GNO Wrapping Party!

My friend, Kate, of And Everything Sweet has done it again. This girl's creative mind just doesn't stop! She came up with the brilliant idea of having a Girl's Nite Out Wine and Wrap.... how much fun!

Gather a few girlfriends together, display some of your favorite wrapping supplies, throw in a little wine and VIOLA! You have a fantastic excuse to get together and you'll get a lot accomplished, too.

What I love most about Kate's display is how she took the familiar "dessert table" and created a WRAPPING TABLE. In fact, she took Amanda's Parties To Go's CANDY CHRISTMAS printables set and created her own labels for the table using the blank tent cards that come with the set. Using glass apothecary jars, cake plates, topiaries, and platters, Kate turned ordinary wrapping supplies into an adorable party table. 

There are so many great ideas here, so I'll just let the photos do the talking.

I'm so in love with Kate's gift box topiaries.

What a fun, easy and inexpensive idea for any holiday party table!

The backdrop is adorable but such a simple concept to re-create. Using a rolls of wrapping paper, Kate adhered them red/white dot wrap to the wall in two strips and then covered the seam with the lime green dot paper cut as strips of ribbon. Add a store-bought bow and you've made a stunning backdrop in no time at all.

How cute is this! Display ordinary supplies just as you would cake pops or other dessert treats.

Tags from the CANDY CHRISTMAS collection were printed, 

cut and ready for all of Kate's friends to use to wrap gifts.

Thank you so much, Kate, for sharing your creativity and wonderful ideas with us!

Now I must go wrap some presents! 

Candy Napkin Wraps

Want to add that special touch to your holiday celebrations, but don't want to invest
lots of money or time? Well, who doesn't! 

These little CANDY NAPKIN WRAPS will do the trick.

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Simply print out the 2" peppermint logos from the Candy Christmas Printables collection, punch a hole on either side with a small hole punch, and thread throw a small piece of white ribbon. That's all! So quick and easy and it will add that something special to make your guests say, "Wow! How cute!"

At your holiday parties or dinners, set up a festive station for utensils, plates and drink glasses
for a even bigger "Wow" factor. These are simple projects that really make your party
stand out but don't break the bank or take lots of time to create.

I hope you're all getting those trees decorated and the lights plugged in!
Oh, how I love Christmas!

Santa's Hat Pop Holders Tutorial

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Did you notice the little "cake pop" holders from the Candy Christmas party table?

They were one of those little things that "popped" in my head when designing the table..... 

what better than a Santa hat to hold a cake pop!

The Santa's hat holders add so much to the display with very little effort. 

Those special, extra touches that turn the ordinary into the extraordinary.

The idea was to make a cake pop for the pom pom, but being on a pretty crazy schedule these days, 

I decided at the last minute to substitute a true cake pop for something even easier to make....

 a Lindt Truffle Pop. Yes, yummy truffles are small and round, store bought 

and make a perfect little pom pom for Santa's hat. 

Quick and easy treats.... just my style! Here goes the process....

 SANTA'S HAT POP HOLDERS

Gather your materials:
- Printed pages of patterned paper from the Candy Christmas Collection (or heavy-weight cardstock)
- Small bit of white furry fabric
- Hot glue, scissors, pen and paper to make a simple triangular shaped cone template
- White Chocolate Lindt Truffles
- White coffee stirrers or lollipop sticks

Step 1: Create a basic template for a cone that is approximately 5" high. Trace your template onto the back of your printed red/white dot paper from the Candy Christmas printables set or a heavy-weight cardstock.

Step 2: Cut out your cone template and roll the triangular shape into a cone shape.

Step 3: Using hot glue, secure the cone closed. I added a little piece or two of Scotch tape on the seam to make sure it wouldn't pop open.

Step 4: Cut out a small, approximately 1.5" wide strip of furry white fabric for the cuff of the hat.

Step 5: Glue the fur strip to the bottom of your hat shape with hot glue.

