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Simple Tastes Giveaway

 

The winner for the Simple Tastes Giveaway is Kristen!  

Kristen, watch for an email from Angilyn at Simple Tastes for your prize!

Thank you for participating and following us on Facebook!

Preferred Vendor, Lori's Place!

 

I think by now it's not a secret that I love Lori's Place cookies

and admire Lori's art of baking!

I'm proud to introduce a Preferred Vendors section on our blog

and happily adding Lori's Place in there.

  I'll share some of her nice looking cookies with you here...

Custom cookies Lori created for our Book Lovers Sweet 16 party

to match a Nora Roberts Wedding Series Book.

Cookie design we used on our Blue Valentine Party

Other beautiful cookie designs...

Visit the shop also for cookie pops, cookie bouquets, brownies, bars and more!

New Sponsor Announcement and Giveaway!

 

Welcome to our new sponsor, Simple Tastes!

  A great shop on Etsy that carries handmade folded favor boxes, cupcake boxes, favor toppers and  lollipop favors!  They are amazing!

Take a look at some of their stuff!

 

 

 

 

 

And here's some of my goodies from their shop:

 

Lollipop favors used on our Halloween Dessert Table ~ Shamrock Favor Toppers used on our St. Pat's Inspiration Table ~ Cupcake Boxes used on Bird Silhouette Inspiration Table and Custom Lollipop Favors for our Pink Sock Monkey Birthday

 

There is also a sister shop, Simple Tastes Supplies!

 I'm glad to have them on board

and we'll be proudly showing and sharing their add here on the blog!

  Now to celebrate our collaboration... 

Simple Tastes is giving our readers a 10% discount  on their shop 

with code TAKEFLIGHT10 on any purchases made March 8 - March 12

and...there's a Giveaway!!!

One set of favor toppers of your choice!  Great for any parties, and if you don't see anything listed that interests you, Angilyn will custom make them for you! Perfect for your upcoming party!!

Now here's how to win...

• Follow Simple Tastes on Facebook AND In Flight on Facebook and come back here and leave a comment on this post letting us know you are now a fan! 

Giveaway entries must be in by Thursday March 10 at 10:00pm Eastern Time

A winner will be chosen by Random.org 

St. Pat's Day Inspiration

 

 

 

 

 

The favor toppers and bags filled with mint m&ms are from our new sponsor, Simple Tastes!

Come back tomorrow for the official sponsor announcement and a Giveaway chance to some great favor toppers of your choice...

 

 Cupcake Toppers by Embellishing Life 

and Green Velvet Cupcakes from my local bakery, Magpies Cakes.

LUCKY sign by Bekah Jennings

 

 

 I want to thank Kori at Paper and Pigtails from putting my ideas down on paper!

Place Cards and Menu created by Paper and Pigtails.

 

 

A variation to the place setting making it more appropriate for kids

Cookies and Cookies pops by Lori's Place 

Now if you're feeling lucky,

remember to come back Tuesday for a Giveaway from Simple Tastes!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

 

Western Birthday Party Inspiration

Western Birthday Inspiration for your parties...

 

Cookie mix in a jar idea for favors and gifts from Bakerella.

She shares free printables and recipe on the blog!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All the above parties are photos courtesy of Anders Ruff and their clients' beautiful parties.

Visit their blog for details on each!

 

Mickey Mouse Birthday Invitation Guest Tutorial

I am honored to present my first guest post and is by Jenny from Embellishing Life.

Jenny has an Etsy shop with very cute handmade party supplies

and hosts a blog which she named 'Embellishing Life with handmade goodness'.

Today she brings us a tutorial on our blog for these cute Mickey Mouse invitations she created...

Looking to make Mickey Mouse invitations for a birthday party?  

Here are step-by-step directions to make your own:

 

You will need:

• white card stock
• black card stock
• red card stock
• white buttons
• adhesives - glue stick & glue dots
• cutting tools - scissors & circle cutter

 

Mickey head:

1.  Start by getting a Mickey head template for your invite.  I just googled "Mickey head template."  You'll get lots of images to choose from.  Print out the template of your choice.

 

2.  Trace on black card stock and cut out with scissors. 

Invitation text:

1.  Next print your invitation text on white card stock.  Fit as many as you can on one sheet (waste less :)

2.  Use a circle cutter to cut out the text so it fits on your Mickey head.  If you don't have a circle cutter you can use a small round dish or cup. 

 

3.  Use glue stick to adhere to Mickey's head.

 Red pocket:

 

1.  Using the red card stock trace around the bottom of your Mickey head.  Cut out and use as a template to cut the rest out. 

 

2.  Glue the edges of two red half circles together to make red pocket.

 

 

3.  Use glue dots to attach buttons to pocket. (I think they work the best for holding buttons on)

 

Now you have an adorable Mickey invitation for your party!

 

~ Jenny

 

Make sure you visit Jenny's shop for handmade cupcake toppers too! 

~ Mayra