Ruff Draft: Gift Packaging Centerpieces – The Operation Shower Way

Today’s Ruff Draft is a behind the scenes of the 2011 TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP OPERATION SHOWER that we helped with last week in Atlanta. We designed the invitation and party decor, (which was inspired from this year’s 4th of July Pinwheel Collection)  and went down to help style the event with the lovely LeAnn Morrissey, and Amy Belle […]

Ruff Draft: How to make Candy Centerpieces and more….

It’s Ruff Draft Time! If you liked yesterday’s post about Grayce’s 6th Candyland inspired birthday party, you will be happy to see our insider’s scoop on how we made some of the displays.   Just an FYI…. the invitation is now available, and the collection will be in the shop this week.   We’ve had lots […]

Ruff Draft: The “How To” of Printables – Featuring our Bridesmaids Collection

Over the last week, we have been featuring our latest  Bridesmaids themed Parisian “Girls Night In” photo shoot for the launch of Bridesmaids (the movie) exclusively at Target.  (9.20.11!) We get a lot of questions on how to use our printable packages.  While we do include a full set of instructions with all of our […]

Ruff Draft: DIY Polyhedrons with Fan Ruffle Embellishments

Today’s RUFF DRAFT is inspired by Maureen’s favorite Polyhedrons, seen in our “I heart Valentine’s Day” photoshoots and “Jeffrey’s Modern Lego Inspired Birthday Party” photoshoots.  We  have had several questions about these fun accent pieces, so we wanted to share with you this easy DIY project.  Maureen asked me to demonstrate the tutorial….. and I of course, wanted to give them a little […]

Ruff Draft: Party Packaging with DIY “Ruff” Style Poms

Today starts our first ever Ruff Draft column…. Maureen and I are thrilled to be able to share some of our “behind Anders Ruff scenes” with you. Since it’s the first article,  we thought we would start off with a basic pom (so easy, so simple) – “Ruff” style. As you may already know, we just released a new product […]

DIY Tutorial & Printable: Egg-Shaped Old Fashioned Candy Buttons

  DIY Tutorial: Egg Shaped Candy Buttons Did you see our feature on our Easter Has Sprung Collection photo shoot yesterday? We had many comments asking how to make the old fashioned candy buttons. Simple! Materials: – Copy Paper (Cut into 4″x5″ rectangles or whatever size you prefer) – Printed Egg Stencil Shape (Download yours […]