{Designs Just Bloomed} Love Blooms Valentine Collection

I am thrilled to share the new

 "Love Blooms"

Valentine Collection

Available and on SALE now in the shop!

I am currently working on a few more pieces to complete the collection!

Check back midweek for a photo shoot and a giveaway!

Have a Great Weekend!

{Designs Just Bloomed} Cupcake Invitation and Toppers!

I recently had a custom request to design an invitation and cupcake toppers to coordinate with Bella Cupcake Couture's Dorothy wrappers.

I love how they turned out, so I also designed a little boy version too!

Happy Monday!

Don't Forget to watch my the Big Game Tonight!

GO DUCKS!!!

{Designs Just Bloomed} Modern Mom *Customer Photos*

In October, I was asked to design custom party tags, table labels, and thank you cards for a baby shower. The customer (also a sweet friend) had a modern mom look in mind, and together we designed the new "Modern Mom" Collection! I love the color combination of blue, brown, green and purple that she chose! She had just purchased the "Hannah" and "It's a boy" cupcake wrappers from Bella Cupcake Couture, so we made sure the browns and blues matched and added our own shades of green and purple. I just love how the collaboration produced such a fun new line! It is very exciting to work together with someone to create a custom design. I love the way it turned out and I am excited to share her photos of the actual shower with you! Thank you for sharing ladies, you did a fabulous job with the food and all the sweet details!

The full "Modern Mom" Collection is now available in my little shop!

Party Tags

Party Tags2

Table Labels

Thank You Cards

Have a Great Week!

2011!!!



image via Martha Stewart



Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a fabulous Holiday Season!

We had a wonderful time! My favorite part was having my girl home from school and being able to soak up the time with my little ones! I will admit I have dreaded today, the day that school starts up again, since the first day of break.

 I just love having us all home together, life feels complete and I feel at peace when we are all in the same place!

I took a break from the computer, blogging, facebook, etc.

It was a nice break, but I am anxious to catch up, share some fun parties with you and see your parties too!

2011 has already offered some fun and unique opportunities and I am excited to see where they may take me and my family this year!

Wishing all of you an Amazing 2011!

May all your dreams come true!

{Designs Just Bloomed} Snow Princess Collection

Snow Princess Collection!

I had a request for a custom design from a very sweet customer! I love the way it turned out, so I had to share! This adorable little Snow Princess on Ice Skates would be a great start for a Birthday Party, Winter Party, Snow Party or even an Ice Skating Party! The color combination of silver and purple is so fun!

After printing out the files, I added some glitter and rhinestones to make the paper goods sparkle!

The entire collection is now available in my shop!

Party Tags!

Table Labels and/or Place Cards

It is definitely a busy season around here! I am enjoying the craziness! I hope you are all having a magical time of year and enjoying your family and friends!

Have a Fabulous Friday!

{Designs Just Bloomed} Snow Much Fun Collection!

The "Snow Much Fun Collection"

has been so much fun to create :)

I am thrilled with the happy and bright colors and the adorable snowperson!

I love all the really cute art prints I have been seeing, so I decided to design one to match this collection.

I enlisted the help of my little ones to name a few things they enjoy in the winter. Together we came up with the

Snow Much Fun Print!

These little treat bags from Martha Stewart fit into the collection perfectly!

The colors even coordinate, I guess great minds think alike :)

 I love how these table labels and/or place cards turned out!

How fun to label your food or set your table with this little snowperson!

The "Snow Much Fun Tags" can be used in so many ways.

Use them to label your holiday gifts or have them customized to fit your snow party or birthday celebration!

The "Snow Much Fun Collection" includes

Invitation

Tags (4 designs)

Place Cards and/or Table Labels

Winter Art Print

Snow many possibilities for this fun collection! It is now available in my shop and I would love to customize it for your party! I am offering free customization thru Wednesday December 8th!

Have a Marvelous Monday!

{Designs Just Bloomed} Elegant Holiday Collection!

 "Elegant Holiday Collection"

The "Elegant Holiday Collection" is complete and available here in the shop!

Choose from three different invitations to start your party off right!

Add the coordinating tags, table labels and wine labels and your party design is complete!

Go get yours and enjoy FREE customization thru Wednesday, December 8th!

{Sneak Peek} New Holiday Collections!

Hello Friends and Happy December!

I am excited to share a quick peek of a couple Holiday Collections I am working on!

The inspiration for this little "Snow Much Fun Collection" came of course from my love of the snow and snow sports along with the fun memories I have as a kid going sledding with my family and friends.  

