With cold weather comes the holidays, and we could not be more excited to start entertaining. After endless “ahhh” inspiring hours of scouring Pinterest for amazing holiday ideas, we have built ourselves a fab Holiday Inspiration Board, that bookmarks ideas we hope to use someday!

We melted over these snowman doughnut holes and were excited to re-create them to fit into our new cake pop/lollipop inserts! This is a very simple, fun and fabulous kid appropriate cooking project that would make a great addition to a holiday hot chocolate table!

Dessert tables and candy bars have become a very popular addition to parties and blumebox is excited to announce the release of our cake pop/lollipop insert, that is ideal for displaying all things sweet on a stick. Just like all other blumebox products, the insert easily pops into place and has been designed to fit securely inside our standard 4″ cube blumebox. With 13 holes to select from, the insert displays a good number of sweets. But if you should need more, simply add another 4″ cube and cake pop/lollipop insert and cluster the boxes together with ribbon.

The holiday season is all about sweet delicacies, so consider adding a stick to your desserts and displaying them in the eco-chic cake pop/lollipop insert and blumebox cubes. For ordering these fabulous, new cake pop/lollipop inserts, contact us.

Please note that you will want to find a fun filler that covers the top of the eco-friendly, kraft cardboard insert! In this project we relied on mini marshmallows.

Goods Needed: powdered mini doughnut holes, candy corn, chocolate chips, chocolate jimmies, marshmallows, lollipop sticks, 4″ cube blumeboxes, NEW blumebox cakepop/lollipop insert.

 

Posted on November 16th, 2011 at 4:30 pm
Tags: cand bar display decor, dessert table decor, hot chocolate table

Holiday Season has officially kicked off and we could not be more excited to announce our Edge Collection, that features solid black blumeboxes with white trim edges. After years of creating this look by hours of DIY(ing) efforts, atlas we can offer an easy solution for your entertaining needs.

Available in all three sizes, the black and white collection makes for great gifts or suits a holiday table nicely. The 4″ black and white cube blumebox is a fabulous fit for red or white 4″ poinsettias, succulents or mini trees, making a terrific and desirable hostess gift. Keep a few 8″ black and white edged blumeboxes on hand for giving wine, seeing as it fits wine bottles nicely. And for the perfect sized flower vase, the 6″ black and white edged blumebox is a go-to for festive holiday arrangements.

So what are you waiting for, start planning out your holiday gift giving and entertaining needs!

Posted on November 2nd, 2011 at 4:21 pm
Tags: black and white centerpieces, black and white edged blumebox, black and white wedding

Blumeboxes are fabulous for so many reasons, one of which is the variety of colors they come in. While I do love all the colors, there is something so elegant about the kraft natural.

We love this image that was sent in by Carolyn Parker over at Rose Notes who experimented with one gorgeous harvest of Peggy Martin Roses in a variety of containers, one of which was a kraft natural blumebox.

Posted on October 24th, 2011 at 2:47 pm
Tags: eco-friendly floral supplies, eco-friendly flower vases, kraft natural blumebox

While researching train themed parties, we came upon an adorable one via the blog Mommy Amour, that just so happened to feature the 8″ white blumeboxes on the dessert table of her 2 year old boy, Grayson’s lime green and blue train birthday party!

It is fare to say that not one detail was left out of this incredibly orchestrated party! We know from experience that the cost of  parties add up and it is important to be smart in the planning process and choose wisely where you want to spend the money. We love this clever, low-cost centerpiece option, Colleen came up with, featuring the 8″ white blumebox, lime slice striped paper ribbon filled with light blue tissue paper pom poms.

Be sure to check out her “All Aboard” post to get more ideas on throwing one awesome lime green and blue train birthday party!

We of course could not resist including a picture of Grayson, the birthday boy, helping himself to a cupcake or two! A boy after my own heart!

Posted on October 19th, 2011 at 10:43 am
Tags: baby boy train themed birthday party, baby boy train themed shower, blue & green train birthday party, train themed party

What’s not to love about the arrival of Fall? Fabulous vegetables, sunflowers, gourds, red wine and hearty meals! We particularly love to see the transition of colors that occurs with the blumebox orders. Going from summery pinks, purples, and lime green to mocha, black, orange and yellow, we see first hand the change of season.

Whether it an Oktoberfest Fete, Halloween Hallows Dinner Party, Rustic Fall Celebration or Thanksgiving Feast, eco-chic Blumebox offers fabulous centerpieces for all your Autumn entertaining needs.

