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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Well everyone, World Party Day is right around the corner! It’s actually starting TONIGHT in Australia and Kit is busy prepping her party in Sydney while we here on the West Coast have one more day of waiting… By now, those of you who requested buttons should have received your package in the mail-...
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A party isn’t really a party without FOOD! Luckily we have Venessa from Kernels & Seeds on board to show us how to make a two-fer-one-recipe of bread pudding! Split your dough between a sweet cherry almond and a savory feta/veggie sausage snackers to satisfy everyone. Check out the recipe here and start pre-heating your...
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After an epic trip to Chicago’s premier Mexican candy store, Dulcelandia, Debbie & Lilian are on to Part 2 of their World Party Day celebration- teaching us how to make your own diamante-shaped piñata! Visit Debbie’s blog for a step-by-step tutorial on how to make a piñata…then fill it with candy and bash the...
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In this first part of their World Party Day tutorial, Debbie Carlos & Lilian Martinez take us on a tour of the Chicago Mexican chain candy store, Dulcelandia!!! My teeth are aching just looking at those bulk bins full of lollipops…but it’s worth it! Stay tuned for the second part coming soon….
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I could barely contain myself when I got Sarah’s email about her idea for World Party Day, so I am ECSTATIC that we can finally share it with the world! I’m not really a huge jello fan, nor do I even drink, but THESE ARE ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!! Jello shots seem to really be making...
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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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Well, we figured since we’re gearing up for World Party Day, we might as well do some time traveling while we’re at it! Sara from Brown Paper Bag is back for Time Travel Tuesday and zaps us bag to housewife culture of the past with these bizarro party ads from women’s magazines. Party-planning culture has...
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Becca is the master behind much of the decor for The Adventure School‘s parties up in Seattle, so we of course had to have her on to demonstrate how she manifests some of her creations. This tutorial on how to make paper spheres on her blog, Potluck Revival, is a good lesson in math and...
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