Flashback - 80s Style

On Sunday afternoon, we attended a Fundraiser Party for our friend Casie. She was recently accepted into the Orange County High School of the Arts (woo hoo!). It is just the perfect place for her, a girl who LOVES to perform. The only drawback - the price tag for a year of attending. The solution? An all out Flashback - 80s style Fundraising party.

Marcy (Casie's mom) rented out the local park facility, and together, she and I brainstormed for all things on the cheap or free or donated. To match the theme, I designed some 80s printable photo booth props for a fun photo booth. We also incorporated the props into table centerpieces, which were white paper bags trimmed with black and white checker tape.

To stay on budget, she put together a dessert table with handmade yummies brought by friends, and included (what else) cake pops! A completely ridiculous over the top display of "Have a Nice Day" pops (I totally made those!).

She and her husband also put together a talent show and lots of "Minute to Win it" games for her guests to enjoy. The big ticket (pun intended) event? Lots of silent auction items to bid on, and raffle baskets to try and win. I have to tell you how impressed I was at the decor, the organization and the turnout! There had to be 75 people there - at least. The fact that each of my kids won a raffle basket didn't hurt our experience either - they were elated to have won!

I couldn't wait to add these printable 80s photo booth props to the shop! I knew you would love them as much as I do.

 

So many totally radical props come in this set, including

Lips (3 styles)
Mustaches (3 styles)
can of Aquanet
Rubiks Cube
Pac Man And Monsters
Phrase Buttons
    Smiley Face, I love the 80s, Awesome, Gnarly, Save Ferris
Sunglasses (4 styles)
Can of Tab
80s Hair band Hair
Plus, a personalizable mini pennant banner and signage to use on your homemade booth.

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Wild Wild West!

This just goes to prove, you can have a Photo Booth ANYWHERE for ANY event.

Seriously.

We have a super ultra urban Farm in an area of our fair city that is mostly, well, concrete. One third of an acre has been reclaimed to grow fruits and veggies, and eventually to raise chickens in addition to strengthening a community and teaching the school kids in the area. Last weekend, we all celebrated the Farm's 1st anniversary with a street festival extravaganza complete with food, crafts, local vendors, and different performing groups like Kalpulli Tlaltekuhtli, Capoeira CDO Long Beach and some beautiful Baile Folklórico!

Who else was there? Well, Paper & Cake of course! I wouldn't miss offering a super fun themed photo booth for all to make a memory of this fun event. I came up with the theme "Wild West" mostly because of a "horse" that was brought over by the event's organizer (how could I turn her down?) to use in the photographs. Add some printable "Wanted" posters, some Cowboy hats and of course over-sized mustaches, and there you have it!

The backdrop was created with old fruit crates stacked one atop the next with a bit of maroon felt behind that to block out the direct sunlight, and the occasional car (I did mention how urban this farm is, right?). Old and young alike lined up to hold up ridiculous props or to just sit on the horse for their portraits. The booth was nearly free to set up, and worked perfectly as a fundraiser for the Farm Anniversary event - just charge a fee per photo and either: print on the spot, email to your customers, or have them pick up their prints.

Having your own fundraiser event? Or maybe a Cowboy themed party? You can pick up your own set of Wild West photobooth props - just add your own bandanas, a camera and a little imagination.

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In Case You Missed It

My claim to fame.... the Today Show! I was beyond excited to be offered a little spot on yesterday's segment, all about how to throw a Royal Wedding watch party. Beyond excited!

You can watch it here, keep on the lookout for our printable Royal Wedding Photo Booth props!

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Fit for Royalty

I was recently asked to make a custom printable photo booth prop set to commemorate the Royal Wedding, and now, I know more about the Royal Wedding than I care to admit!

If you are going to be celebrating Prince William and Kate Middleton's big day, you may want to consider these super cute printable photo booth props. Not only will you get to slip Kate's engagement ring on your finger, but you can wear a multi-million dollar royal tiarra before she does.

Some very fun things come in this Will & Kate Royal Wedding photo booth props set...

