Using Hybrid to Create One-of-a-kind Party Favors
Hello, all! Tgmousechick her with this Thursday’s Hybrid feature!
When I throw a party, I tend to go a little overboard with the theme, and a trip to the Party Supply becomes an expensive endeavor. But, I love the put-together look of having everything coordinate- the plates, the centerpiece, etc, etc. And the favors. Oh, I love the party favors!!! Little trinkets that say “thanks for coming!!” They tend to take up the largest part of that blown budget, but they are the most fun- when you can find what you want!
With hybrid, tailoring that perfect party favor becomes easy! With thousands of digital kits out on the market, there’s a pretty good chance that you will find a kit (or a couple) that suits your theme perfectly. Pairing that with a shape pattern or a hybrid template makes it simply to achieve custom results.
Today’s project includes a freebie template!
I created these little “fryboat” cups to serve as treat cups, or to hold small items that you’d like to display. They are super easy to trim and put together- essential if you’re making a bunch of these!
In my sample, I’ve used them to hold color-matched M&M candies for a baby shower theme. I used the bright and sunny “Summer Breeze” kit, a collaborative kit by Jeni Hopewell and Andilynn Designs.
Although the cups are really cute, I think what really makes the presentation is the metal tower. It’s a cupcake tower made by Wilton. With cupcakes all the rage these days, it allows you to display them with style- I get wows everytime I bring in cupcakes for an event- all of my decorating work is highlighted when it’s presented in such an eye-catching fashion. This is the first time that I’ve used it for something other than cupcakes, but it certainly won’t be the last!
Your challenge this month is to create a hybrid party favor. You can use the freebie offered above, or use another design. Since this challenge falls at the end of the month, you can keep creating through the month of July. Projects posted up to the 30th count towards this month’s points, and those created in July count towards next month.
Party favors can take many shapes and varieties. Here are some great examples made by our amazing CT!
Sylvia B. used a paper template by Mirkwood Designs paired with the Mystery Mix grab Bag #5:
And Kari had these favors in her gallery:
Just a quickie reminder of the Matter of Scrap Challenge guidelines:
Upload your layout to the gallery, and leave BOTH the image and a link in the challenge forum.
You will receive one point for completing the challenge. You can earn an additional point for using a new product from the ScrapMatters store (PLEASE indicate you have used something new when you leave us the link in the forum), and one lucky winner will receive one more point – I will be doing a random draw!)
If you post a project for this challenge, you cannot use the same project to complete another challenge. I can’t wait to see what fills the gallery- have a great day!
June 25th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Thank you for the freebie!
June 25th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Kim . . . so cute! I love how you put the boxes with M&M’s between the cupcakes!
June 26th, 2009 at 1:10 am
Lovely, thank you for sharing !
June 26th, 2009 at 6:01 am
This is a great idea thank you for sharing.
June 26th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Thank you VERY VERY much!!! This will be a very useful template!