Glittery Gift Guide Conga Line {Day 2~Spaceships and Laser Beams}

Day Two of the Glittery Gift Idea Conga Line....

Cha Cha-ing over to Stephanie~Spaceships and Laser Beams.

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Spaceships and Laser Beams designs extraordinary DIY partyware for little dudes. Beautiful, butch and always with boy charm in mind.

Here are Stephanie's gifts picks for special little guys...


Who's Your Daddy? Doll




Monster Slippers


Personalized Tractor Cushion





Shark Pencil Case




Playmobil Fire Station

The Glittery Gift Idea Conga Line 2012 {Day 1~ Kinda}

Kicking off a Glittery Gift Guide Conga Line Week~featuring cool, clever and creative gift ideas from some of my fave lovas. These are the chicks that start the Conga lines and are always still there for the last dance. The glittery girls with the fab ideas to share~so we can all steal them.

First up on the dance floor....Dazzling ideas from Stacy {She's Kinda Crafty}
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DIY Craft Stash

Doll Teepee

Shrinky Dinks

Kermit Headphones

Multi-Cultural Crayola Crayons

SQUEAK! A Juice + Cheese Tasting Play Date

I am always giddy when I get to work on something for Bird's Magazine.

Nothing I adore more than a unique + whimsical play date idea for the kids. I came up with this little cutie and assembled an awesome Team Glitta Mouse to help my squeaky vision come to life. I decided on a sweet + charming inspiration theme with a twist of hilarity~

A Juice + Cheese Tasting Play Date~Just like and adult wine + cheese tasting, but way cuterJ Introduce kids to different types of cheeses and unique juices while squeaking around the joint having cheesy FUN!.  

Some of the dirty deets + ideas:

• Keep items on the tiny side to play up the little mouse accents.
•  I featured pastels, unexpected grown-up glam crystal serving pieces, festooning, glitter, cheese + mice accents.
• Handmade mouse + cheese invitation sets the tone for this whimsical and cheesy party. Matted and framed for extra dramaJ
• Sprinkle dipped marshmallows with gray striped paper straws and coordinating ribbon ties.
• Mini cupcakes in hand glittered candy cups,  pastel frosting, topped with out of control cute fondant Swiss cheese slice toppers.
• CHEESEcake, of course, with hand dyed ribbon cake flag drama.
• Fancy cheese cube wedges for taste testing.
• Cheese wedge favor boxes for even more fun to go!
• Juice tasting with three different carafes of juice, labeled/numbered with mini wreaths with tiny mice on them …juice to be sampled in tiny thimbles. Kids can choose and rank their fave juices by number, Kind of like a Three Blind Mice taste test..Come on, funny..LOL
• Cheese wedge cookies presented/displayed on mouse traps…
• Handcrafted coordinating ruffled streamers add to the shabby + sweet vibe.
• Set up unexpected play areas for the kids..I styled little mouse hole areas on the floor/walls area to be discovered by the kids. They love the unexpectedness of kid eye level décor. Mouse party area decorated with sweet Swiss cheese + ribbon party banners.
• Vinyl mouse holes add ultimate cuteness. Featured matchboxes are where the mice sleepJ

Team Glitta Mouse: 

Concept, Styling, Photos, Handmade Banner, Ribbon Cake Flag Drama: The Purple Pug: http://www.thepurplepug.com/

Handmade Cheesy Invitation: Peas & Thank You’s: http://www.peasandthankyous.com/

Sprinkle Dipped Marshmallows: Sweet Temptations: http://sweettemptations.me/

Fondant Swiss Cheese Slice Toppers: Love & Sugar Kisses: http://www.lovesugarkisses.blogspot.com/

Handmade Swiss Cheese Wedge Favor Boxes: Piggy Bank Parties: http://piggybankparties.com/

Tiny Wreath Knockers: The Knock Knock Factory: http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheKnockKnockFactory

Mini Swiss Cheese Banner + Paper Straws: IDEA! Event + style: http://www.ideaeventstyle.com/

Vinyl Mice Holes: Ten23 Designs: http://www.ten23designs.com/

Handmade Ruffled Streamers: Superchick Studios: http://www.etsy.com/shop/PoshPartyPretties

Cheese Wedge Cookies: Frog Prince Cake & Cookie Design: http://creativecakesncookies.blogspot.com/

You can see this feature + some dazzling others in Bird's Magazine here.

Benjamins or Washingtons? How does your business stack up?

Let's be honest~no one ever wants to talk about money deets. How much we actually make or how much we actually spend are always secretive + personal topics. People are afraid to ask, people are afraid to tell. No secret here: we live in a materialistic society. Right or wrong, people judge each other by how much they earn, how much they spend and what kind of material items they possess. It is quite sad that many equate success with financial wealth. So not true. Being a good person is not usually the definition of success. Kind of sad when you think about it.

Anyway, I have been part of many conversations as of late discussing cold hard cash. Specifically, how much money all of the party related businesses are actually making in this economic market. We all see hundreds of parties and related business each day and I know everyone is curious about how they stack up against others, how much does the average person really make?~ This can be used as a gauge of how you are doing compared to your peers in your niche. Not that you should judge yourself solely on how your peers are doing, but it is indeed relevant when conducting current market research + climate. It is also quite inspiring to see people in your industry making some serious dough~that can provide the spark in all of us to keep on keeping on and stepping up our game.  Money is an interesting topic, an especially relevant topic if you are a business woman and a topic that brings out the curiosity in most lovas. Meow.

There are no pinning parties discussing salaries, nor Twitter chats where people will give you their financials.
I set up a short + sweet anonymous survey to gather some information from those in the industry and was kind of surprised by the results. About 100 of you responded and I seriously thank you for taking the time and putting it out there. By answering this survey, you are helping us all gain insight and access to information not easily available. By no means a scientific end all in surveys, but I tried my best to gather some relevant + interesting data. Thank you for participating.

What do you think about these results? I had better see a few comments below and not hear crickets. I will die. LOL
xo