School Day {Video} Sneak Peek and New Printable Collection!

All I can say is "FABULOUS!" This weekend was full of fun. Friday, we had our new Halloween photo shoot. Saturday morning, we had our School Day photo shoot.

We held the "School Day" collection photo shoot at a 1890 old one room school house!
My little Jeffrey (in the nerdy cute bow tie) and Adria's little Grayce (in the blue dress) were in the shoot along with two other precious models. Can't wait to share the whole photo shoot.

For now, here is a teaser - a video. We were making the kids laugh by talking about how Jeffrey was stinky. He got a kick out of it (he wasn't actually stinky but its all that we could say to make everyone laugh at the same time!)....

The printable "School Day" collection is in the shop and includes everything you need for a full year of organization, decoration and school - fabulousness.
(Great for teachers and/or parents!)

PS. "Nerd" is in.. just check the J Crew catalogs!

School Day {Video} Sneak Peek and New Printable Collection!

Sneak Peek of Haunted Halloween & Adoption Request

We had a fun weekend of photoshoots!

On Friday, we shot our Haunted Halloween Printable Collection. (coming soon to the shop!)
The night before the photoshoot, we realized that we couldn't do a Halloween photoshoot without a black cat (of course!).

Adria went early in the morning to the Humane Society to "borrow" a cat.
She was stunned at the amount of cats that are available for adoption at our local Humane Society. The kitty was so sweet and we wish we could have kept him!

If you are interested in adopting this kitty (we are near Charlotte)
here is the contact info and info about the kitty:

VF #4614 A
DSH/Black
Male
DOB 3-1-11

www.HumaneSocietyofYorkCounty.org
hsyccats@comporium.net (Vickie is the contact)

Sneak Peek of Haunted Halloween & Adoption Request

Anders Ruff 4th of July Pinwheels Party

We recently had a big going away party for a friend who was moving to Italy. We themed the party “Americana” to celebrate their time in the states.

We decided to work out 4th of July collection into the shoot because the theme, colors and details worked so perfectly for any summer or 4th of July BBQ or party.

The party was held at the Village Hall in our community - a building that has classic white southern architecture. The white woodwork on the terrace was a beautiful backdrop to make our colors “pop”!

For the printable graphic accessories that embellish items throughout the party, we mixed in the traditional red, navy and white with some accents of aqua and kraft. Some of the graphics have a “distressed” feeling, making it feel like a classic American Fair. Pinwheels and firecrackers give off the vibe of summer and celebration.

We mixed in modern patterns to give it a fresh feel.

This collection was designed to be versatile for any summer BBQ or 4th of July celebration.

All the eye candy and then LOADS of details below....

Dessert Display Shelf/Table Details

- A navy with white modern dot backdrop was paired with a classic white table cloth and a kraft paper (from Nashville Wraps) overlay to make it less “formal” and give off the vibe of a true american fair celebration.

- Galvanized metal has a role throughout the entire party, but in small doses. We hung galvanized metal lanterns from the ceiling above the dessert table. We used thick ribbon to hang these and pull in some color from the table below.

- The printable pennants from our collection were printed and strung with twine on the front of the dessert table.

- The cake (by Mandie of Got What It cakes) was an amazing classic white butter cream cake that was tiered and loaded with bright pinwheel decor. A fat red and white gingham ribbon was wrapped around the base of each tier. Fondant pinwheels were also stacked on the top of the cake as well. From a distance, the pinwheels have the feel of “fireworks” because of how they were staggered, but up close they were pinwheels to tie in with the theme.

- On either side of the cake was a glass container filled with aqua sprinkles and a bouquet of unicorn pops in the aqua and white colors. We bunched the lollis together and used twine to tie them into a bunch. These were beautiful and they were packaged great because even after guests would one to enjoy, the twine kept the remaining bunched and still looking spectacular.

- In between the cake and the cupcakes, were staggered double stacked SOUP cans that we wrapped with printable patterned paper and embellished with ribbon. (Great DIY project!) We made chocolate covered marshmallows in the red and aqua and white colors and dipped them partly in sanding sugar of the opposite color. (DIY) They were stuck into the cans and natural kraft shred was filled into the can.

- We found cherry red hat boxes at Ikea and tiered them on the sides of the dessert table to act as the cupcake stands.

- Cupcakes were adorned with pinwheels that we made using our patterned papers in our collection. The cupcakes also had a solid white wrapper (from Bella Cupcake Couture) that was embellished with a printed party logo.

- The “All American” caramel apples were sitting on top of the cupcake tiers with a printed party flag. The apples were beautifully drizzled with red and light aqua chocolate (made by Pretzels Pleaze).

- Cookie pops (by Oh! So Yummy) were made to look like pinwheels in our bright aqua, red and navy colorway. She used homemade fondant on the cookies and they were DELICIOUS! The cookies were stuck into long glass containers that we filled with red M&Ms and had a thick navy/white ribbon wrapped around.

