Tag: kids fun

  • A Botanical Garden Party for Meritt!

    A Botanical Garden Party for Meritt!

    Once upon a time, there was a cute and happy little girl named Meritt. Her family had planned a dreamy garden party to celebrate her special day. The party was just gorgeous, and everyone was in love with how it turned out!

    The garden was decorated with a perfect palette of muted blush pink florals and simple eucalyptus. We had worked together with the staff at Red O and their team to bring the vision to life. The result was a beautiful blend of traditions for Meritt, incorporating her Korean and Chinese roots.

    The party had all the traditional Korean customs, such as dduk rice cakes and doljabi, and they also added a nice twist of Chinese traditions. One of the highlights of the celebration was an amazing dragon dance that really wowed and entertained all the guests.

    There were plenty of activities for everyone to enjoy. The kids had a blast with the crafts, balloon twister, and amazing caricaturist. The Red O team provided awesome food and service, and there were yummy snacks for everyone to munch on.

    The desserts and cake were made by the talented three50bakes, and everyone couldn’t stop raving about how delicious they were. It was truly a feast for the senses, and Meritt was the happiest little girl in the world!

    As the sun began to set, the party slowly came to an end, but the memories of the dreamy botanical garden party would last a lifetime. It was a perfect day filled with love, laughter, and happiness, and i’m sure Meritt felt so grateful to have such an amazing family and friends who put together such a wonderful celebration for her.

  • DIY Valentine’s Day Twizzler Arrows

    DIY Valentine’s Day Twizzler Arrows

    I was in a rush to pick up my son from preschool and get to a Valentine’s day playdate at a friend’s house. I didn’t want to show up empty-handed without cards so I quickly picked up my phone and searched on my trusty Pinterest.  We had bought a huge box of twizzlers the night before for the kids in my nieces and nephews class so I looked up “twizzler v-day cards” and these simple arrows popped up.  So I thought this is perfect and super cute to make with my heart paper punch! FIY I love paper punches!!!! Best invention for the crafters out there in DIY-land! Anyways here is how it turned out!


    Not bad for a “at a whim” kind of project, right?? I just punched out hearts in various shades of pink paper and hand cut the feathered end. Then for the tags I punched out tag and hand wrote a cute message. If I hadn’t procrastinated so much I probably would have designed and printed out a tag but these hand written tags turned out cute and simple if I do say so myself!

    So here’s the process:

    • For the feathered end: cut out a rectangle about 2in x 3in.
    • Fold it in half

    • Cut the left and right edge at a diagonal.
    • Cut 2 slits on the folded end (top).
    • Cut slits all along the open edge (bottom).

    Beautiful Twizzler Valentine’s Day Arrow to “shoot out” to friends
    Cute messages
    Packaged it up to take to the playdate

    Things you need:

    1. EK tools Punch for Arts and Craft, Large, Heart
    2. Fiskars XX-Large Lever Punch, Tag
    3. Farious shades of Pink Paper
    4. Scissors
    5. double sided tape
    6. Pen
    7. Valentine’s Day Stickers
    8. Ribbon