Stick(er)y Situation

I am currently helping plan two parties for important people in my life: a first birthday for my nephew, and a party celebrating the recent marriage of my brother-in-law and his wife.

I came across a pin on Pinterest on how to make monogram stickers using Avery labels. I thought having a custom sticker on dessert bags/boxes would look awesome, so, I moved on over to Avery.com to check out their templates. They have soooooo many products to choose from.

I went with the 2in. circles below.

Here is how to navigate to the templates below:

Since I already knew the product I was using, I was able to search for it. 

Once the product is selected, Avery already has a ton of really great designs that can be customized using text boxes. I went with a custom design I made myself since I couldn't find exactly what I was looking for.

I used PowerPoint to come up with my design using a circle shape so I could change the background and add textboxes, etc.  Then I saved it as a "JPG File Interchange Format" to upload the image onto the sticker. This method of saving as a JPG doesn't always come out the best, so the other option is to save the file as a PDF and find a PDF to JPG converter online. 

Also on Pinterest, I found a site with the most amazing free font downloads. Where has this been all my life?!? Go to Dafont.com IMMEDIATELY!! I am so mad I didn't find it sooner, but so glad I did. There are so many to choose from! It was hard not to download them all! Here are a mere 25 of my favorite fonts, with links in the caption (fonts are free for personal use and they all have licensing terms):

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 

So once you have your stickers designed, you're all ready to print! Start by printing only one sticker at a time, or else you'll get a full sheet of papers that look like this: 

What the hell is that white space on the right side?!? It didn't look like that in the preview!

 Make sure you use the "printer adjustment" to get your stickers just right. 

I had to go back into the design screen and move my sticker around a little bit to get them just right.

So hard to decide which one to use! I think I'm going with the plain pink background.

So excited to use these at upcoming parties!

Bridal Shower Banners

After my co-worker saw my awesome rosette banners from my cousin's bridal shower,

Awesome rosette tutorial can be found here.

 

She enlisted me to make banners for her sister's bridal shower. She let me have free rein, with only two requirements: they had to involve pink and cheetah. How fun!

While I love my rosette banners, they were just a bit too much, not to mention time consuming. I decided to make a variety of banners in different styles in my standard "bridal shower package": 1. the wedding date, 2. "bride-to-be", and 3. the names of the bride and groom.

I love how these came out! 

Handmade with love!

While I didn't want all rosettes, I think the rosette banner was my favorite.

Usually I attach the letters to string on the back. Practical, but BORING!

 This go around, I decided to branch out and use ribbon to jazz it up a little bit. I went with a classy, sheer black ribbon, so the banners weren't overly busy.

I hadn't made a triangle flag banner before, but it looks awesome!

Now, I just need to figure out how to tie perfect bows to attach the letters together...

Time for a name change...

After all the planning for the wedding was over, I really missed it. I loved having my creative side come out, which I don't really get to on a daily basis as an accountant. So, naturally, I decided to start my own event planning business and roped my sister-in-law, Sam, with me, as a project we could do on the side.

Hire us now!

We'll cover all event aspects from decor to planning and staging.

 Stay tuned for a peek at our debut event at the end of September!