August 16, 2010
Over the weekend I celebrated the big 3-0 with some family and a few close friends down the shore. Since I’m a glutton for DIY and I love any excuse to break out my Gocco, I decided to put together some little party favors for the lovely folks who made the trek to the Jersey shore to party with me.
A few weeks ago I came up with the idea of screen printing some can coozies for my guests, since adult beverages would surely be making an appearance over the weekend. I found several websites that sold blank can coozies, but the only site I came across that allows you to mix and match colors without a minimum purchase was BlankKoozies.com. At 99 cents each, I ordered a mix of navy, teal, and fuchsia coozies (my order was shipped the same day), and created a design that was similar to my email invitiation. Using my Gocco and silver ink, I printed the design and fell in love with the sweet results.
I decided not to stop there when I found a little store in town that had a great selection of candy that brought me back to my childhood. I mean, what better way to celebrate turning 30 than with candy cigarettes, Pop Rocks, and candy buttons?? I also threw in some salt water taffy for good measure.
When I printed the can coozies, I had remembered that there was a package of brown paper lunch bags in our kitchen, so I decided to make use of the Gocco screen while I already had it inked up and I printed my design on the bags. They ended up being the perfect finishing touch — I put all of the goodies inside the bags and they looked incredibly adorable awaiting the arrival of my guests.
The coozies (and the candy) were a big hit! I had fun putting everything together and I’m glad that the goodies added a little something to the festivities. ‘Twas a great weekend!
20 Responses to “cold beers + a touch of nostalgia”
these look awesome! i never thought about gocco’ing some coozies! did you use the t-shirt ink or just the regular paper ink?
These are great! I love how everything ties together so nicely!
SO cute! Hope the birthday bash was a huge success!
Adorable!! You have the best attention to detail. And I can’t believe you can still get candy cigarettes! I used to love those so much. Yum. So how does it feel to be 30? :)
So clever! I had to look up the gocco…what a cool machine! Hope it was a blast.
Oh goodness… you may have just completely sent me down a bad birthday spiral hole with our friends who are coozie crazy! That site is now bookmarked!!
Twas for sure! So awesome to celebrate with you!! The pictures look fantastic.
xo
Sooo cute! Seeing cute projects like this makes me wish I hadn’t sold my gocco. :o(
Ooh, I love the gocco’d details. How did you gocco on the coozie? Did you just squash the coozie flat?
What a cute idea!
Brooke! These are amazing! What a really fun favor to get.
Seriously amazing! I love a good coozie, and the design is just so fun and CUTE!!!
This all looks awesome!
Cute! I always liked the carousel font ever since Scissors used it on her invites!
very lovely, brooke!
This is too cool! What a brilliant idea (and a perfect excuse to finally break out my Gocco again).
You are so cute! This is the coolest thing I’ve seen in a looong time! :)
omg you are awesome!! i am feeling inspired for my next bday!
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