Veggies in a Cup for an Outdoor Party

I love parties of all kinds!  Last year one of my good friends invited us to a Wits End Ranch for an end of school year family party.  I asked if I could bring something to help with the meal and she said bring chips and veggies.  I couldn't resist making a printable for the party and coming up with a fun way to transport and distribute the veggies since it was an outdoor party.  Here is what I created...

I found a metal two tier stand at pottery barn that I loved, but it was pretty expensive.  So I put off buying it and then I ran across this stand at Sam's that was much more reasonable priced.  I love it when that happens!  I have learned if I look long enough I can always find what I want for a great price.

Here is what you need to make something similar for a fun outdoor treat that will keep the bugs off of the food until someone picks one to eat: veggies (I used cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots and celery), individual ranch servings, cups that have the same size opening as the individual ranch dip (I found mine at Brookshire's) and off course a cute label.  I placed the cherry tomatoes on a skewer to keep them all together.

I used the Wits End Ranch logo but created the red gingham and blue ribbon background to match the logo.  Here is the final product!  Now go out and create something fun like this for your next event, and if you need a matching printable contact Paper Perfection at jtanddolly@yahoo.com for pricing and details.

Matt & Katie's Wedding Shower

I posted samples of the invite I created for Matt and Katie's wedding shower and I thought I would post a few pictures of the food labels and a few other things I made for the event.

I made the miniature rose cupcakes.  I love baking...especially cupcakes!

Lots of brides these days do not have "wedding books" like we used to have for their guests to sign at bridal showers so I started making fun cards like these "Recipe for a Good Marriage" mason jar cards for guests to fill out for the happy couple.  I made these cards to look like mason jars to match the mason jars used for drinks at the event.  The sign said:

PLEASE FILL OUT

A RECIPE CARD

WITH ADVICE FOR

MATT AND KATIE

FOR A

HAPPY MARRIAGE

THEN SIGN

YOUR NAME

AND PLACE IT

IN THE JAR

Here are all of the items created for Matt and Katie's bridal shower all together.

If you need custom printables the next time you host a bridal shower or any event contact Paper Perfection at jtanddolly@yahoo.com for pricing and details.

  

Purple and Teal Bridal Shower Invitations

Brides love bright colors these days, and I was asked to create a bridal shower invite for a bride using purple and teal as her signature colors.  Here are the invitation samples I created with that color palette.  If you would like one of these invitations or a custom invite for your next event contact Paper Perfection at jtanddolly@yahoo.com for pricing and details.

Navy and Red Lattice Baby Shower Invite

I remembered another baby shower invite request from Kathryn that I hadn't posted, and thought I would share them with you.  This time she sent me a picture of a diaper bag that she wanted to match.  It was navy and white lattice with red accents.  Here are a few sample invites I created to match the diaper bag for her.  If you would like one of the invites and matching party printables or a custom invite for your next event contact Paper Perfection at jtanddolly@yahoo.com for pricing and details.

School Mini Society - Money and Marketing Project

One of my favorite clients, Tyla, contacted me again for a fun image for her son.  His grade was learning about money and commerce by creating a product they could sell at a school event, comimg up with packaging and determining the price.  The product had to be made by them and could not be something they buy and resale.  Lots of schools do this to help kids learn about marketing, money and so much more!  Most schools do not use real money, and some schools even have kids create their own money to use.  Generally they will have prizes for the kids that make the most money on their product and/or sell the most items.  My niece's school had all of the kids create their own money and the winner's money was used for all.  Each child starts off with the same amount of money that they can use to purchase items at the "store" and every child ends up with lots of fun items that they get to keep.  I helped my niece when she made "flubber" to sell for her school event and Tyla's son made "putty" along with another friend.  They knew they wanted the school name, logo and colors, the label needed to be round to fit on top of jars they were going to put it in and their company name, H & H Industries needed to be on it.  Here is what I created for their product.

My niece's school called this event "Early Mini Society". Here is some money that I helped her create for her event.  Not only did they have to create a product to sell, and the actual money they would use but they had to determine the value of the money.  Their school mascot is the longhorn and the school colors are purple and black, so this is what we created together.

Here is some more money I created for another one of my nieces, for her Minute To Win It birthday party winner since the grand prize is one million dollars.

If you are needing help with a child's school project, contact Paper Perfection for pricing and details at jtanddollly@yahoo.com.  I charge by the hour for custom designs.

Black and White Chevron Baby Shower Invitations

I love working with Kathryn!  She contacts me every time she has a new party and it is so much fun to work with her designing custom items.  I think I have made at least four baby shower invitations for her.  Her latest request was for a black and white chevron invite for a baby shower.  Here are three designs I created for her to pick from.  If you would like one of these for your next event, need matching party printables like a banner, gift tag, candy bar wrapper, water bottle label, bag topper or a custom item contact Paper Perfection at jtanddolly@yahoo.com for pricing and details.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Birthday Banner

I love working with repeat clients!  A client that used my Lego party printables for her son's birthday last year contacted me wanting a "Teenage Mutant Ninja" birthday banner for her son's party this year.   If you would like this birthday banner or a custom item for your next event contact Paper Perfection at jtanddolly@yahoo.com for pricing and details.  The banner will say "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" and the child's name with a spacer image between each word.