Halloween Ideas – Halloween Smores Bag Topper – Halloween Printable Party Kit – Day 4

We have been introducing new Printable S’mores bag toppers for holidays all year long.  We love them and we hope you do, too!  (Remember our Valentine’s Day S’mores, and our Easter Peeps S’mores… oh, and our Nautical 4th of July S’mores….)  Well, we hope you are ready for S’more! For Day 4 of our Halloween […]

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Giveaway: A Tissue Tassel Garland Kit from The Flair Exchange {2 winners}

When I was a bit younger streamers were a pretty “happening” party decoration.  It hung from door ways, wrapped around banisters and draped across the ceiling.  It was so pretty all twisted and you could get super fancy and put two colors together, twist them, hang them and impress your guests with your mad streamer […]

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Now Launching: An “Angry Bird-day” Celebration {Angry Birds Inspired}

Jen Carver, of Banner Events, here to share a fun new “Angry Bird-day” party theme launched recently in honor of two of my sons’ birthdays!  Feathers were flying at the Carver “birdhouse”  as we were busy prepping for 20 guests to come “crash” the party. December is a busy enough month as is, but add birthdays for two children to […]

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New Year’s Thoughts from Maureen

As I think about this {2012} year, I start to tear up.  I’m not sure why but I think it’s just because I have felt so lucky. Lucky to have an amazing team to work with. Lucky to have amazing clients to design for. Lucky to have been asked to do some amazing projects (To […]

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Sea Breeze Gender Neutral Baby Shower

  We are really excited to share our new baby shower theme! Ready for a totally do-able and fresh gender neutral baby shower?  Sea breeze inspired hues of mint, aqua, lime, and yellow set the stage for some yummy desserts and soft, yet striking decor! We love to go overboard incorporating fabulous professional dessert artists, […]

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Giveaway: Going Stemless $100 store credit

From the guest list to the decor, hosting a party can really be quite fun and the anticipation of it all is like a good build up to Christmas!  Then the guests leave and you kick off your shoes, tie up your hair, look around at the mess and begin the clean up of plates, […]

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Pierson’s Retro Bowling Party

I am SO excited to share Pierson’s bowling party with you all! When my son requested a BOWLING Birthday Party for this year, visions of a stylish and retro bowling team kept coming to mind.  There are so many easy and effective ways to add style and character to a bowling party, and I’m excited […]

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Giveaway Winners: “HOP” Party Essentials

I am so excited to be posting the winners for our “HOP” Party Essentials Giveaway contest.  I was able to draw the names of 10 lucky winners,  so without further ado here they are: Grand Prize Winners (Prizes Valued at $350 – load and loads of goodies plus the “HOP” DVD/Blu-Ray with the printable HOPpy […]

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More About The Target HOP Promotion – 3 Days until it hits Target shelves!

We are getting really excited for March 23rd, 2012!  That is the day the movie “HOP” hits shelves and the Target promotion is started! In case you haven’t been around much, Universal hired us to design a HOP themed Easter printable package (see the styled shoot here) that will be FREE with purchase of marked […]

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“HOP” Party Essentials Giveaway! ($350 in Prizes for 3 Winners, 7 Runners up)

We have had so much great feedback from our recent “Hoppy Easter Party” project with Universal Studios and the HOP movie promotion for Target!  “HOP”, the movie, hits shelves on 3.23.12 at Target and we figured you might want to hold your own HOPPY Easter party!? Our amazing vendors wanted to share the love and […]

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Giveaway: Kid’s Bowtique Tutu Bag

This week our giveaway is what little girls dream of….tutus and shopping!  We’ve all seen those adorable little girls skipping through the store in their little tutu carrying their purse like they own the aisle – which they usually do since we all sidestep to take an adoring glance.  Kids Bowtique has found a way […]

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Firefly Confections Guest Post – How to Package Cookies

Today we are excited to have one of our wonderful sponsors guest posting… I can’t believe I am late at posting this tip!  I had great intentions of sharing this before Christmas, but this will be helpful no matter what! Sandy, of Firefly Confections, is sharing how to package cookies for shipping.  That is a […]

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CLOSED – Giveaway of the Week – Treats, Props, Fashion and Signage from the Lego Inspired Party!

Jeffrey’s Modern Lego Inspired party was a blast.  I’m so glad I could share the 3 parts to his party this week with all of the details! Part One: The Dessert Table and Lego Inspired Candy Bar Part Two: The Decor and Favors Part Three: The Activities and Games This week’s Giveaway is a Fabulous […]

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Site Launch Celebration SALE! $9 Printable Collections!

We haven’t ever done this before, so now (with the new andersruff.com site launch and everything) seemed like the BEST time to do it. It took us 9 months to design and launch our fresh new website, so for one week we are offering ALL of our holiday, seasonal and school printable packages for only $9 […]

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A Super Hero Party: Super "K" Turns Three

Super “K” Turns Three Shauna of Real Life Events recently shared with us photos from her son’s third birthday party. Shauna was inspired by our recent Super P post and did a super duper job using our customized printables! The party was held at a local venue..look at the smiles on those faces! Capes courtesy […]

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