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4th of July Party Favor |Guest Post

7 · Jun 26, 2012 · 10 Comments

One of the reasons I fell in love with blogging was the getting to know some amazing people in the blogging community. I love how we can share our talents with each other and get to know new friends. Every once in a while I love to showcase someone that I have found via Friday Flair and today's the day. I ADORE Camille from Makoodle. She ALWAYS has some fantastic goodies to share, today is no different…

**UPDATE**

I emailed Camille from Makoodle and she said she found the cool tubes at her local craft store, but you can order them from several sellers on Etsy.

Hello Whipperberry friends! I am Camille from Makoodle and I'm excited to share a 4th of July idea and free printable with you.

The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays. It is a day that the entire country throws a party and celebrates America. When I think of the 4th of July, I think of parades, barbeques, great food, family, and friends.

Patriotic Party Favor

I've seen these gumball tubes used as birthday party favors and thought it would be fun to make a patriotic party favor for America's birthday. After all, how can we throw a birthday party without a cute party favor?

When i first thought of "party favor" I thought chocolate. Who doesn't love to leave a party with chocolate? As I thought about it a little more and remembered how hot it gets in July, I decided I should pick something a little more heat friendly.

In addition to a great party favor, these red, white, and blue gumballs would be a great treat to give to your kids to enjoy during a Fourth of July parade.

Fourth of July Printable Tags

There are four different tag designs for you to use for your patriotic party favors. Download the free printable, then print it on card stock paper. Use a use a 2" circle or scallop craft punch to punch the design into a circle tag. Finally, use a paper punch to punch a hole in the top of the tag and string ribbon or bakers twine through the punched hole and tie it to your favor. You can also use these printable tags for cupcake toppers or anything else you want to give some extra Fourth of July flair.

Download

To download this printable, select the button with the arrow pointing down.

Enjoy! I hope you have a happy Fourth of July. Thank you for letting me visit Whipperberry today! I'd love to see you over at Makoodle where I share some of my favorite recipes, holiday ideas, home decor, free printables, and more.

Thank you so much Camille for sharing your amazing talents with us!! Here are a couple more goodies from Makoodle to wet your whistle…

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Friday Flair Features

3 · Jun 24, 2012 · 10 Comments

Well, what a week it has been!! Haven has come and sadly gone, but I am still here in Atlanta spending time with my sister and her family. For a girl who lives in the desert it's heavenly. The trees, the flowers, the beautiful homes… It's all just so lovely, minus the humidity. Haven was divine and I had so much fun meeting some fun new friends. Some will be making some appearances here soon. Let me tell you they are so much fun!!

Friday Flair last week was fabulous as usual. I was in red, white and blue heaven!! Here are a few of the projects that caught my eye for this weeks Friday Flair Features…

Pies 'n Cream Sandwiches | The Creative Orchard

Red.White & Blue Doughnuts | A Pumpkin & a Princess AND DIY Mason Jar Party Cups | The Diary of Daves Wife

Fun-da-Middle Cupcakes | Pint Sized Baker AND Simple Cheesecake Tarts | It's Overflowing

Patriotic Paper Flowers | Live Laugh Rowe

Pie Fries | Heather's French Press

How to Sew Buntings | More Style Thank Cash AND DIY Summer Wreath | Christina's Adventures

Summer Striped Handbag | Hannicraft

Chocolate Banana Muffins | Life Made Simple

Honeydew Melon Berry Pops | Will Cook for Smiles

Asian Chicken Salad | Passionate Perseverance AND Italian Sausage Lasagna Roll-Ups | Baking with Blondie

Two Ways to Refashion Sandals | Artzy Creations

Whimsical Wall Art | Creatively Living

Baby Blanket | Pocket Full of Dreams AND How to add Piping to a Pillow | The Seasoned Homemaker

DIY Wainscoting | Southern Lovely

Smoked Turkey Cobb Wrap | The Farm Girl

Summer Mantel | Kristen Duke

Magnetic Bookmarks | LollyJane

So many fabulous things… Are you inspired yet? I know I am!!!

Friday Flair | Link Party

0 · Jun 21, 2012 · 25 Comments

Hey Ya'll it's {almost} Friday… Time for Friday Flair. I have to say "ya'll" because I am down here in Atlanta at Haven. If you don't know, Haven is a blog conference for home bloggers. The tag line is "Haven, because home is where the heart is!" It's been a ball so far… The keynote speakers were Sherry & John from Young House Love. fabulous. We had a great photography and styling class with Layla & Kev from The Lettered Cottage and learned hands on, how to build furniture from Ms. Ana White, truly a highlight! I'll have to share more next week on all the fun.

