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Printable Cocktail Umbrellas

February 24, 2011 Leave a Comment

I’m so excited to add prinatble cocktail umbrella designs to the shop! Avaiable in custom designs and as a set as well!

To create: Order a design from PYP, download, print and follow the following steps…

*a 3 inch round craft punch works great with this design

*glue tape rollers are a great alternative to standard tape. When using a heavier stock, I would recommend using a stronger glue

*applying a glue dot prior to stabbing the skewer gives you an instant hold

*for extra durabilty, I recommend securing with additional wet glue which can set around stick.

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These invitations were created for our very own off spring! Though I must admit designing a hot wheels themed party would not be my number one choice, it’s what my little guy wanted and we all want to give our kids exactly what they want- right! This design is a perfect example of how we can incorporate jpeg images into our designs when the design in need may be a main stream licensed graphic like so…

He specifically wanted Hot Wheels Battle Force 5, a popular tv show right now.

invitation

And this is my son after all, so of course it did not end there! I’m sure I had all the fellow kindergarten parents wondering just what in the heck I was thinking when they received an invitation to a 6 year olds birthday party which included enclosures!

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calendar reminder

With the school year coming to a close, my son’s party was a way out from the time he had to pass out his invitations. So to put my mind at ease that not everyone would forget, I created calendar reminder stickers.

To create calendar markers, I simply printed a card and attached a small round sticker. To create stickers simply print on full sheet label and as with all our round designs, punch with a round paper punch. I then attached the sticker to the card with a glue dot and voila, your guests now have a sticker to put right on their calendar so they don’t forget your event!

And to finish off the perfect invitation, a name sticker and envelope seal were placed on each envelope.

Stayed tuned for many more printable details to this upcoming party!

And you can check out the details from Ethan’s 5th birthday party from last year which was Ben 10 themed- HERE.

Need a custom design using your kids favorite character or tv show? Contact us to start a custom order at print your party

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Print Your Party is having a baby…

January 19, 2010 Leave a Comment

Well, one of us is! Katie, my sister-in-law (and other half of PYP) is due to have her 2nd son in April. I have been having so much fun designing printables for her baby shower. Here is a sneak peek of the design that will grace her shower. Check back next month to see photos of the “Real PYP” event and all the coordinating printables.

There is noting more classic then a stork for a baby shower theme. And while it’s classic, it was a little too old fashion for my taste. I modernized this stork in what I simply call our “birdie stork” design. This new design will soon be available at PYP .

This invitation is a perfect example of how you can use your imagination to further personalize our printables. They can be embellished with ribbon and gems matted on textured papers, or in this case made 2 dimensional with the addition of a cloud cut out- the sky is the limit!

To create this look, I simply typed up my text in repetition on one page, and punched them out with a uchida cloud paper punch. Paper punches are available in every shape under the sun, we LOVE using them at PYP!

I then cut a small slit along the belly of the birdie to insert my cloud cut out…

I slid the cloud punch into the belly of the birdie…

And then secured it by sticking a white round sticker to the back. When is comes to finishing work we always recommend trying to find the most finished look possible. While gluing an entire sheet of card stock to the back would have created the most finished look, let’s be honest, that would have been quite time consuming. Scotch tape would have been messy and unsightly, so I opted for the round sticker, it blends with the back and is nice and neat.

And of course I created a coordinating seal. This envelope seal doubles as a return address label…

Again using a uchida punch, this time a 1.5 round punch. This is how we recommend you punch out all of our round designs. They come out perfect every time and it’s easy as pie!