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Ninja Party Decorations – New Designs on PPP

March 25, 2013 By: Flavia

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Looking for some ninja birthday party ideas? You are in the right place! I am so excited to show you this brand new design!

Last week we celebrated my nephew’s 6th birthday. He is such a big boy now you know?, practicing martial arts and doing what most 6 years old do…fight with swords and pretend they’re bulletproof!

So, who else could design a black, red and white ninja birthday party suited for a ‘master’ like him? Auntie the crafty…

We started from scratch. I purchased beautiful ninjas clip art and designed the invitation. He is obsessed with the ‘katanas’ {the ninja stars} and nun-chucks so I made sure to purchase a design that included them.

The party was held at the place where he takes martial art classes. Just like for my little boy’s 2nd birthday party, we only had a short time to get set up and with only a small 6 ft table where we tried to squeeze all the goodies. It all turned out great! 
This time, I decided to get out of my comfort zone and instead of designing a long straight ‘Happy Birthday’ banner with ninja images here and there, I looked for some inspiration on Pinterest and found wonderful ideas.  I decided to stick to one in particular…Look for the credits at the end of the post. ๐Ÿ™‚
Banner inspiration via thecrafftedsparrow
I thought about using a couple of  tri-fold project display boards to imitate a japanese room divider…While searching high and low on how to make the banner special, I landed at The Crafted Sparrow’s blog. Once I saw how she created this beautiful banner and hung it in front of a red fabric background, I changed my mind and put that tri-fold project display board to work in a much better way. 
I bought red cardstock {poster size} and covered the tri-fold board on both sides. Then, covered the creases with 3/8″ black grosgrain ribbon and hot glued each banner separate spacing them evenly on the center of the board. For the banners, I printed each letter on bright white cardstock and then cut the silhouette of each one of them. 
I have also bought one ‘pirate sword’ {I know, pirate?? it was all I could find at my local party supplies store} and I was planning just to prop it on the table over a red box …but then my background looked blah! so I decided to go purchase another one and we {grandma helps too!} ‘framed’ the banner with them. Before, we wrapped red and black grosgrain ribbon around the handles of each sword. 
Ninja Party Cupcake Toppers by PoshPaperParties
I made him simple 2.25″ round red and black cupcake toppers and used all of the ninja images I had available in the package including swords, nun-chucks and katanas. We went for plain vanilla white buttercream icing on chocolate cupcakes to match the decor.
and because we all LOVE cupcakes and buttercream icing, here is one more ‘sweet’ shot! ๐Ÿ˜‰
For the bottle wrappers, I made a ‘black belt’ design that everyone loved for its impact and simplicity…
My nephew has a sweet tooth..{don’t they all?} so we bought a couple of glass containers and filled them with Cherry Twizzlers Nibs and mini marshmallows. To those jars I added a little 1.5″ inch ninja tag mounted on 1″ wide black satin ribbon.
We wanted to go for Chinese take out boxes for the favors but they wouldn’t fit some of the surprises my nephew had picked for his friends, so we went with red and black medium (9″) gift bags. I added contrasting ninja favor tags with red and black backgrounds.
And last but no least, a thank you note to his friends for sharing with him such as special day packed with fun and lots of ninja action! 
All Ninja Birthday Party Decorations designed and handcrafted by Posh Paper Parties with the exception of the Happy Birthday banner, inspiration drawn from The Crafted Sparrow blog.
Find these and more party ideas in my Etsy shop! All items seen on this post can be sold separate.
Thanks for looking, 

Choo Choo Train Birthday Party – More items added!

February 1, 2013 By: Flavia

Hello everyone!
This post is an update for the Chugga Chugga Choo Choo Train Party post I wrote back in October ’12.
I honestly wish I had the precious time to post all products at once, but if you are reading this and you work from home and take care of a toddler and of all the house chores, bills and errands…You get me.. ๐Ÿ™‚ Anywho, how about some updates on my Train Birthday Party decor ? 

This is the invitation, laid out as a train ticket. It’s so fun!

Here is a shot of the actual invitation printed and ready to ship:

Train Birthday Party Invitation by Posh Paper Parties

Now, we have some other goodies available at the shop. Like the matching Thank You note:

Train Birthday Party Thank You note by Posh Paper Parties

No party is complete without cupcakes. So here you have the matching cupcake toppers for this Choo Choo Train Party.

Train Birthday Party Cupcake Toppers by Posh Paper Parties

And last but not least, the DIY project that all of you have been requesting via email: 2″ Party Circles.

Party circles are so useful, they serve more than one purpose. You can craft stickers, cupcake toppers, favor tags, scrapbook pages, etc. All you need is some imagination and of course some crafty tools.
Train Birthday Party 2″ Party Circles by Posh Paper Parties
For more info on these and more products, visit my Etsy Shop.
Happy Friday everyone! Oh! and come back soon for an awesome tutorial on how to craft your own cupcake toppers with a free downloadable DIY 2″ Valentine’s Day Party Circles and a special Valentine’s day offer from Cricut.
Thanks for stopping by!

Chugga Chugga Choo Choo – Train Party On Its Way!

October 5, 2012 By: Flavia

My customers inspire me.

I said it before and I will say it again: I LOVE custom orders. I love working from scratch and going from zero to hero! .

When Kasey contacted me last weekend and she asked if I had some ideas for a train birthday party I must admit I was a little lost. I could not believe that in a whole year handcrafting so many parties for little kids I have never had the chance to design a train themed birthday party. Come on! Choo choos are so cute! My son is in love with Thomas…and if that love grows bigger within the next ten months…then you’ll know what the 3rd birthday party theme will be!

So, back to what I was saying… {I got a little sidetracked there daydreaming on my son’s 3rd birthday} Kasey sent me this picture of the birthday T-Shirt she got for her son…

photo via planetpudge on etsy

She wanted to keep the theme within the colors light blue, navy and red. I did my research within Etsy too, and found the cutest clip art at ViveraDesign.

All Aboard Clip Art at ViveraDesign
I have to say, I love buying within my Etsy fellows. It’s such a wonderful marketplace. Vera from Vivera Design is located in Jakarta, Indonesia – yes, the other side of the world – Oh! the wonders of the internet! I received my files within 24 hours and I was able to send Kasey a digital proof of the train party invitation. 
And here is the final product:
I can’t take credit for the wording since it was all my customers’ input and so was the idea of making the invitation look like a train ticket. I do,  however take credit of the entire design and layout. How do you like it choo choo train lovers? I am ‘all aboard’ this train!
I am having a blast designing from scratch…I am not only making my customers happy but I am supporting other artists’ businesses purchasing their original designs.
I will make sure to give you an update on this theme, since I will be designing some other train party decorations.
This train party invitation and other decorations will be soon available for sale at my Etsy shop. If you happen to stop by and don’t see anything listed, just shoot me an email at poshpaperpartiesco at gmail dot com {just change the at for an @ and the dot for an actual dot (.) } .
Thanks for looking and have a wonderful weekend !
UPDATE!: more items have been added! Read the post here.

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