party favors
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party favors
One clear fact that emerged from my debate on kid birthday party favors is the party favors must be useful to win everyone’s hearts.
Craft Project
Ohdeedoh showcases this vintage looking oilcloth lunch bag by Martha Stewart’s Living today. They have a universal appeal.
Kids uses lunch bags all the time. This model has the advantage that you can insert it in the kid backpack. You could add a Velcro if you want that the bag stayed closed.
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KIDS party
PARTY favors
FAMILY style
ENTERTAINING
KIDS + BABY
posted @ Tuesday, July 15, 2008 2:10 PM | Feedback (0)
I wanted to add surveys to my blog. Then, I taught about Seesmic as a quick and easy way to ask questions and hear your opinions. Moreover, I wish to speak more often in front of the camera.
Today, I am curious to know how you feel about the party favor trend that is going on at kid birthday parties?
As an event designer, it is obvious that I like party favors a lot. They are cute and fun. I find it is a nice gesture. For me, party favors are an element of every celebration.
Party Favors Ideas for Kid Parties
It is sure that you need time to custom make the party favors. They are plenty of sources and inspirations to give you a head start. Martha Stewart proposes these simple baseball-themed treats. All you need to do is to place the treats nicely in a cellophane bag and add a sticker. It is not too time consuming.
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KIDS party
TRENDS
FAMILY style
KIDS + BABY
posted @ Sunday, July 06, 2008 11:59 PM | Feedback (8)
If you mother is the Bree Van de Kamp type who brings delicious sweets everywhere she goes, make it simple for her by giving her personalized stickers, tags or stamps for Mother's Day. I found adorable models on etsy.
Baking Stickers
LittlebeaneBoutique has several models. Pink is a dominant color is her design. She sells the stickers by sheet of 12 stickers. I like the pink mixer and whisk.
Kitchen Stamps
OfficialInitial produces well-made custom 3" by 1.5" stamp. I like the Cupcake mounted rubber stamp where the name of your mother can be printed.
I like the handle on the From the Kitchen of stamp by sweetpaperie. You have a choice of a flatware setting, a whisk or a pear.
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PAPER goods
HOSTESS gifts
GIFT IDEAS
posted @ Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:24 AM | Feedback (1)
After your own perfume craze of a few years ago, it appears that a new fashion is slowly emerging. This time, you get your own tea blend. If you are looking for a lavish birthday gift without breaking the bank, this is it. Different tea shops are offering this service to their customers.
Blends for Friends
The ultimate experience I found so far is from a UK master tea taster named Alex Probyn, the founder of Blends for Friends. Based on the personal facts and the persona of your friend, a master tea taster will create a blended tea just for your friend.
The initial order costs £27 for 125 grams of loose leaf tea. Most of the fee will pay for the personalization process, the descriptive sticker and the decorative tin box. The price will reduce to £7 when you reorder a blend. What is also making the gift special is the quirky blend sticker. The blend recipe descriptor makes reference to the personality traits of the recipient.
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ALL occasions
TRENDS
GIFT IDEAS
posted @ Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:33 AM | Feedback (2)
New parents can save until April 18th, 2008 with the Buy 1 Get 1 free event on their new Birth Photo Announcement Cards. From their design studio in Toronto, Penny People Designs ships worldwide.
Penny People will double the ordered quantity of any Birth Photo Announcement cards if you answer Eupdate to the question "How did you hear from us?" during the checkout process. Offer valid until April 18th, 2008.
The design of the Penny People cards can be changed to suit your taste. So do not worry if you do not like the shown colors, the fonts or the fact that the picture is in black and white. As far as I understand, these design changes cost nothing.
Added Attention
Because Penny People knows that you will be quite busy after the birth of your infant, parents-to-be can receive the envelopes early for an additional $3.00 mailing fee. Therefore, it makes senses to order the birth announcements prior to the arrival of your baby.
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PAPER goods
BABY showers
ENTERTAINING
KIDS + BABY
posted @ Thursday, April 03, 2008 5:08 PM | Feedback (1)
I am pleased to feature two blogs I never spoke of. And it seems that brown is the color of my weekly mood board.
1 | Design Crush
In her resourceful blog, Kelly talked about Garnish, a great source to make your own gift packaging for food. Garnish supplies the basic materials and you personalize the look to fit your style and the occasion.
Garnish a Mid-Winter's Day made the cut of mood board but they showcased more ideas on their Web site. A source to remember for wrapping your holiday baking and party favors.
2 | Home by Sunset
The team behind Sunset spotlighted a fall themed tabletop done by Rosanna Bowles, the founder of Rosanna Inc. You already know that I like Rosanna’s plates. With a dinnerware name like Famille A Table (French for Family at the table), it is so appropriate for everyday of the year, not just for holidays.
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TABLESCAPE
ALL occasions
ENTERTAINING
GIFT IDEAS
posted @ Monday, December 03, 2007 10:03 PM | Feedback (0)
Making Christmas cookies is a tradition that I followed with my husband. He is not a cook but he enjoys baking.
We do not go for varieties; we bake one or two recipes that we will bring as hostess gifts to every host during the Holidays. The container is a huge part of our plan. We indulge and change the styles every year.
This year, I want something that people probably do not already one. Use something like a ceramic or porcelain egg carton is unexpected. Egg crates of the House & Home collection are just adorable. To transport it, place a carton underneath for support and wrap everything with cellophane and a ribbon.
