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Pottery Barn Kids Knock-off Easter Bunting

Stacy — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 00:02:00 +0000

Here come’s Peter Cottontail, hoppin’ down the bunny trail, hippity hoppity, Easter’s on its way! If you are anything like me you LOVE pouring through the numerous Pottery Barn catalogs that come in the mail any given week. They have great design, products, and most affordably, inspiration. While going through the latest Easter collection I saw the most adorable Easter Bunny Bunting. Theirs is made with cardboard covered with fabric with fluffy little tails – which you could easily do, too – but I only had 20 minutes and zero dollars to dedicate to this project so paper and cotton balls it was!

Here was the inspiration – it sells for $26 and is 8 feet long.

Source

Here is what you’ll need to recreate it yourself:

Various patterned and solid scrapbook paper
Cotton Balls
Twine or thin ribbon
Hot Glue Gun and glue
Cutting machine / bunny shape to trace / your own free handed bunny shape

I used my Silhouette Cameo and cut out the same shape on to 7 different sheets of paper. I cut 2 out of each pattern in case I wanted to also make an 8 foot bunting. Here is the design from the Silhouette Store that I used.

You could print out a bunny shape and use that as your template to trace and cut out or you could drawn your own free handed bunny silhouette onto cardboard and use that as your template. As long as all the bunnies are the same you’ll get the right effect.

Line up all your bunnies in the pattern you’d like use a little bit of glue on each bunny bum and attach a white cotton ball or pom.

Awww, cute little bunny bums!

To attach your bunnies to the twine/ribbon just dab a little glue on the back of the ears and carefully place your twine/ribbon through the glue.

And that’s all there is to it! I ended up spending $0 on this knock-off and about 20 minutes!

The best part is that you can tailor your Easter Bunny Bunting to any color scheme or design trend that you’d like and you can experiment with different materials, too!So don’t just sit there HOP TO IT!! Linked up: tatertots and jello

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Let it Go | Frozen Inspired Wreath

Stacy — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 16:41:00 +0000

Are any of your children obsessed with Disney’s Frozen? My youngest daughter feels a deep connection with Elsa for whatever reason, so much so that she will even wear blue now (which is a pretty big deal for my pink and purple princess). We’ve pre-ordered the DVD and patiently waiting for March 18th to roll around. I know you can buy the digital version in the iTunes store now, but we’re going old fashion and waiting for the DVD release! Until then we are gearing up to have some friends over to watch the movie and sing along and I thought that occasion could use a special front door welcome in the form of, what else, a Frozen Inspired Ribbon Wreath.

I raided my ribbon collection for all different shades of aqua, light turquoise, teal, and baby blue to create this wreath. Then, using an svg file I purchased from ppbn designs, I painstakingly cut out the Snow Queen and attached her to a pin so that I could add her to the wreath.

And don’t worry Anna fans, there will be a coordinating Anna wreath coming soon, too!

As always, if you’d like to purchase your own wreath or DIY kit you can check out my shop.

Linked up: tatertots and jello

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Time for your Check-up Topiary

Stacy — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:38:00 +0000

Now that I’ve got you singing the song I’ll give you a little time to finish…ok, are you ready to continue? Last year I was super honored to have a little part in Bill and Scout’s, aka The Guncles, daughter’s amazing 3rd birthday celebration. The theme was Doc Simone (Simore is their cute and very stylish daughter) and Jenny of Jenny Cookies styled the Doc party to set the bar for all Doc parties! With a 3 year old myself I was well aware of everything Doc McStuffins and designed this really fun wreath (as photographed by Francis Iacuzzi and seen on People.com)

It’s one of my favorite wreaths and recently I made a pair of ribbon topiaries with pops of hot pink to coordinate the Doc wreath.

They are so cute! I want to make ribbon topiaries to fill up my house or at least as a centerpieces for every party.

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A Happy, Not Scary, Kids’ Halloween Party

Stacy — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 01:59:00 +0000

Happy (almost) Halloween! We had a ton of fun in our backyard yesterday with a Happy – Not Scary – Halloween party. Of course since I was throwing a party outside it had to rain (yup, just like the Horses and Hairsbows Party) but we stuck it out. Special super duper thank you to Lauren McKinsey for the cutest girly ghost printable collection (she has one for boys, too, have no fear). Another big shout out goes to SweetWorks for their amazing candy!

