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Monday, January 30, 2012

She's Ready to POP! Baby Shower Favors

My cousin will be welcoming her second little girl into the family in just a few short weeks. I was excited to make the favors for the beautiful baby shower she had last weekend.

SHE'S READY TO POP, AGAIN! POPCORN BOX FAVORS:
I was inspired by something I saw on Pinterest for this.

What You Need:

Popcorn Box for Template (Michaels had a package of little red & white popcorn boxes for $2.99)
Decorative Cardstock (baby girl-themed for my purposes)
Adhesive
Scoring Tool
Scissors
Labels (I used Gartner Studios Printable Scallop Circle Labels from Michaels)

How To Make It:

Disassemble the popcorn box and trace for template.

Cut out template. If cardstock is two-sided, make sure your box is oriented correctly before scoring.
Noting fold lines on original box, score lines on your new template.
Fold and glue together flaps to form box.

Print and affix labels, then fill with popcorn!!!
I made a mix of popcorn and pastel pink & white m&ms. I had some leftover pink candy melts from some dipped strawberries and drizzled that over the popcorn too.

To finish, I placed each popcorn box into a cellophane bag and tied with a pink ribbon.

Places I'm Partying:

http://todayscreativeblog.net/

http://www.lilluna.com/

www.bluecricketdesign.net
http://sewwoodsy.com/2012/02/whats-up-wednesday-link-party-12.html
http://thistlewoodfarm.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/a-journey-of-1000-steps/
www.thirtyhandmadedays.com
www.whipperberry.com

Monday, January 9, 2012

Elmo Birthday Party

As most 2 year olds do, my little cousin LOVES Elmo. I jumped at the chance to help with her Elmo-themed 2nd birthday party. We wanted it to be a girly Elmo party, so made sure to use lots of pink!

Favor Bags:

We just bought a pack of simple pink paper gift bags at Michaels and adhered Elmo die-cuts made using the Cricut Elmo Party cartridge.

Banner:

I used the Cricut Accent Essentials cartridge to cut flower shapes out of pink polka dot cardstock, and the Elmo Party cartridge for the Elmo shapes and the letters. To give the letters a little more dimension, I did a white layer under the red. Then strung them all together with some narrow red ribbon.