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What’s In Your Makeup Case? {and Giveaway/Special Offer from Arbonne!}

What’s in your makeup case? Isn’t that a question we always ask of our friends!?  This may seem like a silly question but we love to share about our favorite things, as you may have noticed? I’ve always been a “product” girl… I have 4 shampoos and conditioners in my shower at a time, 5 […]

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Ruff Draft: Adria’s Smokin’ Chili and FREE FOOTBALL Printables {Limited Time!}

It’s October and the fall weather is finally starting to change, down here in the south.  What does that mean??? IT’S CHILI TIME! I thought, why not create a football printable to go along with my famous home-style chili… and what goes best with chili??? FOOTBALL!!! In my house, we are Ohio State Buckeyes fans, and Auburn […]

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Up and Away Hot Air Balloon Party

Are you ready to fly up, up and away!?  We are sharing our third feature on a Kiss with Style party today.  This was our third theme that we worked on for Kiss with Style. Their idea to offer themed birthday parties in Australia has left us busy creating new printable packages that are whimsical, […]

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Lemonade and Lollipops Birthday Party by Me & Riley Contemporary Events

We can’t tell you how much we love working with Emma of Me and Riley in Dubai.  She has such an eye for design.  We can always recognize her “signature style” and love to share her parties with you all.  (You can see some of her other features on our site here) Here { Charlotte […]

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Giveaway: A Pair of Monkey Toes Shoes (Two Winners)

This weeks giveaway combines two of my favorite things-cute little feet and adorable shoes! Jenny Ford, the 0wner of Monkey-Toes,  is offering TWO of our lucky followers a pair of Monkey-Toe shoes. In addition to that all our followers will receive a 25% discount through November 15 (see below). Remember Grayce’s shoes from our Vintage […]

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Giveaway Winner: $50 gift certificate to Banner Boutique

Congratulations (#28) Edith, you have won a $50 gift certificate to Banner Boutique! Please contact Heidi@andersruff.com so we can give you details on how to claim your prize. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to our guest blogger and giveaway sponsor, Lindsay Banner of Banner Boutiques!

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A Precious Golf Partee Styled like a Pro!

I know this par-tee writeup is going to be a hole in one!  We have had lots of requests for golf party ideas.  You are in luck! Rebecca, a client of ours, planning the most precious preppy golf party for her son.  Rebecca reached out to us at the beginning of the year to design […]

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Ruff Draft: BOO-Meringues from Haunted Halloween

Today for the weekly Ruff Draft, we are sharing with you how we made our little BOO-Meringues from our Haunted Halloween Printable Collection. We had many requests/comments about these little guys, and thought why not show you the behind the scenes making of our scary friends.       Ingredients needed:  (we like this recipe, but […]

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Red Riding Hood Enchanted Forest Party

We are excited to share ANOTHER beautiful styled photo shoot by Kiss with Style.  If you have been following, we recently posted our announcement that we are collaborating with the fabulous Australian Kiss with Style.  What a fun project this has been! We shared our new collection for their Vintage Milk and Cookies theme and […]

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DIY Tutorial: Building a Dessert Table Backdrop

Jen Carver, of Banner Events, here to share how to build a backdrop tutorial! SO Many of our dessert tables have backdrops that help create a focal point for your table. After “How do you plan a party?”, the next most frequently asked question I get is, “How did you make your party backdrop?”  Today, I’m […]

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Giveaway {and Guest Post} by Banner Boutique – What a Treat!

We are thrilled to introduce this fabulous mommy entrepreneur today!  Lindsay Banner of Banner Boutique will be guest posting today with a special giveaway!  If you haven’t worn her accessories, then chances are you have seen someone wearing Banner Boutique.  They are stylish, girlie and so beautiful!  Without further ado, here is Lindsay Banner! My […]

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Giveaway Winners: Gift Certificates to HBDesigns

This week we have two lucky winners receiving  gift certificates to HBDesigns.         #35 Maureen -Grand Prize Winner ($100 gift certificate to HBDesigns)         #4 Amy C. – Runner Up winner ($50 gift certificate to HBDesigns) A huge thank you to Heather, owner of HBDesigns, for sponsoring this week’s giveaway! Congratulations to this weeks winners […]

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A Vintage Carnival Style Birthday Party

There is just something about Carnival parties that makes me smile.  Maybe it is because I have so many wonderful childhood memories of loving the carnival atmosphere – the rides, food, games, excitement. There are so many ways to decorate, games to play and treats to serve and I love to see each person’s spin […]

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Ruff Draft: Gift Packaging Centerpieces – The Operation Shower Way

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 […]

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Happy Halloween Collection & Free Printable!

Remember our Happy Halloween collection from last year?  Well, it is for sale in the shop for only $12 right now!  Even more good news… Nicole, the owner of The Twinery, asked us to design a free printable for her fans.  We were happy to do that for her since we are obsessed with her […]

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