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DIY Silk & Wooden Flower Tea Cup Centerpieces

DIY Silk & Wooden Flower Tea Cup Centerpieces

Anybody care for a spot of tea? While tea is usually my winter warmer of choice, with the start of my collection of tea cups I wanted to see what other uses I could put them to in the warmer months while still having them for serving future tea parties and brunches. Enter these Teacup Mini Centerpieces, a perfect petite floral addition to my myriad of party decorations!

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DIY "Spot of Tea" Window Bag Tea Favors

DIY "Spot of Tea" Window Bag Tea Favors

For a foodie favor with British flair, there’s nothing like a spot of tea for going with your morning scones! When I was creating my Tea and Scones Breakfast Boxes for Vintage Victorian Cocktail Party, I began knowing I wanted to include loose tea but what was missing was a pretty and not too pricey way to pack it! So with the help of my printer and trusty craft cutter, I took to designing a festive favor bag that could be used for everyone’s favorite flavor, and these Spot of Tea Favor Bags came to be!

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DIY Wax Seal Magnet Favors

DIY Wax Seal Magnet Favors

I love magnets as an inexpensive and useful party favor, but even more for how many creative options I’ve found in the past. From wooden magnets to photos to wine corks or bottle caps, there’s so many creative ways to design them and make them unique to your own event! When I was experimenting with ways to use sealing wax in my party projects for my Vintage Victorian Cocktail Party, as soon as I thought of making these Wax Seal Magnet Favors, I knew that they were going to be my favorite form of magnet yet!

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DIY Ribbon Tied Honey Stick Favors

DIY Ribbon Tied Honey Stick Favors

For sweetening your tea or enjoying as a farmer’s market treat, honey sticks are one of my favorite old school snacks, in fact my man buys me a couple anytime he sees them for sale! So when I was making Tea and Scones Breakfast Boxes to give away at my Vintage Victorian Cocktail Party, I knew that they just had to have some Ribbon Tied Honey Stick Favors!

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DIY Hexagon Paper Tags & Favor Cards

DIY Hexagon Paper Tags & Favor Cards

In any season that flowers are blooming, you better bee-lieve I love some honeycomb themed accents at my parties and events, so when I was designing the favors for my take home gifts for my Vintage Victorian Cocktail Party, I knew I wanted to design some bee themed paperie that I could use for all sorts of future favor fun too! Some simple designing and cardstock cutting later, these Honeycomb Hexagon Favor Tags and Cards were ready to bedeck all my favors while being an adorable and easy project for anyone looking to give away bee themed gifts to their guests!

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Karaoke & Cards Vintage Victorian Party Invitations

Karaoke & Cards Vintage Victorian Party Invitations

To properly announce any ball, you need an impressive invitation! So when I was planning my Victorian themed Karaoke & Cards Cocktail Party, I knew that the invitation to announce it would need to be pretty, informative, and most of all, floral! After a few hours of design, printing, cutting, and assembling, these mismatched floral Vintage Victorian Party Invitations were ready to send out to all my favorite people!

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DIY Patterned Paper Envelope Liners & Invitation Mats

DIY Patterned Paper Envelope Liners & Invitation Mats

For my Vintage Victorian Karaoke & Cards Cocktail Party, mismatched florals were the name of the game! So when I found a bunch of beautiful floral scrapbook paper it became the perfect time to start making more stationery details and create a staple for my future paperie projects. After creating custom Floral Patterned Playing Cards with part of my paper, I picked my favorite prints to turn into a personalized patterned detail on my guests invitations, Patterned Paper Invitation Mat and Envelope Liners.

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DIY Personalized Wax Seal Gable Gift Boxes

DIY Personalized Wax Seal Gable Gift Boxes

If there’s a classy stationery detail I’ve been obsessed with lately, it has to be wax seals! So when I wanted to give my guests a take home gift for my last party in gable boxes, I knew just how I wanted to decorate them: some soft chiffon ribbon and some of my favorite marbled beauties for these Wax Seal Gable Gift Boxes.

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DIY Vinyl Bottle Labels

DIY Vinyl Bottle Labels

When it comes to keeping all my cocktails in order for my parties and events, my favorite method has to be these Vinyl Bottle Labels. If you’ve read any of my party posts you’ve seen them make an appearance, from my Goddess of Spring 30th Birthday to my most recent Karaoke & Cards Vintage Victorian Party, I always use these to label my various cocktails, making it easy for guests to find what drink the are looking for, while being able to remove them when the party's over and the bottles are being cleaned out for the next event. So for those that are new to the craft cutter lifestyle, I’m making this simple tutorial for making bottle labels, with the sizing, fonts, tips and tricks I use when creating them and other vinyl decals.

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Sealing Wax Taper Candle Wine Bottle Centerpieces

Sealing Wax Taper Candle Wine Bottle Centerpieces

Be it a party or a date night at home, there’s nothing like a little romantic candle light to set the mood,  and one of my favorite styles I’ve seen is when tapered candles are used to create candlescapes with wine bottles! Unfortunately for me, real candles are a little too much of a fire hazard for our home’s parties at present, but it was the perfect opportunity to create reusable candle holders from my existing wine bottles, with a little help from my favorite stationery sealing wax.

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Karaoke & Cards Vintage Victorian Cocktail Party

Karaoke & Cards Vintage Victorian Cocktail Party

Whether it's books, baking, or BBC specials; I do love the English for their teacups, scones, and old school stories! So as my spring and summer came to a close and I returned from my different travels and celebrations, it was time to host my own to start off the party and holiday season in the best fashion, with a British inspired ball!

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DIY Wax Stamp Floral Patterned Playing Cards

DIY Wax Stamp Floral Patterned Playing Cards

While I was creating all sorts of mismatched floral stationery and details for my latest party, I just had to share one of my favorites before the festivities started, featuring some of my own favorite things; florals and beautiful wax stamps! With my next party full of fun and games, my first project featuring all the wax seals I’ve made so far are kicking off with these Personalized Wax Stamp Floral Patterned Playing Cards.

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DIY Pressed Flower Self Adhesive Wax Seals

DIY Pressed Flower Self Adhesive Wax Seals

I love flowers in all forms and especially in making pretty petite details to adorn my crafting projects. So as I started my journey in wax seal making, I had to try to add a little floral flair to some stationary details too! So I gathered some of the smallest flowers in my collection and these Pressed Flower Self Adhesive Seals were born!

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DIY Marbled Self Adhesive Wax Seals

DIY Marbled Self Adhesive Wax Seals

While any wax seal makes for a classy finishing touch to wedding stationary or party paperie, there is something even more magical in a marbled seal! I love being able to mix hues in my seals and with my next event featuring all sorts of projects from this newest crafting obsession, this was the perfect time for incorporating more colors and metallics to my party palette. So while I began my wax sealing projects with simple seals for adding to my invitations, the next set of seals for my party projects had to be these Marbled Self Adhesive Wax Seals!

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DIY Simple Self Adhesive Wax Seals

DIY Simple Self Adhesive Wax Seals

If there’s a stationary detail I love, it has to be wax seals! Whether it's from my love of the old days where letters were sealed with them or because of all the beautiful wax seals we can create for our own invitations today, I think they always add an extra level of class and beauty to any paperie projects. In honor of these dainty details, my next party will be bedecked with all sorts of wax seal projects, all of which start with the basics, how to make Simple Self Adhesive Wax Seals for my invitations and party paperie!

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