This would make a perfect invitation for a day of snow fun, or a winter birthday party!

I will be adding more items shortly to complete this collection.

 "Elegant Holiday Collection"

This holiday collection is done in one of my favorite color combinations of green, white and black. I wanted to incorporate a little elegance into a Holiday collection so that it could be used for adult parties! The "Elegant Holiday Collection"includes invitation, gift tags, thank you tags, name/place cards, table labels and wine labels.

Both of the Holiday Collections will be available in my new etsy shop very soon, and they can be customized to fit your celebration perfectly!

Have a Terrific Thursday!

{Designs Just Bloomed} Gratitude Thanksgiving Collection!

 The Fall/Thanksgiving collection has arrived!

introducing the

 "Gratitude Thanksgiving Collection"

Big News!

The "Gratitude Collection" is available in my

New Shop!

It will be ON SALE through November 17th!

While designing this collection I focused on textured backgrounds, with a modern twist on the traditional fall color scheme. 

I just love how it all came together!

It is a tradition in our family to go around the table, at the start of Thanksgiving dinner, and each person says what they are most thankful for at that moment. I thought since the little ones are getting older, it would be fun to actually write down what we are thankful for and display them as a banner.

"Gratitude Tags"

These cute little tags have a fun textured background.

They are 2.5 inch square.

You can trim them with scissors or with a square or scalloped square punch.

They are very versatile and can be used as place cards, cupcake toppers, or favor tags.

 (that's for you Grammy Debi, so excited for your visit!)

"Table Labels"

The table labels can be used to label all of your delicious food, and/or as place cards for your guests.

"Thank You Tags"

Also, included in the collection are thank you tags. Send your guests home with a special treat, so they know how thankful you are for each one of them!

The collection includes:

Fill in Invitation

Fill in Menu

Blank Table Labels/Place Cards

Gratitude Tags (thankful, grateful, give thanks, blessed)

Thank You Tags

I Am Thankful For Tags

The gratitude tags, table labels/place cards, invitation, and menu can all be customized!

After much debate and great advice from some very sweet party girls, I decided to open up an Etsy Shop.

I am looking forward to adding my designs to the shop over the next few weeks!

Wishing you a Happy Wednesday!

Thanksgiving/Fall Tablescape!

Last week I hosted a Stampin' Up party.

My friend/neighbor is a demonstrator and I have been wanting to host a workshop for quite awhile now!

I decided to set up a little table for the treats.

The catch... I challenged myself to only using what I had on hand, no shopping!

I will be honest, by this time I was burnt out with Halloween decor and I was in the middle of switching items around in my house preparing for fall.

I decided to go with a Fall/Thanksgiving inspired table.

I started by layering the table with burlap then brown fabric and finally a burnt red table cloth.

I really wanted to send the girls home with a homemade goodie, so I decided to make the caramel that I had seen here.

As I was thinking about where to set it on the table and walking around my house looking for inspiration, I found this shelf (which I had yet to hang up).

I added the jars of caramel to it, but it needed more. I fiddled with the hooks and realized that I could get them to turn upside down too, so I hung apples from them.

I loved how it turned out, and I decided that it would make a great focal point for the table.

Here is where I confess... I didn't have time to photograph the table before the guests arrived, so I had enough food left over to take photos the following day.
I had a hard time deciding how I wanted the table to look in the photographs.

Should the back drop be completely brown, no brown at all, or draped open?

Should I add height with candle holders, etc?

Should I hang the shelf or set it on the table or the hay or...?

So you see where I am going with this, I had a very indecisive day!

I designed and redesigned and along the way I took pictures.

The picture above does not have risers for the plates! 

Below I added risers!

 The picture above does not have a background, the picture below has a brown backdrop.

Although, these are suttle changes, I feel they make a BIG difference!

Thankfully I was able to decide on desserts :)

I ultimately did enjoy styling this table! I added a few personal touches with the thank you tags for the caramel and the table labels for the desserts. I also designed this welcome banner.

I enjoyed the challenge of only using what I had on hand. It is fun to repurpose items around the house, and to come up with your own unique ideas of how to use them!

I didn't quite make the challenge of not buying anything, I ended up buying these flowers! (does that count? :)

The "thank you tags" and "table labels" are part of my Fall/Thanksgiving collection that will be available soon in my little boutique! If you need them sooner, you can email me at partydesignsinbloom@live.com

Have a Fabulous Weekend!