- We lined white flat trays with red chocolate sunflower seeds and made white chocolate covered strawberries dipped in aqua sanding sugar (DIY)- perfect to tie into the theme of “red/white/blue” and “summertime”. We stuck a natural toothpick with a printed party flag into the tops of the strawberries for a festive look.

- Red/white/blue chocolate pretzels were also displayed in the center of the table on a bed of aqua non perils.

Side tables

- We had two tables with red/white modern dot fabric tablecloths on each side of the dessert table.

- One side table held all of our beverages including aqua lemonade in a glass dispenser. We also found perfect glass bottles with sparkling water and aqua metal lids. We tied twine around the necks of the glass drink bottles and wrapped with our printable drink wrap.

- Drink wraps were added to our water bottles and displayed on the kraft paper overlay.

- Popcorn was displayed in a red galvanized container as well as wrapped napkins with our printable pattern paper wrap to tie in the patterns from the collection.

- The second side table held another display of treats and favors.

- Here we displayed more cupcakes in a red galvanized tiered stand.

- Pinwheel cookies in M&M filled vessels were displayed along with bagged cookies for the guests to take home.

- We displayed kraft paper coffee bags (Nashville Wraps) with a clear window for the guests to fill up with treats to take home.

- White chocolate stars were displayed with some fondant pinwheel embellishments.

- Favor tins with clear tops (Nashville wraps) were filled with red, white and aqua candies and wrapped with twine. A printed party logo was displayed on the top of the container. The kids were so excited to take treats home from the party.

- (DIY) Smores kits were made for all of the guests to take and enjoy in the fire pit. we wrapped up hershey bars, marshmallows and graham crackers in a cellophane bag (Nashville Wraps) and topped it off with a printable bag topper from our collection. The kids LOVED this!

- (DIY) We had sparklers and matches that were embellished to coordinate. Our collection includes a Sparkler insert that the sparklers were inserted into for easy display. We wrapped the match boxes with printed pattern paper and ribbon. These were also displayed in the patterned paper wrapped soup cans.

Guest Tables

- We displayed our tables to coordinate with the dessert and accent tables.

- White tablecloths with the kraft paper runner were shown on all tables.

- The centerpieces consisted of patterned paper wrapped soup cans (DIY) that were filled with the chocolate dipped pretzel rods inside natural kraft shred and tied with a twine band. Chocolate apples with printed flags were also shown.

- Galvanized tins were filled with red tissue and popcorn.

The guests had a blast and enjoyed food (Outback Steakhouse brought a grill to make ribs, chicken and hot dogs!) and music that was DJ’d by Caryn’s husband, Andy.

The guest of honor enjoyed dressing up in an adorable red/white blue outfit (tutu and tank from Sweet Things, hair accessory from Tadpole and Lily) and loved modeling for the camera with her friends that were also in red/white/blue.

The 4th of July Pinwheels Printable Design Collection

is available in our shop for 50% off until June 26th!

Credits:

Complete Event Styling and Graphic Printable Design Collection by Anders Ruff

Photography by Becca Bond Photography

Sources:

Desserts:

Candy from Candy Warehouse

Custom Cake and Cupcakes from Got What It Cakes

Cookies from Oh So Yummy Cookies and Confections

Chocolate Covered Pretzels and Gourmet Covered Apples from Pretzels Pleaze

Clothing and Accessories:

Tutu and Tank from Sweet Things Kids

Hair Accessory from Tadpole and Lily

Decor and Packaging:

Label Material from Onlinelabels.com

Cupcake Wrappers from Bella Cupcake Couture

Cello Bags, Kraft Paper, Metal Favor Tins and Kraft Coffee Favor Bags from Nashville Wraps

Anders Ruff 4th of July Pinwheels Party

{New to the Shop} 4th Of July Pinwheels Collection

We are SO excited to announce a sneak peek at our new collection
Introducing our 4th of July Pinwheels Collection.

This theme has a special meaning to us - we helped with a going away party for a friend of ours, Mette. She and her family were moving back to Italy and Caryn planned a big huge party with 100+ people. We styled it as an "Americana" theme to celebrate their time in the USA.

We figured why not make our 4th of July Collection at the same time?

So we pre shot some of the setup with our 4th of July collection.

Lots MORE photos to be released in the weeks to come...

but for now, so you can get a taste of the collection....with these few photographs.

The collection includes some essential items like several fun circular favor hang tags,....

Loads of patterned papers, party flags, party logos, treat bag toppers (S'mores kits anyone?)

Drink wraps, sparkler inserts and more....

We are so excited about this collection!

The collection includes:

- 2 Sheets of Square or Circle party Logos (8 logo designs)
- 1 Sheet of Drink wraps (5 designs)
- 1 Sheet of Favor/Gift Tags
- 1 Sheet of Blank Party Labels - Tent style
- 1 Sheet of Party Flags (3 styles)
- 1 Sheet of Sparkler Wraps
- 1 Sheet of Party Bag Toppers (tent style)
- 9 Sheets of Patterned Papers
- 1 Patterned Pennant Banner

The "4th of July Pinwheels" Collection is
available in the shop now

for 50% off!

