tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65881092106150435242024-03-18T06:50:44.388-07:00Gwynn Wasson DesignsGwynn @ Gwynn Wasson Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788264346341601467noreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588109210615043524.post-6928624662809029542014-09-08T09:01:00.002-07:002014-09-08T09:01:08.814-07:00Flash Sale!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Gwynn @ Gwynn Wasson Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788264346341601467noreply@blogger.com349tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588109210615043524.post-50652138267796851382014-09-02T14:59:00.000-07:002014-09-02T14:59:34.897-07:00Tooth Fairy Bag Printable<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My oldest recently lost his first tooth. Which meant that the Tooth Fairy had to come visit our house for the very first time! Yikes! The first thing I noticed is those teeth are darn little. And being the (somewhat) conscientiousness mother that I am, I was terrified that the Tooth Fairy would not be able to find that little thing as hard as she might search without rousing my peacefully sleeping child. Oh the horror! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sooooo I decided to create a special bag to hold the tooth as it would be a much bigger target for the Tooth Fairy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you too are looking for a simply way to aid your local Tooth Fairy, you can download the Printable PDF <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5m1AfGATCrNX3R1QUNSZHJONDg/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>. I have upload the design in both Pink and Blue, your choice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once downloaded simply print it on a Light Fabric Transfer Sheet (I have already flipped the design for you) and iron it onto a small canvas favor bag. (I found some lovely one in the craft section of Target.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It worked wonders in our house and my son was oh so delighted, the next morning, to find that it had been refilled with a few gold coins! I hope that it will help you also have a blissful Tooth Fairy experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are looking for a simple dessert to make this holiday weekend, here's a quick recipe for Strawberry Shortcake that's so easy you probably have almost all of the ingredients already in your kitchen!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 8 inch round cake pans or one 8 inch and one 6 inch pan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Beat together eggs and superfine sugar with a mixer for approximately 10 minutes until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is thick and creamy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Sift together flour, pudding mix, cream of tartar and baking soda. Sift at least 2 times to make sure that the ingredients are well mixed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Slowly mix the dry ingredients into the eggs and sugar mixture until smooth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Divide the mixture between the cake pan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. Bake 20-30 minutes (depending on the size of your pans) until you can insert a toothpick into the center of the cake and it comes out dry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. Remove pans from oven and cool upside down on parchment covered wire rack.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8. Once the cakes are cool. Carefully cut off the edge of each cake and then slice in half.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9. Sift a cup of powdered sugar onto a flat plate and carefully roll the edge of each of your cakes through the sugar and then set them aside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10. With your mixer beat together the whipping cream, sugar and vanilla until thick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11. Assemble your cake by layering the cake with the whipping and sliced strawberries. Garnish with fresh flower if you wish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And most of all ENJOY!! Hope you have a fabulous holiday weekend!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are your children fired up to go back to school? If so, help them blast back with our Free Alphabet Banner! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5m1AfGATCrNRkhpMGFWWGdNQjQ/edit?usp=sharing">here</a> to download the PDF. If you have never created a banner before, don't worry. It's as simple as print, cut and string! Just click <a href="http://www.gwynnwassondesigns.com/2011/05/tips-hints-bannerbunting-assembly.html">here</a> for our banner assembly tutorial.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope your little ones have an out of this world new school year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The our full Blast Back To School Printable collection can be purchased <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/158830955/back-to-school-blast-back-to-school?ref=shop_home_active_1&ga_search_query=back%2Bto%2Bschool">here</a> in my shop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cake Pop Flowers are a beautiful and easy way to bring a little fun to any Garden Themed Party!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. With 3 sheets of tissue paper folded in half lengthwise, measure out a 6 inch strip.</span></div>
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Gwynn @ Gwynn Wasson Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788264346341601467noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588109210615043524.post-26249277866640730532014-08-14T12:00:00.003-07:002014-08-14T12:00:55.109-07:00Summer Dinner Party: Lavender And Honey Ice Cream<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As the we enjoy the final weeks of summer, I find myself yearning to squeeze in one more dinner party. There's just something about dining al fresco, by candlelight, on a warm summer evening surrounded by good friends and yummy food.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are also dreaming about a summer dinner party, this Lavender and Honey Ice Cream is delicious way to add just the right finishing touch to your menu.</span></div>
