Friday, May 31, 2013

Friday feel the love- butterfly party





"We could not be more pleased with how everything turned out for our daughter's birhtday. RandRcreations decorations were a big part of that! Helping us to bring the entire visition together. We definitely would recommend them to others and will use them again for future celebrations."- Jaimie in IN Pin It Now!

Thursday, May 30, 2013

monster party!

We had this "Monster Bash" banner in our sample sale and a mama loved it so much that she wanted us to create a name and high chair banner to match! :)
 
It was a pretty quick turn around, but we made it work!
 
 
High chair banner

 
Name banner

 
Close up on one of the adorable monsters and all of the colorful ribbon!

 
The paper we used was a monster paper so lots of color and monsters for little Ethan's 1st birthday Monster Bash!! :)


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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Pirate Banner

We love adding and changing items from our Etsy Shop!
 
We had a customer buy our pirate banner, but she had a few adjustments. She really wanted a pennant banner and wanted specific colors added: Lime gren, teal, yellow, and red!

 
We made the pirate boys more colorful and did teal pennants! So cute!!!

 
Pirate chests inbetween the words!
 
So don't be afriad to ask for customized decorations! We enjoy variety and love a challenge!

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

How to clean your circut mats

Here is one for our fellow crafters!
 
How to clean your cricut mats!!!!!
 
 
If you have a cricut, you know how important the mat is. The problem is...... these things are SO expensive and they simply don't last long enough! After just a few uses, it seems the stickiness has worn off and paper is sliding everywhere.
 
Well, in order to keep the costs down for our customers, we've had to become resourceful. One thing we do is scotch tape the paper to mat so that it stays put. But sometimes, even THAT starts to not work..... and here is why:
 
DUST! The mats are meant to be sticky for a long time, but over time, the fibers from the papers you use to cut and other dust, fur, lint, whatever is flying around the house gets stuck to it too.
 
 
Take a close look at your mat......... I bet it looks a lot like this:

 
Luckily I have a great solution! WASH YOUR MATS!
 
It's simple! make sure to clear off as much of the paper and particles as you can off of your mat and then add some dish soap to it.

 
Get your hands nice and wet and start to rub in a circular motion, starting in the middle and work your way out.

 
Be sure to really put some elbow grease into it! Then simply rinse with water and allow to air dry. (usually overnight)
 
And you will have a sticky mat again!! It won't be like BRAND new, but it will definitely work much better! You can keep doing this over and over again!!! Eventually it will stop working, but by then you've extended the life of your mat so far that you should be proud!! (and you've saved yourself a bundle!)
 
With as much as we use our mats, this has been a life saver!!
 
Enjoy! <3

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Monday, May 27, 2013

Under the Sea Welcome Sign

Our popular under the sea theme is growing! Our newest item: A welcome sign!
It's so great because it can be used for more than JUST the party! Hanging on the bedroom door for their very own room sign! (The name part of the banners we make can also be hung in their bedroom after the party too!)
 

Welcome signs can also be done in our three tiered design as well!

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Sunday, May 26, 2013

Fun with Toddlers-Memorial Day Craft!

Happy Memorial Day! Here is a cute craft we did this weekend to celebrate!
 
Supplies:
Red, white and blue poms (any craft store will have them!)
A piece of paper
Scissors
Glue
Cut the paper into any shape you want-we did a star but any shape will look cute!
 
 Since we have been practicing our colors, we glued the poms by color onto the points of the star. I asked him what color he wanted to use (I only had red, white and blue as options) and them reminded him to only use that color. I put glue around the edged of one section at a time.
 
He liked that some of the poms were different sizes since he's been investigating "tiny" and "big" things lately.
 
 
Here is our Memorial Day star craft! Hope it inspired you to get creative with your little ones!
 
We would love to see what crafts you are doing with your little ones! Email us photos and we will post them the following sunday for our Toddler Time entry!
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Saturday, May 25, 2013

monster party!