Don't forget that we also have a second collection
for 4th of July (as featured on Amy Atlas!)
The Classic 4th of July Collection is available 50% off as well in the shop!

Enjoy!

{New to the Shop} 4th Of July Pinwheels Collection

{Featured Parties} Monkey Party

Do your kids go bananas for monkeys? This monkey party is so precious!

Erin Heflin of Whip It Good Cookies sent us her party photos and she has some super cute details to share.

I love how Erin anchored the balloons with bananas! Genius!

We were super excited because we have been wanting to chat about Erin's cookies! She recently started her own business and her cookies are precious!

Love the place settings with the sweet monkey mask and adorable cookie favors...

A shot of the beverages adorned with our printable drink wrappers....

Another shot of the tables for the kiddies.

The cupcakes, made by Erin, looked so scrumptious! She topped them off with our printable party logo and I love how she tied a little ribbon around the base of the cupcake topper - cute detail!

sweet client of ours, Erin, shared photos from her son's 5th birthday.

We were excited to share because she recently started her own baking business (and you know how much we LOVE bakers!)

I am going bananas myself over these precious fondant cupcake toppers by Two Sugar Babies (LOVE THEM!)

The precious birthday boy!!

The favors....

Erin used the printable patterned paper and party logos from our collection to make the bag topper.

Aren't those cookies precious! She does such a GREAT job!

Thank you for sharing, Erin! I always look forward to seeing her work.

Sources:

Cookie Favors and Cupcakes - Whip It Good Cookies - http://whipitgoodcookies.com

Austin's T-shirt - Piccadilly Circus Designs - http://www.etsy.com/shop/piccircusdesigns

Fondant Banana Cupcake Toppers - Two Sugar Babies - http://www.etsy.com/shop/TwoSugarBabies

Polka dot balloons, paper goods, and ribbon - Hobby Lobby - http://hobbylobby.com

Paper Straws - Bake it Pretty - http://bakeitpretty.com

Monkey masks - Party City - http://partycity.com

The printable monkey collection is available in our shop!

{Featured Parties} Monkey Party

{Featured Parties} A Robo-tastic Robot Party

Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto. (I just had to say that!)

We recently had the pleasure of working with Stephanie, the host of Sonoran Living, a TV Show that is based in Arizona. When she told us she was having a robot party for her son, we were thrilled to create a new custom robot collection.

Our sweet friend, Nancy, of A to Zebra Celebrations is a good friend of Stephanie and helped Stephanie style the party. The two made an absolutely excellent team and I am so excited to share the results!

The robot party was held at a private park and the children enjoyed the splash pad (FUN!) and included water activities, treats from an amazing dessert table and a ROBOT pinata....

The guests were greeted by a sign from our printable collection...

How precious is the dessert table!? I love how bright and cheerful the table feels with all of the colors from the collection - blues, orange, yellow, gray.... Read on for more details from the focal table...

Stephanie displayed the cutest robot lollis (bought from Oriental Trading!)

I adore the cupcakes and the wrappers remind me of little gears along the top!

Stephanie embellished treat containers and cupcakes with our printable cupcake toppers.

Cassie Selle of Cakes by Cassie made the cupcake tier for Stephanie out of wood and then Stephanie painted it and embellished with ribbon.

Check out that pinata! Nancy's mom has a custom pinata business and she made this pinata to match the printables! Amazing, right?

Also, the Robot cake pops (inspired by Bakerella's tutorial)

I love how she styled the table - adding fun DIY crafts like the circle robot crepe paper "flags". She used the printable robot from the banner and double matted it with cardstock and made a crepe paper fan for the backside.

Stephanie made the pretzels and Marshmallows literally right before the party. SO cute!

Another adorable shot of the table with that amazing pinata, fans and treat display!

This robot cake is amazing.... I just love the display, too! (By Cakes by Cassie)

Stephanie used our printable banner along the front of the dessert table. She layered the circle gears on top of cardstock that she cut with her cricut.

I also love the display of the chocolate bars - CUTE little robot enjoying his chocolate ;-) "Robot Power Cells" and "Computer Chips" printable wrappers were wrapped around the chocolates.

The birthday boy and beautiful mommy, Stephanie....

Stephanie made these bottlecaps for favors for the kids. She purchased them from an etsy store and embellished with a 1 inch punched printable party logo.

Perfectly fitting favor pails from Target $1 Spot.

A printable favor tag adorned these shiny metal tins...

GREAT job on this party, girls.

Just had to share a photo of he beautiful ladies - Nancy and Stephanie....

Domo Arigato! ("Thank you" in Japanese...) for sharing your beautiful party!

Credits:

Styling - Stephanie (of Sonoran Living)

Styling and Table Runner - Nancy Pfeifer of A to Zebra Celebrations

Photography - Rebecca of Fresh Chick Design Studio

Cakes and Cupcakes - Cakes by Cassie

Custom Robot Pinata - Fountain Ribbons

Printable Graphic Invitation and Collection available in our shop.

{Featured Parties} A Robo-tastic Robot Party