I helped my friend Brooke plan a picnic for her husband’s 30th birthday. I designed the labels to put on all the little bags and containers. Her husband loves Michael Pollan so on the ouside of the box we put one of his favorite quotes, “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” And then we put little facts about her husband all over everything. Unfortunately Paul and I were out of town when the whole thing went down this weekend–but Michelle took some pictures for me {thanks Michelle.} We got the gable box idea from an old issue of MS Weddings and then we put our own spin on it.
Inez
April 21, 2008
Cute!
Jennifer Leal
April 21, 2008
I have got to be more creative!
Taryn & Brendon
April 21, 2008
happy birthday to christian! i’m so bummed we weren’t there. it looks like it turned out great!
Taryn & Brendon
April 21, 2008
happy birthday to christian! i’m so bummed we weren’t there. it looks like it turned out great!
Casey
April 21, 2008
this is very cute! love the color..
Kirsten
April 21, 2008
I’ve got to think of some reason to throw a summer picnic party. This is insanely adorable.
adorninc
April 21, 2008
This is so sweet! He’s a lucky guy!
kim
April 21, 2008
Turned out great! I like the random facts about the birthday boy.
Chelsea
April 21, 2008
Brilliant as usual.
Kate
April 21, 2008
So cute! Love the red. I want to do something similar for my 30th birthday party where we’re showing an outdoor movie.
emily
April 21, 2008
amazing! and I love that it’s all designy and cool, but not girly. That’s a hard balance, and of course you rocked it.
love.boxes
April 21, 2008
Darling!
Stephanie
April 21, 2008
Can’t get enough of these cute cute pictures. Well done! (the both of you) Last Christmas I filled red gable boxes with goodies (theme: things to dip in chocolate) for neighbor gifts. It was so fun to put together. I found the boxes at our local Xpedx if you can believe it. They also carry a kraft brown too. Next time you’re in Utah…
Cheaping Girls
April 21, 2008
Such a fun idea! It’s nice the weather cooperated.
Were the labels printed on standard Avery sizes?
Chloe
April 21, 2008
Jordan, this is such a brilliant idea! I’m going to have to steal this one, I”m afraid…
mushbelly
April 21, 2008
You are so inspiring! You make me want to plan a party.
Inez
April 21, 2008
Do you peel the labels off all those water bottles or do you buy plain ones somewhere?
amber
April 21, 2008
adorable, love how it all comes together.
Abbey Goes Design Scouting
April 21, 2008
Lovely!!
simply seleta
April 21, 2008
Could this have been a more fabulous picnic?! Seriously. Such talent. I now feel like my picnics are pure white-trash in comparison. ha ha ha!
Anonymous
April 21, 2008
while that is *super* rad, i hate to think of all unecessary paper waste created :/
kourtney
April 21, 2008
So fun. Could I have you live with me and make all of my party thoughts come true?
SimplyGrove
April 22, 2008
Cute blog!!!!
Debbie
April 22, 2008
You are one talented lady–thanks fro sharing your great ideas!
rebekah @ elizabeth anne designs
April 22, 2008
Sigh. It’s just so pretty.
TRS
April 22, 2008
I agree with Anonymous… it is incredibly cute and lovely, but how do you justify the paper and box waste when you could have just set sandwiches out on pretty plates?
My brother and I are planning a big party for my Dad’s 75th birthday – we’ll roast a whole hog and serve typical BBQ/Picnic salads – but I’m trying to figure out how to get around using paper plates for all those people. It would break my heart.
jordan
April 22, 2008
Yeah, I think that is a little judgmental. What if she had made a lot of paper tissue balls for decoration? What is the difference? With parties it isn’t about function it is about decoration.
TRS- for your Dad’s party it would be less wasteful if you all just had a conference call to wish your dad a happy birthday. Think of all the gas you could save!
Jihan
April 22, 2008
zingers, wow.
i love the earth.
i love paper.
i love jordan.
the visual stimulation created by the sea of red is fantastic and inspiting. i’m going out to chop down trees -just- to recreate this feast of paper.
um, pretty sure the boxes/packaging are recycled and have some amount of PCW content.
really, don’t you think every single guest took their cute gable box home and are now re-using it?
rock on, paper diva.
Robyn
April 22, 2008
seriously cool. LOVE the packaging sooo much it!!!
urboo
April 22, 2008
Where did you buy those boxes and labels ?
You are an amazing design diva – thanks for all the inspiration 🙂
Delovely Designs
April 23, 2008
LOVE these labels…very cute and perfect for a fun little outdoor picnic!
Whatever Dee-Dee wants
April 23, 2008
Such a fun idea! I love it!
TRS
April 23, 2008
Yowza. I was just asking a question.
No need to be snippy.
Sheesh.
jordan
April 23, 2008
Sorry TRS. I’m just teasing. 🙂
Web Obsessed
April 24, 2008
This is great! I would love to know how you did the water bottles too.
I just wish my Big 30 didn’t seem like so long ago!!!
Shokoofeh
April 24, 2008
really nice!
Julia
April 24, 2008
trs–
you could rent tableware at places like cpartyrentals.com or butlerrents.com
or you could go the biodegradable route like
earthshell earthshellnow.com.