WOW last night’s NightLife Earth Day party at the California Academy of Sciences was such a blast! Thanks to everyone who came out to learn about composting, gardening, edible bugs, bug photography, and to see an ostrich dissected LIVE! I was excited to see Yasmin and Ami’s mobile bike composting unit- the U.S. Compostal Service-...
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I am officially recovered from World Party Day! The party in SF was a great success despite the rainy Tuesday night. We packed Asterisk Magazine’s headquarters with streamers, alien and earth balloons, got hopped up on cupcakes and pixie sticks and Whirled Party Drinks! We limbo-ed, we danced, we g-chatted and had a ball. Smiles...
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My partner in planning all of these World Party Day shenanigans is none other than artist/designer/craft-lover, Kit Palaskas in Sydney! I had admired her blog for so long and asked her to do a project with me several months ago, which developed into World Party Day! Operating on an 18 hour time difference and using...
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I hope everyone had an awesome World Party Day yesterday!!! The San Francisco party had me running all over town in preparation, so here are a few tutorials from our WPD series…a little late, but always applicable! Find out how to make all kinds of confetti (like the rectangles above!) with Jenny from Hank...
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It’s almost here…WORLD PARTY DAY! Join BIG THINGS, the party experts at The Adventure School, Sydney-based crafter extraordinaire, Kitiya Palaskas, and Asterisk San Francisco Magazine in SAN FRANCISCO this Tuesday, April 3, 2012 for the ultimate synchronized worldwide celebration! Don your very best PARTY OUTFIT… Impress us with your PARTY TRICKS… Decorate a festive PARTY BUTTON… Make...
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The Victorias over at GiftWrapHQ have seriously outdone themselves…again! After their first mindblowing World Party Day post on party bags, now they’ve teamed up with Kitty Farrow Press to make this beautiful party box! I don’t want to give away what’s actually inside the box….so you’ll have to visit the blog for all the wonderful...
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Mariah is a creative consultant over in South Africa and her blog, size too small, is a beautiful collection of finds and images. We asked her to contribute to World Party Day and she came up with the lovely idea of a breakfast party! What better way to start off the day than with pajamas and friends and...
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We’re heading down south today for Glade Hensel’s quick tutorial on how to make a simple paper banner for World Party Day! It’s so easy, you can’t afford not to do it! Glade is an artist and designer working in Austin, Texas. Visit her blog or check out her Etsy for her colorful, quirky embroidered...
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Well it’s official- no PARTY is complete without ROCK N’ ROAR DINOSAUR CANDLES!!!!!!! Give it up for our latest World Party Day tutorial from the brilliant girls at Blow Up in NYC! They are responsible for some of the happiest, most colorful visuals and styling in New York! Visit Claire & Kristin’s website to...
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Day 2 of World Party Day tutorials takes us over to Where the Lovely Things Are, where Mallory does an incredible job of telling us “how to throw a party” via classic movies, including some of my personal favorites, Mrs. Doubtfire and Romeo + Juliet! Check it out, it will make you nostalgic for these...
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