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family style: wedding edition

May 30, 2013

The invitation has arrived, your entire family is invited to a wedding this summer! The kids are going to love hitting the dance floor and a wedding is a fun occasion to get all dressed up. Even if you’re not in the bridal party, a wedding is a great opportunity to get professional family photos…maybe even the perfect photo for the holiday card! With a little planning, your family can be the most stylish bunch at the reception. Here is the Family Style: Wedding Edition to get you inspired.

Shop the looks: women’s dress from eShakti, accessories from Piperlime, girl’s look from Crewcuts, men’s look from H&M.

Shop the looks: men’s look from H&M, kids’ looks from GapKids, women’s dress from eShakti, accessories from Piperlime.

Shop the looks: men’s, women’s and boy’s looks from Nordstrom, girl’s look from Tutu Du Monde.

Have you heard? The Little Style File offers Styling Services! If planning stylish outfits for the children or the entire family feels overwhelming or you just don’t have the time, TLSF Styling Services are here to help. For a small, per look fee, TLSF Styling Services will put together custom looks reflecting your family’s personal style. Want more info? Send an email to info@thelittlestylefile.com to get started!

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8 gorgeous flower girl dresses

May 29, 2013

Wedding Week continues with flower girl dresses! Of course we are all aware of the local and national bridal salons where you can order a flower girl dress. But, did you know some of your favorite children’s stores and designers carry flower girl dresses, too? Here are 8 gorgeous flower girl dresses that you won’t find at a bridal salon.

1. Poplin Bow Dress || 2. Butterfly Flutter Dress || 3. Crinkle Taffeta Dress || 4. Tulle Odette Dress || 5. Organza Rosette Silk Dress || 6. Madame Butterfly Tutu || 7. Striped Ruffle Strap Dress || 8. Sequin Sash Dress || 9. Organdy Dot Dress

Weddings are no longer the formula of bride in white dress + groom in black tux + flower girl in white dress with sash to match bridesmaids. The wedding party rules are gone and we couldn’t be more thrilled! Above are gorgeous flower girl dresses for all types of weddings from city to beach to barn and everything in between. Dress #2 would be gorgeous in a field of flowers, #7 is screaming for a wedding on the water.

While we love to have input on what our children will be wearing for the big day, keep in mind that it’s bride’s choice and try to remember your own wedding. However, feel free to hit the email button below and send her this post for suggestions. wink wink.

For more on Wedding Week, check out these posts:

Are you planning or in the bridal party of a wedding this summer?

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How To Make Mickey Mouse Cookies

April 23, 2013

Part of planning a fun party is all the cool details. These Mickey Mouse cookies were a huge hit at the Mickey party! I wanted to share how to make them with you.

How to make Mickey Mouse Sugar Cookies:

Step One: Make the Sugar Cookie Dough

1 1/3 cup Butter

1 1/2 cup Sugar

2 Eggs

1 tsp Vanilla

(Cream Together)

Combine:

4 cups of Flour

2 tsp. Baking Powder

3 Tablespoons of Milk

Add slowly into the butter/sugar mixture. MIx well. Refrigerate dough in a plastic bag overnight.

Step Two: Take out the Chilled cookie dough one hour before making

Step Three: Roll out Dough make your cookies. Grease cookie sheets, Bake at 350 for 8 minutes.

Step Four: Cool Cookies completely before decorating/icing them

Step 5: Make Royal Icing:

3 Tablespoons of Meringue Powder

4 cups of Powdered Sugar

6 Tablespoons of warm water

Food coloring of choice

Beat 7- 10 minutes. To thin it out more just add a little more water. After it’s mixed add food coloring. Place icing in a decorators bag or squeeze bottles.

Step 6: You outline cookie first with the icing being on the thicker side. Allow to dry then make sure your icing is ready to flood center of your cookie. Decorate accordingly.

You can check out more details of the party here.

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Mickey Mouse Party

April 23, 2013

I’m excited to share with you this Mickey Mouse Party! I created a variety of “Mickey” treats for the two dessert tables.

Some of my favorite things about this party was creating the DIY details to add to this party. I found a lot of cute ideas on Pinterest. I bought black lanterns from Hobby Lobby and used card stock and hot glued ears onto the lanterns to make it into a Mickey Mouse head. Another idea I saw online was creating Styrofoam Mickey heads. I bought Styrofoam balls and black paint and created these adorable little decorations to add to the dessert tables.

The back drops to each table were so simple and easy to create as well. All you need is foam boards, material, tacks, ribbon and scrap book paper. I created several Mickey banners with using scrap book and card stock paper. I made different size Mickey’s with black card stock and assembled everything onto the back drop. You can use this back drop idea with any kind of theme for your next party.

All of my party printables were created by Lauren Haddox Deisgns. I love using party printables for each of my parties because it helps tie in the entire theme throughout the party. Having a Mickey Mouse Party? Check out my Mickey Mouse Cookie Tutorial!

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Owl Party Ideas + Cupcake Tutorial

April 3, 2013

This little party was an Owl Theme. Three main colors were used along with a couple of patterns to make the party cohesive. Owl party ideas for decorations include birdcages, mini flag pennants, mini yarn ball banners, a mini scrap banner and of course, a lot of owls. All of the printables were designed by Lauren Haddox Designs.

The desserts I made for this party were Owl Cupcakes, Cake Pops, Mini Rice Crispy Treat Cones, Rice Crispy Treat Pops, Mini Cheesecakes and Cake Pops. The party printables are a cost effective, easy and fun way to carry a theme throughout an entire party.

