A Backyard Camping Birthday Party!

We are so excited to share this creative and adorable Camping Birthday Party that our friend, Stephanie Monge of Monmell Designs, recently planned for her son Landon.  You might remember the Glam version of our camping party from this summer (at The Bachelorette, Emily Maynard’s daughter’s party that we styled!)  Well, Stephanie’s party is just […]

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Ruff Draft: FREE BOO SIGN 2012 – Spooky Forest Sign

Who is ready for Halloween?  I know we are…. we have been so excited about our Spooky Forest Printable Collection being featured in Better Homes and Gardens, that we had to create a FREE PRINTABLE BOO SIGN to match the collection!!! Have you downloaded your FREE SPOOKY FOREST PRINTABLES yet????  Click here to download! ——————————————————————————————————————————- Directions: […]

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Ruff Draft: Mason Jar Love!

It is canning season, and that means mason jars are probably hanging around your kitchen!!  We want to show you some fun ways to utilize your mason jars today! Today’s projects & recipes include: Monogram Mason Jars Chicken Pot Pie – two meals in one! Pumpkin Delight Pumpkin Smoothie ————————————————————————————- Monogram Mason Jars The reason […]

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Ruff Draft: 3D Colored Pencil Monogram

We are loving Back to School this season… (maybe it’s because it gives us more time for creative fun)!  In spirit of Back to School, we wanted to show you an economical and whimsical way to create monogram letters! Colored pencils are easily found at the dollar store, and most people have them around the […]

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Ruff Draft: Celebrating 20,000 FACEBOOK FANS

Maureen & I are so excited because today we are CELEBRATING 20, 000 FACEBOOK FANS!!!  In honor of our achievement, we want to share with you a FREE PRINTABLE CELEBRATE BANNER. This DIY printable banner can be used for any simple occasion that needs celebrating!  Use it for a coworker at the office, hang it […]

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Ruff Draft: Back to School Teacher Gift Ideas – Free Printable Notecards

The school year is almost here!!!  It’s time to start getting all your school supplies ready, and while doing so we thought we would pass along FREE PRINTABLE Teacher Notecards today!  Who wouldn’t love some printable notecards to start the year off right!? We LOVE teachers, and we wanted to create special note cards for all those […]

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Ruff Draft: Fabric Strip Bunting from Ricki’s Glamping Party!

Did you all have a chance to see Ricki’s Glamping Party from yesterday’s post?  If not, take a few minutes and check it out – this party is one of our favorites that we had the honor of producing this year!!! The amazing Becca Bond was responsible for capturing every beautiful detail! You may have […]

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Ruff Draft: DIY Cork Push Pins {& Flash Sale Notice!}

Want to know how we created the fireworks on the back of our Nautical 4th of July backdrop?  Well, today we are sharing our little creation with you! We originally found cork art from a favorite designer of ours, Jen, from her blog Footprints.  We love how she painted recycled wine corks and turned them […]

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Ruff Draft: DIY Yarn Pom Banner

Remember the DIY yarn poms we showed you how to make a few weeks ago?  Well, we have been getting questions about how we made our yarn pom banners… we are going to tell you how today! Supplies Needed: Pre-made yarn poms – various sizes (we used about  25 – 30)… this will depend on […]

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A Nautical 4th of July Party

If you haven’t seen our 4th of July Collection yet from Hostess with the Mostess, today we are sharing the full Nautical 4th of July Party!  Pictures were taken by the fabulous Becca Bond. This year, while we were researching ideas for our 4th of July props, we noticed lots of twine accent pieces along […]

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Ruff Draft: 4th of July 3D Art

It’s June already – so what does that mean?  4th of July celebrations are approaching quickly!  We created a Nautical 4th of July Printable Package this year and wanted to show you a simple how-to from the collection. (Oh, and did we forget to mention? Our DIY Holiday packages in the shop are now available […]

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Ruff Draft: WELCOME SUMMER and Free Printables!!!

The end of the school year is almost here, and summer is fast approaching!  I always try to do something special for my kids on the last day of school.  They absolutely love ice cream and love sundae bars, so I thought it would be fun to create an Ice Cream Kit that they could […]

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Ruff Draft: DIY Yarn Pom Flowers

A few weeks ago, I showed you how to make yarn poms…  Well, today we are going to show you another trick using yarn poms.  We just loved incorporating them into our recent Monogram Baby Shower Collection and thought you would like to see how easy it is to take a yarn pom and turn […]

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Ruff Draft: DIY Yarn Poms

Are you crazy about yarn poms???  Want to know how to make them??? Today, we are going to show you how to make yarn poms – in various sizes! We found a great DIY tutorial from Prudent Baby, and knew we had to make some for our latest Monogram Baby Shower Collection! We used yarn […]

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Ruff Draft: How to make Party Banners

We have had many questions come in about how to make printable party banners.  So today I’m going to show you a few ways to make them – there is no right way… just several fun ways! Supplies needed: Printable Party Banner  (sample shown is from our 4th of July Pinwheels Collection) – printed and […]

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