Easy Yet Elegant Entertaining
Today we have fun pictures from one of our happy customers from the Diva Entertains shop. Cynthia planned a shoe themed party, and ordered a cake topper and party favors. Here are a couple of her photos. Note that the shoes that she wore is on her left and she decorate our shoe cake topper (on right) to look just like it. Great job Cynthia!!!:
Shoe Birthday Parties are big! You can see ALL our the Diva Entertains shoe party favors and accessories HERE.
Thanks, Cynthia, for sharing!!
One of the most popular themes for kids’ birthday parties is the Farm and Barnyard Theme! And honestly, it’s a great theme for adults too… and even baby showers! I’ve got some great inspiration for you today with lots of flannel, red checks, barnyard animals and HAY!
First, from Shindig Diva, an ADORABLE 1st birthday Barnyard Party. Animal crackers, “moo” juice, and cow and pig suckers – FUN! The post is full of great ideas for decorating, favors and more so make sure you click through to it!.
From Blowout Party comes a Barnyard Birthday Bash! The barnyard cake Amazing! Print the picture and take it to the bakery to see if they can replicate it! With ideas for favors, food, and even a barnyard craft table make this party a HIT!
Check out the very colorful Birthday Farm party on the Hostess blog. Once again, the adorable farm birthday cake for this party makes me squeal! Scroll through all her pictures for inspiration and at the end of the post she describes how she created this party and, where applicable, lists where she purchased specific items from.
And finally, remember that I said a barnyard theme would be great for a baby shower too? Well, check out this sweet post from Sweet Iced Tea… lovely, fun ideas for a “little chick” baby shower. I love her “Do Me A Favor” preserve party favor idea. Easy and so adorable. Scroll down to the end of her post to see it:
I have three great tutorials for you today. They are easy as can be, and in just a matter of minutes, you can be turning ordinary mason jars into super fab pieces! These would be great for party table centerpieces, shower gifts… or even just your home decor!
First up, from Julie Ann Art, a colored mason jar tutorial… the see-through colored glass look is SO gorgeous! She shares how to paint mason jars, including the specific paint to use, for a beautiful finish like the picture below.
From Decor chick, a spray paint mason jar tutorial that produces a completely different look!
And from Crafts By Amanda comes a VERY shabby chic look.. burlap, doilies, and mason jars. There are lots of potential ways to design these luminaries… check out the post for a variety of ideas!
I’m sure you’ve noticed in recent posts that I’ve been OVER THE TOP about flowers and spring. I just can’t help it. And you can expect more… like today! As April starts to wind down (already!), it’s time to start thinking about May Day and Mother’s Day! Now, I know May Day is traditionally more for “kids”, but as I was looking at gorgeous May Day bouquets, I realized what great inspiration they would be for a spring bridal or baby shower… or a Mother’s Day tea. So, are you ready for more flowers?? (Even if you aren’t, here they come…)
First up, from A Bit of Sunshine, an absolutely lovely tutorial on making Fancy Felt Baskets for May Day. These would ALSO be good for centerpieces at a shower, or even gifts for party guests.
A very simple and shabby-chic-esque idea comes from Martha Stewart. Simple cans made into May Day baskets:
I just have to share one for the kids… I can’t help it. From Rage Against the Minivan, a great tutorial for making cone baskets… again, these could be embellished and made into lovely centerpiece bouquets!
And finally… one more “shabby chic” idea.. from Patina White. Peat pots turned into LOVELY baskets for May Day… or any day!
Oh, I have some lovely, lovely things to share with you today! It’s SPRING… and it’s time to think about BABY SHOWERS! April Showers… May Flowers… oh, so many fun ideas for themes!
First up, from Thoughtfully Simple, a “Baby in Bloom” shower idea. The post is FULL of fab ideas for celebrating with a blooming baby shower including a cheap and easy way to decorate with homemade flower poms. Click here to learn how to make tissue paper pom poms:
From Kara’s Party Ideas, a modern baby shower theme… bright, bright colors like orange and blue AND with chevron print. A must see!
From Hostess with the Mostess, an INCREDIBLE Spring themed baby shower… or “sprinkle“. Featuring a pastel baby shower them, there are many gorgeous pictures and ideas! Be SURE to scroll to the end of the post where there is specific info about almost everything pictured, so you can re-create a sprinkle for your favorite mom-to-be.
From Jay’s Catering, check out this Spring Baby Shower post, with great ideas for decorating INDOORS, but still getting that feel of spring.
Aren’t you inspired!! I sure am.