I have a few DIY’s to share from this party that will be coming soon. Read on for details and a complete vendor list at the bottom of the very picture heavy post (oops!).

Printable party collection – Lauren McKinseyGumballs & Sixlets – SweetWorksFondant topped chocolate covered Oreos – Love & Sugar KissesCupcake liners & paper straws – Sweets & Treats BoutiqueDIY Party Bucket Tutorial – She’s Kinda Crafty

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Mason Jar Jewelry | Mod Melts

Stacy — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:00:00 +0000

It’s officially summer!! Time to invite your friends over and sip on some delicious beverages while you enjoy the longer days. Mason jars are the perfect laid back but still trendy glassware of choice these days so why not make it easy for you guests to tell their jars apart. Using the new Mod Melts you can create super quick and easy jar jewelry!!

Recently I was given the opportunity to try out a brand, spankin’ new product that is available exclusively at Michael’s Craft Stores. They sent me this great box filled the newest product from Mod Podge. I kinda have a thing for hot glue so this project was really fun for me. What are Mold Mets? Mod Melts and Molds give the look of resin but with non toxic sticks that you melt in your glue gun.

You will need a mini, hi-temp hot glue gun to use the Mod Podge glue sticks, but you can find those pretty much anywhere for under $5 if you don’t already have one.

Supplies:

Mod Melts Mold (they come in several fun varieties)
Mod Melts (the “glue” sticks) & a mini hi-temp glue gun
Paints of your choice
Dabber style paint brush
Baker’s twine cut into 1 yard pieces (1 per jar)

Step 1) After your glue gun is HOT squeeze the Mod Melts into your mold. Use the nozzle of the gun to really get in all the crevices to get the most detail in your final product. You can do 1 mold at a time or go ahead and fill all of them at once.

Step 2) To make the embellishments into Jar Jewelry place the middle of your baker’s twine lengthwise onto the still hot Mod Melts. You’ll have to work quickly because the Mod Melts set pretty fast.

Step 3) Wait about 5 minutes and then pop your embellishments out of the mold, they will pop right out!

Step 4) Trim any Mod Melt from around the edges of your embellishments, they cut easily with scissors, and paint them any color you desire! The Mod Melts take paint really well, and it’s a lot of fun to layer the paint to create different effects.

Step 5) Tie the twine around the tops of your mason jars.

You can also attach the painted embellishments to a strip of paper to coordinate your silverware rolls, too!

If you want to learn more about Mod Melts, including videos on how to use the product, you can check them out all over social mediaFacebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Blog Although this post was sponsored all of my thoughts and opinions on this product are 100% my own.If you want to see some more ideas on how to use Mod Melts take a look at these other amazing projects that my fellow craft bloggers created!Linking up:Tatertots and Jello

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20 Minute Tuesday | DIY Faux Chalkboard

Stacy — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:00:00 +0000

One of my favorite items at my daughter’s Horses and Hairbows party last month was the oversized menu board behind the food table. Everyone at the party commented on it and wanted to know how long it took me to letter a chalkboard with that much detail. Well here’s the secret – I didn’t hand draw a single letter and that’s not even a real chalkboard!

I have horrible penmanship. Actually, that’s an understatement, I have horrendous penmanship. There is no way in 1,000,000 years that I would be able to handdraw a semi-decent menu onto a real chalkboard, but I really wanted a fancy menuboard to be my food table backdrop at my daughter’s party so I had to come up with an alternative.

I thought about painting a piece of plywood with black paint, maybe even chalkboard paint, so I could rub some chalk on it to make it look more authentic and then applying vinyl to it. However, plywood is heavy, and I am lazy.

That left me with one other choice – faking it! So I opened up Photoshop Elements, purchased a piece of foam core, and got to work!

*the designing & ordering of the menu graphic is NOT included in the 20 minutes of this project*

Supplies:

32″x40″ piece of black foam core (that’s the largest they had at Hobby Lobby)
36″x48″ engineering print with menu printed on it
double-sided tape
scissors
exacto knife & cutting surface

In PSE I opened up a new blank file that measured 1 inches wider and taller than my piece of foam core (33×41 in this instance). Make the background black and start adding all your different menu items to the board. I used every single “chalkboard” font that I could find on Pinterest for my menu board, but you could stick to just several coordinating fonts if you wanted. If you don’t have PSE you can also make your file in Picasa or PicMonkey, you’ll just need to open MS Paint and save a large black rectangle as a .jpg to use as your base photo to edit.

