DIY Cocktail Topper

Here is how I made some cute cocktail toppers for a party we had recently!



What I Used  
Skewers
Coloured paper
Butterfly hole punch
White paper
Pink ink pad
Heart stamp
Glue or double sided tape

Cut out pendant shapes from the white paper.
Fold in half and line with double sided tape.
Wrap the flag around the skewer and squeeze together.
Stamp the heart onto the flag.

Use heart shaped hole punch to create large white hearts, and smaller hearts. I used an old map for the small hearts!

Cut out butterfly shapes.
Use double sided tape on both of the butterfly backs.
Stick together with skewer in the middle.

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Serve in your cutest vintage glass, with a delish cocktails. Give to one of your best friends. Smile. 

xox

Cocktail love - Sugar plum fairy

This cocktail is inspired from our holiday in Chicago. We took a cruise on the river and had delicious cocktails in the sunshine. The "sugar plum fairy" is similar to something we tried, but with a little twist...

Here is how I made it..

Vodka
Lemonade
Rasberry Syrup
Lime
Mint

Muddle the lime and mint. 
Add a little rasberry syrup.
Add a shot or two of vodka.
Top up with lemonade.

Enjoy.

Share with a bestie xox 

To see how I made the cocktail topper, click here.

DIY wrapping paper

Here is a little project I have been thinking of getting into for awhile!

I love making personalized gifts and I really love cool looking wrapping paper.. So of course I want to try and make my own!

Here are a few steps that I took to make these cool gift wrapping ideas.

I bought a bunch of stamps of Etsy. I have used this store before and love her work! She has the sweetest little stamps, and they have a great detailing. I had a major splurge last week and bought like 12 different ones. I tried to buy ones that I thought would look cute in patterns together. Click here to take a look at her store Nore Jane on Etsy

Playing around with my pretty stamps!

I bought a few different colored ink pads cos I figured the more colors the better. I love the rectangular ink pad because I'm super into ombré colour patterns right now. I bought these off hobby lobby last week.

For paper I bought brown Kraft paper and white paper.. I think that the Kraft paper looks neat and kind of rustic, but I also really like the white because the colors are much brighter.

I spent quite awhile cutting the paper to 3ft length sections. Folding the cut portions into smaller rectangles and placing them under books seems to help get out the roll from them being wrapped up.

I played around with color combinations and patterns for awhile before I started stamping my paper... Here are some patterns that made the cut...

The little hedgehog makes me smile! I can't wait to see this wrapped around someone's gifty with some twine and a neat tag!

Trio of butterflies from Nora Jane on Etsy

 

Love the color..

Flutter by paper.

I have a friend who just loves butterflies so I am so glad that there were such detailed and pretty stamps in the store I was checking out.. I love the color combination too!

The bumble bee and hummingbird gift wrap reminds me of summer and would be a perfect addition to a gift for a wedding or party on a sunny day!

I love how unique these papers are, and how I can personalize them depending on who the gift is for! I really love giving gifts and it just makes sense for them to look awesome as well as be awesome!

Xox