Refreshing summer cocktails July 19, 2011

Bring back 5 o’clock cocktail time! These refreshing and colorful drinks are perfect for unwinding. Every color of the rainbow is represented below so you can match your cocktail to your party’s color scheme (or do a rainbow and one of each).

Click on any picture to be taken to the recipe and directions. Do you have a favorite summer drink recipe? My family loves a classic shandy-  simply mix equal parts beer and 7-Up. Fill a glass half full of beer (light beer works best) and then fill the rest of the glass with 7-Up. Delicious! We’ve done this using Ginger Ale and it worked great.

RED

Sparkling pomegranate

Watermelon punch

 

ORANGE

Passion Fruit Mojitos

Satsuma

 

 

YELLOW

Sparkling Fresh Paloma

Lemon Shandies

GREEN

 

Apple Mezcaltini

Honeydew Fizz

BLUE

Blue Bahama

 

Blue Souvenir

INDIGO and VIOLET

Cointreau Tease

 

Purple Mother

 

Black Forest Gateau Martini

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Party “Welcome” Door Signs March 29, 2011

I am so happy to have mailed off some fun party decorations and invites to Tisha this morning! She is having a joint birthday party with her husband. In fact their wedding anniversary’s sandwiched in between the two birthdays so they really do have a lot to celebrate! I enjoyed working with her on the invites and am thrilled with the final product. The invites are 5 inches by 7 inches and have a bright white card stock overlay. The overlay is tied to the card with about 8 inches of grosgrain ribbon which are cut on a diagonal. I printed their return address on the envelopes so all she has to do is address them.

Invites

The invites match the Happy Birthday banner which I had listed in my Etsy shop. I do have more of this amazing card stock so keep an eye on my shop… I may just have to make another one of these. I love that the colors are bright. Also, some of the paper in this collection has glitter, too.

Happy birthday banner

 

Happy birthday banner

As a special treat for the birthday gal (and guy!), I made a welcome door sign for them to hang on their front door. This is a fun way to create a party atmosphere from the moment people enter the house.

Party door sign

 

Party door sign

I really like making welcome signs for parties. I think they are really fun and add  a nice touch. I sell print your own door signs in my Etsy store. The one below is part of the sailboat collection. I love making party collections and think it is really fun to have matching invites, cupcake toppers, party circles, etc.

Sailboat party door sign

Sailboat printable door sign

 

 

Ribbon Wands March 21, 2011

I was recently asked about ribbon wands for little boys. The ones I’d made up to now definitely had a girly feel to them. Think soft, girly colors and flowers! But boys love ribbon wands, too. I think the idea of twirling around with the ribbon is appealing to all children, regardless of gender. There is something fascinating about the way the ribbon moves and follows their hand movements. So, I was tasked with designing wands that any parent would be happy to let their child play with…

Combination of 5 colors!

Gender-neutral Ribbon Wands

8 feet of ribbon per wand

I love this color combination. It is inspired by the Bright collection in my Etsy store. It is a combination of orange, white, turquoise, light green (celadon) and yellow. So fun! Each strand measures 2 feet long and there are four strands per wand. That means these ribbon wands have a very generous amount of ribbon- 8 feet per wand!

 

Here are some items from the Bright collection that inspired the choice of color combination.

Party picks

Birthday banner

 

I hope you love these wands! Leave a comment and let me know what color combination you’d like me to use for the next set of wands.