Truth or Dare Ideas!

Remember Truth or Dare?
How exciting it was, and how fun?

Another fabulous way to use my cootie catchers at your wedding to get your guests having fun and mingling is to have Truth or Dare catchers!

Instead of questions about you as a couple (i.e. How did the bride and groom meet?) have alternating open-ended questions and dares to get your guests having fun and interacting with each other.

EXAMPLE:
Truth: "How do you know the bride and groom?"
Dare: "Ask a stranger to dance!"
(You'll need 4 of each, so 8 total on each cootie)

Or, do all open-ended questions or dares, whatever!

Some Dare Ideas:
Ask a stranger to dance
Do the electric slide/marcarena/bunny hop/hokey pokey, etc.
Pose for a photo
Kiss the bride
Hug the groom
Request a song and dance to it
Make a toast
Balance a spoon on your nose
Juggle with dinner rolls
Do a shot
Get your table another round of drinks
Sing a song to the newlyweds
Drink a cocktail
Introduce yourself to someone new
Have another piece of cake
Show your moves on the dance floor
Tell a funny story about the bride/groom
Go order a __(interesting drink)__ from the bar.
Create a limerick/haiku about your table.

Some Truth Ideas:
How do you know the bride and groom?
What is your favorite wedding movie?
What's the funniest memory you have of either (Bride) or (Groom)?
Who is a better dancer, (Bride) or (Groom)?
What's your favorite type of flower?
Do you cry at weddings?
Do you have any sweet dance moves?
What was the last wedding you attended?
How many children should the couple have?
If money was no object, what wedding gift would you give the newlyweds?
What is your favorite flavor of cake?
What is your first memory of the bride and groom together?
What's your favorite dance song? (Go request it!)
What's your drink of choice?
Which wedding guest is most likely a wedding crasher. Explain.
Which celebrity would you marry?
Are you wearing anything old, new, borrowed, or blue?
What's the worst first dance song imaginable?
What's the weirdest thing you've seen at a wedding?

You can find my cootie catchers in my etsy shop here or email me to get your order started-
katskrafts {@} yahoo {.} com

New Fonts Added!

I just adore fonts- love 'em! I'm always on the lookout for new fun fonts to add to my collection.

Introducing...
(click for a close up)

And as always- if you don't see what you need on my extensive list (here), you are welcome to check out dafont.com to find what you need to make your cooties perfectly coordinate!

Order Form/Checklist

To aid you in gathering all of the info I need to provide you with an accurate quote and/or customize your order, here is a handy-dandy form to complete! Just copy and paste this form with your answers into an etsy convo or email
(katskrafts {@} yahoo {.} com)

Use the embedded links or those in the upper right hand corner to navigate all of options and get some useful tips.

Your Name(s)____________________
Event Date_________
(Current Lead Times here)

1.) Format Needed?
__Favors (Trivia or Truth/Dare)
__Place Cards (Trivia or Truth/Dare)
__Programs
__Menus (Menu only or with trivia)
__Invites
__or other?

Are you ordering them printed, or just the .pdf?
(International customers- please let me know if you'd prefer an A4 size file)

2.) Total Quantity= ____

3.) Ink color(s) Options here

4.) Paper choice(s) Options here
(Please include the name of the collection and the number and/or name. Ex= Parchment #3 Aged)

5.) Font(s) Options here

6.) Flourish or border or graphic/motif? Options here

7.) Text for outer 4 corners (Many couples choose their names and the date/year. Other ideas include a monogram, the location, a graphic, quote/verse, last name, etc.)

8.)If ordering cooties with trivia (n/a to programs), how many versions would you like? _____ (I have a minimum order of 25 cootie catchers. Each order includes one version of questions, 8 total. Any additional versions = $10.)
9.) Text for interior:
---Favors/Place Cards: 8 questions and answers per version Ideas here or truth/dare ideas here
OR
---Programs: Ceremony info to be divided into 4 main interior sections
OR
---Menus: Either 8 Q&A's + your menu or just your menu, to be divided into 4 main sections
OR
---Invites: Info you want included in 4 main sections. Usually: Ceremony (the formal worded part), RSVP info, Reception Info, and other can be directions, places to stay, poem, gift requests, etc. Don't forget to tell me if you are interested in custom RSVP cards to add.

10.) If you are ordering place cards, would you like me to print your individual guest names? (fee applies, see price list here)
---->Will you be sending me the names in an excel file, formatted to my specs: Y/N?
---->What format are your names? (i.e. single/couples/etc.) ______________
---->Will you also need table numbers: Y/N?

11.) Would you like a folding tool? Please indicate if you would like plastic ($5) or bone ($8.75) See my shop here for options

If you are ready to order and there is a listing in my etsy shop that fits your needs for format, quantity and ink color, please purchase that and send me your design specs via etsy convo or email (katskrafts[at]yahoo[dot]com) or contact me for a custom spec order! If you would like a bone folder, make sure to add it to your cart with your cootie catchers, in order to get the shipping on the folder free.

