This year, again, I was in charge of designing the flyer we send out to neighborhood friends. I LOVE coming up with new designs in my scrapbook program and just having fun with it! This is what I came up with this time:
We were each in charge of coming up with 4 or more banners to help with decorating as well. These are super fun to get creative a put together! Since I have the luxury of cheap/free printing, I went that route on some of mine and even did a few extra :) I found this free printable polka-dot one in a few different colors. I just printed a few copies of the banner and picked out the colors I wanted. I found the link here: partyplan-itdesigns.blogspot.com. Super easy. I just strung it with jute and added a few different colors of ribbon in between each pennant. LOVE it!
This banner was a fun one. We made up these super cute invites inspired by: michellewooderson.blogspot.com. They were simple to make with a paper bag, cut down to size, a strip of colorful paper, stitched by machine with a fun color, then we added some cute ric-rac and a couple different textured ribbons tied onto the front! Then we threw in a few tags and some cards with info I created to coordinate with the flyer I made. We finished it off with a nametag with a punched flower on it to add some character and color
They turned out SUPER cute! I love them! We just have so much fun getting creative and crafting together for this fun event!
Here is another banner just like the first one I showed. I made 2 of these. The lighting is bad, so you can't really see it, sorry
Here is a close-up. We had decided the colors we wanted to use for the Trade were: orange, turquoise, lime green, and yellow. So like I said, I just picked those colors out of the printable and made my own! The great thing is, the colors left were pink and purple....PERFECT for a girly party later down the road.... I NEVER throw scraps like that away!
This banner was a fun one! I took scraps of fabric in the 4 colors we decided on and tore them into 1 inch strips in various lengths and just tied them along a piece of jute (which BTW, has become my new best friend) and then I added pieces of turquoise tulle to the mix and it added a whole new dimension! This one was definitely a favorite!
I used the same fabrics as the one above to make this banner. I just cut triangles out of each color of fabric and ran them through my sewing machine on some yellow ribbon! I then used turquoise and lime green tulle and tied pieces in between each pennant and cut them into circle shapes! I just used up all the scraps for the one above after I made this one! I really don't think I paid a cent for any of my banners... just a bunch of scraps I had on hand!
This banner was another one I had printed that says LEMONADE in yellow. I found the free printable here lemonademoments.com! You can't see it well in the pic, but if you click on the link you will see how stinkin' cute it really is! ....and just because I had it printed, I used some smaller square pieces for a tiny banner for down below. Each piece says Lemonade and once again, if you click on the link you will see them on the printable. Nothing says Summer quite like Lemonade!
The Summer Extravaganza Treasure Trade was so much fun to put together with my favorite girls! Thanks Amy, Jen, Kim, and Natalie! So much fun!
More pics of the actual event to come....
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