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Instagram Giveaway! 1 Year of FREE Anders Ruff Printables!

We are trying something new!  We haven’t ever done a giveaway via Instagram, but thought it would be fun to try! This first giveaway, we are giving away a YEAR of HOLIDAY PRINTABLE COLLECTIONS!  For each holiday, you can pick one collection of your choice for free… for the entire year! (3/14/14-3/14/15) It is easy! […]

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Giveaway: GreatStitch Tepee Tent and 3 Themed Shirts

If you have been keeping up with us for awhile I’m sure you are aware of how much we adore working with GreatStitch!  With Maureen’s most recent party for her son Pierson, the Dino Dig Excavation Party, we were once again so grateful for GreatStitch’s creative and artistic contribution.  They made a custom tepee, some […]

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Pierson’s Dinosaur Party Planning and Inspiration – A look behind the scenes

You may have seen my recent Dinosaur themed party that I styled for my son, Pierson.  If you haven’t seen it, check it out here. The dinosaur party planning process is fun.  I love getting inspiration… you are maybe wondering where this “look” came from?  It all started in an antique store. So many people […]

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Ruff Draft: Making Lucky You Hand Sanitizer Printable Labels

We are very excited to show you our new Lucky You Hand Sanitizer Printable Labels today.  For those of you looking for St. Patrick’s Day gift  ideas this is a perfect little charm that will rid you of germs this flu season.  The kit includes front & back labels for  8 oz. & 2 oz. […]

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Pierson’s Dinosaur Dig Birthday Party – A Dinosaur Excavation!

I am so excited to share my son’s recent 6th birthday party!  Last year’s bowling party was fun but this year, Pierson decided that he wanted a Dinosaur birthday party.  I was totally fine with that because it was not a commercial theme and I had some fun dinosaur party ideas for a long time […]

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A Pirate Party fit for a…..Pirate!

Get your sea legs ready me mates as we and set sail for a journey of pure Pirate Paradise!  Yolanda of Kiss Me Kate has once again managed to capture the perfect Pirate atmosphere with our pirate printables where eye patches and wooden legs would most definitely fit right in.  Yet a bit of sweetness and […]

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Home Lighting Makeover

As you know, I recently moved to Milwaukee and you better believe we have project after project on our “to do” list!  One thing that was really EASY to do was change our lighting.  J (my husband, if you didn’t know his name!) and I both find lighting in our home to be top on […]

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A Chevron Gender Reveal Baby Shower

Yolanda, our friend and client from Australia, of Kiss with Style styled this gorgeous gender reveal baby shower! We are in love with the color palette of light pink and baby blue for this gender reveal baby shower.  Yolanda did such a wonderful job tying in baby themed desserts such as the footprint cookies, baby […]

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A Magical Wizard Party

We are in LOVE with this Magical Wizard Birthday Party Inspired by Harry Potter!  Monica Alters of SookEe Designs created the most darling party for her son and we can’t wait to share! You might remember Monica’s gorgeous work from Emily Maynard’s Glamping Party that we styled for her daughter Ricki (Monica made the adorable […]

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Vintage Milk and Cookies Baby Shower

Our Vintage Milk and Cookies Collection is what started the amazing working relationship between Kate and Yolanda, of Kiss Me Kate, and Maureen and Adria.  It was the first project they collaborated together on and one of my personal favorites!  Originally it was created for birthday parties, but we started getting lots of requests to […]

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Great Themes for First Birthday Parties

Here at Anders Ruff, we have styled many parties, and also have many clients who have contributed gorgeous photos showcasing their parties using our printable designs. If you’re looking for ideas, our many Party Themes are categorized in our shop – most can be adapted for any type of party! We are continuing our series of posts […]

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Ruff Draft: FREE PRINTABLE Party Planning Checklist

Maureen and I are busy planning out our year right now – which entails parties galore!  We thought it would be helpful to create a party planning checklist for those of you new to the party world.  We put together a list of tasks so you can easily organize any themed event.  We get questions […]

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A Rainbow Loom Party (for Valentine’s Day or Birthdays!)

When Lydia of The Party Wagon reached out to me to design a Printable Invitation and set of design accessories for her daughter’s Rainbow Loom Valentine’s Day party, I jumped on board! I absolutely LOVE creative and crafty themed parties, and Rainbow Looms are all the rage these days!  My boys actually got one for […]

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Fun NEW Dinosaur Party Theme coming soon!

Hi everyone! I hope you had a fantastic weekend! If you follow us on Instagram or Facebook, you probably know that I have been working on Pierson’s Dinosaur Party over the past few weeks and finally had the party yesterday.  The kids had SO much fun and there was SO much energy (ok.. maybe the […]

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Meet Chana Wood, Contributing Photographer and Sugar Wood Owner

A little less than a year ago we met the amazing Chana Wood, owner of Sugar Wood, a creatively inspired petite treat company!  We initially fell in love with the look of her treats (our love for the taste soon followed) and knew we wanted her to be a part of Anders Ruff as a […]

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