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Circus Party Hat How-To

March 14, 2012 by girlinspired 5 Comments

Party hats add just an extra bit of fun to any celebration.  You can make one in a matter of minutes.  
Gather some supplies.  I like to look through my ribbons, paper, and doo-dads, and grab everything within my color scheme.  Then, I can choose which items to use and which to scrap as the hat comes together.  Following the Party Hats 101 instructions, cover your party hat with heavy cardstock and a ruffled strip of fabric.  Add a bow by cutting a 5 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ piece of fabric – fold it in half and stitch around each side and across the bottom, leaving an opening in the bottom center for turning.  Turn and press the triangle.  Then, fold it into a bow and wrap a small piece of ribbon around the center, hot gluing to secure it in the back.  Hot glue the bow onto the ruffle in the center front of the hat.  All set! 
Also, a quick picture run through for making a cute, ticket display stand for cupcakes or a cake or whatever:
Other posts for Vintage Circus Party include:
Vintage Circus Party – Inspiration
Circus Stripe Party Cake
Shirred Circus Dress
Circus Party Shopping Guide
Comments on all posts this week will be entered for a chance to win a little box of circus fun – hat, definitely included!

Filed Under: Crafting, Parties Tagged With: circus, crafts, DIY, party decor, party hats, party inspiration

A Sweet! Giveaway from Papercandee

February 20, 2012 by girlinspired 71 Comments

You are in for a real treat today – a treat from PaperCandee!!  
You might remember that when Gracie asked for a pink princess party, I was completely taken by surprise.  Needing some inspiration to go all pink and girly for yet another party, I turned to Pinterest and Etsy.  In a matter of minutes, I had found the perfect starting point for the party — the Fairytale Princess Storybook Soiree — a printable party collection by PaperCandee!!  I contacted the shop and within a couple days, I downloaded Grace’s personalized princess party invitations, printed them up, and they were ready to go!  Since Grace just invited a few preschool friends to the party, we were able to hand deliver them before Christmas break.  This is the first year I was able to give out real invitations for my poor child with the birthday right after Christmas.  
So…today, Papercandee has two! awesome things for you, my lucky readers!  First, she is giving away a freebie digital file for printable stationary to every single one of you!!  All you have to do is “like” Papercandee on Facebook and leave a comment on Papercandee’s page with your email.  She’ll send you the file – lucky you!!!  
 Dez, the mastermind behind Papercandee, does the most beautiful work.  She offers both digital and fully assembled collections for a variety of themes and purposes.  She does invitations and announcements, cupcake toppers and activity books, food signs and yard signs, she does it all!!
AND….one of you will be winning an entire digital collection from the Papercandee Shoppe!! Eeeeek!  You should see the beautiful designs that Papercandee offers!  Here are some of my favorites…
Parisian Baby Shower
Shabby Chic Vintage Tea Party
These toes are not for sale, but wouldn’t you know….Papercandee designed the paper products for this birthday party and I designed the dress!!  Small world, eh?  And those toes look just scrumptious!!  This was for the Shabby Chic Vintage Tea Party. 
Shabby Chic Vintage Tea Party Invitation
Vintage Airplane Boy Birthday
Paris Party Activity Book
 Pretty nice eye candy, right?  To enter to win a complete digital collection of your choice, here are your options (leave a separate comment for each):
  • Leave me a lovely comment.
  • “Like” Papercandee on Facebook.
  • “Like” girl. Inspired. on Facebook.
  • Subscribe to the girl. Inspired. blog
Good luck!!

Filed Under: Crafting Tagged With: giveaway, party decor, princess

Fit for a Princess

January 9, 2012 by girlinspired 34 Comments

Princess Birthday Party - so much inspiration, lots of tutorials!
 
It was a birthday party fit for a princess.  Colors in pink and mauve and copper.  Golden glitter accents.  Crowns and gowns and spaces for coloring and reading.  And, of course, cake.  A cake for every prince and princess.  Laughter and squeals and hunting for golden keys.  A little group of friends.  Perfect.  Happy Birthday, Grace.
I’ve created tutorials for most of the components of this Princess Birthday Party – I hope they inspire and help you to create your perfect party for your little princess!
 
Princess Birthday Party - so much inspiration, lots of tutorials!
 
 
 
 
 
 Tutu-Tablecloth-Tutorial
Tutorial for this stunning Tutu Tablecloth can be found here.
 