I saved my file as a high quality jpeg, uploaded it to Staples, and ordered it as the largest engineering print they offer, 36×48. I picked it up in my local store, but they also ship. The huge print cost me around $7.

Once you’ve gathered all your supplies you are ready to make your faux chalkboard menu board!

Run a line or two of double-sided tape around all 4 edges of your foam core. You can work in small area if you like. I did one short side first, then the two long sides together, and finished the remaining short side last.

Carefully lay your engineering print on to your taped foam core. To make sure I was doing it straight I cut off one side of the white boarders so I had a clean side to line everything up with.

Flip your board over and place a cutting surface underneath the edge. My self-healing cutting mat isn’t large enough to fit the entire board on so I just moved it along as I went.

Using an exacto knife, trim off the extra engineering paper.

And that’s it!! You are done!

The ink on the engineering print is solid like in a glossy photo which gives you that authentic chalkboard look without any added extra work.
Since this menu board is so light you can hang it up anywhere (even using command hooks or mounting strips) and not have to worry about needing nails and making holes!

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Horses and Hairbows | Piper’s 3rd Birthday

Stacy — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:45:00 +0000

My youngest daughter, Piper, turned THREE last weekend and to celebrate we decided to have a party at our house. Since visiting Hilton Head last fall and getting to ride on a pony named Cookie Piper has pretty much been obsessed with ponies. When it came time to plan her birthday party I knew just what to do – hire a pony to come to the house! My husband and I aren’t really “vintage” or “shabby chic” type people, we prefer “southern” and “preppy” so I turned to my good friend at Marie Thomas Designs to help me bring my Southern Preppy Pony party to life!

The invitation:It all started with this amazing invitation!

We also have a deep love for the Kentucky Derby so for April 27th our house became Piper Downs! Unfortunately the rain heard about how awesome our party was going to be and decided that it wanted to be invited, too, so at the LAST moment we had to move everything inside. Everything except the pony of course. The girls (and parents) were real troopers and rode Blue in the drizzling rain before coming inside for snacks, crafts, games, and sweet treats. The entrance: Every equestrian loves to show off her prize ribbons and trophies so I turned to a bunch of my crafty friends to help in making Piper a bunch of unique prize ribbons for her display. Details on all these lovely ribbons and the amazing women who sent them to me will be in a follow up post! And, of course, we had to have a ribbon wreath for the occasion but this time I wanted something new and fun so I made a horseshoe shaped wreath in the party colors!

The sweet treats table:Once again my local Publix was able to help me out by creating a gorgeous, delicious cake that I topped off with a hand made ribbon. The chocolate horse lollipops and cupcakes were both made my me and are flanked by the prettiest preppiest cookies from Goosie Girl. The banner and win, place, show ribbons were all handmade by the extremely talented Dina of Deliciously Darling.

The food table:The backdrop for the food table was the large menu board that I created (tutorial coming soon) that looked like a chalkboard but most definitely was not. Every single adult at the party asked me how long it took me to hand letter my chalkboard so I think I did a great job at fooling everyone!

The crafts and activities:

The pony rides station was all set up with a lawn sign and hay bales to wait on while everyone took their turn (or 3) riding the pony, Blue. Once we got inside and ate each girl got to make her own Derby Hat from a selection of supplies I had picked out. The craft was simple and only took about 10 minutes, which is the perfect length of time for a 3-5 year old’s attention span. I also pre-made “pony tails” for each girl to wear while they raced around on the hobby horses. We also played “Pin the Bow on the Pony” which was tons of fun for the girls.

The favors:

I hand made a satin bow for each guest and attached them to a canvas board that I made. Each girl got a trophy, meticulously designed by Piggy Bank Parties, that she could fill up with sixlets, gumballs, kisses, and pony stickers, too.

