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DIY Donuts About You Toppers

Ahh, donuts. The unsung hero of confectionery. Like the cute guy next door, they are down-to-earth, yummy, and familiar. I can’t say enough about how much I love donuts (although I wouldn’t say no to a box of chocolate truffles or macarons…) but enough about that, because this post is actually about the cute toppers you can put on top of them to give to that cute guy (or gal) in your life! – Erin from BerinMade Paper Goods

DIY Donuts About You Toppers / BerinMade for Oh So Beautiful Paper

Supplies

Some donuts (mini ones work best, but regular sized ones will work too)

Skewer sticks

White card stock

Black marker

Glitter

PVA Glue

Scissors (fringing scissors optional)

Pink tissue paper

Tape

DIY Donuts About You Toppers / BerinMade for Oh So Beautiful Paper

To make the heart donut toppers:

Step 1. Cut your skewer sticks to the desired length depending on the size of your donuts.

Step 2. At this point, you can do a topper that has the message on the front (like a sign) or a folded card for the cute little surprise element. To do the folded card version, draw rough horizontal lines with your black marker onto your white card stock. Draw a heart on the card, then fold it to cut out the heart-shaped card. Make sure that one side of the heart has the fold still intact. Write your message inside!

Step 3. Squeeze out a line of PVA glue on a scrap piece of paper, and run the edge of your heart through it. Pour out some glitter, and run the glue side of the heart on the glitter, so you get a line of glitter around the edge of your heart.

Step 4. Tape the back side of the heart card to the non-pointy edge of the skewer stick, leaving about 4cm (about 1.5″) on top for the tassel.

Step 5. To make the tassel, cut out a rectangular piece of tissue paper about 10 x 3cm (about 4″ x 1″). Fringe it about 2/3 of the way, then line the un-fringed edge with glue. Don’t overdo the glue as tissue paper is pretty thin and will get messy if there is too much!

Step 6. Wrap the tissue paper strip around the non-pointy edge of the stick, rolling and squeezing with your thumb and index finger as you go along. Let dry.

Step 7. Ta-daa!! Make multiples for a little party, or a single cute one for your valentine.

DIY Donuts About You Toppers / BerinMade for Oh So Beautiful Paper

DIY Donuts About You Toppers / BerinMade for Oh So Beautiful Paper

DIY Donuts About You Toppers / BerinMade for Oh So Beautiful Paper

DIY Donuts About You Toppers / BerinMade for Oh So Beautiful Paper

Photo Credit: Julie Michaelsen

Apricot Tiki Mocktail

Hard to believe January is almost over! We’re digging out from under a mountain of snow here in DC, and as I shovel snow for the umpteenth time my thoughts go, naturally, to warmer destinations and Tiki cocktails. Since we’re still on the subject of mocktails this month, we created an Apricot Tiki Mocktail recipe to share with all of you. Can we all agree to #TikiTheSnowAway? – Andrew

Apricot Tiki Mocktail Recipe / Liquorary for Oh So Beautiful Paper

Apricot Tiki Mocktail

1 1/2 oz Lime Juice
1/2 oz Pineapple Juice
1/2 oz Orgeat
1/2 oz Falernum Syrup
1/2 oz Coconut Chai Tea
1 tbsp Apricot Preserves
2 dashes Angostura Bitters

Combine everything in a cocktail shaker filled two-thirds with ice and shake well. Finely strain – using a Hawthorne strainer with a tight coil (like this one) or a tea strainer to remove any solids from the apricot preserves – into a glass filled with fresh crushed ice. Garnish with mint and enjoy!

Apricot Tiki Mocktail Recipe / Liquorary for Oh So Beautiful Paper

Tiki cocktails enjoy a deep bench of flavors – tart citrus, grassy sugarcane, sweet tropical fruits, nuts and flowers, exotic spices, you get the idea – which makes them an ideal source of inspiration for mocktails. You don’t need to worry as much about losing depth of flavor when you take alcohol out of the picture when you have all these layers of flavor playing out in your mocktail.

Apricot is a flavor that, somewhat surprisingly, also shows up in quite a few Tiki drinks, including classics like the Zombie. Here, it adds a bit of summery fruit, but the preserves also help to thicken the drink and give it a more convincing mouthfeel. (The last thing you want is for your mocktail to feel like a glass of sweetened lime juice.)

Apricot Tiki Mocktail Recipe / Liquorary for Oh So Beautiful Paper

We included tea in our mocktail, which adds spice and, more importantly, an astringency that mocktails tend to lack. A coconut chai tea is something you can probably make at home, but Owl’s Brew makes a really tasty one you can get by the bottle.

(Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram, where we’ve been posting our experiments before they make their way onto this column!)

Glassware by Liquorary

Photo Credits: Nole Garey for Oh So Beautiful Paper

 

 

Seasonal Stationery: Valentine’s Day Cards, Part 3

Happy Monday everyone! We’re still VERY much snowed in after getting almost two feet of snow over the weekend, and I’m already starting to get a bit stir crazy after so many days inside (and the kiddos out of school!). So today I thought I’d start the week off with a big dose of happy in the form of Valentine’s Day cards! This round up is full of some gorgeous copper and gold foil, hand lettering and hand painted elements, and food and gems – even enameled pins! And in case you missed them, you can find my previous round ups right here!