I am also happy to take orders via PayPal if you are not an etsy member. Simply email me (address above) with your specs and I'll send you an invoice and we'll get started!

Contact me with any questions!
Kat

SIMPLY Wonderful!

Wow- another feature, on the homepage of Real Simple magazine's website, no less!
Check it out here- http://www.realsimple.com/ or for the article itself, click here.

Now you can say you know someone famous, lol. :)

What's New? Cootie CASTOFFS!

Q. What's the result of making hundreds of brides happy with thousands of cootie catchers?

A. A big mess! I print my cooties on 8.5" x 11" paper. After they are trimmed to size (8.5" square), I have leftovers! I could never throw them out, of course, and have been using them for all sorts of things-
---- scrap paper (great for lists!)
---- matchbook notepads
---- color swatches for samples
---- Packaging
But I just can't keep up! These things are multiplying! So I had a great idea...
I could sell them (for practically nothing, of course!) to someone who could use them brilliantly. They would be PERFECT for making homemade paper (wish I had the time...)
Or for scrapbooking (acid, ligning free! =)

Or cutting into strips for quilling...

Making your own notepads...

Shred it and use it for gift bags/baskets!

Any teachers out there? You could do SOOOO much with all this paper!

I am currently selling these by color in the shop. I have an assortment of:
-BLUES
-REDS/PINKS/PURPLES
-ORANGES/YELLOWS
-GREENS
-NEUTRALS
-IVORY

-WHITE

Take home a flat-rate envelope stuffed chock-full (that's over 2 lbs!) for only $3. Or, contact me for a special arrangement, I would love to get these off my hands and into yours!

Get it While the Gettin's Good!

Cootie Catcher .pdf's are on sale for a limited time only!

SALE price is $15 off the regular price- you can't beat that, all you do-it-yourself brides out there!

Visit katskrafts.etsy.com for

Cootie Catcher Favor DESIGN:

Cootie Catcher Place Card DESIGN:

Cootie Catcher Progam DESIGN:

Cootie Catcher Menu DESIGN:

SERIOUSLY, how cool are these?

I wonder if people ever refer to me as the cootie lady? I had one client tell me that the reason she visited my shop is that she thought it said "cootchie." Hmmm... that's interesting (hope I'm not the cootchie lady!)

Anyhow, since I've started these, I've gotten lots of great ideas from customers who wanted a little something different and I've been happy to oblige. The latest and greatest?

Cootie Catchers as Wedding Menus!
I think they turned out super awesome! (See my last post for more information about how I seem to be hung up on myself.)

These can double as favors with the menu inside or stand alone as an awesome wedding menu. Know any brides? Send 'em my way!

Spring is coming... and so are the Brides!!!

Wedding season is coming up pretty quick here, so just a quick promotional post for my super cute

Cootie Catchers!

I can format these awesome little origami as unique:

FAVORS
(with questions and answers about the bride & groom)

PROGRAMS
(with all the ceremony info)

PLACE/ESCORT CARDS
(with a space to write, or I can print the guest names/tables)



INVITATIONS
(Yep, that's right, I have made these as fun invites!)


Hop on over to my shop- katskrafts.etsy.com
to order!

P.S. Watch for an upcoming FREE shipping promotion this spring.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Hi again. Long time, no talk!

I have not been able to access blogger for a few days and I finally figured it out- it was just our internet filter- geesh- so easy I can't believe it took me that long to figure out.

'Cause let me tell you, I would've blogged my heart out this weekend.

See, I'm home alone.

My hubby and his buddies take a weekend trip up north every year and stay on an uninhabited island called Manitou Island. There are no bathrooms on this island, no sinks, no showers, not even real "campsites" to speak of. There's only one spot where campfires are allowed (takes the whole fun out of camping, if you ask me!) They have to take a ferry to get there and have to hike in everything they will need- food water, gear, etc. And they actually enjoy it! Greg lives all year for this, God bless him!

Well, while they are getting back to nature by eating freeze-dried food and granola bars and digging holes for their you-know-what, us wives get to hold down the fort. And since we've no little ones, yet, that means I got to do whatever I wanted all weekend!

-Chick Flicks (Sense and Sensibility and The Nanny Diaries for me this weekend!)
-Starbucks (that's right, Greg, and I made it a grande, too!)
-Crafting until all hours (check out the shop here)
-Shopping (just browsing without a care in the world!)
-No cooking (yay for frozen pizza!)

Doing all that much fun stuff took time. Too much time to enable me to clean house! So, I leave you, my friends, to bring some tidiness and cheer into my abode. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday afternoon (after I get done cleaning, I'm going to read a book and take a nap! =).

Cooties are for Everyone!

Just updating the shop with some new Cootie Catcher designs and colors, and hoping to give a little inspiration to all the future brides out there!

These make the most awesomely unique little wedding favors! If you have a special event coming up, contact me- I would love the opportunity to create a lasting memory!