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<br />Gwynn @ Gwynn Wasson Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788264346341601467noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588109210615043524.post-35408317802004253952014-08-13T10:56:00.001-07:002014-08-13T11:42:24.760-07:00Wet N Wild Shark Pool Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's Shark Week! So I thought this was the perfect time to share my son's Wet 'n' Wild Shark Pool Party! Dashell pleaded to have a pool party this year, which is perfect for him as I swear each summer he transforms into a fish. And when he realized that he could have not only a pool party but also a SHARK party, well, he was in heaven!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just adore setting the stage for our parties from the moment the guests pull up in front of our house. For this party, I lined driveway with a school of chomping sharks bearing polka dot balloons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And to make sure there was no confusion as to our theme, I created a large sign welcoming everyone to Dashell's Wet 'n' Wild Birthday Splash Bash and hung it over our driveway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As the guests approached the backyard, they were greeted by a water themed backdrop, featuring large sharks flanking a happy birthday banner, tons of beach balls and scattered shark themed tables.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I arranged some delicious filled licorice (these really were a hit!) in glass vessels wrapped in coordinating paper, laced them with a few additional shark cookies and topped it all with a custom table label declaring them "Abandoned Pool Noodles".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sarah, of Mom's Killer Cakes and Cookies, created the most spectacular shark and beach ball cake pops. They really were "killer"!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And just because I didn't feel that there were enough sharks on the table, I created custom shark wraps for my red velvet push pops. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the cake, I wanted something simple and graphic. The ladies at Takes the Cake did an amazing job bringing my vision to life and Liz, from Les Pop Sweets, did a beautiful job with the fondant shark topper, fins and beach balls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dashell was beyond excited and couldn't wait to make his birthday wish. (Although he did whisper to me that his wish came true, as this party was exactly what he had wished for!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Through out the party I had tons of giant beach balls and inflatable sharks, 2 water slides and loads of squirt guns. The kids ran wild!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The afternoon was filled with lots of laughter and squeals of delightful "terror"! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When they were all exhausted and it was time to dry off and pack up, we sent each guest home with a custom canvas beach tote, packed with a striped cabana towel so that the next time they decided to head into shark infested waters, they would be prepared!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I can't tell you how many parents have gone out of their way to tell me how much they absolutely love the bags. It always feels so good when you can give a favor that can be used and enjoyed over and over again.</span></div>
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Gwynn @ Gwynn Wasson Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788264346341601467noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588109210615043524.post-81612555998630974992014-08-12T09:56:00.001-07:002014-08-12T09:56:23.470-07:00Pre-Sale - Winter Wonderland Penguin Standees<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you remember my Winter Wonderland Party? Every year I get SO many requests for the Penguin Standees and I am unbelievably excited to announce that I am now offering them in <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/199658652/penguin-standees-pre-sale-winter">my shop</a>!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are currently on Pre-Sale for $24.99 (set of 4) until Labor Day. YAY!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am in LOVE with these extra large straws from Spritz at Target! They are the perfect way to add a little extra flair to a small favor or class gift. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They a big enough that you stuff them with everything from mini M&M's to colored pencils to looming bands. And then just seal them up with a spot of glue or a small white circle sticker, add a tag and you have an adorable inexpensive favor!</span></div>
<br />Gwynn @ Gwynn Wasson Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788264346341601467noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588109210615043524.post-28296120902356704642014-08-08T11:12:00.000-07:002014-08-08T11:44:47.366-07:00Back To School Note Cards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Friday! Time for the Friday Freebie just in time for Back to School. Simply click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5m1AfGATCrNSEpEYnZDOXRGUms/edit?usp=sharing">here</a> to download a PDF of these cute note cards. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are a perfect gift for your young scholar or add a few envelopes and a bit of ribbon and they are a lovely introduction to the new teacher. