Press: School Day Printable Collection Featured on Sonoran Living (ABC)

We love Sonoran Living and were so excited to see the segment last week which Stephanie (the fabulous host of Sonoran Living!) and Heather (of Paper Princess Studios) showed some creative ways to use our New “School Day” Printable Design Collection.  Take a peek! You can read the full writeup on ABC 15 Arizona’s site […]

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School Day Video – Sneak Peek and New Printable Collection!

All I can say is “FABULOUS!” This weekend was full of fun. Friday, we had our new Halloween photo shoot. Saturday morning, we had our School Day photo shoot. We held the “School Day” collection photo shoot at an 1890 old one-room school house! My little Jeffrey (in the nerdy cute bow tie) and Adria’s […]

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A Vintage Schoolhouse Party

I am a total nerd and loved every minute of school so this party made me want to go back to elementary school! Audrey (of Sweet Cheeks Tasty Treats) came to us with this amazing idea to have a Dick and Jane inspired Vintage Schoolhouse Party for her daughter’s 1st birthday. We were THRILLED to […]

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Gift Ideas for Teachers

We have some great Gift Ideas for Teachers to thank them for a great start to what will definitely be an awesome school year!  While your child may only be in Week 1 of the school year, your child’s teacher has spent countless (and unpaid) hours prepping supplies and preparing lessons getting ready for Week […]

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Tailgating Apple Party

Brenda Byers, owner of GreatStitch styled this amazing tailgating apple party!  You might be thinking “How in the world do you combine tailgating with apples?”  It can actually be done quite beautifully and below Brenda gives us a details account on how she put together this amazing event filled with delicious apple treats and the […]

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Apple Donuts Cupcakes for Teacher Appreciation

I love teacher appreciation week. Teachers are SUCH hard workers and do so much for our kids that I love to focus on pampering them during teacher appreciation week. If you saw me posting the adorable photo on instagram, it jogged my memory to when we made something similar.  A couple years ago for back […]

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FREE Printable Let’s Start the year off “Write” Printable Teacher Gift Tags

Well, today was our first day back to school and my boys were so excited! I was teary watching them get on the bus, but know they will meet lots of new friends and I love their new teachers!  I had to come up with a little back to school gift for their teachers, and […]

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Tutorial: Chocolate Pencil Pretzels from our Detective Birthday Party

I shared Jeffrey’s Vintage Detective Party last week, and I promised that I was going to show you guys how to make these easy Chocolate Pencil Pretzels (or is it chocolate pretzel pencils?)  Either way! We shared the Detective magnifying Glass cookies yesterday and now, to share the easiest of all ease!  These are the […]

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Essential Lunchbox Gear

Lunchbox Gear is definitely another essential part of the “Back to School” buzz!  On Wednesday Adria gave everyone a jump start on the search for trending backpacks and today we’re giving you some great leads on lunchbox gear that will make packing it so much more fun and eating it even better.  From cute sandwich cutters […]

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Chevron Pool Party Inspiration Board

A pool party is one of the best ways to celebrate an event during the summer. Be it for a birthday party, end of year celebration, back to school party, or just a summer celebration it’s the perfect way to be with friends and beat the heat. We recently featured a darling new chevron pool […]

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Ruff Draft: DIY Teacher Survival Kit

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 […]

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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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Anders Ruff 2011 Year in Review

Wow, what a year.  2011 has flown by in the blink of an eye!  Sitting here and trying to recap the highlights from the year is difficult because there were so many fun projects, new business acquaintances, collaborations, and opportunities that I’m quite overwhelmed.  {Hence why this post is going to be a mile long}. […]

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{New Anders Ruff Team Member!} Introducing Heidi

This post is long overdue, which is probably why I needed to hire in the first place! About 3 months ago, I realized that Anders Ruff had gotten to the point where handing all of the emails and etsy conversations, quoting, and project managing were tasks that needed a designated team member to handle.  Afterall, […]

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Ruff Draft: Healthy Snack Week

Get excited everyone! We bumped up our Weekly Ruff Draft to Tuesday this week due to a special announcement that will be made very soon! (Stay tuned for our most exciting news yet!!!) Sooooooo with that said…. we are still celebrating Back to School, and wanted to show you some more ways to use our SCHOOL DAY […]

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