As you can see from these pictures from the November edition of Canadian House & Home, you can be quite creative. Chinese Boxes have the advantage to be easy to find. The Dumpling box has a twist.
You must pay attention to the gift tag. And this year, beautifully crafted gift tags are all over. Put a fabric ribbon since they look better. If you host a party, you can recycle these ideas to set up your dessert table in style.
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FOOD + drinks
PAPER goods
ALL occasions
ENTERTAINING
DINING
GIFT IDEAS
posted @ Thursday, November 15, 2007 5:42 PM | Feedback (14)
Handmade party favors trigger a second to none charmed factor. When we are stress on time, the two women of Pear and Peony come to the rescue.
For a dinner party, I am fond of their Wildflower Seeds party favors or their yellow and black Recipe Cards. Their labels are printed with vegetable inks. The packages are made of recycled paper.
What is fun about the wildflower seeds is that they are available in four varieties, each native to a different area of the USA. You can personalize your favor to your guest's home state or to location of the event. On the back, there is some space for hand write a thank you note.
Recipe cards are a nice gesture. You can share your favorite recipes, the recipes of the menu of the party or leave them blank for your guests to write their own.
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EVERYDAY
ALL occasions
ENTERTAINING
GIFT IDEAS
posted @ Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:45 AM | Feedback (1)
This party favor is just adorable. I saw it on The Style Dept, a home decor show on HGTV Canada. Better yet, this DIY party favor is cheap and fast to create.
It was used for an outdoor party but the Potted Herbs with a recipe card party favor can work in an interior setting. My suggestion is to build your menu around fresh herbs. Repeating elements in an innovative manner adds a level of sophistication to your event.
What do you need to make these DIY party favors?
- Small decorative pots or make your own pots by gluing a cork sheet on a highball glass
- Small herb plants like rosemary, thyme, oregano, winter or summer savory
- Tags
- Colored raffia ribbons or twines
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EVERYDAY
FOOD + drinks
ALL occasions
ENTERTAINING
DINING
GIFT IDEAS
posted @ Tuesday, October 30, 2007 1:07 PM | Feedback (0)
Go nuts with home cooked treats for your own Halloween party. All night long you will pass candies to the kids ringing at your door. But what about your family?
I compiled a list of 3 treats that are easy to make the day of the event. Beware, your family will ask you to cook it again during the Holidays. All recipes are from Food TV Canada.
1 | Almond Croccante
This is a recipe by the attractive David Rocco. You only need sugar, water and almonds to make this treat. The recipe takes about 3 minutes to make plus 20 minutes to let it cool.
On top of the written recipe, there is a video online where you can see how is is done. So you have no excuses to not make the Almost Croccante.
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FOOD + drinks
HOLIDAY
ENTERTAINING
DINING
posted @ Tuesday, October 30, 2007 10:06 AM | Feedback (0)
This is a nightmare for the stylish party girl. You go out to a nice restaurant all dressed up. Then it hit you. Where to put the spectacular handbag that you wear for the first time?
The dilemma
Etiquette is strong about that. If you want to show good manner, you never put a purse on the table.
Leaving your purse on the floor is not a viable option. You will feel uncomfortable if you lay your purse on your lap out of fear of sliding down. You cannot hang it in good conscience on the back of the chair; people can bump to it or you check every minute to see that nobody took it.
What can you do? This impossible question is solved with the purse hook.
What is the purse caddy?
Think of it as a hanger or a hook for your purse. It keeps your handbag clean and out of harm's way. It can also hold your umbrella. The Purse Caddy fits nicely into your tiniest going out handbag. Apparently, this was popular in the 1930s.
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ALL occasions
DINING out
MANNERS
ENTERTAINING
DINING
GIFT IDEAS
posted @ Wednesday, October 03, 2007 12:04 AM | Feedback (1)
I have been obsessed about the Happy Pills Candy shop since this morning.
It gave me the idea of a DIY party favor to seal trendily my Mad Scientist party. It is trivial to give candy party favors at Halloween, so be original with the containers.
What do you need for this DIY project?
- An assortment of pharmaceutical jars. The brown ones fit better into the Mad Scientist party theme. If you cannot get a hold on pharmaceutical jars, opt for the basic spice jars and attach a dark poisonous label to look more macabre.
- A box of printable sticker labels at the office supply store.
- A color printer and a program to design your labels. You can also go at the art & craft store. They should have on stock lots of patterned labels. Simply handwrite the text on the decorative labels with a large black pen.
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ALL occasions
HOLIDAY
ENTERTAINING
GIFT IDEAS
posted @ Monday, October 01, 2007 11:34 PM | Feedback (1)
Here is a tasteful yet simple way to label the wines for a wine tasting party. It is versatile because this label tag technique works as well on decanters, wine carafes, wine bottles and glasses.
The next time you do a wine and cheese party, think about labeling the wines you will be serving. Hang a chalkboard where you wrote the specifics of the wine so everyone can read them. If you ask guests to bring a bottle, ask them for the wine details a couple of days in advance.
To reproduce these labels, simply glue a number on a natural paper background on the center of a price tag. It is even simpler if you buy the number already on a background. It looks better when you leave a margin on the price tag. Use raffia ribbons to attach the label to the container. You can play with colors if you like.
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PARTY supplies
ALL occasions
ENTERTAINING
GIFT IDEAS
posted @ Tuesday, August 21, 2007 12:29 PM | Feedback (2)