Design Mom creative Valentines

Look at these adorable Valentines that Design Mom created for her kids! These Valentines are unique and super affordable too!

Check out the cuteness!

She and her daughter made friendship bracelets and tied them to card stock with cute Valentines Day phrases printed on them.

A Valentine you can wear all year!

For her son , she wrapped up mad libs with cute scrapbook paper and tied it up with bright colored string. The best part is what is written on the tag!

"You have Mad Skillz"

Hope you like the fun ideas! What are you planning to to for Valentines?

Jenny's Bridal Shower invitations

My mom and I are planning a bridal shower for Jenny ( my brother's fiance). You may remember the inspiration I posted on this party. The shower is in 2 weeks and the planning is in full swing! We have been finalizing menus and flowers and I made a mood board yesterday!

The invites that we found at Target are perfect for the kind of shower we wanted to throw!

Mood board photos soon to come!

Matt's Office Party Details

Matt's party was a success! Everyone had a great time and watched A LOT of The Office!! Step into Dunder Mifflin Tampa and take a look!

I purchased TONS of neck ties at a local thrift store for only .25 each, hung them on the light fixture above the food table and voila! ....instant neck tie chandelier!

Popcorn is Matt's favorite snack ( and it's certainly an affordable snack!) so I added it to some folded down lunch bags and set them out with assorted popcorn flavorings.

The cupcake toppers were so easy! I printed out photos of the cast from the internet , cut them out, and taped them to party picks. I got the word bubble picks here.

Angela and the water cooler.

....this was all for this handsome guy!

Hello Kitty by Hello Bella!

Hello all! I'm sorry for my short time away from the blog....but I have some back inspired! While catching up on my regularly scheduled blog readings I have stumbled upon a number of fabulously adorable parties and I would love ot share them with you! This is the first of MANY events I want you to see from the Hello Bella Events blog!

When Jen (the principle planner of Hello Bella Events ) was asked to design a pink and brown Hello Kitty Baby Shower she was thrilled! With so many different sides of Hello Kitty these days, she could have gone in a lot a different directions, but she decided instead to take an entirely different approach. She designed adorable labels (inspired by the Hello Kitty Sweets Shop in Japan) in order to streamline the event a bit.

And the result?......pink and brown LOVELY!

Simple clear plastic tongs get a makeover with pink ribbon!

White favor boxes with lovely pink bows hold homemade treats!

Check out more beautiful events at HelloBella.com!

(you won't be disappointed!)

Almost time to party Dunder Mifflin style!

Matt's Office party is this Friday and preparations are in full swing! I've been cleaning, shopping for supplies , and double checking my list! This should be a pretty casual gathering so I only sent out paper invitations to a few people and the rest received e-mail invites. The main part of the invitation is a memo sheet from a notepad that I got in the dollar section at Target. I just used scotch tape to attach the memo sheet to card stock. They turned out just the way I wanted, as if Michael Scott had made them himself!

Here's the mood board I whipped together to keep me on track as far as colors and what not. I did manage to get my hands on a water cooler from a thrift store, which is exciting! you just can't have an Office party without a water cooler!

Party Pictures soon to come!

2 Lovely baby Showers

I came across these two absolutely lovely baby showers while reading A Beautiful Mess. They were hosted by Elsie the author of the blog. I couldn't help but share these adorable celebrations with you! Take a look, I hope oyu love the details as much as I did!

Here goes shower number 1!

I love these handmade invitations so much!

Tons of craft supplies were laid out along with plain white onesies, and guests were invited to create a wardrobe for baby Ruby.

And here's the second one!

Cute cupcakes with fun handmade toppers!

This party area is beyond lovely!

Bella Bash Boutique

Have you ever started planning a birthday party or a bridal shower and realized that most party wares that are available in stores have been used to death, or that you have far less time to bring the whole thing together than you thought, making it much harder to create one of a kind hand crafted decor? I have your fix for this problem! Introducing Hello Bella Boutique! Jennifer Opsahl of Hello Bella Events has an etsy shop called Bella Bash Boutique with three adorable printable partyware collections.

Here's the low-down on what a printable party is. You purchase a party from Bella Bash Boutique, decide if you want it customized with a monogram, and then wait. For customized parties, will will receive and email within 48 hours. ( For non-custom parties it's just 24 hours) The email will contain all of the pdf files you need to print off your party. You can either print at home or email the files to your local print shop. Once you print as many copies as you need, just cut, assemble , and party!

Here are three parties from her Premiere Collection:

Classic Bridal Shower (simple designs are inspired by the elegance of traditional wedding stationary)

Western Baby Shower

(you can also print these for a bridal shower)

Vintage Silhouette Party

(Perfect for a shower birthday)

All printable party collections come with:

-invitations and envelopes

-cupcake wraps and pick toppers

-napkin wraps

-candle wraps

-gift tags/place cards/labels

-favor boxes/bags

-gift log etc.....

You can see more creations and get awesome tips at the Hello Bella Events Blog!