A Doodlebug Fairy Tales Birthday Party for Girls

Hello there!  I was over on the Doodlebug Blog yesterday sharing some happy ideas for a girly birthday party using Doodlebug's adorable Fairy Tales collection.  I have been smitten with this collection since I first laid eyes on it so when I need some quick invites and cupcake toppers for my daughter's 12th birthday last month, I knew immediately which papers I wanted to turn to.

To create my invites I started by die-cutting the fun polka-dot paper using these fun dies from my stash.  I then used the "You're invited" cardstock stickers and mini icon stickers from the Fairy Tales collection.  These are perfect for embellishing invites and cupcake toppers because each packages contains two sheets of mini stickers so I was able to stretch one package to cover both my party projects!

My daughter wanted a variety of desserts at her party this year with an ice cream cone bar, sugar cookies and mini cupcakes.  Between the two sheets of stickers that I used for my invites, I was also able to create 16 happy balloon cake toppers for these sweet mini cupcakes.  

I die-cut the smaller polka-dot paper into scalloped circles and then cut Doodlebug's pixie sticks in half and sandwiched them between two scalloped circles. I used liquid glue to adhere everything together, but in hindsight I think a glue gun would have made it go so much quicker.  ;)

When I was done, I  punched out a 1-3/8" circle to adhere to the center, topping it with a balloon sticker and a little bow tied from Lilac twine.   Super simple, but super cute.  :)

I hope I've inspired you to pull out some of your leftover paper and stickers to create projects for your next party!  Projects like these come together so quickly, yet add so much fun to your events.

Interested in the products I used to create my projects today?  To make supplies easier for you to find, I have listed them below (affiliate links included). 

Supplies Used (available at Scrapbook.com)

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Doodlebug Thankful For You Party Favor Treat Bags

Hi there!  This week the Doodlebug team is sharing ideas with a thankful theme so today, I'm popping in with a quick and easy project using the darling Flea Market collection from last fall.  I designed these sweet treat bags so that I could have one at each place setting to dress up our Thanksgiving table and let my family know how much they mean to me.

To keep thing from being too busy, I chose prints that had a good solid tone-on-tone print on one of the sides.  I alternated which type of print I put on the outside and which faced inward and then set to work cutting them out using Lawn Fawn's Tote Bag die.  For the bags that were more solid outside, I dressed them up with some icon stickers from the collection.

To reinforce my thankful theme, I stamped the 'thankful for you' phrase using Lawn Fawn's retired Happy Feast stamps onto tags from Doodlebug's labels and tags pack.  I then tied a bow through the top of the tags with baker's twine and adhered them to my treat bags with some mini clothespins to match.

I truly love that this project is simple enough to mass produce for everyone on your Thanksgiving guest list.  I hope I've inspired you to pull out some of your favorite Doodlebug papers to create some party favors of your own.  :)

Interested in the products I used to create my projects today?  To make supplies easier for you to find, I have listed them below (affiliate links included). 

Supplies Used (available at Scrapbook.com)

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Card Maker Celebrate & Decorate: Flamingo Birthday Party

Hello there!  Today it's my turn on the Cardmaker Blog and I'm sharing some fun party ideas using some darling shapes from the Silhouette store.  I hope you will hop over for a full look at these fun invites and treat boxes.  :)

I know we're deep into fall, but my oldest daughter in love with flamingos and the whole 80's thing so I decided to just run with it. ;)

Interested in the other products I used to create my projects today?  To make supplies easier for you to find, I have listed them below (affiliate links included). 

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A Back to The Future Themed Birthday Party

Hi there!  Awhile back I shared some party preparations I was making in anticipation of my daughter's upcoming Back To The Future birthday party (shared HERE).  Well we celebrated this past Friday night and I thought I would share the other party details I added to make my daughter's day special and carry out our theme.  ;)

To start the mood off right I created some of my own party invitations on my Silhouette Studio software using the flame border cutting file (with the cut lines turned off) and their gradient fill options to mimic the movie poster.  I then just printed them 4 to a sheet, trimmed them down to 4 x 5.25 and adhered them to a flat 4.25 x 5.5 yellow postcard style card base.  They came together in about an hour, but I think they are still lots of fun (of course there were more party details which I have removed for privacy).  ;)

You can see part of the banner in the picture above that I shared with you last last time.  Well at the last minute I decided to create a second quick banner by printing out some images of memorabilia I found on the web from the movie and using medium sized clothespins to clip them to some ladybug red chunky twine.  It was a really fun conversation piece and so easy to create.  :)

I put the cupcake picks that I shared last time to good use in some simple homemade cupcakes.  I had completely forgotten about THIS cupcake stand I had bought over at Amazon last year, but I love the way the tiers really emphasized the flames and made the cupcakes become a true centerpiece.  

No Back To The Future party is complete without some "freeze dried" Pizza Hut pizzas so I decorated some sugar cookies with the leftover frosting, mini m&m's and some sprinkles found over in the Halloween aisle at Target.  They were a huge hit!  :)

We rounded out our party with the Back To the Future soundtrack playing in the background.  It was so cheap at Amazon and it really helped set the mood.  Some of the theme songs made us feel like we were at Universal Studios waiting in line to board the ride.  ;)  It also worked great for playing a game of musical chairs (I thought a game of "hot potato" with a faux hover board would also be super fun).  ;)

We finished out our night with a late night viewing of the movie in our sleeping bags with a couple friends spending the night (using a more kid friendly version my daughter had recorded off the family channel). All in all, my daughter loved it and I was happy to make her dreams come true, just short of having Michael J. Fox show up in person.  ;)  

I hope I've inspired all of you "Back To The Future" lovers out there.  This would make an awesome themed party for Halloween too.  I found some really cool costumes for many of the characters HERE that I think would be so much fun!  :)

Before I leave I thought I would share the link of another Back To The Future party that I found with some really cute ideas that you can see HERE.  I just love the idea of having a Welcome Home Uncle Joey cake!  I'm so not talented with frosting, but I bet you could take a picture in with you to your local bakery and have them copy it for you.  ;)

Interested in the other products I used to create my projects today?  To make supplies easier for you to find, I have listed them below (affiliate links included). 

Supplies Used (available at Scrapbook.com)

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