Free Holiday Printables

Only a few more days left to finish up your shopping, wrapping, and tagging. Here are some great holiday printables to help make your packages extra special and pretty this year.

Holiday Gift Tags by Sass & Peril: I love the colors and all of the great design choices, which include  Christmas AND Hanukkah tags as well as generic holiday scenes. Click here to download.

Holiday Mini Cards by Parties by Hardie: I LOVE these mini holiday cards. They are perfect for packages, teacher gifts, favor tags.... So cute! Click here to download.

Mail-Themed Gift Tags by Eat Drink Chic: These mail-themed tags are perfect for those packages that you can't deliver yourself. Print tags onto adhesive paper and use as address labels for your mail-bound packages. Click here to download.

Monogrammed Tags by Martha Stewart: If monograms are you thing, these gift tags from Miss Martha will be the perfect accessory for your holiday packages. Click here to download.

Elegant Gift Tags by design, wash, rinse, repeat: If you are looking for an elegant addition to your gifts, these gift tags might do the trick. They would look great on a bottle of wine, don't you think. Click here to download.

Free Father's Day Printables

Are you ready to celebrate the special men in your life this Father's Day? Amanda of Shindig Parties To Go is generously providing FREE Father's Day Printables to help you make this Sunday a special day for your father, husband, grandfather, and anyone else that deserves being celebrated!

The set includes a cute tie-shaped "Happy Father's Day" banner, tie-shaped centerpiece signs, and cupcake topper sized ties as well. Visit Shindig Parties To Go, here, to download. Thank you for the inspiration and for sharing these fabulous printables, Amanda!

{Free Printables} 101 Bits of Summer Fun!

Are you ready for summer? I am! With only few short weeks left until summer vacation offically begins in our house, I have been trying to plan some fun activites and day trips that the kids and I can enjoy together over the next couple of months. The other day I came across this inspirational 101 Bits of Summer Fun printable that was created by Laura Winslow. Laura compiled a list of fun, simple things to do with her kids this summer and turned it into a free downloadable printable for you and your family to enjoy as well. Print it out, post it up, and become inspired to enjoy some real quality time with your family this summer.

{Party Inspiration} Celebrating a 2011 Graduate!

Looking for a fun, inexpensive way to celebrate your 2011 Graduate? Need a little graduation party inspiration? Well, Frog Prince Paperie is providing you with both! Not only did Frog Prince Paperie recently add a new Graduation Class of 2011 printable set to their shop (only $12.50 for the entire set!) but they also put together a fabulous photoshoot to inspire your graduation celebrations.


Frog Prince Paperie created a "Bright Future" theme for their photoshoot. So clever! In addition to their Graduation Class of 2011 printables, everyday lightbulbs and lightbulb containers (from Hobby Lobby) were used to decorate the inspirational dessert table and bring the "Bright Future" theme to life.





Pretty amazing, right! While I personally adore the light blue and gold color scheme, the Graduation Class of 2011 printables are also available in royal blue and yellow or red and black.


You can see photoshoot and vendor details at the Frog Prince Paperie blog, here, and you can purchase the Graduation Class of 2011 printable set here. Thank your for the amazing inspiration. L-o-v-e it!

FREE Teacher Appreciation Printables

If you are still looking for something to dress up your Teacher Appreciation gifts, you are in luck! Lauren of Lauren McKinsey Designs recently sent me this adorable Teacher Appreciation Collection from her site, which includes FREE printables to help celebrate Teacher Appreciation week. You can stop by the Lauren McKinsey Designs site, here, and download her adorable printable Hersey Kiss stickers and gift tags/cupcake toppers for free! Lauren also designed coordinating candy bar wrappers and cards that can be purchased on her site as well.





Thank you for sharing this collection with Sheek Shindigs, Lauren! I plan on using the gifts tags to dress up some cookie and candy bags that I am sending in to my boys' teachers tomorrow.

{Party Inspiration} An Ice Cream Party

Everyone loves an Ice Cream Party and with the help of One Charming Party, yours will be the talk of the town! Sara and Brittany of One Charming Party put together some delicious Ice Cream Party photos, ideas, and free downloadable printables to get you started. Check them out:

Invitations: Set the stage for a fabulous party with these yummy Ice Cream Party invitations. You can get the free download, here.



Set-up Suggestions: Ice cream is the star of this party. One Charming Party suggests that you set up an ice cream bar with cute cups, a variety of flavors and an assortment of toppings so guests can make their own sundaes. Then give them a spoon and let them dig in!



A Sweet Treat for the Birthday Girl: Everyone deserves to feel special on their brithday and how could you not with such a cool birthday hat! One Charming Party provides step-by-step directions on how to make this sweet Ice Cream Cone Party Hat, here.



Stay Cool: Even an ice cream party deserves a cool cake. Take a simple ice cream cake and top it with chocolate ganache. Add a chocolate ice cream cone to the top to make it look like melted ice cream. Don’t forget the sprinkles.



Party Favors: After the party is over, send your guests home with a party favor in an empty ice cream container. Print out One Charming Party's labels onto adhesive backed paper and cut out. Fill the container with anything you’d like and tie it up with a pretty ribbon and a pink spoon. You can download the labels, here.



Best ice cream party ideas ever! Thank you for the amazing ideas and inspiration, Sara and Brittany.

An Easy & Inexpensive DIY St. Patrick's Day Party Table

With St. Patrick's Day just a little over a week away, I thought that I would put together some easy ideas and tips to help you create a St. Patrick's Day Party Table set-up without having to spend a lot of time or money. I was able to create a cute party table using items that I already had at home and then adding in a few inexpensive, DIY "extras".


