Monday, March 22, 2010
Okay, I’m finally featuring the Raggedy Ann party photo shoot that I did with Nicole Hill Gerulat. You might recognize some of these photos from the top of my website. Since there are so many details in this fun party, I’ll slowly be walking you through everything over the next two weeks. So keep checking back.
First, I wanted to focus a LOT on the colors red and aqua for this party. I love Raggedy Ann, and I didn’t want to commercialize this party by throwing in too much cheesy stuff. I knew that color would be the most important feature instead, and necessary to tie the whole thing together. Remember: a great color palate is essential to every party for a cohesive feel.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
It was almost too easy coming up with different treats for this party. This is definitely more than enough sweet stuff, but I knew it would photograph well. Here’s the scoop on how I made everything and where I bought it from.
These chocolates are from a local favorite, Hatch Family Chocolates. A red box from Xpedx and an aqua colored ribbon finish it off.
The directions to make this charming lollipop stand are found here. And I bought the red lollipops from Hammond’s Candies.
Check your local health food or grocery store for some yummy kettle corn. I put a generous scoop of it in cellophane bags and tied them up with some cute ribbon. They sit atop a vintage plate I found at a nearby thrift store.
These cute jars were an awesome find at Tai Pan Trading and I couldn’t resist filling them up with sour cherry balls. Tie a contrasting ribbon (also from Tai Pan Trading) for the perfect color combination.
Tomorrow I’ll show you part 2, the rest of the goodies from this party. And you won’t want to miss a single photo from this party, so click on the Raggedy Ann Party tag below to see all of the party posts.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Yesterday I showed you part 1 of the yummy treats from the Raggedy Ann party. Here are all the details on the rest of the goodies.
I bought some colored taffy from Taffy Town (raspberry and strawberry) and put it in cellophane bags. Check out that cute red ribbon (sold at most big box and craft stores). The taffy bags sit atop a vintage plate from a nearby thrift store.
No Raggedy Ann party is complete without the famous “I love you” heart, shown here as a sugar cookie. Find a local bakery or cookie specialist to make some for you. Eileen Romney hooked me up.
These are vegan coconut cupcakes from Cakewalk Baking Company, with heart shape toppers made by me from leftover paper banner scraps. You can see a simple cupcake topper tutorial here. The vibrant red cupcake liners are from Bake It Pretty and the red cake stand is a Martha Stewart from Macy’s.
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
The flowers for this party also match the color scheme. The beautiful and talented Megan Dunford of Persimmon Floral made the two arrangements that I used. She had the genius idea of wrapping the vases in scrapbooking paper and using paper flowers as well. If you look closely at both pictures, you can see all of the different paper flowers that she crafted.
I’m not a florist, but I think the flowers in the arrangements are: white tulips, red spray roses, red carnations, and white stock. And I think Megan painted some china berries white and put them in there too. The paper flowers have a button in the center with floral wire fed through and twisted to make a wire stem.
When adding flowers to a party think outside the box and try adding a touch of whimsy, just for fun.
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Friday, March 26, 2010
My sweet mother made the cute little 10″ Raggedy Ann dolls for this party. I found fabric for the dolls’ dresses at local fabric stores. I guess the doll pattern is discontinued, but you can still find some floating around the internet–like here.
If you are struggling coming up with a party theme, look to the favorite books and toys of your childhood. You never know, they just might make a comeback.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
This Raggedy Ann party definitely needed some adorable cakes. These are 6″ fondant cakes made by a local cake decorator, Kimberly Fluhrer.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
I love this “raggedy ann” sign. I made it using 12 x 12 scrapbooking paper. Red for the scalloped circles, four patterned papers for the inside circles and some solid and patterned paper for the letters. I have an Accucut die cut machine that I use to cut it all out. If you would like to make one, I have a paper banner tutorial that you can refer to for instructions, but I don’t string the ribbon through the whole sign anymore. I use a tiny hole punch and brads to connect the circles instead.
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Thursday, April 1, 2010
How I made these sandwiches:
1. I cut a piece of thick paper into a square, the size that I wanted the sandwiches to be.
2. I cut each piece of bread to the size of the cardboard, removing the crusts.
3. I spread jam between two pieces of bread and made the sandwiches.
4. I measured the size of the bread/cardboard and cut scrapbooking paper to about 3/4 the size of the bread and long enough to wrap around the sandwich.
5. I folded the paper where it bent around the sandwich to make a crease, then I taped the paper together.
Have I confused you yet?
I found the cups in this picture at my local thrift store (for a deal). I cut regular length red-striped straws in half to fit in the cups. I put heart shaped ice cubes in the juice as well, but they melted too quickly to get a good picture of them.
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