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Back to School Celebration and Fun Ideas

A Back to School Celebration is just what’s needed to add a little fun to your yearly back to school “to do” list!  Make it one that includes gathering of friends and an activity assembling a gift for your soon to be teacher.  Laughter, treats, and a little brown nosing is a great way to end the summer and […]

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Ruff Draft: New Preppy Back to School Labels

It’s time for school supply shopping and we are showing you our latest Preppy Back to School Labels that are a MUST-HAVE this school season.  We have a girl set with trellis and polka-dot patterns and a boy set in stripes and madras prints.  We designed them in bright, fun colors – blues, pinks, greens, & […]

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Owl Themed Party

This sweet owl themed party styled by Kiss with Style is perfect for a baby shower or first birthday!  Soft blues and simple but elegant styling set a peaceful tone for the event.  Which every Mom to Be hopes her baby will be as well!  Yolanda, stylist and owner of the Australian based event planning business Kiss with Style, […]

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Trendy and Cute School Supplies

Tomorrow is August 1 and with that comes the Back To School panic of outfitting your kids with clothes that fit and school supplies that are fresh and new.  Sure you can get the standard yellow No. 2 pencils and black and white composition books, but why not get some cute school supplies that are […]

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Printable Back to School Labels Round Up (+ Freebie!)

We are just a few weeks away from the 1st day of school here in South Carolina, and the kids are rounding up school supplies, back packs and lunch boxes.  (Where did summer go?)  We are also in the mode of thinking “new teacher gifts“, as well!  (Stay tuned for that round up tomorrow!) Today is […]

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Giveaway Winner for Just Dance Customs

  I’m super excited to announce the winner of  Just Dance Customs giveaway that we hosted on our blog this week.  The winner of the $25 gift certificate to their Etsy Shop and one free custom dancewear set (valued up to $83 including shipping) is:  Madison Konorosky Be sure to check out Just Dance Customs new dance […]

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Outdoor Movie Night Featuring Ikea

We are so excited to showcase Ikea Charlotte Store today in our most recent Outdoor Movie Night birthday party.  If you missed our full party post, you can see it here – we had an amazing collaboration with Jelly Belly, our Ikea Charlotte Store and Great Stitch to create this vibrant teen theme. We want to show you […]

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A Sweet Cookies & Milk Baby Shower

Hello, Anders Ruff friends.  Jen Carver (Banner Events) here, and I am happy to share the details of this sweet cookies & milk baby shower my talented friend Vivian Kerr and I co-hosted for our beautiful friend Rochelle.  While some may think throwing a baby shower for a 5th baby isn’t necessary, we don’t agree. We couldn’t possibly […]

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Dancewear Giveaway with Just Dance Customs

One of our favorite dancewear companies, Just Dance Customs, is giving away a $25 gift certificate to their Etsy Shop and *one free custom dancewear set (valued up to $83 including shipping). We first partnered with Just Dance last August when they outfitted a few biketards for Grayce’s 9th Birthday Party.  We love their dancewear […]

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Outdoor Movie Night Monogrammed Pillows, Blankets & Tshirts by Great Stitch

If you haven’t seen our newest party theme yet, we recently designed and styled  Brynne’s 13th Birthday Outdoor Movie Night featuring a Jelly Belly Consession Stand, decorated movie screen, outdoor seating with monogrammed pillows and blankets and a festive popcorn bar.  We were so excited to partner with Jelly Belly to create the perfect jelly bean display for Brynne’s movie […]

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The Perfect Jelly Belly Concession Stand (with FREE Printable Flavor Voting Cards!)

Last week, we shared the reveal of Brynne’s 13th Birthday Outdoor Movie Night featuring a Jelly Belly Consession Stand, decorated movie screen, outdoor seating with monogrammed pillows and blankets and a festive popcorn bar.  We were so excited to partner with Jelly Belly to create the perfect jelly bean display for Brynne’s movie birthday party.  Today, we […]

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DIY Cork Wine Charms with Evite and Cavit

A special thanks to Evite and Cavit for sponsoring this post and sharing the idea! #EviteParty Adria and I are always looking for unexpected uses of everyday items.  Adria likes loves to drink wine (yep, I said it) and has an entire crate of wine corks and so we LOVE to find use for corks […]

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Lemonade Stand Ideas & Decorations

There is nothing better as a child than the lazy days of summer evolving into spontaneously putting together a lemonade stand.   Most of the fun is in the prep work of  of putting together your business plan….gathering the products, mixing lemonade, and dreaming big about the money you’ll make and what you’ll do with […]

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Brynne’s 13th Birthday – Outdoor Movie Night with Jelly Belly Concession Stand

We are so excited to share with you Brynne’s 13th Birthday Outdoor Movie Night featuring a Jelly Belly Consession Stand, decorated movie screen, outdoor seating with monogrammed pillows and blankets and a festive popcorn bar.  We had the priviledge of partnering with Jelly Belly to create the perfect jelly bean display for Brynne’s movie birthday party.  We also […]

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Fiesta Party (Flowery & Colorful)

This Fiesta Party is filled with lots of color and fun floral patterns.  Styled by Courtney Portner (who also styled last weeks Surf Themed Party) for her daughter’s 9th birthday.  Courtney inspiration and vision for the designs we created were based off of Michael Miller’s “Fiesta” fabric.  The colors and patterns are amazing and were really […]

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