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Paper Goods

The other day I mentioned that my favorite decoration from Charlie's All-American boy party was this super easy paper table runner. It's almost laughable how easy this thing was to make, but I figured that some of you like a simple DIY as much as I do, right? In less than 15 minutes, you can make a completely custom table runner for any occasion- the possibilities are endless with this thing! Plus, a paper runner is perfect for something like a kid's birthday party or an outdoor BBQ because it adds some color to your table, but can be thrown out if it gets messy.

Last week I bought a huge roll of drawing paper from Ikea for $4.99. I measured 7 feet of paper, grabbed red and navy paint that I had on hand (I used regular latex paint, but you could easily use acrylic paint-actually that would be easier!), and then used a chalk line to create a straight line on either side of the paper for my stripes. We didn't worry at all about painting a crisp line, because I was going for a rustic feel (that's imperfect, in layman's terms: ).

I also bought a wooden star at Michael's for about 50 cents. Buying an actual stamp that was the right size would have been expensive, and I knew this would work just as well. I hot-glued a stone onto the back for a handle- it's all about using stuff you have! You can find these wooden things in any shape you want so making a runner that fits your theme is easy!

I painted one side of the star…

…and rocked the stamp all around to get full coverage…

…and when I lifted my stamp, this is what I had:

I love the wood grain affect this created!

That's it! I love my paper table runner, and the fact that it took me less than 15 minutes to make allowed me to not feel bad at all to throw it out without batting an eye!

I thought it would be fun to see some other paper table runners people have created around blogland. Some of these things put my little table runner to shame!: )

Pinwheel table runner from Green Wedding Shoes

Crepe Paper runner from Good Housekeeping

DIY Wrapping Paper Runner fromMartha Stewart Weddings
Cheap and cute- just my style!; ) Have a great weekend!

Jess and I have had some pretty cool opportunities in the past 14 months. We've had a lot of people to say THANK YOU to, and we feel like snail mail is still an awesome way to give a real, heartfelt thanks. We had some old Real Housewives of Bucks County (sniff, sniff) postcards, but those are now part of my kids' scrap paper bin. We were super excited when Uprinting asked us to try out some of their products. We immediately knew we wanted to order some new UPrinting Postcards, EC2 style!

How awesome are those?? I was completely blown away by the quality the moment I opened the shipping box. They were so clear and crisp!

This was our first time ordering anything from Uprinting, and we weren't sure what to expect, but the postcards far exceeded our expectations!
The process was really simple. 1st- we called the best designer on the planet- Kim from 733 Design (She did our blog too) and asked her to whip up a design. You can design right on Uprinting, but we wanted the same look as our blog. 2nd- We headed to the Uprinting Website. It was simple to upload our file.

3rd- We proofed our picture and I'm so thankful for this step, because I accidentally uploaded a low resolution picture at first and was able to change it before it went to print. Thanks goodness for dummy-proof systems (because I'm a dummy!)

Just a few days later these beauties were in my hands and ready to go into the world, spreading the love from East Coast Creative!

We're both so glad we found UPrinting and this is one business we're thrilled to recommend. Check out their site for all kinds of great printing products!
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