Photo Props
...Lips
...Mustaches
...Champagne Bottle
...Champagne Glasses
...Top Hat
...The Royal Engagement Ring
...Union Jack
...Royal Guard Hat
...Tiara
Pennant Banner +
Signage +

+ Customizable item: Those items with a + sign can be easily personalized using Acrobat Reader, a free download from Adobe.com.

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Post-Weekend Update

Good Monday Morning! Hope you are up, drinking your second cup of coffee and getting things done-ish. This past weekend was a good one, with a great balance of jammies, sunshine, craft projects and family. With out too much laundry, arguing, chores or deadlines.

American Girl craft project... FINALLY finished!

first project from Autumn's brand new art class

new record player arrives from ebay seller - a replacement for my childhood player that just broke

Fourth of July Patriotic printable photo booth props - DONE!

sneak peek of our NEW Fourth of July printable Block Party set

and lastly, no weekend is complete without a little lightsaber battle!

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Seeing Green on St. Patrick's Day

How adorable are these little red-headed cuties? You don't have to be Irish to enjoy this printable photo booth prop set this St. Patrick's Day. In fact, you don't have to be a kid either. Whether you are entertaining a class of 2nd graders, or enjoying a pint of green beer, our photo booth props will bring a little Leprechaun magic to any party!

In this St. Patrick's Day printable Photo Booth Prop set you get:
Photo Props
 ...Mustaches
 ...Lips
 ...Pot of Gold
 ...Rainbow
 ...Shamrocks
 ...Leprechaun Beard
 ...Leprechaun Hat
 ...Leprechaun Bow Tie
Pennant Banner +
Signage +

+ Customizable item: Those items with a + sign can be easily personalized using Acrobat Reader, a free download from Adobe.com.

Photos courtesy of missymariephotography.blogspot.com

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NEW! Photo Props

I don't know if you've noticed, but printable photo props have taken over the shop! It all started with a Carnival themed printable set, and just went CRAZY!

Valentine's Day Printable Photo Booth Props

Wedding Printable Photo Booth Props

Pirate Printable Photo Booth Props

(by the way, these match our Pirate Printable Birthday Party!)

What do you get in the printable photo booth props set? Well, the usual lips and mustaches, signage and pennant banner, plus items specific to the theme, like a Champagne bottle with a personalized label, just type in the bride and groom's names. These are SO easy to put together, scissors (or an xacto knife) wooden skewers or lollipop sticks and hot glue. Check out the Paper & Cake printable shop and download yours today!


PS... Were you missing that hint of green? Check back soon for a printable St. Patrick's Day set of photo props!

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P&C Real Life Party: Holiday Photo Props

Holiday photo props in action! Last Sunday night, my family had our annual "Barter Family Christmas Party" (Barter is my mom's maiden name). This first photo prop photo is of my sister and her three cute kids - it pretty much cracks me up.

This next photo was sent in from Denecia of Seester's Stationery... adorable. And I love that background!

Send in your pictures...I would LOVE to see what you have done with your holiday photo props!

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Holiday Photo Booth Props

We LOVE the Holiday season. And we LOVE photo booth props, so, how about some printable Holiday photo booth props? Imagine your holiday party with this (hilarious, silly, goofball) activity as an ice breaker?

Aren't these just perfect? So much fun, and seriously, so easy to put together! Our Holiday printable photo booth props are even a great activity to keep the kids busy between dinner and present-opening-time, am I right?

 

For the backdrop, all you have to do is hang a large sheet of leftover wrapping paper on the wall. Then, you can add the mini-pennant banner included in this kit, and there you have an instant (and inexpensive) photo booth.

Included in this printable Holiday Photo Booth Props set:

Photo Props
...Mustaches
...Lips
...Santa Hat
...Santa Beard
...Mrs. Claus' spectacles
...Reindeer Antlers
...Rudolf's Red nose
Pennant Banner and Signage (add your own personalized text)

What else? Well, we also have a kit available for your photo booth fun! This packaged DIY photo booth prop kit includes 21 different items, all ready for you to put your creative spin on them.

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