Sweet 16

I hope you all had a nice three day weekend. As for me, it seemed more like a week than three days! Usually I love three day weekends but this weekend we were so busy! We celebrated my daughters 16th birthday on Saturday and today my family ran in the Great Aloha Run. Talk about exhausting! But don't get me wrong, it was tons of fun! I'm just glad its over.

So for all those Hello Kitty fans this post is for you. I couldn't get away without making my own daughter her very own Hello Kitty favors for her friends. Since they are a little older I had to make something more age appropriate so I came up with these:



Rockstar Hello Kitty 1-quart paint cans with matching clocks.


I used Fushia Swarovski crystals in place of the missing numbers and on the pails in Hello Kitty's bow.


Placed all the clocks in those cute little Hello Kitty bags you see in the background and filled each paint can with goodies.
The girls loved them!

Here's a picture I took of my daughter (the one holding the baby) and some of her friends while we were setting up.

Happy Sweet 16 baby girl!

Chals~

Mekayla's 1st Birthday

Wow can you all believe that it's been over a year since I posted pictures of my sister's baby shower!? We just celebrated Mekayla's 1st birthday two weeks ago and I can't believe how fast time flew by! I had been MIA from my blog but with good reason. Besides the car accident, I had been working on this birthday party for the past few months amongst other orders that I had to fill.

Well enough with the chit chat...let's move on to the pictures!


These are the favors that I created. I had to make 240 of them. All the boxes were cut by hand so you can imagine why this took me a while! Each favor was filled with two Ferrero Rocher chocolates and tied off with a lavender ribbon.


These are the centerpieces that we made. Our friends over at Popcorn Express Hawaii made us a special blend of matching pink kettle corn to place in each centerpiece. If you haven't tried their Kettle Corn yet, you are so missing out! Talk about delish!!! We made 24 of these centerpieces but I accidently forgot one at home so I got to keep one for myself after all (LOL!).


Here we have the card box. If you remember my post on my sister's baby shower, I used this same basket to wrap her gift in. She saved it and wanted to use it for her party. I wanted it to match the party theme so I redid it a bit. I just love how Hello Kitty is peeking over the edge of the basket. So cute!


This cupcake tower took me about 5 days to make. I wish I took better pictures of it so that you could see the fine detail but unfortunately with all the running around that day, this is the best I have. I'm hoping my sister has better pictures of it. Each of the four sides has grass, flowers with button centers, butterflies and a picket fence that was popped up with 3 layers of pop tape. Even though we had a full sheet of birthday cake, we used this cupcake tower as the focal point of the dessert table. Oh and no, I didn't bake the cupcakes, we ordered them (LOL!) but I did make a Hello Kitty pick for each cupcake. I was supposed to bake the cupcakes but by then I was so tired I that I ran out of steam! Haha!


Here is my adorable niece Mekayla. She truly enjoyed herself that night and I am so glad. Isn't she a cutie!?

Happy 1st birthday Mekayla!


Thanks for visiting!

Chals~

Another Hello Kitty party

Happy Memorial Day everyone! Just adding this to my collection of Hello Kitty party favors and centerpieces. Had to make this set for a sweet customer named Jen from Hilo. Her daughter is having her 3rd birthday soon and she ordered these from me. I just shipped them out and I hope she likes how they turned out. Sorry the picture isn't a good one but by the time I finished I had to pack them up and ship them off for them to get to her in time. I only had two weeks to make 80 favors and 15 centerpieces. Ususlly two weeks is ample time but not when you have other orders to do at the same time! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your Memorial weekend!

Chals~

A birthday card for mom

Wow, can you all believe that I have posted two days in a row! Like I said, I have so much to share with you, I just hope I can keep up with this posting thing! LOL!

I'll have to keep this post very short. My 12-year old son and husband will be running in the Honolulu Marathon tomorrow and I have to wake up at 3 a.m. to drop them off! My gosh!

Wish them luck cause I know they'll need it!!!! I don't know what they heck they were thinking when they signed up for it! Guess I'd better get the Bengay ready!!!!

Okay, now on to my card.

Last month we celebrated my mom's 21st birthday (*wink*). She would seriously hurt me if I gave you her real age! Anyways, I bought her a gift certificate from Al's Tinting ( a dear friend of mine) to get a full tint job done on her brand new car. The gift certificate was rather large in size so I made this card 4" x 9".

The butterflies and sentiment used for this card are from C.C. Designs.

Have a great Sunday and thanks for stopping by!

Chals~

Rub-A-Dub-Dub......Baby Pooh in a Tub

A friend of mine asked me to make a Pooh baby boy birthday card.  This cute Pooh image was made using the Cricut Pooh Font Set cart.  The card is for a one year old so I wanted to keep the colors more on the soft side.

