Tuesday Tutorials: Easy Earrings for Bridesmaid Gifts

Tuesdays here at Perfect Party Design will be tutorial day. Each week we will post a tutorial for things you can do yourself to save on costs for your event. It is hard sometimes to include everything you want in your budget when you have to go out and buy it but hopefully with these tutorials you can cut back a little and still have everything you want at your event.

Easy Earring Tutorial
Bridesmaids gifts can really start adding up even when you might only have 3 or 4. So I was trying to find an inexpensive gift that would help you all save money and possibly even mean more to your bridesmaids than something bought at the store. So here it is.

Supplies
Super Glue
Resin Flowers (I found mine online at Finding Beads an ebay store)
Stud Earrings (Found at a jewelery making supply store or craft store)

Some people might choose to use a jewelery glue but from my experience super glue works the best in projects like this. You take the glue and put a small dot of it on the earring stud.You then stick the flower to the stud and hold for 30 seconds. Repeat for as many earrings as you need.

And here they are!

This is super easy but people love these. I give them as hostess gifts or even as favors for parties and people love them. If you are giving them as gifts Paper Mart has some great little tins that you can put them in.

In addition you could cut out a circle of scrapbooking paper and stick it to the top of the tin to give it a little more pizazz and put a piece of cotton inside for the earrings to rest on.



Hope you enjoyed our first Tutorial. We will definitely have some more difficult ones. Just thought we would start with an easy idea that can save you a lot of money!

Monday Mentions: Blvd Bliss Designs

Well friends here we are! The beginning of Perfect Party Design. I am so excited to share some of my designs with you and others ideas I find along the way. I will of course always credit the ideas to whomever I believe to be the original thinker of these said ideas.

I have always loved planning parties. From the time I was a little girl I remember coordinating colors and ideas into a work of art for gatherings of friends and family. I do have to say that my taste has become more refined and I love the details.

But enough about me. Every Monday I will be hosting Monday Mentions. I came up with this idea after being inspired by so many great minds on the internet. I love how you can stick any random idea for a party into google and get so much inspiration from other bloggers as well as find great deals on the things you nee for these parties.

Today's mention is of a dear friend of mine who runs Bliss Blvd Designs a great company that does invitations, stationary and party decor. She is amazingly talented. My fiance and I recently went to her to order our invitations for the big day. She is very reasonably priced and has quality work. We gave her the theme of our wedding and she came up with a fantastic invite. I think it is really important that the invitation to any event helps express the mood and style you are wanting. This invitation definitely will do that!!

Not only does she do great invites but she also runs a great blog. She always has great pictures that have helped inspire some of my creations. Below are some pictures of her work and she also run an Etsy Shop that you can purchase pre-made stationary or request a custom job!

Some of her great work...

Thanks for coming and being a part of our first Monday Mentions...check back throughout the week for more great ideas and tips!

Under Construction

Ok friends...please be patient with us!! We are under construction and will be debuting our new blog and new direction in the beginning of July!! Check back around the 11th and you will see the new and improved Perfect Party Design!!

A New Direction

With my wedding fast approaching I have been trying to decide what direction to go with my blog. I am going to transition over the next few months into...Perfect Party Design....why? Well let me tell you.
My best friend in the whole world and I have been talking about what we are good at and what we love....it is decorating and throwing parties. Wether it is for her kids or as a service for someone in need give us the colors and we can design something beautiful! So we will be sharing some tips and tutorials over the next few months for parties, showers and weddings.
If you want to be updated on our great party designs add us to your blog feed and you are in for a treat!
Don't worry though I will still be sharing some great stuff about the upcoming wedding and ideas I have!
Have a great night!
Emily

Need Some Advice!

I am so excited about my most recent steals! I want to have a kids candy/toy bar at our wedding! There will only be a few kids but they are some of my most favorite people and I want them to have as much fun as all the grown ups. Instead of renting a table I will be using a coffee table or end table that we can then use in our home. Here are my choices...

End Table on the Left
              Coffee Table on the Right





 So the story of the tables....The one on the left came from a garage sale for $3. It was all I had with me at the time and the nice mas selling it decided that was exactly how much he wanted. The one on the right came from the salvation army. My best friend and I were headed home from a wedding and decided to stop in and see what new projects we could find. Turned out they were having a 50% off everything sale (who knew the salvation army did that?!?!?!?) and so we got this great table for $20. Now it is time to make these two tables our own! Can't believe I got both tables I need for my new family room for only $23!!

Here is where I need your help....Which table would you use?? The smaller end table or the coffee table that can open up into a circle? Second question....should we do them just white or with some shabby chic action??

I'm going to paint them this weekend so let me know what you think!!
Thanks for your help guys!!
Emily