It is apple season here in the Carolinas, which means it is time to go apple picking in the mountains! Our favorite location is Sky Top Orchard and they make fresh warm apple doughnuts that are amazing… along with fresh apple slushies! Maureen’s family already went a few weekends ago, but my family will wait […]
Day 3 of our Classic Halloween Party Kit ideas! This year, we wanted to offer some new exciting printables for Halloween, and we hope you are loving them! How about a Classic Halloween Gum Wrapper Printable!? Now, I know the standard Halloween trick or treater loves bubble gum! This printable wrapper makes it super easy […]
I’m so excited to finally share Brynne’s fabulous Instagram Birthday Party (Insta Party!). Adria’s daughter, Brynne, is a tween and in love with Instagram. She had the idea to have an Instgram themed birthday full of fun and clever activities and desserts. Using our new Insta-Party Printables, Adria spruced up many easy to find items […]
Villeroy & Boch is recognized worldwide for the quality of its fine dinnerware and crystal as well as it’s diversity. Their pieces are classic and casual enough to be used as everyday dinnerware, but can also add a touch of elegance and style to more formal occasions. Some of my favorite pieces come from their New Wave […]
Day 2 of our Classic Halloween Party Ideas! Introducing our new Halloween Printable Playdough Wrapper, which is one of our favorite new Halloween Printable Party Kit offerings this year! “Boo dough”… Halloween Playdough! I have always loved when my neighbors give out Playdough instead of candy at Halloween, and so we wanted to create a […]
I don’t know about you, but we are looking forward to a change in season & cooler temps in the upcoming months. We’ve been working on our latest fall project – CLASSIC HALLOWEEN, going back to traditional oranges & blacks, pumpkins, witches, bats, skulls, cats, and owls… and mixing in a little grey to […]
Adria and I are thrilled to announce our 2013 Classic Halloween Printable Kits! This year we decided to stick with the traditional orange and black scheme since we have had some fun with our Halloween Collections in the past few years. We decided to come up with some “outside of the box” Halloween printables this […]
There’s good glue, there’s bad glue, and then there’s Glue Dots®. As a mess-free, easy-to-use, no-dry-time bonding product it’s in a field all of it’s own and invaluable to any crafter young or old! As an answer to Glue Dots® customers wanting a way to easily dispense and store their rolled Glue Dots® products they are […]
Put your hands up for this Police Man and Fireman Birthday Party! Laurel and Ursula are on “fire!” We always love seeing their parties and this one is especially cute! I mean, is it even legal to have a party this cute!? A combined police and fireman birthday party is great for little boys who […]
Today we are crafting button necklaces and headbands for birthday girls and their dolls! We created a Birthday Girl Doll Party, for our favorite Australian client, Yolanda Cerra (aka. Kiss Me Kate) a few months ago and wanted to show you the perfect craft for this particular theme. We used shades of pinks and reds […]
Adria and I are totally in the Halloween prep mode right now. We have a super fun project coming up that we are prepping for, but still had to make time to design for one of our favorite holidays, Halloween of course! We wanted to come out with a new printable theme for Halloween and […]
I designed this Construction Birthday Party Invitation when we first started Anders Ruff back in February of 2010. It needed a little updating so I recently changed it a bit and put it in the shop. If you are like me, you probably are always searching for cute and inexpensive items to use at parties. […]
Maureen has been a huge fan of Lisa Leonard’s Designs for years and there’s absolutely no question as to why! Each piece of their jewelry is hand cut, hammered, polished, drilled and assembled with care and then hand-stamped with your kids’ names or a special phrase or verse. Their products are truly stunning, so when […]
You might remember our post about Anya Sarre’s Nautical Baby Shower held in LA last year. It’s hard to believe that her son, Sawyer, has already been born AND just turned 1! Little adorable Sawyer celebrated big just a couple weeks ago in their LA beach home. Anya’s over the top Crab Shack Birthday Celebration […]
The quintessential symbol of school and teachers – the apple. I (aka. Maureen – I hijacked the Ruff Draft this week) wanted to come up with a treat that your kiddos can bring to their teacher for the first week of school (or anytime, really!), but didn’t want it to be too complicated. Pinterest has […]
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