5M Creations Party Shop Giveaway {Two Year Blogiversary Bash}

Reason 3,999 of why I am excited to be pregnant? I get to throw a kid a birthday party, like every year (well, until teen angst kicks in and he tells me to knock it off ...sniff, sniff)  Nowadays it is so easy to track down deliciously fabulous party supplies from fun shops such as 5M Creations.

This lil' party shop owned by Melissa offers a colorful variety

of party straws, favor bags, & baking cups.

 

Take a look! Much better than those party supplies of the 80's right?

Oh how my little paper addict heart goes pitter-patter over party supplies like these!

 

Melissa sells printable invitations too.

These bake shop ones are my favorite.

You can check out her other party themes here.

 

 

Planning a party of your own soon?

Well, you are in luck because Melissa is generously offering a $30 5M Creations gift card 

to one lucky winner!

This is good for 1 printable package for an international peep

or party supplies for those of you in the good ol' U. S. of A.

 

Now go enter you party animal!

 

 

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That's a Wrap Folks!

Holyshmoly! Can't believe summer has officially come to an end.

It's time to reflect back on the month of August here on the DN

Wow, look at that.

Bustine ryhmes up in herrrre.

Must be my inner Dr Seuss coming out.

 

 

In bloggity blog news.........

 

*I went postal. I mean coastal on y'all & shared one of my favorite DIY projects to date.

 

*Diagnosed myself with "bluetitis" 

Which despite the appearance of that word it is not referring to my, ahem, *cough* girls.

 

*Stuffed my face with a scoop of heaven.

 

*Declated my love for projectile weapons.

 

*Gave away a $500 Oreck air purifier to one lucky lady by the name of

Nicole Krebs Balogh!

That's right Nicole you scored yourself some super clean air.
Congrats.

I'll be in touch soon so you can claim your prize!

Thanks to everyone who participated!
 

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In shop news......

 

*These fall invites have been selling like hotcakes.

 

*Check out the new kid on the block.

Girly scarecrow invites are now available!

 

*Had the honor of working on bridal shower invites for my dear gal pal, Sandy.

Thankfully, she shares my love for chevron!

 

So how was your month of August?

 

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June: It's a Wrap! I Spent the Whole Month Doing What?

I've decided I'd like to include monthly wrap-ups here on the bloggity-blog. You know something I can look at around the end of each month to prove to myself that I actually did something besides just pinning away all my dream houses I'll be moving into once Martha Stewart hires me as her replacement. In the mean time, this may give you a chance to catch up on some things you may have missed around here {because I know you have nothing better to do} AND it also gives me the opportunity to share bits & pieces from my other life such as all the paper goodness going on in my stationery shop.

So, incase you missed it:

*We started off the month with a little chemistry lesson.

Atomic # 80 DIY here. 

*I cooked and we all lived to talk about it.

* Then I made some dog-gone fun wall art. No seriously, the pups gave it 4 paws up.

*I shared some freebies that you should hurry over & download now for all your 4th of July festivies.

*The new series, "Blogs I'm Lovin' & You Should Too" started.

*And I brought home some ugly, possibly infested chair to makeover.

June was also a busy, busy month for the Delightfully Noted shop!

Just in the knick of time I finished up these

royal blue & ivory wedding invites for some friends of ours who are tying the knot in July!

I knew when I first opened up shop that being an invitation designer I would be a small part of family's special moments & celebrations but I never anticipated the stories behind some of my custom orders. Sometimes touching, but also heartbreaking like this custom design for a little girl who was attacked by a dog and had to receive 80 stiches in her face!! What a brave, little cookie.

Then I also worked with one of my favorite customers on some personalized note cards for her to send the love of her life when he deploys for the FOURTH and FINAL time this September.

Their "thing" is cupcakes. While he's away overseas he always sends her her favorites from Georgetown Cupcakes so she wants to be able to send him something simple & sweet to remind him of home and the love he has awaiting him. Awww......ain't that some off the charts sweetness?
I'm thinking about adding these to the shop. Whatcha think?

So let's see what July has to bring us, shall we?

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{New} Fairy Birthday Invitations......Sometimes I Do Work.

I realize it appears as though I am always having fun crafting away but believe it or I do work & clean sometimes. Okay, so maybe the cleaning part is a little stretch of the imagination & I admit as of lately the working on my shop part probably is too. I go through these periods of creative lulls with my invitations & stationery & I admit ever since my surgery I've had a difficult time finding that creative spark again.

Of course, as always I am forever grateful for my customers because all it takes is for one of them to come along & kick my bootay back into gear. Ya know, get those creative juices flowing again!

That was the case with this recent custom order I did for an acquaintance from my high school days {by the way if you run an Etsy shop or small biz & do not have a Facebook account yet for your business you really are missing out on a tremendous free marketing tool! Same goes for you bloggers.}

Anywho, this mama is raising a beautiful set of twin girls & was looking for some fairy themed invitations.

After a little brainstorming I was able kick my the creative roadblock over & come up with a fun & charming invitation perfect for her little birthday fairies.

Which leads me into introducing to you the newest kids on the block.

 These fairy invites are now available in the shop!

You want to know the best part? Customers can pick a hair & eye color to create a design to resemble their little fairy princess. I mean what mother doesn't like that?

You can check out all the details here.

So like I said I do work "sometimes".

Are you planning a birthday party any time soon? What themes are your kids into lately?

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End of Summer Luau

Luau Invitations from Delightfully Noted| Summer Floral Dress from Forever 21| Keep Calm and Surf On Print from Keep Calm Shop| The Luau Party Set Printable Food Labels from Love the Day

Why not celebrate the end of summer with a luau? Fire up the grill, decorate with a few tiki torches, and serve up the perfect pina colada!

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When Inspiration Comes in the Form of Mork & Mindy

Remember the sitcom “Mork & Mindy” starring the then-unknown Robin Williams?  I have very little recollection of the show since the series ended pretty early on in my life. A matter of fact I’m thinking I must have watched re-runs. I do, however, recall even as a child thinking the science fiction show was a little odd.  Mork {Robin Williams}, was an alien who landed on Earth in some egg-shaped spaceship clearly looking as if he had raided the closest of Rainbow Brite.

  Him and his roommate Mindy were always throwing up gang signs, too.

Image: Eyes Peeled, Always

{What up!}

Well, apparently over the years I must have been suppressing some deep routed issues with this show because the other night I ended up dreaming that Mork & Mindy were our neighbors. Isn’t it funny the things you can dream of?  No matter how ridiculously awesome that would be to have this quirky pair as neighbors, I do have them to thank for this new invitation design!

{Retro "Our Little Sweetheart" Invites from Delightfully Noted} 

It is strange sometimes where artist and crafters find their inspiration!  Soon after my dream of good ‘ol Mork & Mindy this retro rainbow design kept coming to mind. “Our Little Sweetheart” invites are such a darling and unique way to celebrate your little one’s big day. They’d even make for adorable baby shower invitations.

{Cupcake toppers are the perfect way to add that special touch to yor baked goods!}

Did you know Delightfully Noted also offers other coordinating party decor?  Favor tags, cupcake toppers, and thank you cards are also available. Contact me for details.

Oh, and just incase some of you are looking to waste some time here's a video of Mork & Mindy's pilot show.  You can thank me later.

What's the strangest inspiration you've ever had?

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