AHOY! A Nautical Backyard Summer Bash! {Great 4th of July Ideas!}

Ahoy there! Jen Carver of Banner Events here to share a party theme perfect “from sea to shining sea”.  We invited our family & a couple of friends to join our “Carver Crew” for a sailin’ good time at a nautical inspired 4th of July party! Living near the Pacific Ocean, I have always had […]

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A Bright and Colorful Easter Party

We are so excited about our New Classic Pastel Easter Collection! We designed the collection in classic pastel colors with hues of gold incorporated, since we are loving the metallics mixed with pastel trend.  The collection boasts gorgeous classic Easter silhouettes mixed with a basket weave pattern, wavy line pattern, polka dots and stripes. This […]

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Feeling Lucky? $8 Sale on our New St. Patrick’s Day Collection!

Are you feeling lucky?  We could all use a little luck, right? For a limited time, we marked our Emerald, Hot Pink and Gold St. Patrick’s Day Collection down on sale to $10, but for all of our local fans and followers, you can use special code “LUCKY8” to get even more of a discount. […]

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NEW Emerald, Hot Pink and Gold St. Patrick’s Day Printable Collection

“You Sham Rock!”  We are so excited to introduce our new (out of the box) printable collection for St. Patrick’s Day!  The Pantone color of the year is Emerald so we had to incorporate that into the mix.  However, with gold being SO popular, how could we leave THAT out of the scheme?  Toss in […]

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Ruff Draft: DIY Decoder and New Secret Message Valentine

We have been having so much fun coming up with new ideas for this year’s Mustache Valentine Collection!  Today, we wanted to show off the newest Valentine Card- A secret message valentine with DIY decoder template!  The package includes a blue and pink Valentine Card that says, “I spy a secret message” (with a CUSTOMIZED […]

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Ruff Draft: DIY Mustache Pillow For Your Valentine!

This week, we have been hard at work designing and styling our Mr. and Mrs. Mustache Valentine Collection.  If you didn’t have a chance to see the styled photo shoot, check it out here!  While working on this theme, I created a DIY mustache pillow to give to your favorite Valentine.  My girls have been […]

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Ruff Draft: Winter Wonderland Holiday Entertaining

It is a Winter Wonderland, here in Ohio this week (I traveled home for the holidays this season and we have had a lot of snow!!!)  I am soo exited to show you some of the holiday entertaining I did for my Mom’s 60th Surprise Winter Wonderland Birthday Party.  Do you remember our Winter Wonderland […]

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Happy Holidays 2012 Anders Card

  “May your days be merry and bright!”  This is the card my family sent out this year.  The photos on the card were taken by the fab Becca Bond Photography. Such fun!  I designed this hangtag style holiday card with our favorite ikat pattern.   I used Gold Shimmer Twine this year from The […]

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Gingerbread House Tradition (The Easy Way)

I have always wanted to make gingerbread houses with my kids but this time of year is so chaotic that we never got around to it. This year was a success!  However, we took the “easy route” and used graham crackers.  Since they are only 4 and 7, it would end up being me doing […]

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An Elf Adoption Holiday Party!

  Audrey of Sweet Cheeks Tasty Treats recently hosted the most precious Elf Adoption Party.  Not all of her friends had little elf visitors during the holidays to watch over the children’s behavior, so what better than to let them adopt and name elves at the party! Audrey reached out to us earlier this year […]

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Ruff Draft: Sharing Christmas Traditions & Favorite Memories

Do you have a favorite Christmas tradition that you have either passed on, or created yourself? I have a family Christmas Tradition that my parents started when I was a kid, and wanted to share with you today.  It is my favorite memory as a child, and I have continued doing it for my kids! […]

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Ruff Draft: You’ve Been Elfed! FREE PRINTABLE

You KNOW we love elves! (Have you seen our Magical Elf Holiday Party yet?) Well, have you been “Elfed” yet this year?  If you want to get this fun tradition (Kind of like “Booing”) going in your neighborhood or amongst  friends, download this year’s FREE YOU’VE BEEN ELFED Printable (find the download at the bottom […]

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CYBER MONDAY SALE!

Happy Cyber Monday!  We are excited to offer a Cyber Monday sale for our fans and followers! Enter code CYBER50AR for 50% off all Holiday Printable DIY Collections and Tags!  Find them here. (That includes our brand new Magical Elf Collection, too!  Most of our holiday collections are originally $12,50, get it for $6.25 with […]

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Ruff Draft: Holiday Hostess Gift and Entertaining

Are you ready Holiday Entertaining this week?  If not, we have some last minute, quick and easy ideas for you! I am one of those people who insists on bringing hostess gifts everywhere I go.  However, I am also one of those people who tends to wait until the last minute… which gives me limited […]

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Ruff Draft: Free Printable Book Plates for Christmas

Have all of you had a chance to see our NEW MAGICAL ELF  collection and photoshoot yet?  We just shared our detailed write-up on Monday – to see details, click here! Maureen and I were recently talking about holiday traditions, and she shared with me a really great ritual her family does each year.  On the […]

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