Valentine's Day Free DIY Digital File Printable

Valentine's Day is right around the corner. If you are looking for a cute way to give out a little candy or small gifts, check out my free "Happy Valentine's Day" printable.

Simply click on the link and download the file. Print it out on card stock, cut it out, and glue it on to a paper bag. I used a brown paper bag, it would also look good on a white bag. This would also make a cute gift tag.

Click Here For File

It has been a while, but I back...

I'm back... My plan was to blog on a regular basis, but thanks to everyone, we have had a fantastic 2011 in sales of pinatas and cards! Unfortunately, it is keeping me away from the computer, doing some of the things I love, writing and searching for interesting products......

Pinata Queen and Peach Prints has exciting news! We have decided to combine all party products into one area. Our latest creations are birthday door signs, banners, and pom poms to match pinatas and invitations. We are becoming your one source shop for everything party! Over the coming weeks you see more products.

We also have Facebook! www.facebook.com/PinataQueen
Keep an eye on facebook for the new product announcements and pictures.

Here is a sneak peek of our zebra cupcake party package. More pictures to come soon.

1. Zebra Cupcake Happy Birthday Banner

2. Zebra Cupcake Piñata

3. Zebra Cupcake Birthday Invitation

Free Digital File Friday! Hydrangea Print

Hello!

It's Free Digital File Friday!!! With Christmas right around the corner, this Friday I wanted to give you a little gift. Feel free to Download this beautiful 8x8 Hydrangea print. Print it, frame it and keep it for yourself or give it as a gift.

Free download by clicking HERE



Hydrangea Print by Peach Prints has a white border that makes it easy to frame. The download is completely free! For personal use, you are not allowed to resell.

Check back Monday for "What's New Mondays"

Enjoy!
Peaches Bonnema

What's New Mondays!? Not much

Hello,

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Last week I was completely in Holiday mode and unfortunately did not design much, therefore I don't have much to share with you. I do have a new photo Birth Announcement/Christmas card that seems to be popular. I also have a new zebra print cupcake pinata by PinaataQueen.

Photo Birth Announcement/Christmas Card by PeachPrints

Zebra Print Cupcake by PinataQueen

One last thing, I'm offering 5 percent off all printing. Sale ends 11-30-2010.

Free Digital File Friday! Recipe Card

I decided twice each month to giveaway a free digital file. With the holidays right around the corner, food is on everybody's mind, so I decided this Friday's FREE file would be a recipe card!

If your Thanksgiving is anything like mine, your guest’s will bring delicious dishes, and everybody will want the recipe, and of course no one will bring the recipe. So this year be prepared! Before next Thursday email the recipe card file to all your friends and family, tell them to make a couple copies of the recipe and bring it to Thanksgiving. Have a little recipe card swap, and everyone leaves happy.

How to get the free file? Just let me know you want it. You can email me at PeachPrints@comcast.net subject line Free File and I will send it to you. I will not use your email in any other way then to send you the file. I will be sending the file out to all people who request starting now through Tuesday, November 23, 2010. You will receive it within 24 hours after your request. What will you get? You will get one PDF file that contains two 4x6” recipe cards that you can easily print on your home printer. You can print as many as you want, you can share it with as many friends as you want. The only thing you can’t do is resell the file.

Here is a fantastic recipe to add to your collection, Chocolate Espresso Cupcakes. I've been wanting to play around with different cupcake flavors for a while now. I did a google search for espresso cupcakes and came across many recipies. I chose this one because it looked easy and I had all the ingredients. It is delicious! You must try it out.

Chocolate Espresso Cupcakes
makes 24 cupcakes
(adapted from Bon Appétit)

cupcakes:
2 cups cake flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups (packed) golden brown sugar
3 large eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup milk
2 tsp instant espresso powder dissolved in 1/2 cup hot water

cupcakes:
preheat to 325°F. line cupcake pan with paper cups.