In case you missed it, yesterday I mentioned that we are on “spring break” around here, and every SO busy with fun things like bike rides in the park and NAPS. We are also making several easy Easter crafts.
One of the cutest crafts I found this year was this Hanging Egg Door Decoration. It is easy enough to do WITH the kids… yet elegant enough to do on your own and take ALL the credit. When you click through to the site below make sure you scroll through all the crafts featured (19 pages to scroll through) because there are other Easter egg crafts as well as other fun Easter arts and crafts.
Get all the quick and easy details from BHG.com:
Quick post today, but FULL of potential for you!
MarthaStewart.com has a series of posts and tutorials for DIY paper flowers that is a must-see.
CLICK HERE to see the slideshow and links to how-tos.
Daisies, Carnations, Dahlias, Mums… and MORE! Click HERE to get started…
Fat Tuesday is almost upon us, and if you are looking for last minute decorations OR recipes, I’ve got a few for you!
First, a DIY post on making festive pinwheels, from Mardi Gras Outlet. You will find so many fun things at Mardi Gras Store. And for all of their Mardi Gras Craft Tutorials Click Here:
Adorable cupcake toppers (FREE PRINTABLES for Mardi Gras) from TomKat Studio:
This new post is for a more “kid-friendly” Mardi Gras mask, BUT you could easily use the Mardi Gras Mask tutorial from Twig and Toadstool, and create something elegant:
No Fat Tuesday party is complete without a King Cake Recipe. Check out this this from the Brown Eyed Baker:
You’ll definitely need something to DRINK while celebrating, so click over and check out the Mardi Gras Drink Recipes from Simply Stated:
And finally… two Mardi Gras Recipes! One is a healthy Jambalaya recipe from SheKnows.com . Also a crawfish fettuccine:
Happy Feasting!
I absolutely love and adore candles. Candles of all shapes and sizes. Candles of all colors and scents. I think decorating with candles just adds that “something special”, whether to a table-top, a centerpiece or anentire event!
In case you missed it, you can check out our recent DIY Candle post HERE.
First up, a quick and easy DIY post about embellishing candles with ribbons, pearl pins and more, from BHG. This has given me so many ideas on how to decorate pillar candles – now I just need to walk the aisles of my craft shop to see what to use!
A gorgeous COLORFUL candle idea, from Martha Stewart. Click HERE to read the easy DIY on making these. Garage and Estate sales are a *great* place to find inexpensive candle holders ripe for decorating!
It isn’t hard to create a rustic elegance, with floating candles in mason jars and raffia, as pictured in this post from Violet Hills Weddings. One could easily use satin ribbon, and even add little tags to personalize the jars. Rustic and elegant at the same time!
This isn’t a tutorial, but I just had to share because I thought it was stunning. From Coco+Kelley:
The iconic blue box… the gorgeous white ribbon. It’s completely obvious why the “Tiffany” party theme is a favorite! If you are planning an elegant event… bridal shower, birthday party, a wedding… what about using Tiffany blue as your inspiration?
Gorgeous flower centerpieces, with a Tiffany blue surrounding…. visit the Hostess blog to see inspiration from this “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” Bridal shower. I love that she used inexpensive carnations and then dressed them up with pretty blue ribbons. Simple, elegant, nice!
Tiffany inspired cookies, from the Amy Atlas blog. To make similar cookies – you’ll need a “gift box cutter’. You can find the in the baking aisles of crafts stores such as Hobby Lobby or Click Here for an Online Source. You can simply use white icing for the ribbon or if you want to use fondant – that also can be purchased from craft stores and some bakeries. Or Click Here for an easy to make and work with, as well as delicious, Marshmallow Fondant Recipe.
Or how about putting a chocolate truffle or macaroon cookies in blue boxes as Eat, Drink, Pretty has done:
And what about cakes? Look at this fab Tiffany cake that features an”open box”, from Pink Cake Box. To find other fabulous Tiffany Cake Pictures go to Google.com/Images and type in “Tiffany Cake Pictures”. When you find one (or three!) that you must have, print out a picture and take to your bakery to replicate.
Or these simple, but elegant Tiffany cupcakes, from Grin and Bake it. (Be sure to click through to the post – there are three great frosting recipes included!) To find other fabulous Tiffany Cupcake Pictures go to Google.com/Images and type in “Tiffany Cupcake Pictures”.
And, of course, we have plenty of fun Tiffany favors at Diva Entertains.
Tiffany White Chocolate Dipped Oreos, Tiffany Cupcake Toppers
Tiffany Magnet Favors, Tiffany Candy Wrappers
Are you inspired? I am!
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