Ladybug Birthday!

The ladybug theme is a popular choice for little girls of all ages, and Cutie Pies Custom Creations has adorable invitations and stationery to compliment your theme.  Choose from several invitation designs. Here is the newest ladybug themed invitation…

Dress up your envelopes with these sweet little return address labels, shown with large round goodie bag stickers…

After the party, don’t forget the thank yous!  Also can be done as flat, fill-in version for older kids!

There are so many adorable ladybug party ideas available on the web.  Etsy has super sweet ladybug tutus and personalized tees.  Check out Kara’s Party Ideas for themed birthday party ideas and inspiration like these…

Cakes

Cupcakes

Cookie Treats—find directions on how to make these HERE…

New Item: Pink Owl Personalized Bag Tag

Such a cute way to label your backpack, diaper bag, luggage, etc. Personalized as desired, front & back printing. Buy yours HERE!

More Cute Owls & Summer Savings!

How cute are these? I want some for me, but somehow, I don't think my sons would want to carry these in to school this year... You can find them HERE though!

It's been awhile since I have posted--summer with the kids home has been busy, and I have been trying to soak up as much time with the boys while they are home as possible. ♥ I do have more new products to share with you soon, and I have a little giveaway planned as well...

This week has been super HOT around here. I missed posting a coupon code to celebrate the Fourth, so I have one for you now. Use the code "sizzle" (no quotation marks) for the rest of July to save 10% on any order over $15.

Adorable Owl Birthday Party

It's been awhile since I have featured a party theme, and when I recently had a request for girly owl birthday party invitations, I just had to check in with the talented Kara to see if she had any ideas for this party theme, since I adore the whole owl theme myself!

Here are some insanely cute ideas for a girly owl themed party! As always, check out Kara's Party Blog for full details...








Shop Cutie Pies Custom Creations for your owl invitations like these:


Order some cute labels to use on your invitations & thank you cards! (I have lots of owl possibilities, so yours can be made to match your invitations.)


These cute notepads make wonderful--and useful--favors!


Finish off your theme with coordinating thank you cards---again, these can be done using any of my owls!

You can find these and other owl-inspired stationery goodies on the website!

Happy party planning :D

Mother's Day Promotion & New Baby Design

In honor of mommies everywhere, CPCC is offering 20% off all orders of $15 or more this week. Use the code 4MOMS at checkout to receive your discount.

Introducing an adorably sweet new design, currently available as a birth announcement or baptism invitation, with matching thank yous/notecards available. Look for coordinating labels and a birthday invitation with this cute theme coming soon!

Monogram Damask Notepad - Custom Personalized Stationery

How cute is this? Check out our new damask notepads, available in several designs! This would make a great gift. It's not too early to be checking off people on your holiday shopping list. I can also make labels, notecards, etc to match for a lovely set.

Custom Halloween Photo Birthday Invitation - Custom Cards & Stationery

This is a custom card I designed this week for a customer who was looking for an invitation to tie into her Halloween theme, yet was still a little girly.

New Baby Girl Announcement Designs

I have been feeling inspired by my new baby niece, born last week! Here is a peek at some new super sweet girl birth announcements. Natalie design with chic pink & white damask pattern accented with a rich brown.


Stella Faith is a contemporary design featuring a collage of photos on a pink, sage, & brown combination.

Pink & Brown Baby Shower Feature

Bet you couldn't guess I love the pink & brown color combination? I am not the only one though! It is the most popular choice from my customers for baby stationery, and the top choice for girl birthday invitation as well. Today, I would like to share some brilliant ideas for incorporating one of my favorite color combinations into a baby shower celebration.

