My Etsy Shop Cyber Monday Deal

Hi  friends!  I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! 

I have a funny little story to share......The weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, my poor son was just so DONE with all the attention placed on Christmas.  He kept stating that no one cares about Thanksgiving and that it was a time for family and good food.  He was really serious about it and right on so many levels.  Bless his sweet little heart for valuing the purpose of Thanksgiving.

Of course, as any good mother, I empathized with him, gave him big hugs and mommy kisses and told him he was right; family is really important and we should make Thanksgiving just as important as Christmas!  Secretly, deep down inside  my crafty brain, I was making snow angels, constructing a Christmas village out of empty milk cartons, baking gingerbread cookies, decorating the tree, watching A Christmas Story and wrapping gifts....because after Halloween, Christmas is my most favorite holiday! 

I'm so excited to start celebrating the holiday, that I'm doing something I've NEVER done before and having a CYBER MONDAY sale in my Etsy shop for a WHOLE WEEK!  I have oodles of fun holiday themed decor and printables that I will be releasing over the next few days and I'm hoping that you'll pop over to my Etsy shop and check things out. 

No special coupon is needed - any purchase over $30 will receive an automatic 15% off!

Here are some of my handmade shop items that are perfect for your holiday day home and festivities!

Red, Green, and White Yarn Pompom Christmas Garland

Scandinavian/Nordic Tome Santa Claus Ornament

Red and Aqua Winter ONE-derland Party Hat

Merry and Bright Printable Wall Art

Remember, I'll be releasing new products and special offers throughout the week!  So, be sure to pop over for more holiday fun!

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{Etsy Shop} Summer Printables Preview

I've been updating the Cupcake Wishes & Birthday Dreams party shop with a few new summer printables and I also made a few changes to other items in the shop.

Have a look around and check out our July 4th Fireworks SUPER DELUXE printable party kit - this a great set to have for this year's celebration. This was the same printable set I created last year for our family cook out and just added more printables to it.  It includes over 75 different designs to decorate your July 4th event!

I also added an Under the Sea printable kit that I designed last year and finally adding to the shop.  It's loaded with cute sea creatures and perfect for a beach or pool party.

There were a few invitations I'd made in the past that I really wanted to re-work. So, I made a few minor changes to some of them. I'm still working on getting everything else in the shop finalized, but just wanted to share what I've gotten accomplished so far.  Can't wait to share more new changes with ya!

Also - don't forget to place your vote today for Cupcake Wishes & Birthday Dreams in the top 25 Party Planning Moms conteset on Circle of Moms!!!!

Thanks to everyone who has voted!

{MG Party Impressions} Big Hat Brunch

Check out my latest party post over at MG Party Impressions today!

I created a few decorative items, favors and cupcakes for a lovely ladies Big Hat Brunch! Items from this party are also available for purchase in my Etsy shop!

Special thanks to Naleli Askew and Sidonnie Askew for sharing photos!

{Etsy Shop} NEW PRINTABLES!!!!! Robot Party Collection

I just wanted to share a new printable collection that  I just added to my Etsy shop!

It's a Robot Party Collection and it's just too cute!!!!

The deluxe printable pack comes with everything you need to create a perfectly styled party!

I designed another version of the kit in a Yellow/Teal combination that is more girl friendly - because who says girls don't like Robots???  It still works for boys too - but I loved both color combinations, so I'm adding them each to the shop!

I'm steadily transitioning my current party kits to printables as I continue to update my shop with my Party-to-Go Kits. Feel free to check out the shop and have a look around!

{Etsy Shop} Pink Hearts Valentine's Day Printables

Fourteen more days and cupid will be firing little love arrows everywhere. To share the love I wanted to share some photos I took for my Pink Hearts Valentines Party Printables (available in my Etsy shop). I usually create more kid friendly designs, but I was inspired by a pink and grey cake I found online.  The colors are be perfect for any type of Valentine's Day party from kids to adults.  I think it also works well for showers and weddings!!!  I truly love this collection so much and hope you do too. (Be sure to check out the promo offer at the end of this post).

 The printable kit comes with so many different decor elements for you to have a fabulous V-Day bash!

I'm smitten over my pink heart yarn pom poms.....hoping to add those to the shop this week!

 
I created this collage using the mini banner that comes in the kit which also includes two other mini kits and three matching larger banners!

Straw flags are the perfect topping for any drinks.  Alternately you can use them on drink stirrers for cocktails or on the stems of wine or martini glasses as drink charms.  I also love using empty Starbucks Frappuccinno bottles to serve punch in for kids parties.  Adding a coordinating party tag as a label is also a fun way to dress up a plain bottle.

I created the invitation shown below for the photos but the kit comes with a fill in invitation that is just as cute!

 My 'quick cake pops' were made with doughnut holes.....(sweets table photos trade secret).

Here are the delicious and sinfully delectable chocolate Pink Cloud Cupcakes.

In my book, sending guests home with favors is a must.  I love using mini gable boxes to package party favors in.  These boxes are perfect for holding a small box of conversations hearts and other treats.

