Handcrafted Celebrations

Mustache sticks

08.04.10 Posted in Party, Printable, design, diy by Vicky

I have been taking on the arduous task of organizing our garage this week. In the process I’ve found multiple projects that I have yet to share, but completely meant to…. Like these mustache party sticks.

By far one of my most popular party items- I am often receiving emails asking about making them, it’s [...]


Pretty printed ribbons, a tutorial

07.22.10 Posted in Momhood, Party, Printable, design, diy by Vicky

I designed a wedding inspiration earlier this month. I hate having to wait to share it with you! One of the projects from the shoot has become a tad of an addiction for me, so I thought I would give you a quick peek…

Printing on ribbon! You can do it & it is super easy-

Although [...]


Knotted in love…

07.20.10 Posted in 30x30, Party, Printable, design, diy by Vicky

Knotted in love, a shower for a lovely bride to be.

The inspiration for this shower came from this article, upon seeing it I just feel in love with the idea of a yarn maze- it is amazing! Although not as long or even an actual maze, I was thrilled at how the backdrop for [...]


Homemade paper flower tutorial

06.30.10 Posted in 30x30, Momhood, Printable, design by Vicky

As we close out Celebrate picnic month later today (I will be announcing all the winners in just a few hours) I want to encourage each of us to continue enjoying the summer, resting under trees and making picnics for those we love. Here is a sweet addition I created that will lend a lovely [...]


A mad tea

06.21.10 Posted in 30x30, Momhood, Printable, design by Vicky

The last week in May a sweet girl turned 13 and wanted a mad tea. A very mad tea. So she came as Alice- white gloves and all…

We had a mad tea when the clock struck noon- Red Queen’s orders. The Mad-hatter himself even showed up to celebrate.

A mad tea
We beckoned guests with whimsical invitations [...]


I scream for ice cream- a favor tutorial

06.17.10 Posted in Momhood, Printable, design by Vicky

A party or wedding favor that will make your guests mouths water! I just about passed out when I found out this tutorial I designed was featured on Style Me Pretty this week- in case you missed it, click here.

The homemade ice cream jars are so fun to use for summer party or wedding favors. [...]


A printable party guest book

06.14.10 Posted in 30x30, Momhood, Party, Printable, design by Vicky

Happy Monday morning, I finally feel like we are coming out of the haze of being sick around here. This will be a fun week, I have DIY’s to show and one more party theme from last month to share.

One of my favorite touches to the Sherbert & Spice Party was our printable guest book, [...]


Sherbert & Spice, part two

06.09.10 Posted in 30x30, Printable, design by Vicky

After all the spicy circles seen in part one transformed our backyard into a truly fun place to be we added a bit of old fashioned charm and of course, the ice cream.
Ice Cream Birthday

A bit of old fashion vintage charm peaked through many of our ice cream birthday design pieces. We washed and sanitized [...]


Picnic utensil bags

06.08.10 Posted in 30x30, Party, Printable by Vicky

Tomorrow I am FINALLY going to be sharing the Sherbert & Spice party with you & announcing the winner of our circle guessing contest. If you haven’t given your guess yet- you still have time, here. A hint, someone is really close:)
For today, the perfect picnic printable – a sweet little utensil pouch. A bit [...]


Sly Fox party banner

05.19.10 Posted in Party, Printable by Vicky

Standing at the center of our recent shower was a sweet imprint of a sly little fox. It was made into multiple different pieces for the baby shower, one being this free printable baby shower banner, in a foxy boy green. The imprint was originally a stamp made by stamp it up. I stamped, scanned [...]


Perfect pair printable labels

05.03.10 Posted in 30x30, Momhood, Party, Printable by Vicky

Happy Monday. I spent the weekend getting to know a handful of women who are just as amazing in person as they are online. I have come home refreshed and ready for this full month of parties ahead. I hope you are also feeling ready for this week my friends.

Our coffee & tea tasting turned [...]


Mother’s Day- Inspirational photo mat

04.26.10 Posted in Printable, giveaway by Vicky

I have been incredibly blessed reading through all of your (almost 100) responses to our vintage bike necklace giveaway. Each motherly description was incredibly sweet and I caught myself choking up a bit while reading through them. Thank you so much for giving me a small glimpse into how amazing each of your mothers are. [...]


Breaking for a sly fox

04.22.10 Posted in Party, Printable by Vicky

I have a few lovely DIY’s to share from our pinwheel party but first I needed a break from all the girly party pearls. We are planning a baby shower for a little boy very soon, a sweet sly little fox shower. I am enjoying the rustic boyness of the event details and I thought [...]


Lovely Mother’s Day labels

04.15.10 Posted in 30x30, Party, Printable by Vicky

Whether you live near or far from your mother- a bouquet of flowers wrapped with this custom Mother’s Day label will leave her feeling lovely.

Blessing mom does not get much easier than printing, wrapping and sending along a beautiful bunch of flowers.

This label can also be wrapped around a drink bottle, folded down the [...]


Vintage bike favors

04.15.10 Posted in 30x30, Party, Printable by Vicky

Vintage bike favors in the perfect color yellow to brighten up our Mother’s Day brunch made me smile this weekend. They would also look amazing en masse for a wedding or some other large fabulous affair.
I made the bike key rings using this amazing product. Basically, you print onto it, bake it and it becomes [...]


Pinwheel party labels

04.13.10 Posted in 30x30, Party, Printable, design by Vicky

I cannot wait to show you our Lovely to be loved brunch pictures in the morning. For today though, here is a sample of this coming weekends festivities and a free printable set of party labels for you.

To use these labels: Download the blank template with the button below- the labels are 2.5 x 3.5 [...]


Bird shower- printable party

03.24.10 Posted in 30x30, Party, Printable by Vicky

Passing on a few of the printables I have created for our bird nest shower. These are also available in the shop, but super easy to print and create at home.

The chirp banner might be my favorite banner yet. I just love the penciled in bird drawings, the sketching is so whimsical. The banners [...]


Peep show

03.22.10 Posted in 30x30, Party, Printable by Vicky

A great thing about doing a bird themed shower in the spring is that the ideas can be seamlessly carried over to celebrate a plethora of other spring affairs- Easter, wedding showers, birthdays- so many lovely chances to incorporate birdie projects.
While I get the rest of the shower photos ready to share with you [...]


Mustache party decor

03.11.10 Posted in Party, Printable by Vicky

I was filling an order this week for the mustache party banner I designed when I realized that I never shared the mustache party downloads with you here. These printables would be great for a mustache or circus themed party. I am hoping to use them later this year for a little old man birthday [...]


Alphabet birthday

03.08.10 Posted in Momhood, Party, Printable by Vicky

This weekend I had the chance to be featured on Etsy. It was fun getting to email and chat with those who visited. I’ve recently added a couple new items to the store for the occasion and I thought you might want to see what I’ve been up to- as always you will find DIY’s [...]

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