Playdate Cards {Ideas and Information}

Are you a mom or dad with young kids? Ever go to the park and have your kid friend another kid and want to continue the fun? Well we got a great idea from Parent Hacks for these playdate cards. Simply put your contact information on the card and other parents can contact you for a playdate in the future! The idea is genius. You don't even have to give the card to the other parent. You can have your child hand it over.

This playdate card also works great with playgroups. I know that I meet mothers on a daily basis and after some talking I realize that not all of them know that there are these great groups out there for not only the kids but the moms and dads as well. Being able to talk and relate to another adult when you're at home with your kids a majority of the time is like a breath of fresh air. By passing along a card instead of fumbling around the diaper bag for a piece of paper and pen you save yourself some time.

If you're interested in ordering playdate cards for you and your child contact Cherish Paperie today! We'd love to help design one for you. We also do customized business cards as well. Below is the pricing.

Pricing for Business/Playdate Cards
 
50 - $40 with artwork | $25 if artwork is provided
100 - $45 with artwork | $25 if artwork is provided
250 - $55 with artwork | $30if artwork is provided

All pricing is for flat color printing on standard paper (no texture or metallic) and does not include shipping. To see the paper colors available please check out our website.

Paper Scraps and Crafts {Party Ideas and Decoration Inspiration}

We always have tons of paper and ribbon scraps leftover from all out jobs, so I have often tried to think of project for getting rid of them in an effort to stay green and recycle or upcycle... here are a few ideas I thought I could share with you!

These potted paper flowers we found at Hostess with the Mostess would make the perfect centerpiece for your next birthday party. I'm actually considering using a similar design for my daughter's baptism reception. They're so eye catching and beautiful. And you can really make the design match any theme or color combination you choose.

I love the idea of homemade wrapping paper. It's just so much more personalized than the stuff you buy at the store. So when I saw these adorable map bows on How About Orange I knew I could try my hand at them with the paper scraps we have laying around as well. Wouldn't this look amazing on top of that perfect gift?

And how gorgeous are these flowers we found at lushlee? They'd be great just laid out on a tablescape like confetti. Or used to accent a napkin ring at a table setting.

These cute hearts also found at lushlee could serve as Valentine's Day decorations or you could use them at another event celebrating love.

Paper garland is so simple and easy to make. And there are so many different variations (as shown on Oh Baby!'s blog). These would be great for a bridal or baby shower. You could even use them for a children or adult's birthday party. They'd work well for themed parties such as Cinco De Mayo festivities and St. Patrick's Day celebrations. You just match the colors to the theme and start stapling, taping or gluing away!

DIY ribbon pomanders are a fabulous idea we found at Project Wedding for the DIY bride. They're a great alternative to flower pomanders for your flower girls to carry down the aisle. They'd also make great aisle or pew decorations as well and you would be able to make them ahead of time.

We found inspiration in paper flowers from Pepper Design Blog. Paper flowers are always a great alternative to real flowers and bridal and baby showers. And they're great for more than one reason. You don't have to buy them within a certain time frame since they keep forever and you don't have to water them! You can find DIY instructions on how to make your own flowers here on the Martha Stewart website.

If you're interested in more paper flower ideas check out these whimsical paper flowers by Emmaline Bride. They are all so very cute and really inspire us to think outside the box the next time we see those bits of scraps left over from our next project. What are your favorite ways to reuse scraps?

A kid friendly wedding

Congratulations to my cousin Joe Simmons and his new wife Danielle! We spent the weekend in San Deigo for this wedding, and what a treat! Danielle comes from a big family with lots of children, so this was the kid-friendliest wedding we have ever been to! What a great break for the parents to enjoy a reception too!

They had face painting, balloon animals, a magic show, lots of dancing and a huge yard the kids ran around on all night!

And of course I have to show off the finished products we did for them - fan wedding programs, pocketfold invitations (similar to the Tailored Gift Wedding on our gallery), favor stickers and tags...all to match of course! ;-)

Their pocketfold invitation was adorned with ribbon and a monogrammed tag that included their names and wedding date. Inside the invitation they included the RSVP postcard and directions to the reception from the wedding site. 

 

The custom programs they ordered had 5 pages all together and included the names of the bridal party, the layout of the mass and their thank you to guests and special family members. They put a light blue ribbon on the bottom of the fan to give it a simple finishing touch. 

Each table had a flower centerpiece that they attached a custom tag to. This tied in the different details of the wedding. They had the same tag on their invitations and a similar sticker on their favors. Even though this wasn't a lot of detail it was a beautiful way of decorating each table (and quite budget friendly as well!).

 Since the couple loves Disneyland so much they bought Disney cookie boxes (similar in size to animal cracker boxes) and wrapped them in wrapping paper purchased after Christmas. They then used the left over ribbon from their invitations and the stickers we made from them for a simple DIY favor that every guest enjoyed... especially the kids!