What little boy doesn't love a MONSTER party??
 
Here is a large birthday party we did for Gavin's 1st birthday party!
 
His mother asked for lots of different monsters and for us to use mostly blue and green, but that she also wanted orange, red, yellow, purple and grey letters.
 
So here is our welcome sign!
 
 
LOTS of 3D action!

See this sign in our shop here
 
Next up, hanging decorations!!

 
Each with a different monster popped off!

See these in our shop here
 
Then a high chair banner to display while he is eating his smash cake! LOVING the dark grey font!

see this in our shop here


Thank you notes!! 
see these in our shop here

New to the monster line, Napkin rings!! A mix of monsters and also personalization with initial and age!
 
As you can see, we also created a couple of new monsters as well!
 

 
Monster cupcake toppers!

See these in our shop here

 
Favor tags!!
 
And our new colorful banner! (more on that later!)
 
But lots of colorful ribbon instead of our usual strung through ribbon.
 
 
 
Love the way the dark grey really pops!

See this banner in our shop here
 
What a colorful and fun party for Gavin's 1st! Can't wait to see pics from this party!

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Friday, May 24, 2013

Friday feel love- butterfly baby shower

A mama to be in NJ contacted us for three baby shower banners!
 
She wanted the following three:
1) It's a Girl
2) Kaitlyn's Books
3) Wishing Well
 
Her colors were pink, purple and lime green. She asked that each one be slightly different. Here were some of the combinations we did.






Here is what she had to say about her experience with us! "LOVE LOVE LOVE the banners! They are beautiful! Great Sellers & Great Products!!" - Kathy in NJ

And the SUPER fun part? Baby girl is born and we are now doing her Christening banner!! We love to go through the life stages with our customers!! :) Pin It Now!

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Real parties- Butterfly party!!

Recently we received photos from Krissy in FL from her daughter Kamryn's 1st birthday party!! :) An adorable......... butterfly party!
 
This was actually one of our original butterfly birthday parties..... and we just now finished up her 2nd birthday party.... a zebra Minnie Mouse party! :)  Crazy to think we've been in business long enough to do a 1st and a 2nd birthday party for the same child! :) LOVE IT!
 
Here is an adorable display of the favors! LOVE how creative she got with the tags and thank yous!
 
 
Welcome sign!

 
How cute does Kamryn look in her HC with her tutu and matching high chair banner?! We actually did the colors based on this onesie, another etsy purchase by Krissy. :)

 
Here is the adorable cake, surrounded by cupcakes topped with our personalized cupcake toppers!

 
Another shot of the beautifully done favor table!

 
And the birthday banner!



Thanks again, Krissy for choosing R&R for your daughter's 1st AND 2nd birthday parties!! :)
 
We sure love to see how our work brightens up a party! 
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Bird Three Tiered Sign

For my baby girl's sprinkle, I did a gray and yellow bird theme. We recently got a request for this theme in lime green and yellow!

 

 
She wanted a three tiered welcome sign saying "LouAnn's Baby Shower".

 
I added a bird and onesie in the middle of the sign!

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Pocoyo Inspired party!

Continuing on with our Pocoyo inspired party, here are some fun add ons we did for that party in addition to the birthday banner we did for Payton!
 
Here are some hanging decorations with the different Pocoyo inspired characters popped off of them!
 

 
Favor bags!

 
 
Next up, cupcake toppers!
 

 
And finally, favor tags!!

 
Whew! And there is even more! :) Stay tuned!!!


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Monday, May 20, 2013

Monkey Favor Bags

To go along with our previous posts about our new monkey theme: here are our monkey favor bags!
 
 
The colors can be changed to match your party, but we used a lime green topper with purple "thanks" on it and a purple balloon with yellow initial.

 
The monkey is holding a ballon with the intial of the birthday girl! (Just like the matching invitations!)

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