We ♥ Sugar and Cloth

A while back we did a series called Inspirational Women's Week. We featured women who really inspired us as we were starting our business. {You can read about it here, here, here, here, here and here}.
We thought it would be fun to revisit that idea for Valentine's Day week in a series called "We ♥". We have
teamed up with some great friends {new and old} to celebrate what they do best! We even had them answer some fun questions to get us in the Valentine's Day spirit!

Today we are celebrating one of our new friends, Ashley Rose of Sugar and Cloth! Ashley is an amazing designer and creator of all things beautiful! She oozes creativity and is super passionate about what she does! Sugar and Cloth is like an explosion of happiness, we are always so excited to see what Ashley has in store for her readers! We love Sugar and Cloth's beautifully designed blog, inspired DIYs, amazing finds and super sweet treats! Sugar and Cloth adds a lot of sparkle to our day and we know Ashley's blog will a some to yours too!

{all photos and project credits Sugar and Cloth, click on links to see full DIYs}
xo gift wrap
love letter scroll
glittering cookies 
heart shaped donuts 
ice cream cupcakes 
fancy frill balloons

We asked Ashley some ♥ day themed questions...do you can get to know the person behind Sugar and Cloth a little bit better!

Cake or Cupcakes for Valentine's Night Dessert!?! 
    Cupcakes, always!

Favorite Valentine's Day color combination? 
   Mint green, red and hot pink!

What language do you think LOVE sounds most beautiful in!?! 
   Hmm, maybe French? I'm German and its definitely not German, haha!

Favorite Valentine's Day DIY!?! 
  So far this heart balloon surprise is my favorite Valentine this year!

Favorite romantic movie? 
  Either The Holiday or The Notebook

Favorite chocolate? 
   Andes mint chocolates!

Favorite flowers? 
   Peonies, no doubt!

Anything special your hoping to get this Valentine's Day? 
   I'm secretly hoping we get our new house, to be honest, ha!

Favorite Valentine's related pin on pinterest?
   This one, but I've been in love with this one for so long that I'd be more than happy to make it a Valentine!

Thank you SO much Ashley!! Happy Valentine's Day!!
xoxo ♥

DIY Glittered Honeycomb Balls

Party props are one of our weaknesses! It seems like we are always stocking up on them, even when we don't need them! We remember honeycomb decorations being popular when we were little and now they are making a major comeback! They are available in so many colors and sizes, the possibilities of how to use them are endless! Well, being in the business of glitter, we did decided to do what only comes natural...glitter them! We love the way the turned out, when the light catches they they just off the perfect amount of sparkle! This DIY is so easy, these would look gorgeous at any celebration from a party to a wedding!

Materials 
honeycomb balls
glue
paint brush
glitter {martha stewart makes a great glitter for this project}

Simply take some tack glue and paint it all over the paper edge of your folded honeycomb ball. {Be generous with your glue}

Open you honeycomb ball up a little bit and try to make sure the glue hots every paper edge, you can be generous with the glue here as well.Close it back up and sprinkle glitter all over the glue, again open up the ball a bit and make sure glitter hits each spot that the glue is on. Pick it up and tap on the back to get rid of excess glitter. 

There will be a sticky tab on the back of the ball, take the paper and close the ball securely. Take the string and hang it on a lolli stick {or whatever you had available} to dry. One dry hang up and use as party of your party decor!!

Honeycomb balls from Sweet Lulu

These would be a perfect party decor compliment to our "sprinkles sprinkles everywhere" 

paper party collection! 

DIY Sparkler Cupcake Toppers

A couple of weeks ago we did shared a paper straw birthday candle diy with you! We had so much fun with it, we thought we would put a patriotic, 4th of July twist on it. So we decided to use red, white and blue straws this time and make them into sparklers! With a few metallic strands, the straws were 4th of July ready! These would be really festive to top your cupcakes with if you are attending a party to watch the fireworks with your friends! It would also be so much fun to top a cake with a bunch of these! These sparklers are so simple you can literally whip them up in no time!
Materials
red, white and blue paper straws
gold or silver metallic strands {can be bought in a bag at any party store}
optional gold star confetti
scissors

Simply cut your straws in half. Take about 4-5 strands of your metallic strands, hold them in the middle and curl the ends with your scissors as you would curling ribbon. Take the center of the curled strands, twist and stick into the end of your straw. If you desire, you could add a dab of glue in the straw to secure before you put the strands in, but it really is not necessary. You could also take the gold star confetti and glue a few to the ends of your curled metallic strands, to make them a little more festive! See...how easy is that!?!

