Modern Printables: Elephant Party Pack

I'm such a fan of Jess Walsham's work (from Joyess Threads and Designs), and adore this new Elephant and balloon-themed printable party pack for my party printables store Modern Printables.

This is the gorgeous invitation (2 sizes) with blue elephant and red balloon:

And this is the full printable party pack:

The party pack includes printable .pdf files to print on your own printer and cut out:

• Personalised invitation (send party invitation for designer to update file for you) - 2 sizes
• Round toppers - 5 designs (use for topping cupcakes and food, or stringing together to make a garland)
• Thank you note cards
• Thank you gift tags (attach to goodie bags)
• Bunting flags (2 designs)
• Juice and Water bottle labels
• Mini-bunting flags (use to make a garland, mini-bunting to top a cake, or use as food flags)
• Tented food labels or place cards (2 designs)

PLUS 5 pages of matching patterned paper that you can use for your own projects. e.g. paper chains, lanterns, place mats, bunting spacers, envelope liners, etc.

How great! This elephant design is so sweet - it would be perfect for a young boy or girl (one or two years old), christening, baby naming, or an amazing baby shower.

Co-ordinate!
There are so many gorgeous party products that co-ordinate with the Elephant party pack. Here are some ideas to get you started:

1. Sambellina party cup - polka dot blue 2. Red party balloons 3. Grosgrain ribbon - baby blue stripe 4. Rhubarb bubble plate - aqua 5. Party napkins - powder blue 6. Blue and white striped lollipops 7. Paper straws - red stripe 8. Blue hearts candy 9. Devine twine - blue 10. Cupcake baking cups - blue spot 11. Cupcake baking cups - powder blue stripe 12. Dessert plate - white with blue spots 13. Lolly bags - powder blue 14. Martha Stewart blue pom poms set

Party Ideas: Zoe's 2nd Babushka Birthday Party

Little Zoe turned two in style with a Babushka party (using the Babushka printable party pack). Her Mum Tamara pulled together a gorgeous spread, and the most incredible Babushka Doll cake! Tamara shares her tips for Zoe's special day:

Birthday: Zoe's 2nd Birthday Party

Organised by: Zoe's Mum, Tamara
Location: Willoughby, NSW
Theme: Babushka Doll

Babushka Party printable pack

There's a brand new printable party pack available over at Modern Printables by Jess Walsham (Joyess Designs) and it's got Girl's Birthday Party written all over it. The Babushka Party collection features pink, red and white Russian nesting dolls (Matryoshka) and polka dots, and we all know how popular those are!

The Print-Your-Own stationery collection includes an editable invitation (you can type the party details in the highlighted areas), fun bunting banner flags, round toppers (for topping food, making a garland, or sealing envelopes), blank placecards/buffet labels, juice labels, water bottle labels, mini bunting flags/food flags, Babushka-shaped gift tags, and blank thank you notes. The invitation and all party decor elements are available for a short time individually, or as a value pack. The editable invitation means that you can use this pack again and again - so economical.

This party pack would also be great for a baby shower, Christening, high tea, Bat Mitzvah, or any special event for a special girl. I think it would be great to get the kids involved in the printing, cutting and hanging, and of course writing their own thank you notes.

Yet another great design from Jess. You can find the Babushka Party pack and elements (for a limited time) in the Modern Printables online shop.

Images: Modern Printables

Printable Mustache template

Attention all Movember Sistas, Misses and Littlies! Are you going to a Movember  party this year? Not quite up-to-scratch on your mo-growing? Head over to Modern Printables to pick up your very own printable mustache template set (including jaunty bowler hat). Simply download, print, cut out, and fix to a stick (or bamboo skewer) for instant mo cred.

Check out the amazing party that these mustache photo booth props belong to here.

Images: Joyess Images

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween! Did you get any early bird trick-or-treaters last night? Now that our little ones are old enough, we put a tiny bit of effort into Halloween this year. We used Pilgrim Lee's great Halloween printables for a small gathering to celebrate our friend's birthday and I baked a creepy chocolate cake, covered in chococlate-coated pop rocks and topped with a googly eyeball.

I repurposed Pilgrim's treat box into a round paper lantern (with glass and tea light inside) for the front steps, strung up the bunting, and attached the round toppers to bamboo skewers to line the pathway to the front door. I had my basket of goodie bags ready by the door.

But we only got one set of kids trick-or-treating! We might get a few older kids tonight. Did anyone come by your house? Or did you turn off the lights and pretend no-one was home?

Images: Steph Bond Hutkin

Halloween Treats

I kind of have a confession to make. I've been squirreling away three quarters of all the kids' party goodie bags this year, collecting a mountain of lollies. And now I'm going to give them away to other people's children. Oh the guilt!

We get a lot of trick-or-treaters in our neighbourhood, so this year for Halloween we are going to gussy up the entrance to our place with Halloween decorations, dress up in costumes, answer the doorbell and give out these little treat bags that the girls and I made today.

