HOW TO MAKE AN AWESOME CLAY LETTER GARLAND

I have a thing for garlands. I also have a thing for letter garlands. What I don't have a thing for is cutting out those tiny paper letters. My solution? Clay letters. I have an amazing little letter set of cookie cutters from one of those giant boxes you get on super sale the day after Thanksgiving. You know what I am talking about. The huge box of shapes and such of about 100 cookie cutters, well, the letters in it are awesome. I've done cookie words before, but when we were playing with some clay I thought we'd try making a garland.

It's even easier than I thought because we used air dry clay. It basically means you cut it, smooth it and let dry. Done. Even my boys can help with this DIY, which are always my favorite kind. Check out the full DIY here on Oh Happy Day.

HOW TO MAKE A TISSUE FLOWER GARLAND

I've always loved the tissue flower garlands of Ashley Meaders, so when Melanie of You Are My Fave asked me to make one, I figured out an easy way to make them. This DIY is really so easy that Hunter, who is four, could make them too. Really. I did the cutting, but he was able to stick the flowers on. XL Glue Dots are the secret. I guess you could say this is my cheater version. If the end result looks this great, who cares if you cheated, right?

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CARTE FINI CREPE PAPER

Hello lovelies! I hope you had a great weekend! Searching for a thicker crepe paper in more shades than most party stores carry? Go check out  CARTE FINI for some super thick rolls of italian crepe paper. I'm dying to get my hands on some and the crepe paper curling machine. Oh my! I found this awesome shop through this great post of a Rocketship Pinata DIY over on Oh My Handmade.

I also wanted to put out a LAST CALL for May SPONSORS! Tomorrow is a new month, so if you've been thinking of sponsoring H+H, now is your chance! Check out our SPONSOR page and contact me for details!

SUPER SOURCE: LARK

I think I would fit right in down under. As a party decorations hunter, I have noticed they seem to have quite the market for goodies. They are running right alongside the US in the party planning market. Have you seen HELLO NAOMI, KITIYA PALASKAS, IMPRINTABLES or DONNA HAY?  Oh, how I would kill to go to THE SCHOOL! Awesome right?  Well, darlings, I bring you a new source. LARK. A gorgeously curated shop that will keep you from thinking about the international shipping charges. It is THAT good. It just means that we need to order more to make the shipping worth it. Besides, as I write this $1 AUD= $0.95 USD. That's savings baby!

This lovely shop brings colorful melamine, pretty chocolate numbers and the awesome ALLERGY RIDERS. These are cupcake wrappers and flags that denote food allergies in a modern and colorful way. A brilliant product by a mom with a child with food allergies who recognized a need in the market and filled it with beautiful products. Why someone in the US hasn't done this yet is beyond me. I have hinted to a few sellers here and I will let you know when they are available.  Until then, this product alone is completely worth the shipping for me and Hunter's peanut allergies.

The rest of these lovelies? A triple cake carrier? It reminds me of that little voice in my brain...cake, cake, cake...all day long. That pretty pink striped thing in the middle? It is a cake wrap. Take a white cake, wrap it in this and voila. decorated cake. Who else, besides me, totally wants to try that? I mean really, how stinkin' easy. Who needs icing skills when you've got this.  I have only rounded up some of the partywares, but there is so much more. So go see LARK today, be inspired, order lots, and grab me those pink garden markers, I want them in my bakery stash.