Ruff Draft: How to make Candy Centerpieces and more….

It’s Ruff Draft Time! If you liked yesterday’s post about Grayce’s 6th Candyland inspired birthday party, you will be happy to see our insider’s scoop on how we made some of the displays.   Just an FYI…. the invitation is now available, and the collection will be in the shop this week.   We’ve had lots […]

Grayce’s Candyland Birthday Party

Who doesn’t love a reason to eat CANDY??? Today, I am sharing Grayce’s 6th birthday – a Candyland inspired party. Here is a shot of the invitation that is new to the shop here. Grayce insisted on a candy party… and even though she is a little old to still play the classic Candyland game, […]

Ruff Draft: The “How To” of Printables – Featuring our Bridesmaids Collection

Over the last week, we have been featuring our latest  Bridesmaids themed Parisian “Girls Night In” photo shoot for the launch of Bridesmaids (the movie) exclusively at Target.  (9.20.11!) We get a lot of questions on how to use our printable packages.  While we do include a full set of instructions with all of our […]

A Spa Soiree – Brynne’s 9th Birthday Party

In June, my oldest daughter Brynne, asked me to have a Sleep-over Spa Birthday Party.  I am usually not the type of mom who puts on huge birthday celebrations because my kids have summer birthdays.  Usually we go on a family trip…. do something special for the day… which doesn’t require taking over my house! 🙂 Don’t get me […]

Ruff Draft: DIY Polyhedrons with Fan Ruffle Embellishments

Today’s RUFF DRAFT is inspired by Maureen’s favorite Polyhedrons, seen in our “I heart Valentine’s Day” photoshoots and “Jeffrey’s Modern Lego Inspired Birthday Party” photoshoots.  We  have had several questions about these fun accent pieces, so we wanted to share with you this easy DIY project.  Maureen asked me to demonstrate the tutorial….. and I of course, wanted to give them a little […]

Ruff Draft: Party Packaging with DIY “Ruff” Style Poms

Today starts our first ever Ruff Draft column…. Maureen and I are thrilled to be able to share some of our “behind Anders Ruff scenes” with you. Since it’s the first article,  we thought we would start off with a basic pom (so easy, so simple) – “Ruff” style. As you may already know, we just released a new product […]