Sift 2 cups cake flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until smooth. Add brown sugar and beat until well blended, about 2 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in vanilla. Add flour mixture in 3 additions alternately with buttermilk in 2 additions, beating just until blended after each addition. Gradually add hot espresso-water mixture, beating just until smooth.

Divide batter between pans; smooth tops. Bake cupcakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 18 minutes. Cool cakes in pans on rack 15 minutes. Run small knife around sides of pans to loosen cakes. Invert cakes onto racks; lift pans off cakes and remove parchment. Place wire rack atop each cake; invert again so top side is up. cool completely.

For frosting, the recipe called for an espresso flavored whipping cream frosting which sounded delicious, but I started to get lazy and ended up using my Mom's butter-cream frosting recipe.

Here is a link to the blog Good Clean Fun Eating where you can find the original frosting recipe.

What's New Mondays! Birthday Party Favor Bags

This is somewhat of a Sneak Peak, but I did not want to wait until next Monday to show you. Pinata Queen now has Birthday Party Favor Bags and Gift Bags. They are perfect for helping your party guests hold all the goodies that fall out of the pinata or pre-stuff them with goodies and hand them out as a little thank you for coming to the party. The party bags and favor bags will be on her etsy site www.PinataQueen.etsy.com Tuesday, November 16th! Be sure to check them out.


Moose and Zee Party Bags


Personalized Favor Bag


Kitty Birthday Party Favor Bag

I also have two new Christmas Card designs to show you!



Personalized Christmas and Holiday Cards from Peach Prints



Check back on Wednesday to see my 2010 Gift Guide. I have found a few fun things for the Pet Lover, the Coffee Drinker, the Craft Person, and that Person who has EVERYTHING! Hopefully it will help you out with the holiday gift giving this year. I'm also excited about this Friday which I will be the first of many free digital file Fridays. Check back Friday to get the details.

Thanks for reading! Have a good week!

What's New Mondays!

I have a lot to share with you this Monday! We have been working hard the past couple months coming up with new products and creating new designs that will help grow our business, and be able to provide you (the costumer) with more options. Starting this Monday and every Monday (hopefully) I will be revealing a NEW design, products or Pinatas! This Monday we have everything from new card designs, a NEW Peach Print Product to introduce, which I'm super excited about! New Pinata to show you, and HOLIDAY CARDS!!!

Personalized Happy Birthday Signs
I know I should save the best for last, but I can't wait to show you Peach Prints new product! We now offer Personalized Happy Birthday Signs. As of right now I only have two designs but many more designs are coming soon.


Personalized Toy Story Happy Birthday Sign (mounted)


Hungry Caterpillar Happy Birthday Sign

The Happy Birthday Signs are 20 in long by 10 in high and are the perfect addition to your birthday party decorations. You can tape the signs up on a door, wall or window. You have the option to have them mounted which gives them stability and allows you to hang or have propped up on a table. More Designs coming soon!

New Pinatas!
We have been asked many times if we have made a Hello Kitty Pinata and now we finally have one to show you!


Kitty Pinatas by Pinata Queen

Pinata Queen's Owl Pinata has always been one of the more popular pinatas, now she offers a colorful owls. Have the owl pinata decorated in colors to match you party.


Owl Pinata By Pinata Queen

Holiday Cards are now available!
Christmas will be here soon enough; it's now time to start thinking about your Christmas Cards.
www.PeachPrints.etsy.com offers many different designs along with many printing options. Our premium printing line is double-sided and allows you can choose from 3 different card stock options. Our Premium Printing line also has Folded Card printing options. Our New Economy line offers single sided printing on premium photo paper. All options are sent to a professional printer to assure great quality!




Peach Prints Personalized Photo Christmas and Holiday Cards

Last but not least... a few new designs to share with you.

I'm having fun designing Wedding Photo Thank You Cards and I have a few new card on my etsy site. You have the option of having them printed as a flat card where you can write on the back or as a folded card where you can add more pictures on the inside flat.