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To make sure that it is extra easy for you, I have set them up to work with the following Avery Punch and Go Postcard Products: </span><span style="background-color: #eae8e9; color: #363a40; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5889, 8386, 8389</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This has been an exciting (and busy!) summer around here which has given me lots of opportunities to style some super fun parties! I couldn't have been more thrilled when I was asked to design a Pink Flamingo Pool Party for a beautiful, vibrant young girl named Cara. She was turning 11 so the party needed not only to reflect her colorful personality but it also needed to straddle that period of childhood where you are no longer little but not yet a teenager. With all the details, I strove to give the party a sense of sophistication without sacrificing any of the fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tons of pink plastic flamingos as well custom flamingo standees flocked the drive and pathways to help set the stage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I went about festooning it with bright tissue fans and custom signage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the dessert table, I wanted it to feel fun, sophisticated and girly with lots of frilly bits to soften the strong graphic nature of the designs. And of course, lots of pink flamingos!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I designed an extra tall ombre ruffle cake as the centerpiece and flanked all the sweets with delicate pink peonies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Takes the Cake did a beautiful job bringing my vision for the cake to life and Pat at Toppers 4 You created the most spectacular fondant flamingos and beach balls to adorn the tasty creation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The WINNER of the Set of Sew Tacky Party Printables and $50 Michaels Gift Certificate is:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kelsey Johnson who entered on the Design Dazzle post and said:</span></div>
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<cite class="fn">Kelsy Johnson</cite> says:<br />November 12, 2013</div>
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Wow! What a great activity for the kids! (I can see a variation on this being fun for the adults, too!) Adorable!<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Congratulations Kelsey!! Please email me at GwynnWassonDesigns@gmail.com before midnight December 3rd to claim your prize.</span></div>
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<br />Gwynn @ Gwynn Wasson Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788264346341601467noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588109210615043524.post-3629822271016576922013-11-26T08:40:00.002-08:002013-11-26T08:40:55.832-08:00{Give Away} Sew Tacky Ugly Sweater Holiday Party - $50 Gift Card and Printables<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year the kids are finally to old enough to where having an organized activity at a party, isn't just chaos, it's fun! So I got a little "crafty" with our holiday party and turned it into a "Let's Be Sew Tacky" party. Get it...?? SEW. TACKY (you know... like glue?!) I know, I know, bad puns... but with a little twist on the Ugly Sweater party it turned out to be a really GREAT theme! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found super inexpensive thermal shirts for all the kids </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so that each child could make their own "ugly sweater". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">nd then I pulled together tons crafts supplies from my kid's art drawer, Michaels and the Dollar Store: pom poms, tinsel, glitter, googly eyes, mini presents, christmas trees, gingerbread men, buttons, bows and bells just to name a few.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And what they ended up was Sew Tacky, it was cute!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The kids had a blast making their own sweaters!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And to reward their valiant artistic efforts, I put together a tacky little dessert table laden with yummy treats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And so that you can have your very own Sew Tacky Holiday Party, I will be giving away a Free Set of Sew Tacky Holiday Party Printables PLUS a $50 Gift Card to Michaels! Here's how to enter...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 - Stop by <a href="http://www.gwynnwassondesigns.com/">my blog</a> on Monday, December 2nd when I announce the winner. If it's you, you will have 24 hours to contact me to claim your prize.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Party Styling or Printable Decor - <a href="http://www.gwynnwassondesigns.com/">Gwynn Wasson Designs</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sweater Cookies - <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/queenoftartscakes?ref=l2-shopheader-name">Queen of Tart Cakes</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sewing Themed Cake Pops - <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MacabeesSweets">Macabee's Sweets</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fondant Buttons & Sewing Needles - <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Clementinescupcakes?ref=l2-shopheader-name">Clementine's Cupcakes</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rudolf Cake Balls - <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PopEstela?ref=l2-shopheader-name">Pop Estela</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christmas Tree Cake Pops - <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/thepopcakery1">The Pop Cakery</a></span></div>
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Gwynn @ Gwynn Wasson Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788264346341601467noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588109210615043524.post-91466340803980706992013-11-19T11:02:00.001-08:002013-11-19T11:55:43.092-08:00{GWD Parties} Bright Modern Construction Party<br />
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my son Dashell was closing in on 4, he came out of his room one day
adorned with all of his toy tools and declared that he would like a
<span style="color: red;">Construction Party</span>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over here we are big on making sure that
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outfitted with <b>fun signage</b>: <span style="color: blue;">"Entering Construction Zone"</span>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...and "Hard Hat