Ian and some cuppie-cakes

Who could resist a birthday greeting from Happy Chef Ian?  This image is from another great set from The Greeting Farm.  I've had this set ever since it came out but only got a chance to ink it up now. Isn't he the cutest?  I added Stickles to the cupcakes to give them some bling.

Cupcake Gable Boxes

Remember those gable boxes from an earlier post?  Well, I down sized them a bit to make them the perfect size to hold cupcakes.  I included an insert to set the cupcake in so that they won't slide.  I used the cute little cupcake image from The Greeting Farm's Sweet Deal set.

Sweet Gable Boxes

Okay, I just got my shipment of paper from DCWV and I just had to create something new.  This first box is made with Wild Butterflies, isn't it just adorable!  It isn't a new line, DCWV has had it for a while but I kept putting off ordering it.  After seeing how cute these papers were I wonder what took me so long!  Anyways, these gable boxes measure 5" long x 3" wide x 4 1/2" tall.

This second box is made with Sweet Lollipop Shop.  It's hard to see in this photo but most of the images on this paper have glitter on them!  How cute is that?  Anyhow, I wanted to do a Valentine's Day gift box that wasn't so traditional in color.  I love the colors pink and red but with all the sweet treats given out on Valentine's Day why not go with all these sweet pastel colors?

Well, I have lots more to show you but I still need to take more pictures so make sure you come back soon.  I'm hoping to post those tomorrow.  Ciao!

A Hello Kitty Birthday

My daughter needed something to put her friends birthday gift in and I just hate those plain gift bags that you buy in the stores, so I went to work and this is what I created.  This box / bag is pretty big, unlike the one in my previous post.  The overall dimensions is 7" tall x 11" wide.  The inner box is 6 1/4" long x 5" wide x 3" deep.  I had planned to add straps for the bag part but I didn't want to punch a hole through those cute balloons.....I should have done it before I stuck those balloons on.

Bath & Body Gift Sets

Once again sorry for the bad photos.  These are our Bath & Body gift sets.  Included inside are the large sizes of Sweet Pea lotion and Sweet Pea anti-bacterial hand soap.  They all come wrapped in cellophane (like the first picture).

Hello Kitty Manicure Cans

I'm so sorry about the awful picture but it's hard to photo anything wrapped in cellophane.  I totally forgot to take pictures of these before wrapping it up.  Anyways, these are our small (pint-sized) paint cans.  The contents include either a Tinkerbell or a Hannah Montanna nail kit with press on nails, nail file, nail jewels, two nail polishes and a lip gloss. (Too bad they didn't have these nail kits in Hello Kitty)  These sold out in no time on saturday but like everything else, I am working on more.  I only made Hello Kitty for the fair but these could be done in another theme if requested.  These make a great gift for that special little girl in your life.

Princess Anya

This card uses Pink Poison's Princess Anya stamp.  She's so stinkin' cute!  Her crown, wand, bangs and dress are all raised for a 3D effect but this picture doesn't do it any justice.  I really should take some photography lessons!  Believe me, this card looks way better in person!

Who doesn't love Hello Kitty...

  Well, I have to admit I was never a big fan of Hello Kitty.  I was more of a Kero Kero Keroppi kinda girl (since my favorite color WAS green).  But thanks to a friend of mine, I am slowly learning to love her......besides, most of her stuff is PINK and anyone who knows me knows that I absolutely love anything PINK!  Anyways, here are my Hello Kitty creations...two gift bags and another type of cupcake holder.  The cupcake holder has an insert inside so that your cupcake wont slide.  This cupcake holder can also be used as a party favor (just omit the insert).  

I'll have a lot more of her in the coming days. 

Purses Galore!

     
          
Okay I don't know about you but I'm always looking for something cute and different to wrap my gifts in.  Well, why not use gift bags that look like purses?  These purses as well as the ones below are made with #80 cardstock, so they are pretty sturdy.  Cute and tiny but big enough to hold a small gift, treats, pens, or what ever you may want to use them for.  This is our clutch bag style and we have many other styles available in a wide variety of colors and prints.

Call or write us for more info.  

Asian Purse

This is our Asian purse in red and black.  Great for gift bags, party favors, etc.  Available in assorted colors.  

Floral Pink & Chocolate Purse

This is our pink / chocolate purse.  This purse is big enough to hold a small gift, gift card, money or to even use as party favors or goody bags.  Great for those girly girl parties.  The possibilities are endless!  Available in different colors.  

Birthday Cards

We have many different types of handmade cards on hand.  Here are a couple of those gift bag / cards that were shown a while back.   Remember, these gift bag / cards come in an acetate gift box and ribbon since they don't fit in a regular sized envelope.

Birthday Wishes card

Happy birthday - puppy card

Pooh Cans

Sorry these aren't the best of pictures.  Anyhow, here we have a set of Pooh cans done for a birthday party.   The front reads "thanks".  These were given out as thank you gifts for the people who helped put the party together.  Shown here are the 1-gallon cans.