All the Small Things...

New Year's Eve Party Kits...

So I have come to realize that adding almost anything to a cellophane bag makes it more fantastic!

 

On Friday night I made a quick run to Party City and picked up some party hats, poppers, confetti, noise makers and candy for our family New Year's Eve party.

 

I then divided all the items into bags, added a folded piece of paper to the top of the bag, and a party kit was made!  

The kids thought it was fantastic and I didn't have to hear, "She used more confetti than me", or "I didn't get as many poppers as him" or all the other ridiculousness that I usually hear when the kids are asked to share things like this.

I will definitely be doing this again-- remind me not to head out to Party City on New Year's Eve next time though!!!  Yikes!!!

 

Again... add anything to a bag and it turns to magic!  :)

A New Year's Eve Gift...

So what do you do when you didn't get your friend a Christmas gift???

 

Deliver a New Year's Eve gift to her and her family to help them welcome in the new year!!!

 

This was a fun parcel to put together and all it took was a little shopping and a little craftiness.

 

1- First, I didn't have time to make cupcakes, so I headed to our local cupcake store (don't use grocery store cupcakes unless you have tried them before know they are delish) and bought a dozen cupcakes with a black and white color scheme.

2- I then headed to Trader Joe's for some of their French Lemonades.

3- I then visited here for the cupcake toppers and here for the bottle tags.  I printed them out and then cut them out.  I added the circles to a toothpick (one on each side) and then added them to the tops of the cupcakes.

4- Next I added the bottle tags to the bottles and added a bow.

5- To finish it off, I added one of the print outs from above to the top of the box.  Easy and fun!!!

Happy New Year!

Well, here I go on my new commitment to be a better blogger.  I'm actually very excited about it!  Here goes!

So, to commemorate the first day of the new year, I decided to make a fun paper craft.  I think it's pretty cute!  The super groovy part was that it was made with all my old supplies... love that!

New Years Garland:

   

Instructions:

1.  Using a great patterned paper, cut out 7 diamonds.  My paper was Gin-X by Imagination Project.  My diamonds were 7 inches tall by 3 1/2 inches wide. 

2.  Back the diamonds with silver paper by Paper Adventures and trim the sides with pinking scissors. 

3.  Then back those two layers with a dark blue cardstock.  I finished the back of my navy blue diamonds with a light blue glitter.

4.  Using Glue Dots, stick the Twinkle Type Letters to the diamonds.

5.  Punch a small hole through the top of the diamonds.

6.  Print out a vintage image on cardstock and back with dark blue cardstock.  I also applied glitter to the back of this and punched a hole in it.

7.  I then strung the diamonds and vintage image onto a length of ribbon and tied knots over each diamond to anchor them in place.

8.  I then took about 2 yards of ball trim and wrapped it along the length of the garland.

9.  To finish it off, I tied wired ribbon above each of the diamonds...

Super easy and a fun project too!  Below I've included some of my fav New Years images for you to use...  have fun!

   

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I can't wait to do one of these for each holiday! 

Stay tuned for Valentines...