A Sweet Berrylicious Tutorial {And a Freebie!}

Not too long ago, a sweet reader asked how did I made my Treat Boxes. Well, today I wanted to relax from school and work for a few hours so what a better way to relax than to sit in front of my computer and play with Illustrator! 

My daughter is all Strawberry Shortcake right now, her grandpa got her the new movie and all she  wants to do is watch it again and again. So I thought I could make a little box for her to play with...  I love this colors so much that now I am trying to decide between Alice in Wonderland or Strawberry Shortcake for her birthday! 

Maybe you have a little one that loves Strawberry Shortcake as well so I decided to share this wonderful design with all of you.  I am not a fan of doing heavy character birthdays, but if you go to the Strawberry Shortcake site, along with this free download you can throw a little inexpensive party for your little girl. I will probably dedicate another post for that.  

For now, here is a little tutorial on how to make a cute 3.5 inches square box (with some Sweet Circles as a bonus!!!) like the one pictured below:

 

 UPDATE: Download the Sweet Berrylicious Collection here.

Then follow this simple instructions:

 

Print the file on heavy cardstock and cut around the box template. Score on all the light pink lines. Put the parts of the box side by side as shown here.

 

 Glue or tape this two sides first. You should end up with something like this.

 

Glue or tape the side flap as shown above, then the flaps at the bottom. That's it! 

Your beautiful box should look like this:

Your little princess will have lots of fun with it...

 

Add a little tissue paper in bright green for a festive look.

 

Punch the free Sweet Circles and you are ready to party!!!

I really hope you enjoyed this tutorial and freebie, if you did please let me know by commenting below!

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New on my Etsy Shop: {Baby Shower Clothes Line Collection}

I just love how this Baby Shower collection looks! It includes a super cute invitation, Sweet Circles, a PillowBox and Baby Shower Games (Word Scramble and a Blank Bingo Card).  Let me tell you, to get a listing ready for Etsy is a lot of work! Between printing, cutting and assembling (the easy part), then taking pics, choosing the best pics, editing, coming up with descriptions, pricing, a baby screaming for mommy's milk (yes my daughter still breastfeeds!), etc... it is overwhelming. But here they are and I hope you like it!

Baby Shower Clothes Line Collection pics!

 

 

 

 

Did I mention that I designed everything, even the polka dot patterns?

You can find this on my Etsy Shop!

Now I only have to put up the listing for the Damask Baby Shower Collection!

Lorelys Maia's Cupcake Birthday Party!

*** Go to my Facebook Fan Page Photo Album to see more pics ***

Yesterday was Lorelys Maia's birthday and it was a success! It all went so fast, but we had so much fun.  I had previously posted the invitations, cupcake toppers and candy boxes. And here are some pictures of the event, I hope you love it!

From Sweetly Sweet

From Sweetly Sweet

Here are the pics from the birthday!

 

 

 

 

 

The candy buffet turned out better than I expected, I absolutely love how it looked!

 

These cupcake candles were handmade by a local artisan, they looked and smelled like the real thing. I definitely need to learn how to do candles and soaps, that is on my check list now!

 

Marshmallow Pops, a shortcut by Kim from the Tomkat Studio for Bakerella's Cupcake Pops.

 

The birthday banner.

Table decorations, the whole room smelled yummy!

 

Some games for adults and older children, they match the cupcake theme.

 

And of course, prizes for all the games.

 

One of the games, toddler race to dad... every toddler won a prize of course!

Can you guess which one is my little toddler?

 

 

Cupcake tower and toppers, the cupcakes were delicious!

This is my beautiful baby Lorelys Maia. She is very happy with her new Pinky Dinky Doo doll and enjoying candy from the sweets table.

 

Happy Birthday my little sweety! That's me and my husband with our little princess.

 

 

Lorelys opening some of her presents... she was all ohh, wowww!

Well, everything is over now, looking back I realize there were so many pics I did not take... but it was a really fun party! Enjoy!

Sweets Table Candy Boxes

I bought these little take out boxes for the sweets table from a local shop. They have the perfect size for a serving of sweets. Decorated in a very simple way with the Sweet Circles by Sweetly Sweet and a little bow, they look perfect. Sweet Circles by Sweetly Sweet are the trademark words I just came up to describe my circular cutouts. I am looking for a commercial feel... well dreaming a little bit won't hurt anyone!

 

I was featured at The TomKat Studio!

This is one of those moments where I go to the middle of the living room and start jumping up and down like crazy!!! Kim, from The TomKat Studio, who has been a great source of inspiration for me, made a mention of my Cupcake Birthday Invitations and my Treat box and Cupcake Toppers on her blog.  View the wonderful post here and while you are there visit her etsy shop, she has the cutest party things. This post has gotten me a lot of new blog friends and sweet comments! Thank you Kim!

This has given me enough confidence and I am thinking about opening an etsy shop in the future and help with the cost of my studies. I am also trying to keep track of the new followers, but some don't have links! So if you are following and have a blog, but don't have the link, I would love to visit you back, so please leave a comment with your link.

Treat Box and Cupcake Toppers

I designed a cute treat box going with the cupcake theme, it is small, measuring 3.5 X 3.5 inches, but looks absolutely cute! It is also easy to do, I am still planning what to do with them at the party, maybe you can give me suggestions!  I also made some cupcake toppers inspired by The TomKat Studio, Kim is the cupcake topper diva!

And talking about Kim, she just left a sweetly sweet comment and told me that she loved the invitations for the birthday party and she is featuring them in her blog!!! I am so excited about this, can't wait to see the invitations featured, I actually went jumping up and down all over my house when I saw the comment... her work has been a great source of inspiration. Thanks Kim.