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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I don’t know about you, but in my household, the girls are so excited organizing their new back to school supplies. Brynne wanted to have everything labeled this year for 6th grade, especially since her supplies would be scattered in between lockers, book bags, and binders. I worked with Maureen to create a new […]
I recently learned how to make hummus and have been trying out new flavors. I don’t know why I haven’t made fresh hummus before now, because it is one of my favorite dips/appetizers. Once I figured out the basic ingredients, I then decided to create a spicy red pepper hummus…. perfect for veggies, but even […]
We have been gearing up for the Back to School Season over here in the Ruff household… printing supplies lists, shopping school specials and figuring out what to do for our new school year teachers! We asked some teacher friends what they like getting as classroom gifts and their response was: practical goodies! So we […]
Did you guys happen to catch Brynne’s 11th Insta-Party featured on Hostess with the Mostess yesterday? If not, click here to see the party writeup and details! Brynne and I had so much fun prepping for her party and she actually did a lot of work to help me pull it off in 2 days. […]
I recently made fringe tassle garland for Brynne’s Insta-Party Birthday – it was so easy, inexpensive and actually quicker than I thought it would be. My daughter and her friends loved it, and Brynne even helped me make the tassles! I thought it would be fun to show you how to make these fringe tassles out […]
We have had several questions over the last couple of years, asking about how Maureen makes her infamous layered JELLO! You may have seen it from our I Heart Valentine’s Day Collection, Super P Turns 3 (Pierson’s Super Hero Party), or Pierson’s Retro Bowling Party… just to name a few!!! It is an easy and colorful […]
Is everyone ready for the 4th of July? We celebrated America just last week, in a non-traditional way with a very important Australian family. We threw the sweetest American Girl Doll inspired birthday party for one of our best Australian clients, Yolanda Cerra (a.k.a Kiss Me Kate) and her 5 year old daughter, Neveah! We […]
We are so excited for next week’s 4th of July Celebration! We created a fun nautical collection last year (if you didn’t see our party tips and ideas, click here) We wanted to match today’s free printable to it because we just adore it! Everyone loves sparklers so we decided to create a FREE SPARKLER HOLDER for […]
So this week was my daughter Brynne’s 11th birthday party… and if you have been following us on facebook, you will have figured out that her theme was inspired by the must-have app, Instagram (in fun tween colors)! I created the invite a few weeks ago… but didn’t have time to work on anything else […]
Has the heat kicked in yet in your neighborhood? It sure has here!!! We are in the 80’s and 90’s in the Carolina’s and we are loving all the gorgeous sunny weather! We are excited to promote Driscoll’s strawberries today – they are the best in town!!! We love them and wanted to come up with a […]
Do you know what Father’s Day gift you are giving this year? If not, today we have some ideas for you! We have recently been using a Silhouette CAMEO machine to cut out our designs.. what a time saver this is! (and precise)! This machine is simple to use, and eliminates hand cutting – how […]
It is graduation season and we know many of you will be going to upcoming graduation parties! My 5th grader, has graduation next week actually… being promoted to middle school. Wow how time flies – I can’t believe I will be a parent of a jr. high school kid!!! We recently designed a free printable […]
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