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And Dashell had a blast decorating the driveway with <span style="color: blue;">tons
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sign at the entrance, "Hard Hat Area
Ahead", gave the guests a small hint as to what was to come next. As
they drew nearer to the party, they were <b>met with a large sign</b> "Grab
Your Gear and Let's Build" which was hanging over <span style="color: blue;">rows and rows of
personalized tools belts and toy hard hats</span> decorated with <b>party circle
stickers</b> stating that they were about to be part of "Crew 4". </span></div>
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emblazoned with their name</span> and packed with <b>toy tools</b>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After <span style="color: blue;">appropriately suiting up</span>...</span></div>
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were on! Once past the <b>custom saw horse</b> declaring "Authorized Crew
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they were face to face with the "<span style="color: blue;">Dig Zone</span>"! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A <span style="color: blue;">huge box we
constructed</span> and filled with sand, wood chips, tons of shovels and
construction vehicles. <b>The kids loved it!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Completely inspired by the <span style="color: blue;">cardboard bulldozer</span> masterpiece
originally created by Pure Joy Events, we set out to create our own bulldozer which <b>the kids loved climbing on</b>...</span></div>
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all of our cardboard blocks and the kids simply could not <b>build and
wreck</b> enough "walls"!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every party needs a dessert table
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For Dashell's construction
party, I baked a <span style="color: blue;">chocolate sheet cake</span> and then <b>crumbled it up</b> and
arranged all the beautiful<span style="color: blue;"> construction vehicle cookies</span> (masterfully
created by Angela at Oh Sugar! Events based on my designs) to look as
through they were really going to town <span style="color: blue;">on a mound of dirt</span>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the cupcakes, I <span style="color: blue;">crushed up a chocolate cookies</span> and rolled
the chocolate icing that topped the cupcakes in the cookie crumbs to
make them look like <span style="color: blue;">dirt mounds</span> and then decorated each one with a <b>fun
cupcake topper</b> and <b>construction themed cupcake wrapper</b>. I then arranged
all of them around a <span style="color: blue;">pile chocolate doughnut hole "boulders"</span> and placed
one the vehicle cookies on top to complete the <b>feeling of an actual
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created by Entirely Sweet, were displayed in <b>aluminum lunch pails</b> and
their arrangement was punctuated by adorable <span style="color: blue;">fondant construction cones</span>,
made by Brittany at Edible Details. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the time for the party to end drew near,
each child left with their <span style="color: blue;">personalized tool belt</span> packed with toy tools,
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love Halloween because it has so many different personalities (just like so many fabulous women I know!) It can be dark and dramatic, a little creepy and scary (btw: not like the woman I know!) or even bright and fun. This year I was in the mood for something light and "eek-y" (not dark and icky.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many of you might be like me, still trying to make my little ones costume dreams come true (even though they seem to change every-single-day!) And so if you are thinking about throwing a fun Halloween Party you don't need any added stress. You just need it to be simple and simply fun. So to help you out here are a few ideas and a few fun printables!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For this little soiree I paired a few standard party goodies (cupcakes, cake, and lollipops)... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just click <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5m1AfGATCrNeWsyejQxTlA5V28/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>, download the PDF and party!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From everyone here at Gwynn Wasson Designs we hope you have a super Eek-y (absolutely not icky) Halloween!</span></div>
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Gwynn @ Gwynn Wasson Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788264346341601467noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588109210615043524.post-33165246927917706172013-03-14T00:47:00.000-07:002013-03-14T10:11:12.542-07:00{Give Away} FREE St. Patrick's Day Party Printables!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love throwing together a last minute holiday celebration for the "little holidays". It makes my heart sing to see my children's eyes light up at the sight of friends, sweet treats and some holiday fun! (Especially since at this age, so many of these holidays are new to them! "What's St. Patrick's Day, Mama?" So sweet and innocent, right? How could you resist?!) My big thing is that I feel that these special moments don't need to be pricey or filled to the brim with specialty treats. (Every St. Patrick's my mom would serve green orange juice and green eggs and that little bit of zaniness made the day sparkle with specialness for me!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since St. Patrick's Day is on a Sunday this year, it's perfect for a family friendly playdate party. So have your little leprechaun grab their green, invite a few friends over and indulge in a little Irish-y fun! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For this party I hit the bakery section of my local grocery to grab a few cupcakes and cookies and then lucked out in the bulk food section and added nice selection of candy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For my St. Patrick's Day Lucky Bits of Gold dessert table, I pulled together lots of fun green items and played them against a vibrant golden backdrop, laced with a quatrefoil pattern, and then layered in other golden elements: sunflowers (both as cut flowers and as cookie pops and chocolate covered oreos), gold foil wrapped mini Rolos, and gold chocolate coins. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So if you're thinking about having a party this weekend, let me help you make it easy, breezy with a few FREE printables!! This collection includes the following items:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 2" party circles (4 designs)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Juice box wraps (2 designs in 2 sizes for tall and regular boxes)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Cupcake wrappers (6 designs)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Straw flags (4 designs)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Decorative paper (13x19" so you can make a large paper fan)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just click <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5m1AfGATCrNYTBoOGpTNzZHQ00/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>, <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">to download the PDF. When you get to the page with the PDF click FILE in the upper left corner of the page then scroll down and click DOWNLOAD and enjoy!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"> (This collection will be available for download until March 22, 2013)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">- Printables and Party Styling - <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/GwynnWassonDesigns">Gwynn Wasson Designs</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">- Shamrock cookies, candy, soda, juice and mini cupcakes - Ralph's</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">- Vanilla bean cupcakes - Kimberly's Cupcakes</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">- Sunflower cookie - <a href="http://ohsugareventplanning.blogspot.com/">Oh Sugar! Events</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">- Sunflower chocolate covered oreo - <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/BubbasSweets">Bubbas Sweets</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Striped Straws - <a href="http://www.shopsweetlulu.com/">Sweet Shop Lulu</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">- Mini gum ball tubes and mini pots - <a href="http://www.partycity.com/">Party City</a></span></span></div>
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The Oscar's are this weekend and our Printable Party Collection from last year is back by popular demand! So gather up your girlfriends, chill a bottle of champagne and spend a few hours of quality girly-time dishing about hollywood romances and fabulous dresses!!<br />
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Gwynn @ Gwynn Wasson Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788264346341601467noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588109210615043524.post-84988683475047496682012-11-13T10:33:00.000-08:002012-11-13T17:43:03.259-08:00{GWD Parties} Dashell's Circus Train Party!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since every great school day begins with a great breakfast, I thought that a cereal bar party would be fun... and so did the kids!!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keeping with the theme we had "Space Rocks", "Asteroids", "Saturn's Rings" and "Mini Planets" in abundance. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course cereal is always better with a little milk, so I found these super cute bottles of milk (from Alta Dena) at my local grocery store and decorated them to look like rocket ships...</span></div>
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<br />Gwynn @ Gwynn Wasson Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788264346341601467noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588109210615043524.post-90251042267917406532012-07-02T12:20:00.000-07:002012-07-02T12:27:47.855-07:00{Party In A Pinch} 4th of July Cake Pops<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you are looking to get A LOT of WOW for very little money these Giant Tissue Paper Flowers are definitely the way to go! To make these you will need the following...</div>
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- Tissue Paper in 2 coordinating colors (I used 1 1/2 packs of 20x20" paper with 8 sheets per flower)</div>
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1. Using some thin cardboard or thick card stock create a petal design of your choice and cut out patterns in 3 graduated sizes. (My sizes were as follows: Large - 14.5x12", Medium 12x10.5", and Small 10.5x8")</div>
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2. Using your patterns, trace the petals designs onto the tissue paper and cut them out. (If you are careful in the way you arrange your patterns you will only need about 1 1/2 packs of tissue per flower) I used approximately 4 small, 6 medium and 8-10 large petals per flower.</div>
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6. Keeping the flower upside down. Add the medium sizes petals and tape into place.</div>
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8. Turn your flower over and you should have lovely arrangement of petals.</div>
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9. Take some of your coordinating paper and cut two circles. (They don't need to be perfect.)</div>
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10. Layer them on top of each other and crumple them into a ball.</div>
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11. Gently open the crumpled ball and put it aside.</div>
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12. Next take your crinkle cut paper and roll it into a ball and glue it in the center of your crumpled circles.</div>
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13. Then a dab of glue to the bottom of you crumple circles and add them to your petals. And there you have it... A Giant Tissue Paper Flower!! </div>
