This is the last post of the Tea Party and we’re going out with a bang! I’m giving you a closer look at all the decorations for the party. Before I do, I had to show you these butterfly fans we used to cool ourselves down. The girls were so cute watching the little breezes
Everything came together so well with this party, but I think one of my top favorites is the place setting. It was simple to put together and the color and little detail brought a lot to the table. I used a little tea bag connected to a butterfly as the place cards. The tea bag
The party favors at our tea party also doubled as a craft. Inside each of these white jewelry boxes topped with a rose and butterfly, was a bag of pearl beads and clear elastic cord. We strung pearl necklaces to wear with our pretty dresses during our party. The range in ages was 2 –
Welcome to our tea party! This week I’ll be sharing all the details of a tea party I had with my adorable nieces. I used my new tea party line which includes pattern paper, journaling cards and die cuts that will be available in the Silhouette online store this coming week. This collection works well
To finish up the Pirate Party posts I have a few party favors and decorations to share with you. I love the simplicity of this treasure chest pocket. The only adhesive that is required is gluing the lock on. The rest of the treasure chest folds and holds together on its own. You can see
Ahoy Matey! These puppets are a great kids craft for all your boy and girl pirates. They are so simple to assemble and I have include a variety to fit the needs of the kids. I used red paper sacks as the body of the captain and pirate boy puppets. I used a white sack
Once I got started designing the pirate cupcake wrappers and toppers I just couldn’t stop. I had so many ideas flowing through my head. I included a good mix of regular die cuts along with print and cut. I used chocolate covered gold coins and brown sugar to make sand and treasure for the treasure
Pirates are taking over the blog this week. I love designing themed parties and this one comes complete with invitations, decorations and kids crafts. For the invitation I printed all the party details on the back of a treasure map and delivered them as a message in a bottle. The treasure map comes with two
This is the last post of the DIY heart magnet projects and today I have a FREE printable for you so you can create an “I’m Stuck on You” Valentine’s Day card to go along with the hearts. I am a sucker for a good pun and couldn’t resist making “I’m Stuck on You” cards
My Valentine party is today, and I wanted to quickly pop in and give you a tutorial on using the Tattoo Paper from Silhouette. This stuff is seriously awesome! You can use it on just about any surface! I’m going to show you how I used it on the plaster heart magnets I made. The
I played around with some Plaster of Paris this past week and made some hearts using chocolate molds. I remember my mom making these with different chocolate molds when we were little. She would put hooks made out of wire in them so we could string them on necklaces after we spent the day painting
I have another fun Valentine party activity today. I did this with my family several years ago when all my nieces and nephews were little and they loved it. I thought it would work great for my party I’ll be throwing with my friends and their kids. I had each mom send me a picture
I have a Valentine party coming up that I’m hosting for some friends and their darling kiddos. It is so fun to get together and see the things kids create and talk about while crafting. It’s one of my very favorite things. I’ll be posting some of the fun activities we’ll be doing at the
New Valentines for kids are up in the Silhouette store today. All the cards are print and cut files and the toys are from the dollar store. That means cheap and easy Valentines for your kids to give to their friends and classmates. I’ll be featuring all these valentines on my blog this week with
We celebrated Thanksgiving with my side of the family last week and my nieces and nephews loved this Turkey Bingo game. I even heard my little three year old niece yell this is the funnest game! All the kids playing were under seven years old and could play on their own. That’s a big deal
