Ruff Draft: A perfect Rum Cocktail for the 4th of July – introducing Caliche Rum!

Happy 4th of July!  We hope all of you are out celebrating and are having a relaxing holiday!  We have a special post today to announce a new Rum called, Caliche Rum, that has been recently launched to the market. We had the honor of designing an invitation for a pre-4th of July party for […]

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Ruff Draft: DIY Cork Push Pins {& Flash Sale Notice!}

Want to know how we created the fireworks on the back of our Nautical 4th of July backdrop?  Well, today we are sharing our little creation with you! We originally found cork art from a favorite designer of ours, Jen, from her blog Footprints.  We love how she painted recycled wine corks and turned them […]

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Ruff Draft: DIY Yarn Pom Banner

Remember the DIY yarn poms we showed you how to make a few weeks ago?  Well, we have been getting questions about how we made our yarn pom banners… we are going to tell you how today! Supplies Needed: Pre-made yarn poms – various sizes (we used about  25 – 30)… this will depend on […]

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A Nautical 4th of July Party

If you haven’t seen our 4th of July Collection yet from Hostess with the Mostess, today we are sharing the full Nautical 4th of July Party!  Pictures were taken by the fabulous Becca Bond. This year, while we were researching ideas for our 4th of July props, we noticed lots of twine accent pieces along […]

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Ruff Draft: Our Gift to You! Free Printable Chevron Gift Tags

To celebrate our new shop launch this week, we wanted to pass along FREE PRINTABLE GIFT TAGS to you! If you didn’t see our NEW LOOK from yesterday’s post, check it out!!!  (Maureen posted some fun fresh pics of us that match the new look of our new shop!!) We LOVE your feedback!!!  Please go to […]

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Ruff Draft: 4th of July 3D Art

It’s June already – so what does that mean?  4th of July celebrations are approaching quickly!  We created a Nautical 4th of July Printable Package this year and wanted to show you a simple how-to from the collection. (Oh, and did we forget to mention? Our DIY Holiday packages in the shop are now available […]

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A new children’s book series, AIDEY COMET Coming Soon!

Hey Everyone – It’s Adria writing today…. I have some exciting news I’ve been dying to share!  My sister Laura Lamascola and I are coming out with a new children’s book series, called Aidey Comet. We have been collaborating on this project since 2008, but didn’t send the concept to publishing until last year.  It […]

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Ruff Draft: WELCOME SUMMER and Free Printables!!!

The end of the school year is almost here, and summer is fast approaching!  I always try to do something special for my kids on the last day of school.  They absolutely love ice cream and love sundae bars, so I thought it would be fun to create an Ice Cream Kit that they could […]

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Ruff Draft: DIY Yarn Pom Flowers

A few weeks ago, I showed you how to make yarn poms…  Well, today we are going to show you another trick using yarn poms.  We just loved incorporating them into our recent Monogram Baby Shower Collection and thought you would like to see how easy it is to take a yarn pom and turn […]

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Ruff Draft: Solo Cup Birthday Celebration

How many times have you been to a BBQ or picnic, and have seen RED SOLO CUPS everywhere?  Well, Toby Keith has taken RED SOLO CUPS to a new level, and wrote a country song about them.  My sister, Erin, recently asked me to help with a surprise 30th RED SOLO CUP birthday celebration, in […]

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Ruff Draft: Lara Shriftman Birthday Bash and Chic Cocktails

Today we are showing you a sneak peak of  a simple yet sophisticated NYC Birthday Bash honoring Lara Shriftman, Rita Schrager and Leila Fazel. Lara contacted us to design a custom invite (based off of the Vintage Carnival invite that she loved) She wanted an old New York vibe for the colors and feel, and […]

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Ruff Draft: DIY Yarn Poms

Are you crazy about yarn poms???  Want to know how to make them??? Today, we are going to show you how to make yarn poms – in various sizes! We found a great DIY tutorial from Prudent Baby, and knew we had to make some for our latest Monogram Baby Shower Collection! We used yarn […]

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Ruff Draft: How to make Party Banners

We have had many questions come in about how to make printable party banners.  So today I’m going to show you a few ways to make them – there is no right way… just several fun ways! Supplies needed: Printable Party Banner  (sample shown is from our 4th of July Pinwheels Collection) – printed and […]

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Ruff Draft: Chair Embellishment from our Mirror Mirror Collection

Today we wanted to invite you into our little Snow White Inspired Fairy Tale World  to show you how we turned simple party logos into Chair Back Embellishments. We love finding new ways to spruce up party logos!  This time we added princess elements of tulle & silk ribbons to give it a more royal […]

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