Sewing Cards

Check out Mini-Eco for the tutorial and printable image

I love this idea as another craft station for the kids at Elli's party - the designs don't fit with our party theme, so I will be creating my own (I love being a perfectionist and making myself more work!). If you're not quite as pedantic as me and want some fun crafts for your little people to enjoy head over to Mini-Eco for this cute tutorial!

Castle Craft

I've been searching for some royal themed, kid friendly craft to do for the party and I stumbled across these castle printables at DLTK. You can print them out in colour, but I will be printing them in black and white so the kids can decorate them on the day. I'm sure they will be a massive hit!

Party Decorations - Cupcake toppers

I've got a 1.25 inch badge maker that I don't use anywhere near as often as I should. With this lovely piece of machinery came a fabulous circular hole punch, which you use to cut out the badge graphic easily.

she's a little cute.

'crowned E'

This isn't a post about how industrious I have been with the badge maker lately, but the graphic punch has been delightfully helpful! I've been using this wonderful tutorial over at button makers (I got my machine from them, they are rad) to create a page full of cupcake topper images. I will be gluing these to toothpicks and standing them up like flags in the cupcakes for the little lady's birthday party.

Here are some I've made with her photo and I have made some using the 'crowned E' motif I created for her invitations.

The party is shaping up quite nicely - we have settled on a purple, red white and gold theme, which is less girly than Elli would like but will suit some of the male guests a little better than her original request of 'pinkpinkpinkpink'!

I have been rather proud of my productivity - with a party date of late November I'm sure to be ready in time with all the decorations and preparations at the rate I am going. My only concern is that the house (we are building currently) may not be finished in time! The party is being held outside so it will go ahead regardless, but it could make for some interesting last minute logistical planning.

DIY printables, how I love thee!

nonpareilmag

Due to the party planning I have a new found crush on DIY printables! Where I would normally spend hours in photoshop trying to remember how to make text curved/shadowed/not black, I can now google 'DIY printables' and I have over a million links to help make my life that little bit easier! nonpareilmag have some really cute stuff, like these Amelie inspired escort cards and menus - so very pretty!


Another fantastic resource for DIY printables is the iDIY downloads section, they have links to some fantastic printables they have sourced from all over the internet! Saving you and I some extra legwork, aren't they lovely!