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decorative pom poms

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decorative pom poms

I must admit that I am a bit in love with these pom poms. I made these for my friends daughters first year birthday. She asked me to make the pom poms as part of decoration so I added the ribbons incase she wanted to hang them and they sure add an elegant touch. The best part about these were that everyone actually thought they were flowers and the older girls at the party used them as party hats,  with so many boys in our house I don’t know why my mind din’t go there. I enjoy making them, they look so pretty almost anywhere. These were made from tissue paper and it was relatively easier to make than the ones I made from newspaper. contact me if you would like to buy these, they come in different sizes and colors and can be custom made for your next event.

newspaper decorations

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newspaper pom poms

photo 3I made these pom poms for my friends 40th birthday. His love for the wall street journal inspired his wife to make a WSJ cake and needless to say I jumped on the idea. She had tons of newspaper and we used it to make pom poms, giant paper flowers, streamers etc. It was not the easiest thing cause newspaper, as supposed to tissue paper, has sharp edges so had to be careful but the outcome was fabulous. I used black silk ribbons to tie and suspended it from the vault and the lights from the backdrop set the mood perfectly.

newspaper flowers

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I absolutely love these giant newspaper flowers and believe me when I say that these photographs don’t do justice to how gorgeous they really were. We placed them in bunches around the loft in “strategic” locations. It was subtle because of the material so I made them huge so they would stand out. This idea was inspired by my good friend and incredibly talented Brittany Watson and her giant paper flower wedding, which she made herself, check out her blog here. This is the most fun I have had with newspapers of late and we made a bunch of other decorations too, see my next post.

lego in berry basket

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Fun, eco-friendly and reusable packaging for favors. I always have tons of these boxes since I use for various different things – in my studio, my kitchen, pantry etc and when my friend asked me to help her make favors for her 4 year old son under $5, I knew I could put them to good use. So I filled these baskets with legos and used cling wrap to cover the top and sealed around it with washi tape. I used plain paper, marker and stamp to create the thank you note and viola!

favor carriers

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drink carrier as toy holder for birthday favors

eco friendly drink carriers filled with summer toys are my favorite favors of them all and yes this was for my sons first birthday in June. I am amazed at the wonderful response I got for these. It was initially going to be the same for everyone but it dint make sense because we had kids from newly born to 10 years old and so I had to custom make it but it was easier than I thought and each favor had a name tag too.  The amazing part is that my girlfriends tell me that they are still using those favors after almost a year and after all it was a favor for both -carrier for the parents and toys for the kids. Love it!