Make It Monday- Bunny Bait

First, I am so honored to now have my APPLE OF OUR EYE PARTY nominated for party of the month on Project Nursery. Please hop over and quickly vote.  All you have to do is click on a bubble at the bottom of the page next to Apple of Our Eye. You do not need to login in or register.  Thanks!

Happy Monday!  As I've said, I try to pick things for Make It Monday that with very little creativity can be easily adapted to any party theme or holiday.  This Bunny Bait is an adaptation of my Leprechaun Lunch from a few weeks ago.  I simply added a few more ingredients and a new tag and now I have an adorable and yummy spring treat.  As always, I will happily send you the tag if you become a person in bloom (right sidebar).

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Supplies: Rice Chex, pretzel sticks, white melting candies, spring sprinkles, white pop corn and M&M's

Spread 2 cups pretzel stick, 2 cups Rice Chex and 1 bag white popcorn on cookie sheet.

 Pour melted white melting candies over mixture and stir to coat.  Then sprinkle on your spring sprinkles.  Do not mix after sprinkling or you will coat the sprinkles.

Once the mix is set, add M&M's and then package for neighbors, for a party or in individual treat bags.

XO

Please Vote for Project of the Week On Project Nursery

Hi Everyone- I need a big favor.  My Apple of My Eye Party has been nominated for Project of the Week on Project Nursery.  Would you please click here to go to Project Nursery and "like" my party?

You can also check out the rest of the party photos!   THANK YOU!!!!

Happy Friday- Bunny Tails

 Try as I might, I couldn't let Easter go by without a gumball tube idea.  I love these tubes because no matter what how you fill 'em, they just scream "cute."  Of course, any white round objects in a bag could pass as bunny tails.

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Get those creative ideas hopping.  By the way, these tubes are available in my store along with a lot of other new party items.

Hope you have some green fun tomorrow! Look at the amazing St. Patrick's Day tubes made by Jamie at My Baking Addiction.  I was so excited when she order them because I knew the tubes would be fabulous and they are.  Her coworkers are so lucky!

 Did you get a chance to see the rainbow gumball tubes I did  for Ucreate with a "pot of gold?"  Great for St. Patrick's Day and a rainbow themed party!  Same guidline apply for this tag.

Hope you're lucky this weekend!
XO

All About A Bloom- Link Party #3

Thanks to everyone who participated in my party link party last week! It's getting a bit better.  A friend of mine asked me what a link party was.  It's your chance to share something YOU created from your blog on my blog.  Next week, I will highlight some of my favorite links.  Ready to share your party inspiration?

I would love for you to share your parties, creative holiday ideas, and crafts. Really, I would love to see anything pretty. 

A few rules:

1. Please be a follower of Bloom Designs Online (a member in bloom)

2. Link directly to your idea not your home page.

3. Insert a text hyperlink back to my blog.

4. No Etsy shops, giveaways or personal link parties.

A HUGE thanks to my friend, Kristyn at Lil Luna for listing me on her link parties. 
Come back next Thursday for another link party and I will highlight some of my favorite links.
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Party Planning 101- part 4

I hope this series is helpful! With the colors picked, mood set and plan in place, the next step is invitations. This is the first impression your guest will have of your party. It's your opportunity to create some excitement. It's really the beginning of your party!

Evites work great for many kinds of gatherings. I use them myself for less formal events like girls' night out and book club. However, for more important gathering, nothing is better than a printed invitation. It a little present or keepsake that arrives in your guest mailbox that will hang in their house and continuously remind them about something wonderful ahead.

For Charlotte's party, I was creating my own invitations. Generally, for my parties I prefer simple layouts, graphic shapes and clean lines. Along with picking colors, I needed to pick the patterns and image I wanted to use in the printables. The image was easy- simple, soft apple with a leaf. Gingham was the obvious choice for an apple of my eye party. I really struggled with it though because I did not want the party to become a harvest or to be predictable.  I tried really hard to incorporate it in a fresh way. I tried with several sizes and colors. I had ribbon and fabric that I was coordinating with as well.  Nothing seemed quite right. In fact some of them were horrible.

I wanted something modern almost preppy. I kept thinking of the shorts they have at J. Crew with the embroidered whales on them. That was what I wanted. So I took the apple images and turned it into my background paper. I need one more pattern to go with it.

I LOVED the stripe but I had found a cheap green gingham fabric that I wanted to use for tablecloths, so I went with that! 

This invitation set the exact mood I wanted for my party and was definitely worth the effort.

XO

Pretty Perfect

I haven't been able to stop thinking about these parties all week.  I am so happy to share them with you.

Pink & Gold Guest Dessert Feature on Amy Atlas

This just took my breath away.  It is so perfectly lovely.  It's my favorite shade of pink and just whispers beauty to me.  It's elegant, classy, perfect for any wedding shower, baby shower or girly girl birthday (especially mine:))

Love the floral detail on the back of the chair.  Make sure to check out the entire feature by clicking here.

The second party that had me thinking was

Little Peach Party on Kara's Party Ideas.  

I love the theme of this party.  The themes for all the parties I have planned this year are based on phrases (apple of my eye).  This one would fit in perfectly.  I may have to add something like it to my summer entertainment line up.

It also caught my eye because of this stamp.  I love personalized stamps!  We'll talk more about those tomorrow when we return to our party planning series.  The topic: invitations.

XO

P.S. Huge milestone today- 50,000 page views.  In January, I though it would be months before I reached 10,000:). 

Make It Monday- Burlap Banner

Happy Monday!  Ready for some Easter inspiration?  Today we're making a burlap bunny banner that is perfect for any spring get together or even a little birthday party.  I've been trying to choose crafts for Make It Mondays that can be adapted to various holidays or party themes.  This banner can be made with any image or message on any sturdy fabric using the same techniques.

Supplies: burlap, acrylic paint, ribbon, a brush, scissors and tacky glue.  

*Learning moment- I originally planned to paint the bunnies in pink but once I started I saw that there was not enough contrast so I switched my design to white.  Test the color on a small swatch of fabric to make sure its what you want before diving in.

You will also need a stencil.  If you want mine, you must be a bloom follower.  Send me an email and I will send you the pdf.

Cut out your triangle, outline the shape on your fabric and cut your flags.

Cut out the bunny with scissors or an exacto knife

Lay the stencil over the fabric and fill in the bunny shape.  I did not have a real stencil brush.  My paint brush worked fine.  Just make sure you paint from outside in (paper to fabric) so that the paint doesn't get under the stencil, ruining your shape!

Once the bunnies have dried, use tacky glue to attach them to your ribbon and hang it up.

Want something easier but just as cute?  Simply print multiple copies of the stencil, cut, hole punch and weave together with ribbon.  Darling. You can even add glitter or a pom pom on the tail.

Back tomorrow with amazing party inspiration and we'll use the rest of the week on our party planning series.  A quick thanks to Jamielyn of I Heart Nap Time, Jamie of My Baking Addiction and Lindsay at Southern Lovely for making my week already.  These ladies are fabulous and so are their blogs.  Check them out!   Have a great day.

XO