Monday, December 15, 2014

Elf Party 2014

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We had our fourth Elf Party at our house on Sunday night, Dec. 7th.  This almost-annual tradition (we have skipped some years) is a great chance for a holiday get-together amongst friends.  We celebrate with food, and of course we watch the movie “Elf” together.  It’s also a chance for me to craft up some party favors.  You can see our previous Elf Parties here (2010), here (2011), and here (2012). 

I sent out our invitations weeks ago.  In case you missed it, the details and a free printable download are here in this post

Our guests arrived around 6pm for a sit-down dinner.

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Instead of place cards for the seating arrangements, I made Elf treat boxes with each person’s name on it.  That way they can take their boxes home as part of their party favor.

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I used my Silhouette Cameo to make the Elf treat boxes, using this shape in the Silhouette store.  I personalized each box with Basic Grey alphabet stickers, and filled each box with Hershey’s kisses and Reese’s mini cups. 

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Everyone enjoyed dinner and catching up.  Todd made Seoulful Chicken with Minted Cucumbers, and Sweet & Sour Chicken with Pineapple noodles.

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There was two desserts.  We had cinnamon sugar churro waffles topped with homemade whipped cream and nutella.

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We also had homemade double chocolate ice cream, but I forgot to take a photo of it.

I also made some cute globes as party favors.  I created the globes using the Papertrey Ink Tinsel & Tags kit, and the Tinsel & Tags Trimmings kit.  I made the tiny houses from cardstock, dies, and stamps from the kit. 

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I stamped some trees and diecut them and glued them onto my base.  Everything was handmade.  I put the dome globe on last and glued it to my paper base.  I used glue dots to attach the globes to the tops of wide mouth mason jars.  Then I tied red & white bakers twine around the jar lid.

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Then I put them carefully into these cute Christmas felt buckets from Target.

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I also gave each couple a handmade shaker card.

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One of the guests even said, “Hey, the house in the card matches the house in the globe!”  It’s true!

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We took a few group photos before settling in to watch “Elf”.

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When Shannon got home, she posted this photo on Instagram.  I loved seeing everything Elf Party together!

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Yay for another successful Elf Party!  We had a lot of fun! 

8 comments:

  1. How CUTE and FUN!!! Makes me want to have an ELF party now!

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  2. Wow, wow, wow, verrrry creative.

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  3. Wow! Every detail is so perfect. Your party looked like so much fun, and you got great photos! I think your friends are very lucky to have someone go to so much effort to put together a great time! I can't even decide which handmade detail is my favorite-- they are all so fantastic :)
    ~Natalie

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  4. This was a party to remember. Super fun!

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  5. Thanks for having us! Everything you made was amazing! I haven't tried making hot chocolate yet but we've eaten all of the reeses and kisses. :)

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  6. Dang girl - that is ELABORATE!!! The party gifts are very cool and I'm sure dinner was delicious as always. Merry Christmas!!!!!

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  7. wow! i wanna be ur friend!!!!!

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  8. What a fun party! I love your favours and the little gift bags. So creative!

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