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

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

Ashley from Cupcake Express sure rocked it with this aqua, pink, purple and black Rockstar themed party for her daughter’s 8th birthday.

There are so many rockin’ details to this party that must be scene. We especially loved spotting an 8″ black blumeboxfeatured in the microphone and guitar centerpieces. For many more rock star party ideas and sweets head on over to Hostess with the Mostess.

Check out how Ashely made the guitar centerpiece for this colorful and girlie Rockstar party!

Posted on May 7th, 2013 at 1:57 pm
Tags: childrens rockstar party, rockstar party for girls, rockstar party:blue pink and purple, rockstar themed party

This layered ribbon tutorial was inspired by a DIY on how to make your own favor boxes, demonstrated by Tulle Box Design on the fabulous, Wedding Chicks site.

When we spotted these clever ideas applied to a basic white favor box, we knew we had to try it on a cardboard blumebox.  While any size blumebox would work, we used a 4″ white cube blumebox.

With just four supplies needed and super simple instructions, you can make a layered ribbon box in no time.

1) Apply two strips of double stick tape to each side of the blumebox (8 strips total).

2) Measure out one strip of ribbon that covers the circumference of the box and cut. Proceed to cut the necessary amount of ribbon needed to cover the entire blumebox.

3) Starting from the base or bottom of the blumebox, proceed to stick ribbon to the double stick tape. Extra tape might be needed on the ends of the cut ribbon to ensure a clean join.

After finishing the light pink satin ribbon vase, we wanted to try a version with some light and bright pink ruffled ribbon we had in stock. By adding the cake pop/lollipop insert, the layered ribbon container transformed into a pretty awesome pink ombre cake pop display box.

Coming soon…tissue paper case!

Posted on April 16th, 2013 at 8:00 am
Tags: baby shower centerpiece ideas, baby shower party ideas, DIY cake pop display boxes, pink baby shower ideas, pink centerpiece ideas, pink vases, ribbon centerpiece