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....
