Crossword Puzzle wrapping paper

My sister, again, sent me the coolest link to some crossword puzzle wrapping paper. She spotted it on the dieline.
It comes with 20 phrases in which you can highlight (like Merry Christmas below) and wrap.
Too bad its not for sale (unless you found it.... let me know).

 

 

Pinterest lovers

I forgot to mention that you can follow my pins on Pinterest here. To be more specific, here is some party decor.
They aren't much, but I'm slowly building and compiling more together.

Valentine "printable" round up

Only one more week until Valentines Day. If you haven't found a source for some cards or craft ideas, The Long Thread has an awesome collection of printable Valentines. 35 to be exact!

Among the 35... my favorite from Twig and Thistle (below)

tokketok

A few days ago I came across this site called tokketok. A nice little site about letterpress and other great paper and design finds.

 The designs are so clean and refreshing. 

;

 

They has a lovely little blog too...

and you must read here and listen how designer Joke Vande Gaer's little boy Oliver says tokketok.

Adorable.

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Time-out

I'm signing off for a few days.

Our house is near completion.
Lots of organizing, painting and decorating to do.
Some friends are visiting.
Kids need some extra playing time.
Christmas shopping needs to be finished.

See you soon!

Meanwhile here are a few links I like:

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-If you've done and did Martha's tissue poms for most of your parties lately, try these poms. They're a new twist, they'll last forever, and you can make them any size.
-It's time to get your holiday photo cards ready. A friend of mine designs these cards. They are adorable and affordable!
-Got extra felt scraps? Make this fun felt garland for your Christmas Tree.
-How about wrapping paper? Check out this fancy wax leaves wrapping paper from Anthropologie.

Donna Hay online

I just spent more time than I should have on this site. I like her style. 

My favorite inspiration...

 

I could gawk at Naomi's work from hello naomi all day long. Everything she makes is, as Mary Poppins says, "practically perfect in every way"-

Especially her flikr photos. 

As well as her work for the lovely scissors.paper.cake and imprintables

 

 

photos via flikr hello naomi

Mahar Drygoods

Yes, I just discovered Mahar Drygoods' lovely website. So, I'm a little slow. 

If you haven't searched their site, you must. 

They sell neat vintage crafts and party supplies. 

Here are some of my favorites: 

handmade watercolor palletes: 

a felt cake decorating kit:

genius!... a chalk cloth pennant garland

cute finger puppets as favors

One of the coolest, yes coolest, things I've found on Etsy...

are these Pear and Apple Memo pads.

The memo pads can be purchased via Lemon Tree’s Etsy shop.

Did you know this came in colors?

Chalkboard paint? I sure didn't. I just found out today and I couldn't be more excited about it (being that we are currently building our home). I'll be hitting up some of our walls with this stuff.
This blog has a few neat ideas on how to use chalkboard paint other than on the wall.

Teeny Tiny party

This Tiny Party from Caroline on her blog Armelle is to die for.

Birthday Printables for a month

Draw! Pilgrim is celebrating BIRTHDAY'S for the whole month of July. 

 By the end of the month you will have everything you need 

for an awesome pinwheel and bunting party.

Click, click.

A big thanks to Mother*Lode for featuring the Balloon Themed Party on their Tuesday Tumblr post.

Book-Themed Baby Shower

Ohdeedoh featured this adorable baby shower by CJ and Pink Tea with books as the theme

-which I think is the best way to choose a theme for any party

{like the Hungry Caterpillar party we had last year}.

You can get free downloads for games and favor tags from the orignator, Pink Tea.

Children's Day

This post is probably a little late, since TODAY is Children's Day,

but I wanted to share these adorable Koi Treat favors from Shop Toast

They've got all kinds of cheerful treats, stationary, and accessories on their site too. 

Shop Toast (click)

Japanese happy tape

The Japanese couldn't make tape any cuter.

I'm glad Hawaii has their fair share of Japanese 

because I can find washi tape pretty easily, and inexpensive too. 

If you don't any sources near you, have no fear,

its all over the web.

Happy Tape for example.

I love these simple examples of using it:

mint

satsuma press

patrick ng

cumbersome 

images from oh, hello friend