Patriotic Fringed Candy Poppers

We hope the summer doesn't fly by to fast! We seriously can not believe that the 4th of July is just a few weeks away! Well, we wanted to share a fun project that you can do for a 4th of July party or just for fun with your kids...patriotic fringed candy poppers! They are so easy and you can fill them with whatever you want, like a little pinata...candy, little toys, confetti, whatever makes you happy! They kind of remind us of little fireworks! These would be a great take home gift if you are planning a little 4th of July get together!
Materials: 
half of paper towel roll or toilet paper roll
1/2 sheet of white tissue paper
red, white and blue crepe paper
glue
scissors
ribbon {color and width of your choice}
whatever you want to fill them with {we just used confetti, silver gems and little rosettes}

Take a half sheet of white tissue paper and put your roll in the center of it. Put a line of glue along the length of your roll and roll the tissue paper around it. Once you have done that glue again so that it is secure.

At this point take some of your crepe paper and fold it over multiple times {this will make it easier for fringing, otherwise it will take a very long time} Cut little slits to create your fringe. Make sure you leave a little bit of room at the top, don't cut all the way through. Do this to all of your colors. 

You can then unfold your fringed paper. 

Now you can start attaching this to your roll. Start with your blue {start at the seem that the tissue paper made} and attach your fringe crepe paper with a dab of glue. Wrap your fringe around two times to create a fuller look, secure with a dab of glue. Go up just a little bit and repeat with your white and then your red. 

Turn your roll around and repeat on the other side, you will have a little gap of white in the middle when you are done. You can either leave it, or put a rosette or any other deco of your choice there. Finally, gather the ends of the tissue paper and tie with a thin white ribbon {or any ribbon of your choice}. Fill the popper and tie the other side to create the look of a piece of candy! 

POP!

DIY Ruffled Ice Cream Cones

We are so excited to share this diy with you, if you are planning an ice cream party believe us these are just the sweetest things to let each child take home with them! Our amazing diy correspondent, Katie came up with this project for us and we just fell in love! We ended up hanging pink, peach and mint green ones from a white chandelier and the looked so cute and really added to the decor of the party! The little girls just adored them and were so excited when we let them have one! Most of them put them around their necks and pretended they were ice cream necklaces, it was so cute!

Materials:

2 1/2" styrofoam balls 

1 1/2 yards of lightweight cotton fabric

Sewing machine or needle and thread

Hot glue gun/glue

Glue

Scrapbook paper

Cone template

Polyester stuffing

Ribbon

Pins

Cut fabric into strips about 44" long x 1.5 " wide using pinking shears. Sew down the middle of the strip, ruffling fabric as you go with sewing machine. You can also ruffle the fabric by hand if you do not have a sewing machine. Your finished ruffle should be 8" long. You could also use pre-ruffled fabric or ruffle trim if you do not want to make your own!

Trace cone template onto your paper and cut out. Glue edges to make cone shape. I recommend not using hot glue for this step since you need a bit of extra time to get the edges together just right. Fill your cone with stuffing to help hold the shape.

Cut a circle roughly 8" in diameter out of your fabric. Wrap the fabric around the ball and hot glue to bottom, gathering as you go. Do not worry about how the bottom looks, it will be hidden inside your cone.

Place hot glue around inside edge of your cone and stick the covered styrofoam inside. Hot glue your ruffle around the top of the cone, twisting as you go around. Be sure to glue it to both the paper and the styrofoam ball. If you would like to hang the cones, cut ribbon to desired length and use a pin or hot glue to secure it to your ice cream!

Festive DIY Fringe Toppers

This weekend was my twins birthday party and it was such a great end to an insanely busy and long 2 weeks for both of us! We are excited to share the party photos with you but we would love to share some fun diy's with you too! We have way to much fun with paper straws, its true! We made homemade marshmallows for the party, which by the way were ridiculously good {we may have to share that recipe with you soon}! Since the marshmallows were all white and the pedestal they were displayed on was white too, we wanted to add a fun pop of color! Since we didn't have much time before the party started, we just grabbed the two things we always have on hand...paper straws and fringe! We just wrapped about an inch of fringe around a half of a paper straw and secured it with a dab of glue {or you can use a tiny piece of tape} and you have a festive little topper! We are sure there are many variations of this project but it really is so easy and there are so many great color possibilities! Hope you had a great weekend and have a great Memorial Day!

DIY Paper Straw Birthday Candle Cupcake Toppers

Today we thought we would share a fun, birthday diy with you! We are just in love with paper straws, there are so many creative things you can do with them! They are definitely not just for drinking with! We are working on a 100th birthday party right now for my husband's grandmother and we were trying to think of a creative way to top some of her cupcakes! Well, what could top birthday cupcakes better than candles!?! This project is so easy its silly! All you need is...
{Materials}
Paper straws, color and pattern of your choice
Yellow tissue paper
Glue
Optional glitter

Just cut your straws in half, so that you have a good candle size. Cut your yellow tissue paper into about 3x3 squares. If you desire, you can glitter the edges of the paper to give your candle a little sparkle! 

Take the center of your paper and just kind of scrunch it to form a flame. Then take a dab of glue and stick it in the top your straw...and you have a perfect birthday candle!! These would also look so cute on top of a cake, using all different patterned and colored straws too!! 

Paper Straws from Sweet Lulu