The Owl Cupcakes are so fun and easy to make with your kids! Here is a quick tutorial on how to make them. We made these for my daughters birthday and she had SO much fun putting these together.

Owl Cupcake Tutorial:

You will need:

1 package of Oreos

1 package of M&M’s

! batch of cupcakes (Homemade or Box)

1 can of frosting (or homemade)

Food Coloring

Step 1: Cook Cupcakes

Step 2: Frost Cupcakes

Step 3: Separate Oreos then cup one of the tops in halves to make the ears.

Step 4: Place ears into the top of the cupcake and add the two circles for the eyes then add the M&M for the nose.

So easy, right? If you decide to give it a try, share your photos with us on Facebook or Instagram!

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It’s an Easter Party

March 25, 2013

Today we have an amazing Easter Party to inspire you for your weekend celebrations. Based on a printable set by our friends at Anders Ruff, this party has it all – Peeps, Chick Cake Pops, chocolate bunnies and all things Easter!

Adorable, right? The best news is that this party package is available for Instant Download. We’ve used Anders Ruff before and they tell you all of the supplies you will need and then you print and cut! Visit Anders Ruff to see even more party pictures and all of the vendor details!

How does your family celebrate Easter?

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Strawberry Birthday Party

February 14, 2013

I’m excited to share with you this adorable Strawberry Birthday Party that I planned last weekend. My client’s last name is Berry and she picked this cute theme to go along with her daughters 1^st birthday party. It is a super sweet party for a little girl!

Strawberry Birthday Party | The Little Style File

For this Strawberry birthday party I thought I would make a homemade scrap banner. I have made many banners and I have to say this scrap banner is my favorite. I love how it fills the back ground with texture and dimension. It is also great because there doesn’t have to be any measuring and or sewing. That’s right, NO SEWING and it only takes 3 STEPS. This little project is a great addition to any birthday party.

Scrap Banner Tutorial | The Little Style File

Here is a tutorial of this quick and easy scrap fabric banner:

Supplies

Double sided fabric
String or thin ribbon
Scissors

You will want double sided fabric. Most fabrics come with a print on one side and white on the other. This is fine if this is what you are going for, but I personally like my fabric to be the same on both sides. For the banner you see above I chose 6 different prints and I purchased a half a yard of each print.

STEP 1:
Cut slits into the fabric. Using your hands, tear off each strip of fabric. I cut my strips about 2 inches each. This is what is so great is you don’t have to be perfect, and all the sizes can be different.

STEP 2:
Loop the fabric strip over your string.

STEP 3:
Pull the two ends through the loop and pull tight!

You can check out more pictures and get details of the Strawberry Birthday Party here.

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Kids DIY Valentines

January 29, 2013

The other day, as I was cleaning the kitchen, my 6 year old, Abryn had been very busy and very quiet for some time. When I noticed what she was working on I just had to share it!

She was making her own valentines for her friends at school. With no help from mom, she drew 2 little hearts on the outside and colored them red and then on the inside wrote “i love you.” She was very proud of herself and even asked me to video tape her! At that I laughed, but I thought a few pretty pictures and a quick tutorial would help your littles get started. There is just something about receiving something handmade.

For the kids version of DIY Valentines, here is what you need:

-Paper, or card stock in any color (target) has a great $1 section filled with all kinds of valentine stickers, paper, envelopes etc.

- Envelopes + liners if you want to add a bit of detail

- Markers

- Valentine Stickers

- Glue Stick

Write a sweet little note on the inside of the card or use some of the classic valentine lingo like “your rad,” “be mine,” “so sweet,” “hugs,” etc.

Next decorate the envelope with stickers or hand drawn hearts and place the card in the envelope. Now for the glue…

Abryn’s favorite part, use the glue stick to secure the envelope down or a big sticker and voila, pretty handmade valentines!

Do you make or buy your kids Valentine’s Day cards?

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Minted Holiday Cards & Giveaway!

October 26, 2012

One of our favorite things about the holidays is sending and reciving holiday cards! We love seeing how our friends and families have changed ove the year! It can be quite a big project to find the perfect card that fits your family’s personality. You could spend countless of hours looking online at all of the different photo card websites trying to find the perfect design. We absolutely love the selection of holiday cards at Minted this year. Their designs are modern, classy and there is a perfect card (or cards) for every family! If you don’t want to use a photo card, don’t worry they have great non photo options too!

Minted has holiday party decorations that can make any celebration perfect! We are loving the triple thick paper that they have introduced this year.

We are thrilled because Minted is giving one lucky winner a $75 gift card!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Spiderman Birthday Party

October 17, 2012

I love facebook because you get a peek into your friends and even neighbors’ worlds that you may not know about! My neighbor Natalie, threw the most AMAZING Spiderman Birthday Party for her son’s 7th birthday last week. How did I find it? You guessed it on facebook! Natalie is an amazing party planner and you can check out all her fabulous parties on her blog Wonderfully Made Events. A good party planner makes planning a party look easy and that is what natalie does! Natalie purchased the adorable Spiderman Birthday Party printables from Bird’s Party.

We adore all the detail Natalie put into this party. She made all of the desserts herself! She made Spiderman cookies, m&m cookies, chocolate covered Oreo comic pops, Spiderman cupcakes and Spiderman cake pops. Natalie had her son choose all the food and Caden did a great job! To keep 7 year old boys busy during a party, you need to have games! They played “spider hunt” where the boys had to find all of the hidden spiders in the back yard. No spiderman party is compelete without “web wars” with silly string! They also played spiderman freeze tag using a ball. Natalie is going to give us a spiderman cookie tutorial in the next couple of days, be on the look out! For additional party information, visit Natlaie’s blog.