I decided that I wanted to use the traditional St. Patrick's Day decor of shamrocks and shades of green as well as some rainbow elements to brighten up the party table. I started by using a basic white tablecloth to cover my table. I have some great green dessert plates my Grandmother gave me several years ago that I decided would be perfect for a St. Patrick's Day celebration. I layered these with a smaller glass dessert plate and then added a homemade cup of Rainbow Jell-O (DIY instructions to come later this week). The result was a colorful place setting that cost next-to-nothing and is really easy to re-create!


I had some green polka-dotted napkins leftover from the summer that I dressed up with a DIY Rainbow Napkin Ring and a handmade shamrock topper (Sheek Shindigs Etsy Shop)to add some of the rainbow elements that I wanted to incorporate into the table's set-up.


For the table centerpiece, I put multi-colored gumballs that I had leftover from another event into glass vessels and added cut-out Rainbows to each one using Love the Day's free St. Patrick's Day printable download. Skittles, gold "coins" or any other colorful candy or trinket that you have at home would also work well. And, if you don't have glass vessels, use a clear vase.


I used clementines with DIY rainbow flags, snow cone holders, small green paper bags, ribbon, and some easy-to-make chocolate covered pretzels to add a few more fun elements to the table. With the exception of the rainbow Jell-O cups and chocolate-covered pretzels, I was literally able to put this table together, start to finish, while my youngest two napped.







By using similar items that you have around your house, you can easily re-create this St. Patrick's Day Party Table for a playdate, classroom party, or family celebration. Stay tuned for DIY instructions for the Rainbow Jell-O Cups, chocolate-covered pretzels, rainbow napkin rings, and favor bags later this week!

{Free Printables} Love the Day's St. Patrick's Day Collection

Once again, Lindi of Love the Day is providing fabulous FREE printables, this time for your St. Patrick's Day festivities. The collection includes:Party Circles, Mini Candy bar Wrapper, Happy St. Patty’s Day Yard Signs, Name Tags, Water Bottle Wrappers, Blank Tent Cards, Shamrock Straw Tags, Coordinating Paper, Cupcake Wrappers, Come In Sign, Flags, and Photo Booth Props. Love ALL of it!



To view, download, and print these St. Patrick's Day printables, visit Love the Day, here. Thanks, Lindi!

"Bee My Valentine" Party Printables for Operation Give Thanks

I am so happy to be able to share some great Valentine's Day Party Printables that are not only cute, but are part of a nation-wide fund-raising party for an extremely worthy cause as well. Miss Bird of Bird's Party Blog (L-O-V-E her!) created this adorable "Bee My Valentine" party printable collection for Operation Give Thanks.


Operation Give Thanks is a nation-wide fund-raising party to help the amazing organization, Operation Shower, continue on its mission to throw amazing baby showers for military families to ease the burden of deployment. I had the privilege of volunteering with Operation Shower back in October and was able to see first-hand how wonderful this organization is and how important its mission is to so many deserving families. By making an online donation of $5 or greater to Operation Shower, you can help spread some LOVE this Valentine's Day to many deserving military families AND download some Fabulous printables as well! Did I mention that the "Bee Mine" Valentine's Party Printable collection includes: Fill-in party invites, 2" cupcake toppers (or round favor tags), party icons and cut-outs (bees and beehive) that you can use as cake toppers too, napkin rings or jar and bottle wrappers, place-cards or dessert buffet labels (Bee My Cupcake and Pink Lemonade), candy jar fancy labels and a 5" x 7" super cute party sign - Instructions and list of materials are included. How great is that!






BUZZ on over to Bird's Party Blog to show your support and DOWNLOAD these great printables. Tell Bird that I sent you ;)

{Party Inspiration} Super Bowl Sunday

I was recently browsing around Etsy when I came across some great printables for Super Bowl Sunday. Shindig Parties to Go has created a line of Football Party printables that can be customized with your choice of team colors. These would be great for a Super Bowl celebration. While you are in the shop, check out some of the great party inspiration pictures for this line as well. Shindig Parties to Go has some great ideas for a Super Bowl dessert/food table!






You can visit the Shindig Parties to Go etsy shop here.

New Year's Wine Wraps and Labels

Better Homes and Gardens has some really cute {and FREE} printables for New Year's wine wraps and labels. Whether you are hosting a party or bringing some bubbly as a guest, these will help dress up your bottles for a New Year's celebration.

Countdown Wine Label

Midnight Clock Wine Label

Happy New Year! Wine Label

Visit Better Homes and Gardens here to download these printables and several others as well.

Thanksgiving: Box it up!

One of my favorite fellow party girls, Lindi of Love the Day, is sharing a wonderful free Thanksgiving printable just in time for your day of feasting. These adorable Pie Boxes will help you clear out some of the leftovers. Simply download here, print, cut, tape, and package leftover pie slices for your guests to take home and enjoy later. Easy, super cute, and FREE. Doesn't get much better than that!





Love the Day also offers a matching Happy Harvest collection that can be purchased here. Thank you for sharing this, Lindi.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow....

All that I can say about this Rainbow Party by Bird of Bird Crafts is WOW! I am a big fan of Miss Bird and she has out done herself. You can't help but feel happy after looking at all of these bright, cheerful colors.

Bird used clear baubles that were only $1 from the craft store and filled them with crepe paper to create these cute, colorful hanging decorations.

Do you LOVE the ruffled tablecloth as much as I do? Bird used layers of crepe paper and double-sided tape to create the look. She simply layered the crepe paper onto a white paper tablecloth, taping each section as she moved down the table. The best part (other than the fabulous result)? No sewing skills needed!

Feel like a Rainbow Party? Visit Bird's shop here to purchase her Rainbow Party Printables.