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Free St. Patrick’s Day Printables

March 13, 2017 No Comments Freebies

St. Patrick’s Day is coming soon! Each year my friends and I celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by heading out to a dinner at our local Mexican restaurant. We then try to visit a great Irish restaurant on Cinco De Mayo. However, this year, I worked on a fun St. Patrick’s Day Dinner Party with tasty Irish-inspired dishes, shamrocks, and chocolate golden coins.

See the printables in action in my recent spot on KATU’s Afternoon Live.

For this St. Patty’s Day Dinner Party I chose to go with a classic black and white stripe combined with clovers in green and white. An Irish Proverb is placed on my place settings. The large place setting printable could also be used to hang from the ceiling or place on the front door. The party circles are simply glued onto my straws for this party, but they can also be used for confetti! Type out your own menu on the free printable menu download before printing.

Check back later this week for some of my favorite recipes for a St. Patrick’s Day Dinner Party!

Click the images below to get your free party printables. My free printables are for personal use only.

Beauty

DIY Manicure Valentines + Free Printables

February 10, 2017 1 Comment Beauty

These manicure party favors were originally featured in my Valentine’s Spa Day Lunch post with FREE PRINTABLES! You might have also saw them on KATU’s Afternoon Live. This simple DIY is the perfect party activity and favor wrapped in one. Use them for a Valentine’s Day gift or party or use the non-Valentine’s Day gift tag printables below to use anytime!

Finding nice ways to say thank you to friends without breaking the bank has become a sort of hobby for me. There is just nothing like a thoughtful thank you gift, Valentine, or party favor for making someone smile. When planning the Valentine’s Day Spa party I wanted to incorporate a favor that could be used at the party and then taken home. Sharing nail supplies is generally unsanitary so this little manicure kit was a perfect favor solution that allows party guests to use fresh manicure supplies to do their nails. Putting together these little kits was simple and you can do the same with supplies you find at your local one-stop retailer such as Target or Fred Meyers.

DIY Manicure Kits

I picked up most of these items at local stores. You can really mix it up and add in an assortment of fun items to make a fun favor. When creating your DIY manicure kit you’ll want to make sure that you have a bag of some sort that will hold everything you are putting in it. You can use small bags found at a craft story like I did or even a mini-gift bag works great. Print off your favorite set of printable tags below to finish off the gift. The below links are affiliate links.

Supplies:

Bags (I purchased my bags ages ago and forget where… however, these linen drawstring bags from Amazon are similar.)
Manicure Kit (I picked mine up in a sale section at my local Target. However, you can pick up similar items online like this little manicure set from Revlon.)
Nail polish (I picked up several shades of pink so that guests could mix it up or trade.)
Favorite print of the free printables below!

Optional:

Nail polish remover wipes
Soap ( I bought heart shaped soap from my local New Seasons. You can also find heart shaped soaps online. )
Nail Wraps
Hand Lotion

Directions for free printables:

Save your favorite printable set below by clicking on the image or the link below it, right clicking the file when it comes up and saving to your computer. Print on white cardstock in full color. Cut out along the design. Use a hole punch to punch a hole in the top and tie onto your bag with ribbon. The circle printables can also be printed on sticker paper to make pretty labels. These printables are for personal use only.

Click Here > Happy Valentine’s Day! Friend, may you feel as beautiful as you are printable tags < Click Here

Click Here > Happy Valentine’s Day! “Mani” thanks for being a great friend printable tags < Click Here

Click Here > “Mani” thanks for being a great friend printable tags < Click Here

What has been your favorite Valentine’s Day gift from a friend? Or, do you have a favorite Valentine’s Day gift to GIVE? Comment below!

A Well Crafted Party

Valentine’s Spa Day Lunch + Free Printables

February 6, 2017 4 Comments A Well Crafted Party

Valentine’s Day for me is all about love (of course) but, it is often about having the opportunity to tell my friends that I love them in addition to my husband. I was always a fan of giving out Valentine’s at school. This year I really wanted to focus on self-care and sharing with my friends an opportunity to take some moments out of the day to enjoy some very much needed “me time” with a few friends.

See these party tips on my spot on KATU’s Afternoon Live:

The Valentine’s Spa Day Lunch features a menu of light foods and sweet treats complimented with sparkling wine and cucumber lemon water. It is a perfectly laid back party that includes chatting with friends over a glass of sparkling wine while manicures are drying. If you really want to make this something special, hire a massage therapist or manicurist to come and treat your guests!

Spa Day Lunch Menu:

Salads served in champagne flutes
Heart Shaped Cucumber Tea Sandwiches
Strawberry Cake Truffles
Sparkling Rose Jello Hearts
Sparkling Rose’ served with Strawberry Hearts
Cucumber Lemon Water

Valentine’s Spa Day Lunch Activities:

DIY Bath Salts (Get your free printable below – Check back soon for tutorial!)
Rose Shaped Hand Towels (Check back soon for tutorial!)
Manicures/ Pedicures

Valentine’s Spa Day Favor Idea:

DIY Manicure Kits with soap, nail polish, and nail kits. Use the free printable tag below.

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Free Printables for Valentine’s Spa Day

Click here -> Download a free customizable PDF invitation <- Click here

Directions: Add your information into the text boxes. You can do this using Adobe Acrobat or even do it in the Chrome browser! Print back and front on card stock in full-color. If you are doing on a home printer you may need to adjust your printer settings to line up the front and back artwork. The card is made with a .25 inch bleed which means you have a quarter of an inch to cut into the design. This helps bring the design all the way to the end of the page. Once cut it will fit in an A7 card.

Click here ->Download free Bath Salt tags <- Click here

Directions: Print on card stock in full color. Cut out each circle. Place this circle in between the lid and the ring of a canning jar or punch a hole in it and tie onto a bag.

Click here -> Download free Valentine’s Day Tags <- Click here

Directions: Print on card stock in full color. Cut out each circle, punch a hole into the circle, and attach with ribbon on a gift. Alternatively, print on sticker paper, cut out, and stick to your gift.