Princess Gown Tutorial - learn how to sew the skirt for a gorgeous princess gown!
This post will walk you through the steps to create the skirt portion for this princess dress – you simply attach it to any bodice pattern – she will absolutely glow when she puts this on!  Click here for the Princess Gown Skirt Tutorial.Princess Crown Tutorial
 
Lace Crowns DIY (the original)  and new Tips for Perfect Lace Crowns
 
Additional Sources:

Tissue Poms – Pom Love on etsy
Little Shoes, keys, gold bows – Beverly’s craft store
Cakes, Crowns, Princess Wreath, Tulle tablecloth – handmade

Filed Under: Cake Decorating, Inspiration and Ideas, Parties, Popular Posts Tagged With: cake, party, party decor, princess

a farm party

November 2, 2011 by girlinspired 8 Comments

I hope you all had a safe and fun Halloween.  We made a mad dash down to Disneyland last weekend, played for two days, and then got to meet our new twin nieces as well.  So much fun, but so exhausting.  We got home late Sunday night and by Halloween evening, the girls finished some quick trick-or-treating and were ready for sleep!!  
Anyhow, I wanted to share some pictures with you of the most adorable farm party my girlfriend did for her son’s first birthday.  She planned out every last detail, right down to cute name cards for the food. Little Oliver was the cutest little farmer on his big day!  I managed to weasel my way into the cake decorating festivities with the little barn cake for Oliver to dig into.  
Thanks for letting me insert myself into your super cute party plans, Gina!  And thanks for letting me share pictures of all (well, some of) your hard work.  The party was awesome! 

Filed Under: Parties Tagged With: farm party, party decor, sweet treats

Fun Vintage Food Stands

October 13, 2011 by girlinspired 32 Comments

When I came across  Kristyn’s Vintage Lemonade Stand on Lil’ Luna, I pinned it to my Dream Home pinterest board.  Someday I hoped.  But then I figured out a way to get the hubby on board to build it for Olivia’s tea party.  After all, we didn’t have an outdoor table for the party food, and, like I said, we had started our other projects nice and early.  Once I got him on board for the first one, I sweetly suggested that perhaps we could do two.  He totally agreed because he’s cool like that (or he knows I’m crazy and when I get a party idea in my head, there’s no stopping me.)  We did a bit of studying on Lil’ Luna’s tutorial and then adjusted for the size we wanted.  And when I say we, I mean he.  Graham did all the building and I was very grateful.  For the paint, I pretty much followed Kristyn’s instructions exactly.  I will add that you do not need to prime the boards – I wasn’t sure, so I did some with and some without, it didn’t make a difference.  Also, I would suggest using a satin paint, either spray paint or from the can.  I used some spray paint and some that I had on hand in a can.  The only thing that didn’t work was when I used an enamel spray paint – when I tried to sand it down, it got really gummy and gross.  I didn’t have cool vinyl for the signs, so I painted the letters onto the sign boards.
Here’s an abbreviated picture tutorial for how we built our stands.  Questions?  I’ll try to give you answers.  But once you get started, you’ll see that all you have to do is build a simple frame and then hammer up slats to go all the way around the front and sides.  To hold up the sign, we just screwed a couple narrow slats onto the back and then screwed the sign onto that.
Do you love?  I sure do!

Linking up over at Tatertots and Jello!

Filed Under: Crafting, Parties, Photography Tagged With: bake shop, food stands, lemonade stand, party decor, tea party

Butterfly Chandelier DIY

October 11, 2011 by girlinspired 24 Comments

I didn’t take many pictures along the way, but I’ll tell you how I made this butterfly chandelier because I know some of you want to make one, too. And you definitely can, but I’m not gonna lie, it’s going to take some serious dedication. 
 When I first saw a chandelier like this, I knew I’d have to make one if we ever had a butterfly birthday party. Then, Olivia announced her theme – hooray!! All the credit here goes to April Meeker – you can see her incredible version here. 
I made the chandelier with one foam wreath form (for the larger bottom) and a smaller embroidery hoop (for the top).  I punched about ten million butterflies from patterned cardstock using three different craft punches (two are Martha Stewart punches).  Then, I started hot gluing the smaller butterflies to cover all sides of the forms.  This took a really long time to cover the wreath form.  If you don’t want to dedicate a good chunk of time to this project, pick a different project you could probably speed things along by using a large embroidery hoop on the bottom as well.  After the first layer of butterflies, begin layering again.  Use both small and large butterflies and glue, glue, glue!
Once I finished covering the hoops, I used three long pieces of ribbon to connect the two hoops together and then knotted the ribbon at the top so that I could hang it easily.  I blinged up the chandelier with leftover crystals from my real chandelier makeover project.  Then I sewed long strings of small paper butterflies and draped them around the outside and straight down the center.  A few other pieces of ribbon at various lengths were also hung down the center, and voila! 
It’s so pretty, huh?  I need to find a place to hang it in my house – I think it’s headed to the big girls’ bedroom.  What are you going to do with yours? 

Linking up over at Tatertots and Jello!

Filed Under: Crafting, Popular Posts Tagged With: butterflies, chandelier, party decor

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