Party Paperminties - Cute as a Button Party

This Cute as a Button Party was in early August.  Birthday girl Kristiana turned two and her mommy and big sister thought it best to throw her a button-themed party since she loved fiddling with buttons!  Really clever theme!

Mommy was very hands-on with the preparations.  When I met up with her to discuss the party details, she had already finished decorating brown paper bags with circle cutouts and making paper pinwheels as centerpieces!  It made my work a lot easier.  All I had to do was add buttons to the pinwheels and paper bags, make table confetti and the large wall decor.  As an add-on, I decoupaged paper buttons on a letter K that mommy saved from Kristiana's Baptismal celebration.

Here are some pre-party photos and photos of the party venue on party day!

Brown paper bags made by Kristiana's mommy with the help of her loving Yaya Amy!

Paperminties paper buttons on the circles of the brown paper bags!

Pinwheels by mommy made from scrapbooking paper!

Paperminties paper buttons added onto the pinwheels.

Table Centerpiece pinwheels with paper buttons and paper button confetti on the table.

Table Centerpiece pinwheels with paper buttons and paper button confetti on the table.

Table confetti - Two-layered paper buttons from cutout circles.  I punched the four holes in the middle with a one-hole ticket puncher!  Labor intensive but results were satisfying.

Decoupaging Letter "K" with the paper buttons.

The finished product!

Large Wall Decor by paperminties!  How many buttons do you see?! = )

Brown paper bags with the thank you tags made by Kristiana's mommy! = )

Buttoned up Letter 'K' waiting for the cupcakes and cake!

Buttoned up letter 'K' with cupcakes and cake.

Posting more August projects soon!  Do watch out for them! = )

Two Parties, One Day, One Venue!

Transportation Party, July 14.  Afternoon party at Shakey's.

Noah's Ark Party, July 14.  Lunch Party at Shakey's.

It's been a while since I last posted.  Paperminties has been busy this month and we are so grateful!  Yay!  For starters, we were booked to do party paperminties with a transportation theme for July 14...then came a last minute booking for a Noah's Ark party also on the same date! Despite the last minute advice, I couldn't resist doing the Noah's Ark party theme since it was so exciting to do!  The surprise was that it was going to be in the same venue.  One party during lunch and the other, an after-lunch party.  What blessings for paperminties!

The transportation party was booked months before the event.  Jose was turning one and his parents sought paperminties' help to do the party decor.  Both Daddy and Mommy were so hands-on with the party planning and conceptualization.  They chose this party theme since Jose loves all kinds of vehicles.  The party decor centered on the transportation giveaways they handpicked (they had to be food-grade plastic by the way!) and the color scheme/theme was just red, blue, yellow and green.  The only party decor out of the color scheme were the centerpiece sticks in yellow and black (by paperminties), and the orange traffic cones that both Mommy and Daddy worked on.  The orange cones were so seamlessly done that they fooled many into thinking that they were the real deal.  I really wish I could take the credit for making them!  LOL!

Below are some pre-party photos and photos of the party itself.

Transportation giveaways as party decor pegs and Mommy's washi tape.

The giveaways dictated the color theme -  red, yellow, blue and green.

Transportation Party Large Wall Decor by paperminties, situated atop the Dessert Buffet.

Table confetti by paperminties.

Table Centerpiece sticks by paperminties.

Party paperminty car used as giveaway bag decor.

Transportation Party Large Wall Decor - situated atop the buffet area.

Days before the Transportation party, another friend of mine messaged me and asked for help to decorate her baby's Baptismal Reception scheduled on the same date, July 14.  I hesitated at first due to time constraints but when I found out that the theme was Noah's Ark, I just couldn't resist!  Just visualizing the ark and cutesy animals excited me!  After agreeing to do the decor, I was surprised to find out that the Noah's Ark party was going to be held in the same venue - Shakey's, Sucat!  What are the chances?!?!  It further confirmed my decision to go for it! 

Here are the photos.

Noah's Ark party Large Wall Decor by paperminties.

Close-up.  Noah's Ark party Large Wall Decor by paperminties.

Table Centerpiece Sticks by paperminties.

Noah's Ark party table centerpiece sticks by paperminties.

Noah's Ark party table centerpiece sticks by paperminties.

Noah's Ark party table centerpiece sticks by paperminties.

 

Noah's Ark party table centerpiece sticks by paperminties.

So these were paperminties' July parties!  Will be posting another exciting July paperminties project on this blog soon.  Please watch out for it!

And please check out paperminties facebook page for more party photos!  Book us for your next party/event!

Party Paperminties - "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"

When I was told of the next party paperminties theme "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," I was thrilled and excited!  I am an Eric Carle fan.  Each of his illustrations is really a work of art. When I look through his books, I imagine how he designed each masterpiece and tediously painted and handpicked the perfect paper to complete them.

Wanting to get some insight into his design process, I researched a bit and found this on his official website.  This is what he says about his artwork, "I begin with plain tissue paper and paint it with different colors, using acrylics. Sometimes I paint with a wide brush, sometimes with a narrow brush. Sometimes my strokes are straight, and sometimes they’re wavy. Sometimes I paint with my fingers. Or I paint on a piece of carpet, sponge, or burlap and then use that like a stamp on my tissue papers to create different textures."

For this party paperminties theme, I wanted to make each one as close to the original artwork as possible and thought of using tissue paper as well but since it's not going to hold up on a wall or a centerpiece stick, I decided to do my own cut-paper versions. 

“I begin with plain tissue paper and paint it with different colors, using acrylics. Sometimes I paint with a wide brush, sometimes with a narrow brush. Sometimes my strokes are straight, and sometimes they’re wavy. Sometimes I paint with my fingers. Or I paint on a piece of carpet, sponge, or burlap and then use that like a stamp on my tissue papers to create different textures.” - See more at: http://blog.sanfranciscomusicbox.com/how-eric-carle-makes-his-beautiful-art/#sthash.uFIjeCZU.dpuf

Well, Mr. Eric Carle,  I hope I do you proud! = )

Large Wall Decor

Large Wall Decor

Large Wall Decor

Large Wall Decor

Party Invite - paperminties' first party invite!  The circles are attached to each other with circle paper fasteners so the body retracts behind the head of the caterpillar.  I copied this from a school invite. ; )

Table confetti.

Table Centerpiece Stick

Table Centerpiece Stick

Table Centerpiece Stick

Table Centerpiece Sticks

Table Centerpiece Stick

Table Centerpiece Stick

Table Centerpiece Stick

Table Centerpiece Stick

Table Centerpiece Stick

Table Centerpiece Stick

Table Centerpiece Sticks

Table Centerpiece Sticks

Table Centerpiece Sticks (foreground).  Excess party invites were used as party decor (background)

Table Centerpiece Sticks

If you need paperminties to customize your next party with cut-paper party decor, just let us know by sending us a private message through our Facebook page - www.facebook.com/paperminties. ; )