We are open!

Here are just a few shots of our new store! The first 2 weeks have gone fantastic with lots of great feeback. We will have tons of stocking stuffers starting this weekend as well.

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If you are in the Portland area, please stop by Tuesday, December 7th between 5:00 - 8:00 pm for our launch party. We will be serving champayne and cupcakes and would love to see you!

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Munchkin Designs

in Bliss Bake Shop

4708 NW Bethany Blvd

Portland, OR 97229

www.munchkindesigns.com

Grand Opening of our Retail Store!

I hope that you can stop by this Sunday!

New Store!

I am just giddy! Munchkin Designs is going to open a store inside Bliss Bake Shop in just a few days! The whole thing came together really quickly and it has been crazy (but sooo fun) putting together our little shop in a matter of weeks.

We will offer all of our custom gift and paper items PLUS a selection of hostess gifts and party goods and unique gift items we find along the way. Our scheduled open date is this Saturday, November 20th! Please stop by and say hello!

4708 NW Bethany Blvd

{In Bethany Village Center in Bliss Bake Shop!}

Give Thanks

Our Give Thanks table design includes wine bottle labels, favor circles, jar tags and custom wine charms! View our complete line of party goods (including DIY) at www.munchkindesigns.com.

I am thankful

We are busy working on Thanksgiving themed products for the first time! We have some new custom tee designs and will also have wine bottle labels, table cards and party accessories very soon!

Here are a few of our custom tee designs!

Happy Fall!

I can hardly believe that Halloween is almost here! My kids spent the evening last night spooking up our house. They adore Halloween!

TOTES

This year, we have lots of new designs for our popular Halloween totes. As always, you can customize with your favorite colors and child's name at no additional charge.

FAVORS

We are also excited to introduce printable chocolate bar wrappers! These are great to hand out to trick or treaters or for class party treats. You will receive a high resolution PDF when you order this product. Simply print, cut and wrap around your chocolate bars. Voila! A super adorable and unique favor.

TEES

If you are looking for custom Halloween tees this year, we have you covered! Each long sleeve tee make of super soft cotton and is customized with your little goblins name!

View our entire line of Halloween goodies at www.munchkindesigns.com.

Butterfly Party

We are working on a butterfly party for sweet little Annabelle who will be turning two. We adore the photo her mom chose! We will also be putting together some custom stickers and garland to match her invite.

Here is the final invitation!

Carnival Invitation

And here is the invite for the carnival party!

Carnival Themed Party

Here are some photos of the party I put together for my son's 9th birthday. It ended up raining that day in PDX so we scrambled and moved everything inside! It still worked out - though a little cramped for the games. The kiddos enjoyed body bumping, foosball, hit the bottle and bean bag toss games, as well as a 'concession' stand and sweets table!

Have a theme in mind for your next party? We would love to help you create it! http://www.munchkindesigns.com/.

Enjoy!

Graduation Display

Here are some photos of our graduation display at Sweets, Etc in Multnomah Village. We had a blast creating this Wilson Trojan themed display! We are adding new party favor designs constantly to our website so check back often! And don't forget we LOVE creating custom designs! www.munchkindesigns.com.

Candy Buffet

I just love the shot from Aiden's birthday party. Such a fun idea for the kids to get to fill their goodie bags with their fave sweet!

photo courtesy of www.lauramgraw.com

A Little Pirate Party!

We were so thrilled to receive an email from one of our fave clients, Tracy Rains, letting us know that she planned to submit her son Aiden's birthday party photos to party blogs!

From Tracy Rains:

Since closing my children's clothing line, Pumpkin Noodle, at the end of 2009, I have been longing for a creative outlet. Along came my son's 3rd birthday!

When I started to plan my son Aiden's Pirate themed 3rd birthday party, I immediately thought of Munchkin Designs and their darlin party favors. After giving Lisa from Munchkin Designs my idea's she came up with the perfect invitation that was exactly what I was looking for!

After discussing it with the birthday boy, we decided to do a candy buffet table at the party. Aiden and I had so much fun putting this together.

Labels on the treat boxes and paper cones, cupcake toppers, cupcake wrappers, flag banner, invitations, custom t-shirt and front door sign by Munchkin Designs - http://www.munchkindesigns.com/

Glass candy jars from Target.

Treat boxes and paper from Paper Zone.

Whirly Pops from Oriental Trading Co.

Photography by Laura McGraw Photography - http://www.lauramcgraw.com/

The kids had a wonderful time on the treasure hunt and the musical squares but the candy buffet table was definitely the hit of the party!

Party Favors

Here are some photos of our new line of custom party favors! Yep, that is right. 100% custom! Does your little girl have her heart set on purple and green lady bugs? We can make that happen!

The BEST pumpkin muffins!

A couple years ago, I did a weekly playgroup with my son. One of the mamas made these amazing pumpkin muffins for a snack and the kids went wild for them. She then told us that there were only 2 ingredients and the moms went wild!

Well this weekend I decided to make them and add a third ingredient which made them even better! My kids love to make these because they can literally do the whole thing themselves.

I hope you and your family enjoy this recipe!

Ingredients:

1 box of spice cake mix

1 14 ounce can of pumpkin (I prefer Trader Joes Organic Pumpkin)

1/2 bag of chocolate chips

Steps:

Preheat over to 350 degrees. Grease a muffin tin or use muffin cups.

Mix the spice cake mix and pumpkin together. Add the chocolate chips. This mix will be really sticky. Fill the muffin cups about 2/3 full.

Bake for 22-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Recipe makes 24 super yummy muffins!

Enjoy!