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This tutorial reviews steps to glitter dust your previously decorated clothespin clips. Gather supplies: -previously decorated clothespin clips (see “DIY Decorated Clip Tutorial”) -glitter dust for top coat over scrapbook paper (Miss Party also really loves Martha Stewart’s Crystal Coarse Glitter, it gives a slightly different effect) -waterbase, polyurethane varnish, matte or gloss -1″ foam […]
This tutorial covers embellishing your ALREADY decorated clothespin clips. If you haven’t yet decorated your clips, please see “DIY Decorated Clips Tutorial”. Due to an impending vintage-style Mad Tea Party, Miss Party’s examples tend towards a vintage-y style, but the clips can definitely be go in a more modern, contemporary, whimsical, or retro direction, if […]
This tutorial is for making a beautiful decorated, but non-embellished clip, please see additional tutorials for variations on this clip. Miss Party’s examples are very vintage-inspired due to an impending vintage mad tea party, but yours surely don’t have to be. No matter your party’s style these clips can be adapted to fit. From modern, […]
The flavors of pineapple and coconut together are synonymous with the Hawaiian and Caribbean Islands. You taste them in all sorts of food and drink, morning, noon and night. They just work perfectly together! Here is a fantastic summer fruit quick bread recipe that is easy to put together and delicious as an addition to […]
Oh, my goodness! Oh, my goodness! Miss Party is screaming for streamers! Triple-layered, fringed, ruffled AND wired crepe paper streamers that look so delicious she might just put a cherry on top and eat them instead of hanging them!! Miss Party Smarty is currently up to her pointy, little elbows in crepe paper and can’t […]
NARRATOR: (Read these directions aloud to players.) Every time players hear the words, “LEFT” or “RIGHT”, they must pass the gift they are holding in that direction. Every time players hear a word having to do with, “SNOW”, they must say (OUT LOUD) “BRRRRRR!” and make hand movements to indicate they are very cold. Every […]
CONGRATULATIONS, KIM!! You’re the winner! Kim won Miss Party’s fabulous SUMMER GIVEAWAY for one of the original centerpieces shown in her Mad Tea Party posts!!! It’s quite different than the other china teacup centerpieces and stands a full 20 inches! Kim says she is planning to use it at her daughter’s Mad Tea Party themed […]
Here is an easy way to make a rose-styled fabric flower. If you’re even a little coordinated with a needle and thread you’ll quickly master them. You’ll find lots of tutorials on the internet for other ways to assemble the flowers, with a variety of results. Experiment with those as well. Miss Party likes to […]
Miss Party is so excited!! “etzcetera magazine“, a lovely e-zine filled with all sorts of craft, home and lifestyle articles, was putting together a feature article on all things tea-related and a few ideas for holding a tea party for their March/April/May issue. They contacted Miss Party a few weeks ago and have included a […]
