LOVE BITES
>> Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Cup-wrappers and Valentine's roundsDoes your vision of Valentine's Day NOT include the color pink? We've got you bitten...we mean, we've got you covered.
This "Dark Moon Valentine" collection includes:
- Favor Bag Toppers
- Cupcake Picks
- Stickers
- Cards
- Favor Bags
- Coffee Cup Sleeves
- Full Sheets Patterned Paper
Valentine's CardsSo swoop on over to our store for our Twilight inspired Valentine's Printables...and sometimes...LOVE just BITES!
excerpt from Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series.
Favor Bags and Valentine's rounds for garlands or drink-glass charms
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Coming Soon! Valentine's Day
>> Saturday, January 23, 2010

Keep those eyes peeled... This zebra print inspired Valentine's Day collection is right around the corner!
Bag Toppers
Cupcake Picks
Stickers
Cards
Favor Bags
Coffee Cup Sleeves
We will let you know when this collection is available. In the meantime, "Luv Bugs" and "Valentine's Celebration in Damask" are in the shop today!
We're Going to Alt!
>> Thursday, January 21, 2010
We're heading off to Salt Lake City for the Altitude Design Summit! brrrr... we'll fill you in on all the good design news when we get back!
Weekend Brunch Recipes
>> Tuesday, January 19, 2010
We have a pretty serious Weekend Brunch tradition in our house; sometimes its just our family, sometimes we invite friends and neighbors. One thing is consistent though: Dad makes the meal!Here are his two favorite recipes (and mine too...to eat that is).
Party Craft
>> Friday, January 15, 2010
Chinese New Year Inspiration Board
>> Wednesday, January 13, 2010
clockwise from upper left: 2010 is the Year of the Tiger, asian-inspired cupcake tower from The Beehive, tissue pom garlands via Erin.Ever.After, a gorgeous floral display from Visual Vamp, gold fortune cookie placecard holder from Beau-Coup, DIY paper lanterns via Design Sponge!
I love throwing a casual Chinese New Year's Dinner Party...its so fun to decorate and easy to put together. This year I'm thinking of red, pink and orange as the color group, making dozens of easy DIY paper lanterns, buying some gorgeous flowers from the Flower Mart and a few pre-made tissue poms for added color!
Mailbox Craft
>> Monday, January 11, 2010

Yup, you heard it... a craft from the mailbox. We (as I'm sure you do too) get catalogs in the mail almost every day, but the Nordstrom catalogs are SO beautiful, with fabulous pictures and glossy paper - it's a shame to throw them out. The kids and I sat down one afternoon and used a catalog to make a veritable flotilla of paper boats.
The supplies are simple, all you need for the boat is paper, and if you want to add a flag or sail to the boat, you will also need; scissors, hole punch, skewers and tape.
tip: do not use cardstock weight paper for this project
Boats:
- Take a rectangular sheet of paper and fold in half, horizontally
- Turn down corners of folded edge down, so edges meet at the center and crease
- Fold to the outside the open long edge of the remaining rectangle for a cuff
- Fold down the corners of both cuffs, following the angle of the triangle's sides
- Pull long sides out so the bottom corners come together to create a diamond shape and crease
- Fold up one bottom corner, making a triangle and crease. Repeat for other side
- At the diamond's top, pull flaps out and away from center tip in a single smooth motion
- Pinch boat's bottom edges and pull out so it stands

Flags/Sails:
- Cut paper into flag or sail shapes
- Tape onto skewer
- Hole punch a very small hole at top point of boat
- Insert skewer (tape underneath if necessary)
- Take pictures!
P&C Real Life Parties ~ Fairy Wonderland
>> Friday, January 8, 2010
As it turns out, Cara, over at "Livin' the Yeh Life", is a friend of my sister Sarah. My sister told her all about our printable partyware and Cara was hooked!
She recently threw a party for her daughter's 3rd birthday using our Fairy Wonderland collection. Here is what she had to say:
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For Natalie's 3rd birthday, she decided on a fairy theme. My friend's sister runs a great business called Paper & Cake, from which you can download pdf files for almost any themed birthday you like. You then print whichever items you like... (I printed a banner, invitations, thank-you's, and all the other things you see pictured below!)

This turned out to be a very frugal birthday party! Other than the goodies from Paper & Cake, I bought everything I needed from the Dollar Tree. For our first "craft," we colored fairy pages from a dollar store fairy coloring book.
Our second craft was a big hit... I bought giant pixy stix, pipe cleaners, and one package of foam butterflies. I had my mom sew 2 butterflies together, along with some tulle, and slid them onto the pixy stix. The girls decorated their wands by sprinkling "fairy dust" (glitter) on the wings, and putting beads on the antennas.
Our games were "Princess, princess, fairy," and "Fairy says." I'll let you guess what classics those were! Both were a little difficult for our crowd, but made for some good laughs for the adults!
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Cake Plates
>> Thursday, January 7, 2010
I am shamlessly reposting a craft from my previous blog adventure, but I just really love it, and wanted to share all things party...particularly these easy, lovely and inexpensive cake stands perfect for cupcakes and other sweet treats...
Step 4: Using an epoxy that's appropriate for glass and ceramics, adhere the base to the plate and let dry overnight. (Remember, epoxy is caustic stuff, so use outside or a very well-ventilated room.)
Real Parties: Baby Shower Cookies!
>> Tuesday, January 5, 2010
A dear friend of mine hosted a sweet 1st Birthday for her son using our Paper&Cake French Circus Baby's 1st Birthday Collection. She took the images to her local bakery and had them transferred to cookies to give out as favors...brilliant! Here's a link to a DIY cookie picture transfer tutorial so you can do it yourself!
bag toppers from Paper&Cake with picture transfer cookiesRainy Day Activity
>> Monday, January 4, 2010
What do you get when you cross a brand new "Cakelet" cake pan from Williams Sonoma, and a Cookie and Cupcake Decorating set from Kuhn Rikon with an entire day spent inside because of rain?


Well obviously, you get 4 super happy and super SUGAR energized kids!
The cake pan was a Christmas gift, and I used spray Pam with flour to ensure my box-of-cake mix didn't stick. One box would have made a pan's worth (6 cakelets) plus at least one single cake (had I not thrown out the rest of the batter). The spray Pam with flour is a DREAM and made those cakes just glide out of the pan.
For frosting, I made a double batch of royal icing - and separated it into 4 smaller batches to color with neon food coloring. I am still trying to figure out the "trick" to getting the icing into the little squeeze bottles - let me know if you have any tips for me - it is just plain messy getting them filled.
And lastly, have the vacuum cleaner nearby and plugged in, those sprinkles get everywhere! Read more...