This party feature is courtesty of the ridiculously talented Kara from Kara's Party Ideas:

i had A LOT of fun planning this shower for my sister in law. lanterns, cupcakes, party favors, mini candy bars, balloons, pink & brown..so cute. here's a closer look at the diaper cake i made. i used newborn and size 1 diapers & tied brown & pink polka dot ribbon around each of the four tiers to hold the diapers together...i also tied a sheer pink ribbon on top of the brown ribbon & added a pink bow on top of each brown bow. i used pink paper grass as frosting :), and put the whole thing on a pizza pan for easy carrying.


the little booties i put on top of the cake were adorable. you can also see the stickers that i put in the center of each bow (i also used the stickers for the party favors)...


jessica loves penguins so i made these penguin cupcakes. the liners were brown with white polka dots (they matched the candy bars and the party favors etc). the penguins are made out of keebler chocolate lovers cookies, tic tacs, and bubble gum tape (cut into triangles for the beaks). i also stuck heart pics (which also matched the theme) into each cupcake...


i found some cute little candy bar wrappers (martha stewart collection) that i wrapped around mini candy bars...they tied everything together...

i froze small plastic babies in ice cubes. we played a game where everyone had to 'break the water' & 'deliver' their baby. first to do it won the prize...

these party favors were actually bought in the wedding shower section (along with the candy bar wrappers above). they matched the pink and brown theme so well though that i just had to use them :). i changed them a bit & they worked great! i found little polka dot baby tags that i tied onto each one with some pink ribbon. each little bag also had velcro that attached the pink heart to the bag to shut it...


i put a small round tin filled with pink & white mints in each little bag. i found some cute 'it's a girl' stickers that i put on the front of the tins...



You can find a variety of invitation & thank you options on the website to tie in with this theme.
Here are a few invitations that I love in the pink & brown theme:




Thanks so much to Kara for allowing me to share her ideas with you! I have more parties to share in the works. In the meantime, visit her blog for more inspiration!

Pinkalicious Themed Birthday Party

I am working on a new feature for my website to aid customers in their party planning! I will be adding resources from a variety of sources as a wealth of ideas for your themed-event. Very excited about this, as its been in the works for quite some time, but taking a lot of time to get underway.

This first idea comes to you courtesy of Jadi from the Homemaking Fun blog! I am so thrilled to be able to include this, as her party centers around one of my middle son's favorite books, Pinkalicious (yes you read that right!) This theme has been gaining popularity and I have previously featured an invitation for this theme on my blog. The book is adorable---and you should also check out Purplicious & Goldicious by the same authors.

Read on to see Jadi's great ideas for hosting a Pinkalicious themed party...



I was inspired by this book. I love the color pink and thought it would be fun to host a pink themed play date for my daughter and her friends. I started out by reading this book to the girls.



After I read the book the girls made necklaces out of pink beads and then colored pinkalicous pictures that I printed from Elizabeth Kann's website. Click HERE to go to her site to print the pictures and get other pinkalicious activity ideas. I also made pink play dough that I sent home with the girls. Click HERE for my favorite play dough recipe.



For the refreshments I served pink cupcakes, pink frosted sugar cookies, pink wafer cookies, pink whopper candies and pink lemonade. I also added some grapes and strawberries to have something healthy. :)



Here is a close up of the refreshments.



I hot glued paper cups to the bottom of paper plates to make pink serving platters for the refreshments. I saw this idea in a Martha Stewart magazine for kids parties. They suggested putting a big rock or something heavy inside of the cups to help keep the platters balanced.



I hung lots of balloons from the ceiling and tied white tulle to the tops of them for the decorations.




A picture of the guests dressed in pink.



The guests took home a pink bag with pink treats and a container of pink play dough.



And of course, Cutie Pies Custom Creations has adorable stationery to complete your Pinkalicious party ;) Invite your guests to your Pinkalicious themed party with THIS adorable invitation!



And this sweet cupcake folded card makes the perfect thank you to compliment this party theme.



If you have any additional ideas to add, or would like to share your party in one of our features, leave a comment below or email me! Once again, thanks to Jadi for permitting me to include her party ideas for Pinkalicious! Visit her blog for tons of other party/celebration & general kids/family ideas. Stay tuned for more wonderful party ideas.