Step 6: Stand them up, ready for your cake pop. (Note: I think if I were to make these over again, I would also add something inside of the base of the hat to stabilize it better..... maybe a criss-cross of popsicle sticks hot glued to the inside base of the hat. The hats had a tendency to fall over once they ha the pops inside).

LINDT TRUFFLE POPS

Gather your materials:
- Lindt Truffles
- White coffee stirrer or lollipop stick
- Agave or light corn syrup
- Clean, small paintbrush
- Sparkling white sugar from Wilton

STEP 1: Push a stick into the truffle to create a pop. Next, take your clean paint brush and dip it in your agave syrup (or light corn syrup) and cover your pop with something a little sticky.... not too much though.

STEP 2: Dip you sticky pop in a bowl full of white sparkling sugar and that's all! You have a super easy and tasty pop.

So cute! I think these would also be wonderful without the pop, 

filled with treats in a cellophane bag and given away as classroom treats.

They look adorable on any holiday party table, too. 

You can find the Candy Christmas Printables Set on SALE here for only $9.00. 

Quite a deal for 30 versatile files!

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and will be making some of your own Santa's hats this season! 

Christmas Candy Trees {Tutorial}

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 Did you notice the sweet candy and eyelet trees on Amanda's Parties To Go's Candy Christmas party table?

Those were a quick DIY project and best of all, if stored well,
will keep to use for a few Christmas seasons to come.

 

Making topiary trees is so easy but can sometimes be expensive if you buy the cone styrofoam forms. 

To save that added expense, I decided to create my own cones from poster board. 

This is a simple project, especially if you have a pre-made cone at home. 

Here's what you'll need:

- Cone form (I used some Christmas cones that I purchased at Walmart a few years back)

- Plastic toy cone from the Dollar Tree (used as a water toy)

- White poster board

- Hot glue, scissors, pen, tape

- Peppermint candy (I purchased a large size bag at Sams)

- Eyelet

- Cherry fruit slices (Walmart)

 I used the red cone I already had on hand to make my taller cone and then used a Dollar Tree plastic toy that has a cone shape for the smaller topiary form. Because this form was to hold lots of candy, I kept the plastic form inside the poster board cover I made for it.

For the larger cone, however, I removed the red cone and just left the poster board since it would only be holding the eyelet and a small amount of candy.

To make the larger cone:

1. Roll the poster board around the cone to make sure it will fit properly.

2. Unroll and then mark the bottom of your cone onto the poster board with a pen as you roll up again to create a template to cut your cone from.

3. Cut out the cone shape from the poster board.

4. Roll your cut poster board cone around your cone form, tape with scotch tape to secure and then remove the cone form to leave only the poster board cone.

To make the smaller cone: (follow the same basic instructions as above)

1. Roll the poster board around the cone to make sure it will fit properly.

2. Unroll and then mark the bottom of your cone onto the poster board with a pen as you roll up again to create a template to cut your cone from.

3. Cut out the cone shape from the poster board.

4. Roll your cut poster board cone around your cone form, tape with scotch tape to secure and then remove the cone form to leave only the poster board cone. 

It's time for candy!

1. Using your small cone with the plastic toy cone inside for support, you're now ready for adding candy.

2. Gather candies together and unwrap if needed. 

3. Using hot glue, place eyelet around the bottom of the cone form and glue to secure. Then alternating glueing rows of peppermints with rows of fruit slices (or whatever candies you choose).

4. Keep glueing candies until you reach the top of the topiary.

 You're done!
I placed mine on a thrift store candlestick painted white and
added a saucer on top to support the candy topiary.

For the eyelet tree, follow the same basic instructions as the candy tree, just using rows of eyelet and peppermint instead of all candies.

Aren't they pretty on the table?

I just love topiaries for the holidays because they can be used just about anywhere from a mantel to a kitchen display, a party table or even a bathroom decoration.

I hope you all will make your own candy topiaries!