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Bedroom idea: beautiful bunting

Monday, February 25th, 2013

With writing a wedding blog as well as this baby blog, I’ve seen rather a lot of bunting over the past couple of years. It’s a trend I can’t imagine is ever going to go away as it’s always going to look adorable! With different fabrics, colours, shapes and so on, there are so many ways to make bunting work in baby’s room. Here are 5 ideas that are all using that classic triangle shape we all know and love…

1. Painted pennants

I love this rainbow of flags painted onto a wooden headboard. A DIY project that will become a feature of your little one’s bedroom.

Goodwins Custom Crafts

2. Cute quilt

For something a little bit different how about stringing your bunting along a crib quilt? Cute!

the b-line

3. Bright bunting

Click the link below this one and you’ll be directed to an awesome, easy tutorial to recreate the look yourself. Simple, but looks fantastic.

Via ebabee

4. Cushion bunting

Whether you choose to buy a cushion such as this or have a go at DIYing a version, stitching across a cushion is a playful cute way to include bunting in baby’s room. The fabrics you choose can match with the duvet set and curtains too!

Honeypips

5. Ceiling strings

Bunting going across a room is a great way to add decoration to an otherwise undecorated room. Rather than paint a fancy mural or stick on a decal, bunting does the trick of adding colour. You could even go for several strings in varying patterns as in the room below…

Light Locations via The Design File

Debs

Tags: baby, bedroom, bunting, colourful, decor, decoration, flags, nursery, painting, rainbow, wall decor
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DIY : rainbow cake in a jar

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

So children shouldn’t eat cake all the time, granted. But when you do treat them to cake why not really treat them to cake, with these awesome rainbows in a jar! They’re easy enough to do, just separate one big batch of cake mix into individual bowls and colour. And the end result? Much more fun than a bland yellow cupcake!

Get yourself over to babble for all the details. I think these cakes are perfect for the cold, dreary weather we’re getting at the moment; lots of colour is needed when we’re so far away from sunnier skies.

Rainbow party

They’d also be a fantastic addition to a rainbow themed party. And, speaking of rainbow themed parties, I hope you’ll excuse a little self promotion on my part as I mention the party printables I’ve recently created. There’s a rainbow one you see!

If you’d like to see other party printables I’ve created just check out my lil Etsy shop Paperling. And feel free to share! OK, advert over ;)

Debs

Tags: buns, cake, colourful, DIY, food, jar, party, rainbow, rainbow party, sponge
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DIY Balloon Wreath

Friday, September 16th, 2011

So, for the first of my DIY tutorials on the back of Beatrice’s birthday party, I am going to show you how to make a lovely balloon wreath. This is a really simple and very effective decoration that can be adapted to suit pretty much any party theme. All you need to do is change the colours, pattern and balloon sizes and you can make a very different impact. Be warned however, that this is not a particularly cheap decoration despite it being one you can make yourself. I used 150 12” balloons, which cost me £25. You could use smaller balloons, which are cheaper per piece, but you would need more balloons, so I think the cost would work out to be similar. Then the wreath-shaped oasis (bought from my local florist) was £5. The only thing thrifty in this tutorial in fact are the pins. Florist pins (the type that would be used to make wreaths) were going to prove costly – at 10p per pin, so I scoured our local pound shop and found 200 kirby grips/bobby pins for £1 – bargain!

You need to use 1 pin for every 3 balloons to create a nice, full effect. Add each balloon individually, pulling it as far down the pin as possible before adding the next balloon, so they all end up squashed into the far end of the pin. Then, just push the pin into the oasis, as far as it will go.

Continue to add balloons to pins and pins to oasis all the way around the wreath, spreading them out so that some are pinned closer to the edge and some are more in the middle, to ensure good coverage. I also didn’t have all of the balloons facing the same way i.e. add one pointing up, one down and then one up, on some pins. Just to keep the random pattern of the wreath.

And there you have it! A lovely balloon wreath to behold! The best part? All of the balloons are reusable, so once you’re done with the wreath, you have 150 balloons to make your next party decoration with! (And a wreath shaped oasis to wrap in tissue paper and use to stand your cake pops in!) Maybe not so expensive afterall… :)

Verity

Tags: baby shower, balloons, birthday, childrens party, christening, kids party, multi-coloured, party, party decoration, rainbow, wreath
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