Today’s Ruff Draft is a behind the scenes of the 2011 TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP OPERATION SHOWER that we helped with last week in Atlanta.

We designed the invitation and party decor, (which was inspired from this year’s 4th of July Pinwheel Collection)  and went down to help style the event with the lovely LeAnn Morrissey, and Amy Belle Isle… and met up with sponsors, Layla Grayce, Carousel Designs to name a few.

 

Another sponsor, Radio Flyer donated wagons for part of the table centerpieces (and gave a large scale wagon to every mom-to-be).  We wanted to show you how we made the gift packaging center pieces incorporated in the Radio Flyer wagons.  We know that you are all going to start decorating for the holidays, and what a fun way to show off your gift packaging for accents at your holiday parties…. baby showers…. birthday parties…. etc!

Supplies needed:

1. Various sized boxes  (can be found at the container store or other discount stores)

2. Your coordinating wrapping paper

3. Various ribbons

4. Double-sided tape, and regular tape/scissors

5. Gift tags or Party Logos (we will be coming out with some fun holiday tags in our Christmas Collection soon!)

6. Gift shred

 

To get started….

First select the various boxes you will use for the centerpiece.

Start wrapping!  Use several wrapping paper choices…. and then tape on ribbons.  We use grosgrain – different sizes/patterns, and some satin ribbons too.

 

You can even double-layer your ribbons (we just wrap around the boxes, and tape together underneath the box, so the ribbons are flat).

Next you will want to stack, tape together, and angle into your centerpiece (wagon, wooden box, sleigh…whatever you are using to hold them)

We taped each box together – small on top of large, turned them on angles and taped them inside the wagon to keep in place

To finish off the centerpiece, we put in a pinwheel made out of our patterned paper (these pinwheels were created by Cross Roads Cottage.

You can stick any sort of embellishment from the gifts to give that extra detail.  We also hung party logos (or gift tags) from some of the presents and on the backsides of the pinwheels.

We used twine to wrap around some of the stacks as well.

Last, we used shred to fill in the rest of the empty space in the centerpiece.

These were just too cute and too easy to make – they were perfect for this AMAZING baby shower!

Here are some other behind the scenes pics….

Amy Belle Isle on the left, and LeAnn Morrissey on the right (she was putting large sticker signs we designed for the REAL GIFTS – which are called “Shower in a Box”.

 Our dear friend, Mandie (from Got What it Cakes, and her sweet mom) came down to donate their time by helping us during prep time (we had 80 place-settings to do….) and also Mandie donated one of her out-of-this-world cakes.

Here we are setting/styling the dessert table…..

The finished table!!!  Look at Mandie’s, Got What it Cakes, gorgeous cake – sooo fabulous!!!

(We stacked gifts in the larger wagon as well, next to her cake)

Sandy from Firefly Confections sent in the most red/white/blue onesie cookies for the table mixed in with some other great treats.

We were honored and absolutely loved being a part of Operation Shower, Red White & Coo!

The moms were just so appreciative and so deserving of such a wonderful event.

Thanks to all that were involved!