All in all it was a great day for the birthday girl and all her guests, even with the rain and the last minute scramble to pull everything inside. I think this photo sums up just what a success the party was –

Of course none of this would be possible with out some amazing vendors:Invitations, flags, party logo – Marie Thomas DesignsTrophy Favor boxes – Piggy Bank PartiesBirthday girl’s tank top – Made by MorganBanner & Lawn signs – StaplesCake and snack platters – Fort Mill PublixCookies – Goosie GirlCupcake Liners and Striped Straws – Sweets & Treats BoutiqueBanner and backdrop ribbons – Deliciously Darling linked up – tatertots and jello | Bloom Designs

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Tailgating with Rubbermaid

Stacy — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:00:00 +0000

This time of year is rather bittersweet around our house. It’s a new year and the possibilities are endless (yay!) but it’s also the end of football season (boo!!). Although the Gators didn’t show up for their post season game and the Vikings didn’t show up for theirs either, we are still excited about the NFL post season, especially the Super Bowl. I think pretty much everyone can agree that the Super Bowl is, well, Super! The game, the commercials, THE FOOD, the halftime entertainment, THE FOOD. Yeah, no matter who is playing in the big game, the food is really the most important thing going on the first Sunday in February. So you better start getting your Game Day Food game plan in gear!To help get you started Rubbermaid and Target have teamed up to offer you 2 exclusive coupons you can print at home and use to buy the gear you’re gonna want come game day.

The coupons Rubbermaid has for you to print out exclusively on Target’s website are for both the with durable food storage containers and the convenient Take Alongs line. I’ll tell you more about why I loved both of these product lines below… after the photos!

First, I printed out the coupons (be sure that you are at a computer that is attached to a printer before you go to the website to get your coupons printed). Then, I headed to my local Target to start my shopping. As you can see Rubbermaid has containers for pretty much anything you need. If you already have a menu, errrr, Game Plan, in place you can buy individual containers. If you are like me, and like to wing it (chicken wing it, that is) the variety packs are the way to go.

Packing up all your game time goodies in the containers is easy and it makes you look like maybe you actually made all these things and didn’t just buy cupcakes while you were at Target shopping for Rubbermaid products.

Packaging everything in the containers makes a world of difference in packing up your goodies to take with you the big game. I was able to get so much into my bag and even though there were bumps and thumps along the way, nothing opened, nothing spilled.

Set up was super easy.

No worrying about bugs or little hands getting in my food before it was game time.

Take off the lids and serve!

Clean up is even easier than set up. You can just leave the Take Alongs with your hostess & buy more tomorrow or just pop the lids back on and put things in the fridge or cupboard as needed. And once you are done with the containers there is beauty in the Easy Find Lids. Not only do the lids snap to themselves (which is a blessing if you’ve ever opened your cabinet to have an avalanche of lids fall on you) but they also snap to the bottom of the actual containers.

Like I said – here are just some of the reasons I really love the Rubbermaid containers

Easy Find Lids containers:

Lids snap to the bottom of containers—never lose a lid or leave one behind at the party again!
Leak-proof seal prevents messes and spills on the way to the party.
Range of sizes makes taking what you want easy! Large sizes for wings, chips, salads etc., all the way down to small, half cup sizes for dips and sauces.

TakeAlongs provide a worry-free way to take food to the big game party.

Leak proof seal prevents messes and spills
Great value and great quality—perfect for giving food in as a gift, and leaving behind.
Range of sizes makes taking what you want easy! Large sizes for wings, chips, salads etc., all the way down to smaller sizes for dips and sauces.

If only I could get Rubbermaid to have these available in Orange & Blue, I would never need another bowl or dish for my tailgate set ups ever again!

Rubbermaid is also hosting a Game Day Party Sweepstakes!
They are offering the chance to win an Easy Find Lids Party Pack, a 48Qt Cooler and $100 VISA gift card! To enter the sweepstakes readers must click on this link: http://www.rubbermaid.com/sweepstake/pages/sweepstakeRegistration.aspx?sweepstakeId=35
Entries are limited to one entry per person / per email address / per day.
Sweepstakes starts December 19, 2012 and ends January 21, 2013.

If you would love to learn more about Rubbermaid, download the coupons for yourself or learn more about Target please click on any of the following links!!

Rubbermaid | Twitter

Rubbermaid | Facebook

Rubbermaid | Pinterest

Rubbermaid | Target Coupon

Target | Online

This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™, but all my opinions are my own.

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Signature Cocktail: {Dirty} Shirley

Stacy — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:41:00 +0000

I am back today to share with you the signature cocktail that we served at the Red & Black Tattoo Baby Shower. A cocktail that I think would be PERFECT for a Halloween party (think Vampires & Blood!) – and to make it doubly better it would look exactly the same if you wanted to skip the alcohol!!