Peach Prints Photo Wedding Thank You Cards

My new caterpillar birthday invitation design will match the now Happy Birthday Sign perfectly!


Peach Prints Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Invitations

That's all I have for this Monday. Thanks for taking a look!

Super Sweet Pinatas!

Summer is fast approaching and a great addition to any birthday party is a piñata! PiñataQueen on etsy has always offered amazing piñatas and now she has created new wonderful super sweet piñatas that I just have to share with you!

CUPCAKE PINATA BY PINATA QUEEN

I love this cupcake piñata with the giant swirl of pink frosting! It looks good enough to eat. All piñatas created by Piñata Queen are custom; if you need a different color combo to match your favorite flavor or party colors all you have to do is request different colors.

If you are not into cupcakes but looking for something else sweet, check out this giant wonka bar pinata or this super sweet lollipop pinata. Any of these pinatas would be a great addition to a super sweet birthday party or summer party.

WONKA BAR PINATA BY PINATA QUEEN

LOLLIPOP PINATA BY PINATA QUEEN

Check out the all of Pinata Queens pinatas at www.pinataqueen.etsy.com!

New Birth Announcements

I have been wanting to design Birth Announcements for such a long time. In the past few years, almost all of my cousins have had babies. Of course they sent out birth announcements, and every time I get one in the mail I think to myself, why am I not designing announcements yet? I finally sat down and made time.

You can choose 4 x 6 for $1.80 per card or 5 x 7 for $1.90 per card. I even have the option of digital file for $12. With a digital file you get all the same great personal touches that Peach Prints offers, but you print them yourself. I send you a high quality digital file in jpeg or pdf format and you can send them to your favorite photo finisher (Walgreens, Walmart, Snapfish...).

If you don't want the hassle of printing them yourself, we send all our birth announcements to be printed at Miller's Professional Imaging. Miller's began in 1964 and has developed a reputation for having the highest quality product. This way you are assured to get a great quality announcement.

Take a look!








To see all of my Birth Announcements go to www.PeachPrints.net

Technology can be so confusing!

Technology is confusing I don't get it! I can't catch on and I'm not sure why. I'm in my 20's, I just graduated from college with a degree in television post-production and motion graphics. I'm great with computers and computer programs. I even worked for Harpo Studios, as in The Oprah Show. But when it comes to the Internet and all this social networking I'm lost.

I started Peach Prints and invitations company about a year ago to make some extra money during my last year of college. I found out I love to design invitations so I decided to try and make it a business. Everyone kept telling me I needed a blog. So I started this blog, which turned out to be a lot of fun. But now I have to promote this blog along with my company. My friends tell me join Twitter, that sounds easy enough, but what would I tweet about? And who would follow me? My friends also tell me to start a facebook page. I have a facebook page; I thought it was to connect with friends. I guess I will figure it out some day. Hopefully :)

GIVEAWAY Time Again!

You can win a Bat Pinata made by Pinata Queen and matching Bat Halloween Invitations created by Peach Prints!

To enter to win you have to check out Mom Start Contests. You must check out Mom Start, it is a awesome blog where you can find great product review, tips and giveaways!



Thanks to Mom Start for hosting a Peach Prints giveaway!

Fort Building Fun!

How many of you made forts using couch pillows, kitchen chairs and old sheets as a kid? I know I did! There is something about forts as a kid that seemed so magical. Forts were fun to construct and more fun to deconstruct, usually by running through them.

Even though I think using ordinary objects found around the house, sparks great creativity and imagination. You must check out these toys designed for building forts.

I would imagine that Crazy Forts would be perfect for the child who likes toys like legos. Crazy Fort allows children to construct a tent using peg and stick style construction to create all types of fort designs.


Another great product would be Fortamajig Connectables by the Happy Kid Company. Fortamajig kids must use connecting fabric panels to create a fort.



So this weekend let the kids go wild give them permission to deconstruct the couch and construct a tent. Happy Tent Making!