Party Ideas — DIY Party Designs

{Featured} Tie Dye Party Photoshoot

2011

When Chris from Celebrations at Home asked if I could help with a photoshoot project – I was happy to jump on board! They were setting up a tie dye summer party and needed some printables to finish off the project.

You can read this great how-to party article at: Celebrations.com

Learn how to tie-dye shirts in a couple different patterns, make drink cups out of squirt bottles and make tie-dye cupcakes! Such fun and creative ideas Chris!

You can find these tie-dye printables in our online store:
4×6 invitation | 4×6 party sign | placecards | tags | 2.5″ circle labels

I love creating custom party sets – so if you have a party idea in mind – feel free to order your custom party printables in our online store!

Hope you enjoyed this little tie dye party – such a fun theme for a groovy summer birthday party or activity to keep the kids occupied this summer!

Jolyn | Lifestyle Party Planner
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DIY Party Food :: Krispie Sushi Rolls

2011

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It’s always when it’s time to send treats to school that I end up finding another fun little diy treat project that the kids can help with. This time, I found the krispie treat sushi rolls from Group Recipes.

I decided to make my own version after skimming the candy aisle at the grocery store. I decided to use twizzlers and sour gummy worms along with the fruit rollups (I could only find the ‘fruit by the foot’, but you can use the sheets of rollups too.

Start by making your Krispie treats as normal, and place on a cookie sheet and pat down until you have about 1/2″ depth all across.

Cut the treats into rectangles and on one long edge, place a twizzler, and one or two gummie worms (to cover the length). Begin rolling tightly.

Wrap tightly to get out all the air bubbles and then begin wrapping with the fruit roll up. You should have a little treat log now.

With a sharp knife, cut the candy sushi into 1″ pieces.

There you have it, a fun edible treat for your next kids’ party. Heck, even for your bridal showers and baby showers, this fun treat will be a hit!

Jolyn | Lifestyle Party Planner
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{Sneak Peak} Handmade Weddings

2011

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Just wanted to share a sneak peak of the new book ‘Handmade Weddings’ – check it out!

Enter to win a copy of the book here:
http://www.100layercake.com/blog/archives/10903
or get a 25% discount code there too!

Congratulations to Hello Lucky & 100 Layer Cake – it looks like it will be a wonderful book and I can’t wait to add it to my wedding library!!

Jolyn | Lifestyle Party Planner
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Filed Under: Party Ideas, Wedding Tagged With: 100 layer cake, book, handmade, handmade weddings book, hello lucky, Wedding

{Review} Princess Cupcake Kit

2011

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My 9 year old daughter, who’s quite the little cook already – got this adorable Princess Cupcake Baking Party Kit for Christmas…and of course, she was anxious to try it out! This set is designed for birthday parties, where each girl can decorate their own princess cupcake.

So we baked and iced the 8 cupcakes according to their directions and placed the edible paper decorations on top.
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You use the included brushes and edible paint colors to decorate the paper pieces. You can see that my 4 year old and 7 year old also got in on the action in the design work! The kids had fun with this, but found it a bit awkward painting on the soft paper (since it had all the icing under it – the younger kids had more trouble than my 9 year old daughter).

Overall, the kids had fun, there was plenty of paint – my 3 kids only used the one sheet of edible paint (there are a couple sheets included so you can spread it down a table) and they especially loved eating their finished cupcake!

For your princess birthday party – this could be a fun activity to keep the girls occupied for a bit of time.

Jolyn | Lifestyle Party Planner
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Filed Under: Kid's Party, Party Ideas, Princess Tagged With: birthday, cupcake, decorating, girls, making, party, Princess, princess cupcake party, set

{ Birthday Party } Princess Castle Favor Boxes

2010

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Make a fun take away favor for your princess party guests by assembling this castle of favor boxes. From Delightful Doodles, this princess castle can be embellished with photos and stacked for guests to take as they leave the party.

And there is a great grey design for your prince’s party too! I love her printable boxes – they are so much fun to make!

Jolyn | Lifestyle Party Planner
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Filed Under: Fun Favors, Kid's Party, Party Ideas, Princess Tagged With: birthday, box, castle, create, diy, favor, favour, grey, make, party, pink, prince, Princess, printable

{ custom order } Princess Hershey Minis

2010

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Decorate your mini Hershey Chocolate Bars with a decorative wrapper before adding it to a favor bag or box.

You can find current templates in our online store:
Candy Wrapper Templates

Jolyn | Lifestyle Party Planner
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Filed Under: Fun Favors, Kid's Party, Party Ideas, Princess Tagged With: bar, birthday, chocolate, create, diy, diy princess party, favor, favour, hershey, make, mini, pink, Princess, wrap, wrapper

Seating Chart {0500-A200} 200 Guests

2010

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Now you can prepare a beautiful seating chart with ease! This photoshop template is suitable for up to 200 wedding guests – all you need to do is replace text with your names and wedding date, and copy your guest list and table assignment onto the seating chart.

Send your completed chart to a printer to mount onto foam core or print on poster paper and place in a frame. You can change the fonts, font sizes and font colors in this layered photoshop template. You will require Photoshop or Photoshop Elements to be able to open and use this .psd file.

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{ Wedding } Hershey Kiss Labels

2010

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Make DIY Kiss labels to fill favor boxes, place in a bowl at the bar, or just sprinkle on the table.

Use our 3/4″ collage labels – print onto either sticker paper or cardstock and punch out with a 3/4″ circle punch. Apply the sticker to the base of a Hershey Kiss or apply some glue stick to the back of the cardstock and apply it to the kisses.

You can find a variety of 3/4″ collage labels {here} for all types of parties & themes!

Jolyn | Lifestyle Party Planner
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{ Fun Favors } Birthday Cone Boxes

2010

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These fun favor box cones are designed by Delightful Doodles. Fill with your favorite candy or chocolate truffles and personalize with the child’s name and age.

These boxes are easy to assemble and a fun decorative favor.

Jolyn | Lifestyle Party Planner
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{ Baby Shower } Advice Book

2010

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Shower the new mother with advice and helpful hints. Use a store-bought 4×6 plastic photo album, and print off advice cards to give to all guests to fill out.