Featured above are the 6″ and 8″ black blumeboxes decorated with strips of elegant wrapping paper and raffia.  And nothing ties in a theme more successfully that added decor, such as this assortment of gourds.

This is a very easy Fall centerpiece solution that is perfect for adorning your Thanksgiving table. Featured here is an 8″ mocha blumebox with decorated satin orange ribbon edges. The dried corn husk was attached by hot glue. Fill with some sunflowers or branches and you have one festive centerpiece, that is sure to turn heads.

Posted on October 17th, 2011 at 10:49 am
Tags: Autumn Centerpiece Ideas, Fall Centerpiece Ideas, Oktoberfest Centerpiece Ideas, Thanksgiving Centerpiece Ideas

We love love love European hand-tied bouquets, so when True Florette sent us images of how they are using their blumeboxes, we fell in love all over again!

Well get ready to be impressed, because when you brouse through True Florette’s Photo Gallery you will “ooh” and “ahh” at every click!

So if you happen to be lucky enough to live in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley, be sure to call on their floral services. It’s fare to say you will be most impressed.

Don’t be shy….Tell us your story. How you are using your blumeboxes?

Posted on October 12th, 2011 at 1:54 pm
Tags: European Hand-tied Bouquets, Hand-tied Bouquet transport boxes

We have an unhealthy obsession with Pinterest and have been known to scour the site for endless party and decor ideas that could applied to blumeboxes. Of course along the way we have built boards for our dream house, but that is another post. Upon one of our searches, we came across Chalkboard Table Centerpieces that got us thinking that blumeboxes are the perfect medium to apply chalkboard paint! What an easy DIY and cost effective way to personalize centerpieces.

Just about any craft, paint or hardware store sells chalkboard paint, we happened to get our hands on a quart of Benjamin Moore and it worked great! Determine the size and shape you are desiring, create a stencil and stencil the shape directly on the box. Note: Pen works best to outline the shape!  And don’t fret about seeing the pen lines, as the paint will cover any guides. Then carefully and steadily apply the chalk paint to the outline shape. Two coats will due. Let dry and apply chalk!

Featured here is our 5.5″ white cube that we applied chalk paint to our trellis shape outline, and then proceeded to chalk out table numbers. A variety of succulents filled the blumeboxes, which added depth to the table design. What fabulous way to turn centerpieces into table numbers that would make for terrific gifts for guests at the end of the event.

The ideas are endless with this super easy DIY project especially when you discover that there is colored chalk paint! What an adorable idea for treat boxes at a birthday party, or personalized centerpieces for a baby or bridal shower!

Posted on September 29th, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Tags: chalkboard table number centerpiece, DIY chalkboard centerieces

Our standard response when we receive images from Signature Sweets, is YUM!!! Seeing as the they normally incorporate blumeboxes into their candy bouquets, we were taken back to see the transition to bridal bouquets! But we learned quickly that the talented bunch over at Signature Sweets cater to events of all kinds.

Featured here, is the 8″ lavender blumebox decorated with ribbon and personalized with a decorative cutout card.

For inspiration on candy bouquets, dessert bars and fabulous ways to decorate blumeboxes be sure to check out their photo gallery of designs that are also featured on their Facebook page.

Posted on September 28th, 2011 at 2:06 pm

With the change of seasons, comes a change in the colors, and we love seeing the rich hues of red, green, blue, brown and black popping up in our customers floral designs.

For those of you who have not seen any of Stems Floral Design Studio work, be sure to hop on over to their Facebook Page to do so. Or browse our bridal bouquet gallery, as we love featuring their creative blumebox designs.

For starters, we love the incorporation of the feathers within these bridal bouquets. Feathers  are a fab way to add a bit of texture and color to any floral arrangement.

As for the blumeboxes…We have seen monograms, but adding  photographs of the bride and groom is such a creative touch for the bridal bouquet boxes.

Shown here are 8″ white blumeboxes decorated with differing widths of black and red satin ribbon, topped off with the photo!

Posted on September 28th, 2011 at 12:58 pm

We spotted this colorful Sesame Street Chic birthday party over on Pizzazzeri and were thrilled to see the colorful blumeboxes featured in this adorable traditional themed party with a modern day twist.

For many more fabulous ideas from this super cute party, be sure to check out Dana’s creative festivity that she put together for her daughter Maddie’s 2nd Birthday!

The vibrant 6″ blumeboxes and dotted paper ribbon tie in wonderfully to the tables of this magically orchestrated Sesame Street themed soiree.

Posted on September 12th, 2011 at 1:41 pm
Tags: kids birthday party centerpieces, kids birthday party ideas, Sesame Street themed kids birthday party