Valentine's Day Card Round Up / Oh So Beautiful Paper

1. A gorgeous card from In The Daylight with coper foil on black paper

2. This card from Near Modern Disaster is perfect for the occasion

3. Send this XO pin and post card from The Good Twin to your bestie – the enameled pins make a sweet gift!

4. I love the subtle desert vibes and matte gold foil in this card from Antiquaria

5. Obsessed with this gold foil gem card from BerinMade London

6. Truth from The Paper Cub

7. For all the donut lovers out there from Hello Small World

8. Sweet and beautiful simplicity in this card from E.Frances Paper with hand painted watercolor details and copper foil text

9. This card from Farewell Paperie tells it like it is!

10. Such a sweet card from People I’ve Loved

p.s. More Valentine’s Day card round ups right here!

Wedding Stationery Inspiration: Favor Ideas

I think the best wedding favors are personal AND practical (and yes, I count mini pies as practical!). Here are some wedding favor ideas to send your guests home with an extra special thank you gift, from the aforementioned mini pies to adorable custom matchboxes and seed packets. Bonus: you can make some seriously adorable labels to accompany any of these favor ideas! – Annie

Wedding Stationery Inspiration: Favors / Mini Jam Jars from Martha Stewart Weddings via Oh So Beautiful PaperWedding Stationery Inspiration: Favors / Leaves made of seed paper by Martha Stewart Weddings via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Personalize jars of jam with custom labels or tags. | Photography: Corbin Gurkin via Martha Stewart Weddings // Cut out leaves of seed paper that guests can take home to grow their own wildflowers. | Photography: Raymond Hom via Martha Stewart Weddings

Wedding Stationery Inspiration: Favors / Favor Bags made from Printed Paper via Minted / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Use whatever paper scraps you already have to make these patchwork favor bags. | Photography: Jared Smith, DIY Patchwork Favor Bags: Sugar and Cloth via Minted

Wedding Stationery Inspiration: Favors

Ask for recipes when you send out your RSVP cards and compile them into a cookbook to use as your favors. | Photography: Emily Scannell, Graphic Design: Lisa Mishima via Style Me Pretty

Wedding Stationery Inspiration: Favors

Buy coffee in bulk and print custom labels to create these mini coffee bag favors. Your guests will be thanking you the next morning! | Photography: Kaitie Bryant Photography, Paper Goods: Yvonne Lin via Green Wedding Shoes

Wedding Stationery Inspiration: Favors

Potted succulents with a personalized message attached make a memorable gift. | Photography: Studio Phrené via The Knot

Wedding Stationery Inspiration: Favors

A mini pie in a mini box with a mini fork. What’s there not to love? | Photography: Heather Waraksa, Mini Pie: Luckybird Bakery via The Knot

Wedding Stationery Inspiration: Favors

Print matchbox designs and adhere to matchboxes for a personal and practical favor. It’s a match made in heaven. | Matchbox Favor Printables: Olivia Kanaley via Minted

Wedding Stationery Inspiration: Favors

Give your guests seed packets of your favorite flowers. | Photography: Lavender & Twine via The Knot

Wedding Stationery Inspiration: Favors

Mini jars of honey with personalized tags can double as escort cards. Sweet! | Photography: Kirsten Ellis via Green Wedding Shoes

Seasonal Stationery: 2016 Planners

Somehow I blinked and we’re already halfway through January! So, if you’re like me and trying to get ahead of the curve once and for all, it’s time to get serious about a planner! Not just a weekly desk jotter, which are super helpful and will be addressed in another post, but a real deal planner that actually forces you to think and plan ahead. I shared a few favorite 2016 planners back in July, so I figured it was high time to share a few more!

Seasonal Stationery: 2016 Planners / Oh So Beautiful Paper

1. Ferme à Papier has some wonderful pocket-sized weekly planners with several fantastic cover options! I’m loving this palm print and the marbled cover options.

2. The gorgeous spiral bound 12-month planner from One Canoe Two has three different cover options, each with gold foil text!

3. The Get To Work Book is a goal setting workbook and daily planner made with small business owners in mind, with plenty of space for notes and brainstorming and twelve motivational text prints that can be removed from the book. And it’s Sharpie tolerant!

4. This gorgeous casebound planner from Snow & Graham features a navy faux leather cover with gold floral detail, not to mention weekly and monthly pages, spaces for notes, and a yearly overview section.

5. + 6. Julia Kostreva‘s daily planners always have the most beautiful minimalist cover designs! There are twelve gorgeous covers to choose from this year, each with gold foil details.

7. The spiral bound monthly planner from Sugar & Type comes jam packed with a monthly overview for each month, plus a weekly list for goals, to do lists, budget pages, and meal planning lists. She even offers access to free printables after purchase.

8. This pretty pink (!!) 5″ x 8″ planner notebook from Icey Designs features monthly and weekly planning pages, along with goal setting pages and an end of the year to-do list.

p.s. More 2016 planners right here!