 
The entire kit includes:

Fill-in invitation
Welcome Door Sign
3 Mini Flag Buntings
3 Large Banners

Favor Bag Tags
Mini Gable Box
Cupcake Wrappers
Party Tags/Toppers
Candy Bar Wrapper
Tented food/place cards
Flags for straws, food picks, or cupcake toppers
Heart Shaped Cut Outs for decoration or centerpieces
8.5"x11" set of coordinating papers

Because I love you for reading....visit the shop to receive 20% off the printable set and a bonus printable page.  Use code PINKHEARTS214 at check out. 

Thanks!!!!

{Happy Customers} Pink, Yellow & Grey Whale Themed 1st Birthday

Last week I shared a cute Etsy customer photo with you of her daughter sporting a Birthday Girl party hat from my Whale of a Time Party Kit. The customer, Esther (an absolute gem of a client) wanted the colors changed and it went from me changing the invite to re-working the whole set. I loved the colors and am soooo happy with how everything turned out. She was kind enough to share more photos from the party!

A pennant banner for Miss Jalya!

A fun timeline photo banner of Jayla's first twelve months.  I used my Cricut to create the Whales and letters - this was such a fun project to work on.

A beautiful Wishing Tree was displayed for guests to write their wishes for Jayla!

Jayla's cake - with a fondant topper created to look like the whale in the party set - CUTE!

I love using scalloped cupcake toppers for little girl parties - just darling!

I love using colorful tags for party favors.  Esther sent guests home with #1 shaped sugar cookies - loved these.

Esther also wanted a high chair bunting.  I used smaller flags from the patterned paper I created for the set and added paper rosettes to them and topped the rosettes with party dots!

More gorgeous party details.....

Super adorable and fabulously girly - Miss Jayla - Happy Birthday!

I loved changing up this set for Esther & Jayla and wish them many more fabulous celebrations and wishes!

Photo Credits: DnA Wylie Photography 

 

{Rewind} A Little Catching Up to Do!

I must say that I have been one busy girl lately!

 There was a period of time about 6 months ago when my business was super slow and even though I had lots of other things to push me along, I wasn't turning as much of a profit as I'd like to. So, I sent a little prayer to God and the Universe and now, I can barely keep up!

 My Etsy shop is doing very well, I've got parties booked, a holiday show in the works and I'm writing for two other blogs! WHO KNEW????  So, that being said, my own blog kinda took a back burner and I haven't been sharing all these moments with you all - shame on me :(. So, I'd like to share a few moments with you that I haven't as of yet!

 Back in mid-November I participated in a local Holiday Fair in Alexandria, VA - hardly made a dime, but it was a great experience and I showed a few new items! Here you can see my yarn pom-pom garlands and my new premiere line of party hats from my Celebration line. The Celebration line is a gender neutral set that will be available in my shop this month. The hats are more decorative and stylized and the other party items are die cut products opposed to printed.

Here is another item soon to be available in my shop - POOF! Yarn Pom-Pom Wands!  These wands are perfect for fairy parties or princess parties.  I even have a set designed to look like Abby Cadabby's wand.

Here are some items I created for this Holiday season.  I have a story behind the light blue and red color choices.  Back in September I was contacted by an editor from Real Simple magazine about my holiday poms and sent a few samples OVERNIGHT to the city (New York, that is) for them to use in a photo shoot.  I found out they didn't make the cut :(  but WHATEVAH!  they're still cute and the ones I saw in the final photo in the magazine were not the colors they requested from me.  My best guess is that they changed direction with what they were doing for the holiday shoot.

I even made a cute yarn pom pom cone tree!!!! Check out the cute pom gift tags too!

I was also busy working on a LOT of custom orders.  About 25% of my business on Etsy is custom work.  It always makes me happy to come up with something new for a client.  A lot of times, I have designs that I created in my files that I have not added to my store.  Well, a repeat client came to me requesting a pea in the pod set.  I did have something similar but changed the peas to little girls with hair bows! SO CUTE - the client loved it and all was well in the world.  Here is a sneak peek at a set I created for her.

I also get clients who like my design, but want to change the colors, and I'm always happy to oblige.  Here is  an example of that.  I changed the color of my Whale of a Time party kit from pink and blue to pink, yellow and grey.  The client was nice enough to share a photo of the birthday girl in a special hat I made for her along with the invitation and wish cards I custom designed for the party.

If all that Etsy shop work wasn't enough, I done went and started writing for ANOTHER blog.  This time, I focus more on family & kids activities.  Here is a post I wrote around Thanksgiving on kids table ideas.  You can find me writing on there once or twice a month and don't forget to check out my latest post on  MG Party Impressions.

I have a lot more to share, like my contribution to Operation Shower and another darling Princess Party - but I don't have the actual photos to share just yet but you can check out my yarn pom cupcake toppers and garlands directly at the blogs.

I'll be posting more soon about some other fun items new to my Etsy shop and more holiday entertaining and   hosting tips.....I might even slip in a gift guide!!!