Super-easy and super-cute. You'll need some clear gift bags (from an art store), brads or stapler (I need to get a stapler...), and these editable Halloween place card printable designs from the fabulous Pilgrim Lee. Fill the bags with a few lollies. Print the designs on paper, cut, fold, and staple the folded paper to the top of the bag. You can customise your message too.

Are you taking the kids trick-or-treating? Or are you going to turn off the lights and pretend no-one is home (he he he).

Steph

Let's talk about printables...

So! How great are printables. You know - stationery that you can download and print on your own printer.

My first taste of print-your-own party decor and stationery was at a Brown Owls welcome meeting in Brisbane two years ago. Super-baker Bel served up a huge tray of cupcakes, each wrapped beautifully in an owl cupcake wrapper. After hasty enquiries, Bel explained that she had purchased the cupcake wrapper printable design from an artist online, printed them on her own printer, laminated them (entirely optional) and voila! Themed cupcakes. I was hooked.

I just love the concept of taking some first-class artwork and being able to download it to my computer and print it on my own printer, whenever I want, and as many times as I want. It's a whole new concept in the way that we use stationery, and the lack of postage means that amazing designs are available to so many more of us, economically.

That's not to say that I don't love paper. I truly do adore paper products (oh letterpress!) and they will never disappear or be replaced by the digital version. But it's exciting to embrace this fairly new way of accessing stationery, and printables are so very useful (read thrifty!) for parties, weddings and events. It's also great to be able to get the little ones involved in printing, cutting, gluing, taping, wrapping and hanging.

Editable printables are even cooler. No more worrying about messy handwriting, and forget those tear-off sheets from the supermarket - these are polished, personalised invitations, place cards and other decor items that you can update yourself.

Which brings me to Modern Printables. I am in contact with so many amazing illustrators, artists and graphic designers, so it only made sense that I would help promote these artists' designs to the wider world and create a central place to find beautiful, quality printables for parties, weddings and events, by top designers. It has been so exciting to collaborate with these designers and work with more that are coming on board in the next few months.

If you are a regular Bondville reader you would have seen the first three amazing Australian designers on the site - Lisa Tilse (the red thread), Jess Walsham (Joyess Designs) and Pilgrim Lee (draw! pilgrim).

Pilgrim has created a bold, bright Halloween theme party with her trademark folk art style that is perfect for a spooky soiree. By popular demand, each item in the Halloween pack is now available individually too!

Lisa designed the gorgoeus Strawberry theme party that I used for my daughter's 4th birthday party. The kawaii strawberry character was a huge hit with the kids.

Jess put together the classy Little Man theme birthday party, originally designed for her own son Jonty's 2nd birthday party. It's all about the moustache and ties and would make a great tie-in for Movember next month.

There are many more great printables products coming your way from talented artists. If you like what you see, you can follow Modern Printables on Facebook for updates, and follow the Modern Printables website for new designs and party features.

Enjoy!

Images: Modern Printables

Halloween Party printable pack

I am so thrilled to share with you these fun Halloween printable party pack, just released in the Modern Printables online shop, designed by much-loved Australian illustrator and graphic designer, Pilgrim Lee of draw! pilgrim.

Pilgrim's style is all about bold colour with serious retro leanings (think 70's children's books mixed with Scandinavian style).

I just love this pack that Pilgrim has designed which includes: spooky editable invitations (enter in your own info before printing for a polished, professional look), matching fold-your-own envelopes, bunting flags, cupcake wrappers, 5 different round topper designs (for garlands, envelope seals and decorating food), buffet label place cards, and cut-and-fold editable treat boxes to fill with goodies.

Here's a little photo shoot that I put together to show how the pieces look in real life.

This party kit would look great with Enticing Icing's edible fondant ghost sugar toppers, pumpkin spice cookies, ghoulish purple forest berry smoothies, and some persian fairy floss spider web on top of those dark chocolate cupcakes.

Head over to the Modern Printables shop. I can't wait to see your parties!

Images: Modern Printables

Little Man Party printables in the shop

Do you remember this amazing Little Man party for Jess from Joyess Designs two-year old son? Well now you can buy the party printable pack in the Modern Printables shop!

The party printable pack includes editable invitation, thank you cards, bunting banner, juice and water labels, popcorn labels, tented place cards, mini bunting/food flags, round toppers for cupcakes, garlands and envelope sealing, and photo booth sign and props. Great value and amazing design from Jess. Check out the whole party here. Get the printable pack here.

Images: Joyess Images

Party Ideas: 4-year-old Strawberry Party

Well, this party is dear to my heart, as it's both my big girl's 4th birthday party, and also the very first printable design to launch in my new online store, Modern Printables.com. Surprise! More on that later. Here's the strawberry party in it's full glory...

Birthday: 4th Birthday Party
Organised by: Me! (Mum - Steph Bond Hutkin from Bondville)
Location: At home in Sydney
Theme: Strawberries!

Steph Bond-Hutkin