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Bachelorette Party Giveaway!

Planning on throwing a Girls Night In Bachelorette Party?  This totally fabulous Bachelorette Party in-a-box  is the perfect solution for you and we're giving it away to one lucky follower!  We love that it's ready to go for up to 12 people!

A christmas cocktail party and a FREE template!

Please don't get mad that I'm talking about Christmas when it's not thanksgiving yet... 

Hey, at least I'm not one of those crazy people that puts up their lights and decorations before Halloween even happens.  Yeah, you know what neighbors I'm talking about.

Anyway, you have to start thinking about these things ahead of time, especially since everyone's party calender gets totally filled up if you wait until December.

So Today I'm sharing my DIY Christmas cocktail party invitations.  I think they're fun and festive and perfect for my low-key get-together.

An autumn outdoor Wedding - Template for a beautiful Ceremony

Since our local church as well as the church near the reception hall were both booked a year in advance of our wedding, we decided to have our ceremony outdoors.  It was a lovely day and the ceremony was beautiful in front of the ocean.

Since we couldn't get married in the church, but we still wanted a religious ceremony, I decided to put together a ceremony for the priest that was very traditional, but not as long as a Catholic Ceremony.  I adapted it from traditional Catholic ceremony, the royal wedding and bits and pieces of ceremony ideas from the web.  All in all I think our ceremony was perfect.  Not to long, not to short and beautifully our own.

If you are having an outdoor ceremony, but would still like it to be religious, this is a good basis to work from.  It took a lot of hard work to put this together.  I'm happy I can now share it with you.

Freebie Friday - Feather Collection Download

I hope that you've enjoyed our free downloads as much as we have to provide you them.  Today is the last day of free downloads in our collection of Bridal Shower downloads for the feather collection. 

Today we have a display sign to welcome guests to your Bridal Shower.  It's a little touch that goes a long way in thanking guests for attending your event.  The sign is 8.5" x 11" (Letter paper size).  The sign reads "Thank you for attending the Bridal Shower for our lovely Bride to be"  The bottom has been left blank to add the name of the Bride if you wish.

To display the sign I recommend first printing on cardstock or another heavy stock paper and either using a display stand or mounting the sign to a piece of styrofoam board (yep the same stuff you used in science class to display projects) and then placing on a tall stand.

Simply edit in any art program or open in a word document and add a text box to enter the name of the Bride. 

To Download:
Simply click on the image and the full 8.5x11 document should open.  To save the image right click and select "save as" and save in your desired location.

If clicking will not download the image, try dragging the image off of the screen and droping it onto your desktop.

It's Freebie Friday! Feather Collection Bridal Shower Menu

Looking to showcase your line-up of delicious foods for your Bridal Shower?  Look no further than the beautiful Blue and Gold Feather-themed menu we have today. 

It's part of our 4 week giveaway.

The menu in this post is an example of what types of foods you could serve at your Bridal Shower. 

In the free download the foods have been left blank so you can add whatever foods you wish.

What are all those crazy titles? 

I've put the titles in English and French.  They run as follows:

• Start - This could be an appetizer, refreshment or simple amuse-bouche 
• Savory - Anything savory would be something without a lot of sweetness to it.  Meat, sandwiches, vegetables.  Place your main food served at your event into this category.
• Sweet - This would be where you would list your dessert(s)
• Refreshments - Any beverages you plan to serve would go in this section.

Free DIY template - Best Wishes Bird Garland

From the Feather collection and part 2 of our series giveaway comes another freebee for you.  Our DIY garland template.

Click here to download the garland template.

What you'll need:

• 2 sheets Heavyweight paper (cardstock is a good choice)
• 
  scissors
• 
  glue
• 
  crepe paper
• satin ribbon (1/2" thick is probably the optimal size)

How to:

1. Print two copies of the file on heavy cardstock and cut out the rounds.
2. Take some crepe paper and fold accordian style around each round from the 1st sheet you cut out so you get a fanned out circle; glue down the crepe paper.
3. Lay out the letters to say "Best Wishes", then flip them so that the backs are facing you.
4. Take a piece of satin ribbon and lay it on top of the crepe papered letters; glue the ribbon to the crepe letter.
5. Place some glue on top of the ribbon on each letter.  Take your matching letter (so "B" with "B", etc.) and place it on top.  You should now have a "letter sandwich"  That is layered letter, crepe paper, ribbon, letter.
6. Repeat this for all the letters spelling out "Best Wishes" 

Use the Bird circles either in the center of the two words, or print extras to make pretty ribbons to hang or pin onto your Bride-to-Be.

Feel free to embelish these with glitter, rhinestones or anything else you like.

I apologize for the shot above.  I had forgotten a big part of the sign, ribbon.  It was really tough to get the sign to stay put because of it.  make sure you remember to use ribbon instead of string.

Free DIY Feather Invitations: Lovebird party Feather Collection

The moment you've been waiting for has arrived.  Its the begining of my 4 week DIY free downloads!

Exclusively from the Lovebird Party "Feather Collection comes my free template for a feather bridal shower.

Today we have beautiful blue and gold feather invitations for your guests.  Just fill out the time, date, location, RSVP date, registry information, contact info and the bride-to-be's name.

As always this is for Personal Use Only!  Please know that the template is copyright posh parties.

Bridal shower planning project - get the exclusives here!

Are you thinking of planning a Bridal shower for your closest friend or relative?

Does the thought of planning and cost has you feeling frightened or overwhelmed? Posh Parties has you covered with our exclusive DIY bridal shower project!

Over the next four Fridays, we will be providing you with free (yes, you heard correctly!) DIY goodies from my Lovebird Party "Feather Collection." The simple and chic style of this collection was inspired by the soft romance of feathers and is ideal for hosting a small, intimate shower for the bride's close family and friends.

This week we are providing you with printable bridal shower invites from the Feather collection (oh so fab!). With these adorable invites, there's no excuse not to start your bridal shower planning this weekend! Get those invitations finished over the next couple of days and check back with us next Friday for another freebie (oh la la!)!

Free Inspiration Board Creator

If you're looking for an easy way to build your own inspiration boards without an art program like Photoshop, you now can! 

I have tradionally made all of my boards using photoshop, but I've seen quite a few people without the means for this type of program and no idea how to use it asking on forums and blogs how to create their own inspiration board.

This is a great tool to share your inspiration and ideas with the world, quickly and easily.

Style Me Pretty now has their own inspiration board builder. I've created two bright and tropical boards just for you! Easily add photos based on color schemes or keywords.

How to:
1. Visit the Style Me Pretty Website and create a username and password.
2. Login and start creating your inspiration boards
3. Save, Name and Tag your boards to share with the world!

Even though this is a great tool, If you're a DIY bride I still highly recommend purchasing Photoshop, Corel or another art program similar to it.

You can edit photos, create invitations, monograms, logos, paper products, iron-ons and more!