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Cricut Made NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar

December 13, 2017~ Christmas, Cricut, New Years Eve

Y’all remember my Hot Cocoa Bar right? // here // Well for NYE I wanted to do something fun so I create a backdrop for our champagne / cocktail bar, and decked-out some of our plates and shakers for the occasion. Using the magic of my Cricut Explore Air 2, paper, and vinyl I created a colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar that is sure to WOW at our NYE celebrations.

*Cricut sponsored this post, but all thoughts are my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that make PMQ for two possible.A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

This NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar is actually super easy to set-up, you just need a few things and a little bit of time. I would not be exaggerating when I say that I put this whole thing together in an hour while we cleared-out my home office and moved it to a new location. I was literally weeding vinyl in the truck while Dan drove, and was sewing while the guys brought everything in. If that’s not amazing I don’t know what is!?

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Materials for NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar

  • Cardstock of all kinds – I actually used the left over pieces from previous projects. I have a whole bin of scraps, so they were the stepping off point.
  • 1 Roll of Wrapping paper
  • Sewing Machine
  • Cricut Explore Air™ 2 machine
  • Cricut Cutting Mats
  • Cricut Tools
  • Cricut Vinyl
  • Plastic Plates & Serving Dishes
  • Happy New Year Cricut Files (#M1C6A820) + Atomic Starburst Cricut Files (#MD7EB08) + Star Shape all loaded  (#M36989A) // here //

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

To Make the backdrop:

Step 1: Start by using your Cricut Explore Air 2 to cut a whole bunch of stars. I used the generic star available in the shapes, and just scaled them to various sizes to fit the scraps of cardstock I had. I used everything from standard card to heavy glitter, and the machine cut through them all perfectly.

Make sure you change the settings dial on your machine accordingly. Like I said above, the heavy cut blade makes all the difference when cutting through heavy cardstock and glittery cardstock – we all know how much I love my glitter, so having the extra blade // here // makes all the difference.

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

Step 2: Using your sewing machine – YES your sewing machine – start sewing the stars together in a length. I lined them up one after the other and made sure that I alternated between sizes and colours so that it would look like a cascading stream of beautiful stars. Make sure you leave a length of thread at the end of each strand so that you can easily tape them to your backdrop.

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

Step 3: Hang a roll of wrapping paper for your backdrop. You can hang the entire sheet or just unfurl a roll until it hits the floor – up to you!

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

Step 4: Start taping the strands along the top of the paper. I used little bits of vinyl that matched a colour on the paper.

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

Step 5: You can stop at this point, or add a whole bunch of fun clock faces to the backdrop. I had purchased a few ornaments with a clock face, but you can actually make some using your Cricut and file # XXXXXXX

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

 

To embellish your plates and servingware

Step 1: Pick a few images to cut and use for embellishment. I chose the “Happy New Year” file, and my favourite “atomic stars” file.

Step 2: Cut and weed your vinyl before using transfer tape to apply them to your items. I used some Christmas plates that I had purchased for our Christmas party, and some little mini cocktail shakers that I found for just this occasion.

Step 3: Enjoy! This part of the NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar is actually the easiest.

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

With a little bit of styling and some cocktail mixings, I put together our NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar in a flash! It’s colourful, unique, serves it purpose, and was super budget friendly. You can’t beat that!

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

A colourful NYE Party Backdrop + Cocktail Bar to give you and your guests all kinds of fancy fun this December 31st. Grab your Cricut and start crafting!

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  1. Angie says

    December 13, 2017 at 8:55 am

    Awesome!!!Looks great!

    Reply
  2. Ainsley says

    December 13, 2017 at 9:07 am

    I like it! What a smart thing to do with the wrapping paper!!

    First official shoot in the studio?

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  3. Brooke says

    December 13, 2017 at 5:03 pm

    I love the idea of using wrapping paper and using the roll to hang it! Genius! Great project, I love your style.

    Reply
  4. Luis Alves says

    December 13, 2017 at 10:31 pm

    Fantastic!!

    Reply
  5. Gillian Garneau says

    December 14, 2017 at 9:54 am

    Nice way to accent your bar area. I love the garlands of stars!!

    Reply
  6. Gina Kleinworth says

    December 14, 2017 at 11:16 am

    So many great ideas!!! LOVE IT!

    Reply
  7. Kathy says

    December 15, 2017 at 8:52 pm

    Now I’m in the mood to party!!! LOVE this Ariel!

    Reply
  8. Blanca says

    December 15, 2017 at 11:18 pm

    Your backdrop is so cool….love the colors you used!

    Reply

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