Now, for my favorite inspiration photo for this week… I'm totally getting into the red, white & blue mood these days and I am so in love with these patriotic ice cream sandwiches from A Farmgirl's Dabbles…

img source | patriotic ice cream sandwiches, a farmgirl's dabbles

Don't they look divine!! What are you guys planning for your 4th of July festivities? I've seen so many great ideas out there for fun desserts and great activities for the kiddos. I can't wait to see what you guys have been working on this week. With that said… let's get the party started!!!

Orange Blossom Shop | Giveaway

0 · Jun 19, 2012 · 15 Comments

To say that I am in love with the Orange Blossom Shop would be a gigantic understatement!! I have been in love with their work for some time now. Back in April we took a fun family vacation to the California coast and we took some fun pictures that I just adore. I knew I just had to have one framed for my office, but it couldn't be just any frame. It HAD to be an Orange Blossom Shop frame!!!

As luck would have it I had the fun opportunity to meet and hang out with Shauna & Courtney from Orange Blossom while we were at Snap! a few weeks later. It was LOVE at first sight. These girls are amazing and I am so impressed with everything that they create. Their designs are amazing and the work is superb!!

I thought it would be really fun to take the stylish numbers signs that I found at Farm House Antiques, and use them to create a gallery wall with the photograph I took of the kiddos. Each of the kiddos is holding their age for this year and it has become such a family treasure. Here is how the gallery wall turned out…

I just LOVE how it!! We have our 2, 8, 11 & 15 for the kiddos ages plus I was able to put our families favorite number in there 22. My birthday is this Friday, June 22, my Honey's birthday is October 22 and we were married on September 22… so 22 is kind of special to us. Then I added the Eye Chart Calendar, also from Antique Farm House to the mix and it looks perfect! You know what REALLY makes it perfect is the Orange Blossom Frame!!

You need to check out the Orange Blossom Shop, they have all kinds of to die for frames big & small, plus a whole bunch of other goodies, signs, vinyl lettering, party supplies… all kinds of fun stuff.

These are the different frame shapes they have and below are the lovely colors that you have to choose from…

Aren't they just tasty? I would like to order one of each please… Courtney & Shauna would love to give one of you lucky guys a chance at one of their aaaamazing frame by offering a $50 gift certificate to one lucky WhipperBerry reader. All you have to do in follow the directions in the Rafflecopter form below…

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I hope you are enjoying this weeks fun giveaways to celebrate my birthday on Friday!! It's no fun if I'm the only one getting gifts. Here's a list of all the giveaways going on this week, you don't want to miss out!

Kaboo Bag Giveaway

Real.Life.Photography Book Set

Cherry Walls

Cherry Walls|Giveaway

1 · Jun 19, 2012 · 71 Comments

You probably can't tell at all, but I am sooooo excited about my friend Sarah's new babies that are coming soon! We got together last week with our sweet husbands to work on the nursery for the new little girls coming soon. {The first one is arriving in just a few days!!!!}

Sarah is one of those girls who likes a classic yet modern look and we thought a fun vinyl decal for the wall in the girls room would look great. We found a great decal from Cherry Walls and we fell in LOVE!!

The folks at Cherry Walls had the perfect design for the room.. Don't you just ADORE that fabulous tree?! We had already painted the stripes on the wall when we were turning it into a stylish workout room for her after her time on NBC's The Biggest Loser. Now the room has been transformed into baby girl central and the stripes looks fantastic with the beautiful tree addition.

How to Install your Cherry Walls Vinyl Decal

We selected the Colorful Tree from Cherry Walls, but opted to keep it white and then add the color with the cute little birds.

Now, I've installed plenty of vinyl in my creative life and this one is way more than a one man job. So, make sure you grab a friend or two when you are ready to install your own. The tree comes in several sections, but is super easy to put together.

We laid it out on the floor and made our plan. Each section has numbers on it so you can easily tell where each branch fits. We then placed the first section on the wall and taped one side down. That's called hinging.

If you haven't installed vinyl before, it comes in three layers; the bottom layer, the vinyl & some type of transfer tape to make it easy to install. After you hinge your decal with all three layers, you pull it back and remove the bottom layer, leaving only the vinyl and the transfer tape. Then you carefully grab the transfer tape and lay it back on to the wall, affixing the vinyl to the wall.

With the transfer tape still on the wall, you carefully smooth the the vinyl with a tool that is kind of like a squeegee and it helps to smooth out any bubbles that may need to be addressed. Then all you have to do is carefully remove the transfer tape and you are done.

Isn't it just stunning?! Cherry Walls has a whole catalog of amazing decals that are perfect for any room in your home. Here are a few more examples of what they have to offer.

They are just stunning!

Cherry Walls Discount & Giveaway

Cherry Walls has a fabulous treat for all of you guys today!!

EVERYONE gets a 15% discount to Cherry Walls when you enter

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They are also giving one of you a $75 gift certificate to Cherry Walls to get a fabulous decal of your very own!! All you need to do is enter the giveaway in the Rafflecopter widget below…