Having a signature cocktail makes the cocktail aspect of your party simpler, cheaper, and more tied together. I love picking a drink that ties into your color theme. There are so many brightly colored liquors that making a signature cocktail for your party is easier than ever. To top that off, Vodka comes in just about any flavor you want these days, so not only can your cocktail match your color scheme it can also compliment your dessert table choices.
Recipe:(adapted from Grey Goose)1.5 parts Cherry flavored Vodka (there are many to pick from)3.5 parts Sprite (or other lemon-lime soda, Ginger Ale is also a great option).5 parts GenadineCherries (optional)

I would suggest freezing your vodka and chilling your Sprite & Grenadine so everything is nice and cold. Mix all ingredients in a large pitcher. Keep pitcher on ice or provide ice for your guests’ individual use. Place 1 cherry in every glass and let the guests pour their own drink when they arrive and as they need refills.

For more adult beverage option you can visit and follow my pinterest board on the subject!Please enjoy responsibly!

Linking up:

tatertots & jello

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Baby Shower – Red & Black {Tattoos}

Stacy — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:38:00 +0000

When we found out this spring that my daughters’ best friend’s mom (and our good friend, too) was pregnant, my friend and I could not wait to be able to throw her a baby shower. Those weeks of waiting for the gender to be known was as suspenseful to us and it was to her (although not AS suspenseful of course)! We needed to know how she was going to decorate the nursery and which way we should take the shower. Once we found out that she would be having another boy and that the nursery theme was only that it would be mostly black & white I took to the internet to start thinking about shower ideas. None of the beautiful shower themes that I was finding seemed to be right though. I talked to my co-host and asked her what she thought of a Tattoo themed baby shower and thankfully she didn’t look at me too weird and agreed that it was the perfect theme for our mommy-to-be!! I was able to find one shower out there that gave me some inspiration – although the colors just weren’t right for our shower it was proof that my crazy idea wasn’t all that crazy after all.I called on my friend Marie Thomas Designs to create a graphic and background for my invitation and from there I was able to create everything I needed (print-wise) for the shower.

The decor was fun and simple. I enlarged the invitation graphic on engineering paper at the copy store (they didn’t have the size they had advertised but it still came out great). Streamers and paper lanterns were all hung from the ceiling over the sitting area where we ate and crafted.

Everyone at the party got some fresh ink courtesy of glitter temporary tattoos that I found at the store.

To keep things simple (and keeping in our color scheme) we had 1 signature drink for everyone to try along with a non-alcoholic version. It was called a Dirty Shirley which is basically a Shirley Temple with Cherry Vodka.

Instead of the standard baby shower games and activities we opted to have everyone decorate a onsie for the baby. I pre-cut out t-shirt vinyl decals and we also had paint markers and puffy paints available for everyone.

The cake and the brownie bite toppers were TO DIE FOR. The Decorated Cupcake (the rosette cake) and Lynlee’s Petite Cakes (the fondant toppers) definitely went above and beyond to make the most gorgeous and tasty options for our dessert table. With only 15 or so ladies attending the soiree we decided a ridiculous dessert table would have been only for looks and not practical for this shower which made this a very budget friendly party.

The other fondant toppers from Lynlee’s Petite Cake where placed on top of Rice Krispie treat rattles!

Although we didn’t take pictures of the food (whoops) we had cute veggie sticks and ranch served in red polka dot baking cups, ham and swiss sliders, chicken salad, and puff pastry wrapped brie with fruit.

Everyone made their own little goodie bag to take home with them including nail polish of their choice as well as tattoo themed nail files.

Before you could leave you had to take a photo with the mom-to-be with your guess of the baby’s arrival date and weight written on chalk board thought bubbles. We had a lot of fun with this including hanging a huge piece of black sequins fabric for our backdrop.

Of course one of the main parts of any baby shower is the opening of cute baby gifts. My gift was the Skull & Crossbones diaper cake using the cutest printed diapers from The Honest Company.

All in all I think we threw a wonderful shower, kept the budget in check, and made some lasting memories (if not picture) for the mommy-to-be!

Suppliers:
Party paper items, Photography – me using graphics from Marie Thomas Designs
Paper Lanterns, Straws – Polka Dot Market
Fondant toppers – Lynlee’s Petite Cakes
Rosette cake – The Decorated Cupcake

linking up:

tatertots & jello

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