We spotted this feature by Tonya Blackstone from Soiree Events over on Hostess With The Mostess, earlier in the week highlighting the hottest trend happening in the party planning world!

Bling sticks are sparkly bake sticks that are intended for cake pops and other delectable sweets on a stick, but Tonya set forth to find many more uses for these glittering gems! They can be purchased online from Made by a Princess.

We of course were smitten to see her use the bling sticks as name cards that were housed inside our black and white chain link blumebud place card holders for one star studded Pap-a-Razzi Baby Shower she hosted.

Posted on May 17th, 2013 at 8:00 am
Tags: bling stick place cards, bling sticks, cindarella themed party supplies, creative ways to seat guests, paparazzi party ideas, princess party name cards

The inspiration for our “how to make a shabby chic container with tissue paper”, came to us after seeing this DIY Favor Box Ideas from Tulle Box Designs over on Wedding Chicks.

Using a few supplies, (4″ white blumebox cube, cut up 2″ squares of white tissue paper, double stick tape and the end of a pencil) this tissue clad blumebox flower vase began to takes its poofy shape in no time at all.

1) Line each side of the blumebox with strips double stick tape, leaving about a 1/4″ between each strip.

2) Take a piece of tissue paper and wrap round eraser side of pencil. This will help you stick the tissue to the blumebox. Continue along the path of the double stick tape to you reach the end. Repeat till each panel is covered with tissue. To mix it up a bit use various colored tissue to get an ombre effect!

3) Fill with flowers, candy or cake pops!

Posted on May 16th, 2013 at 8:00 am
Tags: make your own tissue paper vase, shabby chic cake pop display, shabby chic centerpiece, shabby chic container, tissue paper vase

When we spotted this Mothers Day Brunch photo shoot for HGTV,  styled by The Tom Kat Studio, we new we had to recreate this pattern using the blumebox My Monet Kids Kit.

I went into this project with the goal of nice clean finger prints. Well tell that to a 2.5 year old and 4 year old that get told we are going to paint! I still love the results and believe that we could have kept going with filling in some of that white space, but the project had to wind down when the 4 year old wiped her mouth with her painted hands and proceed to eat the paint.

To see more fun with finger painting, head on over to the blumebox pinterest board.

Posted on May 15th, 2013 at 8:00 am

Blumebox was recently part of this years  SNAP Conference in Utah where crafty bloggers unite to take part in a 3 day creative conference.

Party Planners, Michelle from Maddy Cakes Muse and Mariah from Giggles Galore hosted a class, Blog Stars with an Old Hollywood Film theme. The movie theme brought some great ideas including this “Pop”Arazzi Popcorn Bar that was complete with buffet of flavored popcorn from Poppa Maize Gourmet Popcorn.

For many more fun, low-cost and do-able party ideas, centerpieces check out Parties That Wow!

Posted on May 14th, 2013 at 8:00 am
Tags: blumeboxes to display candy, containers for candy bars, containers for dessert bars, display boxes for candy bars, make your own candy dispaly boxes, ways to display candy

In celebration of all the spectacular mom’s out there… we here at blumebox have one pretty cute, super personalized and EASY gift idea that can be ready in minutes. With only a few items required (photos, photo corners, a blumebox and a plant or flowers) this personalized gem will be sure to make your mom’s day!

Posted on May 9th, 2013 at 10:32 pm
Tags: easy mother's day gift ideas, make your own photo frame vase