It's Not a Party without Stationery from Bella Ink Designs

 (L) PH-177, It's A Party Invitation; (C) CC-234 You Did It Greeting; (R) CC-232 One of A Kind Greeting

Bella Ink Designs' 2014 party invitations and greetings are a vibrant mix of color and pattern, a signature of our #GIRLBOSS, Melissa Danaher.  She's been loving the DIY tassel banners showing up on wedding blogs and Pinterest, and incorporated the idea into her newest invitations and greetings. 

If you're feeling confident about your DIY skills and want to create a tassel banner of your own, check out this instructional video on YouTube.  If not, you can always hit up Etsy's artisans and have a banner delivered right to your door.  EverlyLaneDesign offers boatloads of fun garland designs, and the option to customize one of your own.

Bella Ink products can be purchased at www.bellaink.com, or through one of our many retailers.  Visit our Find a Store page for a retailer near you.  The above designs should be available online and in stores by the end of the month.

Happy crafting!

~Heather F.

Studio Director

Crafty Upcycling

"I'm so damn crafty, I sweat glitter."- www.rottencards.com

As a new mom to this little cutie pie, I've gone through countless cases of baby wipes!!! Every time the case empties, I immediately think, "Hmmm what can I do with this?" Sadly, they all end up in the recycle graveyard, mostly because mommy duty calls!

I've been on a search for the right bin/basket to organize all our hats, gloves and scarves in the mudroom entry way. The light bulb went off when I emptied the last box of wipes!  I knew I had to save at least one in some way, and what a better way to craft it up! It's National Craft Month for crafts sake! I found this great craft paper with the new trendy moroccan pattern in the dollar section at Target! (if you are a frequent Target shopper like me, you'll notice the wipes are from there too... I popped in to buy the baby essentials and like every Target shopper can never pass up the dollar section without "just looking" or leaving with a cart full of stuff you never intended on buying!) Recalling my bookmaking days from college, I carefully wrapped up the wipe box with the wrapping paper and... VIOLA!, there you have it, an inexpensive trendy looking bin! All from a recycled box and some dollar wrapping paper! Now that is what I call upcylcing!

No sooner did I finish my new crafty storage bin, I came across the image above from rottencards.com, the perfect thought to sum up my crafty DIY moment!

~ Kristin W.

graphic designer, jaqueline of all trades