Project Timeline Invitations: 4 hours
Lampshades: 6 hours
Cake boards: 30 minutes
Chocolate designs: 2-1/2 minutes
Buffet table: 3 hours
Total time: 16 hours
Invitations Materials: 5" papier-mache boxes
Craft paint
Craft brushes
Wire coils
Wire cutters
Origami paper
Decorative gold writing pens
Felt
Tacky glue
Ribbon
Small plastic foam balls - It's always a good idea before beginning party preparations to draw a design of what you want to do (figure A).
- The first step in making jack-in-the-box invitations is to trace harlequin patterns on the boxtops.
- Fill in the patterns with craft paint (figure B).
- Bend a thick gauge wire into a coil shape (figure C) and use hot glue to attach it to the inside bottom of the box.
- Decorate the foam balls with the felt -- make jester hats, etc. (figure D).
- Turn up the end of the coil. Apply some glue and place the Jack's head on top (figure E).
- Use a calligraphy pen to write the party information on colorful origami paper.
- Make a 1" slice in the center of the boxtop and use a hairpin to push the ribbon through. Tie the invitation tightly to the box.
- Wrap the entire box tightly with ribbon.
Expert tip: When freehand painting, it's handy to sketch out lightly with a pencil the design that you want to paint. Even professional artists use this technique. That way you know exactly where your design is going to be, and you don't run out of space at the end.
RESOURCES :
Hancock Fabrics Information
Store Locator: click here.
Hancock Fabrics, Inc.
Tupelo, MS 38803
Phone: 601-842-2834
Fax: 601-842-2834
Email: consumerdiv@hancockfabrics.com
Website: www.hancockfabrics.com
Sophisticated Entertaining: Spirited Food for Grown-Up Parties
1557883459
Jeanne Benedict
(October, 2000)
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HP Books
Dessert Circus at Home: Fun, Fanciful and Easy-to-Make Desserts
Model: 0688166075
Author: Jacques Torres
(January, 1999)
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William Morrow and Company, Inc./HarperCollins
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212-207-7000
Fax: 212-207-2145
Dessert (The Williams-Sonoma Collection)
Model: 0743226437
Author: Abigail Johnson Dodge et. al.
(June< 2002)
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Scribner Book Co./Simon and Schuster
New York, NY 10020
Phone: 212-698-7000
The Dessert Bible
Model: 0316496987
Author: Christopher Kimball
(October, 2000, 1st Edition)
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Little Brown and Company (Time Warner, Inc.)
New York, NY 10020
Phone: 212-522-8700
Garden Lighting for Outdoor Entertaining
Model: 1579903193
Author: Chris Rankin
(March, 2002)
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Lark Books / Altamont Press
Website: www.larkbooks.com
GUESTS :
Diann Valentine
Event Producer
D.R. Valentine and Associates, Inc.
650 S. Raymond Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91105
Phone: 626-395-0346
Fax: 626-395-0649
Website: www.drvalentine.net
Debbie Lee
Culinary Expert
Chris Champagne
Visual Stylist
Kevin Lee
Celebrity Event Designer
La Premier Flowers
Phone: 310-435-4286
E-mail: kevin@lapremier.net
Krista Lawlor
Craft Expert
Creative Ta Da
E-mail: creativetada@bellsouth.net
Website: www.creativetada.etsy.com
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