized labels on poker chips. What a perfectly unique party favor! Helpful Links Bottled Water Labels • I chose the "Casino" style label in deep red. Small Circle … [read more...]

Filed Under: Anniversary, Bachelor/Bachelorette, Blog, Featured, Gifts & Favors, Grown-Up Party Ideas, Occasions, Wedding Tagged With: coasters, decorations, favors, party, poker chip, water bottles, weddings

DIY Chinese Paper Lanterns

January 21, 2011 By Rachel Leave a Comment

February 3, 2011 is the first day of year 4709 on the Chinese lunar calendar and marks the beginning of the year of the Rabbit. For the Chinese, this holiday is one of the most elaborate, colorful and important holidays of the year! And more than any other Chinese holiday, the Chinese New Year stresses the importance of family ties. The new year's eve dinner gathering is among the most important family occasions of the year. If you're planning to join in the celebrations with your family, you'll … [read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, D.I.Y. Ideas, Decorations, Featured, Holidays, New Year Tagged With: chinese new year, craft, decorations, DIY, favors, handmade, holiday, tutorial

Wedding Place Cards

January 14, 2011 By Jeanne Leave a Comment

Creating simple, personalized touches for your wedding will make lasting memories for you and your guests. Even the smallest of details will have everyone swooning! Add a personalized touch to your wedding reception with customized place cards. Handwrite the name of each guest in calligraphy and leave one at each place setting. For a finishing touch, roll cloth napkins and tie them up with ribbon and a personalized tag. Your guests will surely be impressed! Helpful Links Place Cards •  … [read more...]

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