Posted on October 26, 2012 by Kara

Vintage Shabby Chic + Burlap & Lace Wedding

I am in love with this VINTAGE SHABBY CHIC + BURLAP & LACE WEDDING RECEPTION submitted by Kimberly Erickson! The details here are simply gorgeous! Kim spent months & months planning this event. Every little aspect just screams perfection.

Here is what Kim had to say about planning the event- “When Jessie and I happened upon seven adorable farmhouse windows, we just knew that they would be perfect for her vintage shabby chic wedding reception. They were our inspiration in finding a sweet, simple and meaningful way to decorate and celebrate her very special day.

Some of our favorite and most meaningful details included:
Vintage books wrapped in burlap and lace and hand stamped with personal sentiments.
Rose colored goblets, a wedding gift given to Jessie’s grandmother many years ago, were draped in pearls.
Vintage teacups, some belonging to Jessie’s great-grandmothers, were used to hold rose-topped cupcakes.
Perfectly sweet Blue Ball Mason Jars were thrifted and used to hold simple rose bouquets.
Frames were made and farmhouse windows used to display pictures of the bride and groom. Lots and lots of pictures. Since, of course, a picture says a thousand words :)
Wood blocks were stained, covered with vintage floral papers and vinyl lettering applied to personalize each guest table and display area.
A vintage typewriter, belonging to Jessie’s great great grandfather; a vintage silver vase, costume jewelry and the sweetest pink gloves, belonging to her great great grandmother; were used to decorate the sign in table.
And then, of course, some details were included just because they are meaningful to Jessie and Zach…namely, owls :)

And some things were included just because Jessie’s loves them…
Burlap and lace, roses {simple & muted in color}, salt water taffy–wedding favors packaged in the cutest brown and white polka dot bags, vintage clothespins wrapped in old book pages and tied with lace and buttons, little aqua blue lovebirds, silhouettes, initials, white pearled gumballs, pinwheels, personalized banners, old doors, vintage keys, Scrabble tiles and a dessert buffet of favorite pastries and pies…After all, a day celebrating the love of your life should be filled with all the things you love, don’t you think?”

Photography- Motif Motion and Stills

Personalized Guestbook- Shabby Scrap

Desserts & Groom’s Owl Cake- Schmidts Pastry Cottage

Wedding Cake & Cupcakes- One Sweet Slice

Flowers- Sunshine Creation Floral

Vinyl Lettering- Pennies for Thoughts {pennies4thoughts@hotmail.com}

Canvas Prints- iPrintCanvas

Items available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Burlap, Burlap Ribbon
Ribbon, Lace
Salt Water Taffy
Pearl Gumballs
Candy Scoops
Apothecary Jars
Cupcake Liners

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Kara

Vintage Valentines Day Party Activity- 10 Things I Love About You

Hello fans! Thanks so much for your sweet comments, etc! Today I’m going to show you the Vintage Valentines Day Party Activity! 10 Things I Love About You

Before the party I cut out a ton of pink and red hearts. I purchased the cute muslin bags {above} from etsy shop, Tiny Bubbles. I tied a fun vintage skeleton key to each bag {keys were purchased on eBay} and used small alphabet stamps {found at Hobby Lobby} to stamp, “i love you” on each bag.

I had all the kids at the party chose a person they wanted to give the bag to.

They then wrote 10 different reasons why they loved that person on 10 individual hearts.

I had my sewing machine out and ready and sewed the 10 hearts together {making it a long garland} as each child finished…

Photography by Lyndsey Fagerlund Imagery.

I then put the sewn garland into each childs ‘i love you’ bag to take home….

To see more of the Vintage Valentines Day Party go here!

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Kara

Cupcake Liner Pom Pomander Tutorial- Vintage Valentines Party

Here’s a tutorial on how to make the adorable

Cupcake Liner Pom Poms from my Vintage Valentines Party!

I hope you enjoy!

These are so darling and so easy to make. You could use them for so many parties.

Here we go….

You will need:

Cupcake liners {any color or style}

A styrofoam ball

A glue gun

Pins

Photography by Lyndsey Fagerlund Imagery.

Step one: Take 2 cupcake liners and stick a pin through the center of them…

Step 2: Fold/scrunch the 2 liners around the pin like so…

Step three: Put a dab of hot glue on the tip of the liners…

Step four: Insert the pin into the styrofoam ball…

Step four: Push the pin all the way into the styrofoam so the cupcake liners are securely glued to the ball…

Step five: Carefully open the liners making sure the pin is all the way inserted into the styrofoam. If it isn’t, push it all the way in….

Step six: Repeat until the whole ball is covered with lovely cupcake liners! Attach fishing line or a ribbon to hang! {For this particular pom pom I left a space uncovered so I could set the ball on a large glass candlestick}…

To see more of this Vintage Valentines Party go here!

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Kara

Vintage Valentines Party for Channel 2 Fresh Living Show!

To all of you visiting from KUTV’s Channel 2 Fresh Living Show- Welcome! To all of you visiting from around the globe- Welcome! Here is the Vintage Valentines Party that I styled for the show today. This party was so much fun. I just love vintage things. Keep checking back this week for more tutorials and how to’s from the party! Become a fan or follow me…there’s plenty more party ideas to come! Vendors: Vintage buffet/dresser purchased from Finders Keepers. Fabric for backdrop purchased at Hobby Lobby. Photography by Lyndsey Fagerlund Imagery.

Vintage cupcake toppers purchased from Love Creation Gal.