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You can find more ideas from my Posies and Paisley Party <a href="http://www.gwynnwassondesigns.com/2012/06/garden-party-posies-paisleys-and-wow-on.html">here</a>.</div>Gwynn @ Gwynn Wasson Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788264346341601467noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588109210615043524.post-62098832402647131032012-06-11T12:30:00.000-07:002012-06-11T12:30:47.731-07:00Garden Party: Posies, Paisleys and WOW on a Budget<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've spent the last couple years helping people design all kinds of different parties, but the one thing that people ask about time and time again is how can I stay on budget and still get the "Wow" factor? Let's be honest, we all want to throw gorgeous parties without regretting it when our credit card statement arrives the next month in the mail, right?! So, I decided to give myself a challenge... create a fun, colorful party that has tons of "Wow" factor without breaking the bank. Possible? You bet!!!</div>
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I've been swirling with Spring Fever lately, so Garden Party seemed like the perfect theme! What's more fun then the combination of Posies and Paisley?! I started with the backdrop, and rummaged through my fabric stacks and old table cloths to see what I had that might work for my theme. I came up with a leftover table cloth from last year's <a href="http://www.gwynnwassondesigns.com/2011/06/gwd-parties-kacey-and-davids-pirates.html">Pirate and Fairies Party</a> and a couple from our Easter Egg Hunt. </div>
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Then I set about figuring out how to dress up my backdrop and sweets, as well as pull in my Garden Party theme without breaking the bank. I decided on Tissue Paper Flowers, all types and sizes... bright, colorful, inexpensive and oh SOOO much fun!! I only needed about 10 packs of 20x20" tissue paper and one pack of crinkle cut paper from Party City to pull off all the decorations. </div>
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And to top it all off, I made a small double layer, fondant covered cake and decorated it with Marshmallow Flowers inspired by "What's New Cupcake?", small Icing Flowers and a bit of ribbon...</div>
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So there you have it... a fun, fresh, modern Garden Party on a budget! Perfect for a birthday party or even a Mother's Day brunch!</div>
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Stay tuned to <a href="http://www.gwynnwassondesigns.com/">my blog</a> as tutorials for all the decorations are coming soon, so that you, too, can create your own summer Posies and Paisley Garden Party!</div>
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I love planning dessert tables! Few things are more fun than deciding what yummy treats to serve, creating interesting ways display everything and designing a beautiful backdrop that will really help punctuate the feeling of the event. And like a lot of people, I imagine, many times after I pull it all together, I stand back to look at my creation and wonder (just a little bit) if I have made all the right choices. You've been there, right? <span class="fullpost"></span></div>
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Soooo what a great excuse to explore something fun?! How great would it be to create a dessert table full of pretty sweets and then experiment with different backgrounds to see how they effect the feeling of the whole table?! And, what better theme then... Rainbow Party!!! </div>
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Super excited about my little experiment, I whipped up some colorful treats (please don't judge too harshly, cooking is SO not my forte!) and ran out and purchased a few more...</div>
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And then set about designing a few relatively inexpensive, easy to make, backdrops.<br />
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For the first one I decided to create something really simple. So I pulled out my circle punches, punched circles in three different sizes and several different colors and adhered them to a piece of white thread. Then I strung them in and around a printable party banner.</div>
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For the next one I wanted something a little "louder" that really yelled "PARTY!" </div>
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So I pulled together a selection of pretty paper fans and layered them on my backdrop...</div>
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An explosion of color! Your eye definitely is drawn more to the backdrop on this one then to the desserts, but oh, how much fun!</div>
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I also wanted to explore something colorful, but subtle enough to not to be over-powering.</div>
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So I created a curtain of fringed streamers... (tutorial coming soon!)</div>
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...which really punctuates the rainbow theme and compliments the rainbow treats as well. Definitely soft and subtle.</div>
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And as I was wrapping up my little experiment, I thought I definitely couldn't do a Rainbow Party inspiration post without a rainbow! So I set about making a ridiculous number of mini tissue pom poms...</div>
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And fashioned them into my very own rainbow!</div>
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So there you have it... the Rainbow Party Backdrop Experiment! </div>
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Party Design and Party Printables: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/95665858/rainbow-party-happy-birthday-banner">Gwynn Wasson Designs</a></div>
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Macarons: <a href="http://www.lettemacarons.com/">'Lette</a></div>
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Paper Fans, Tissue Paper and Streamers: Party City</div>
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Soda: Jones Soda</div>
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