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Slide Show: Consider the Piñata [UPDATED]

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SLIDESHOW: Sara Ewalt’s custom-made ‘pinyadas.’ Wouldn’t a few of these look good over the dance floor at say, the Pan Pacific, or in the barn at Fire Seed Catering?

SLIDESHOW: Sara Ewalt’s custom-made ‘pinyadas.’ Wouldn’t a few of these look good over the dance floor at say, the Pan Pacific, or in the barn at Fire Seed Catering?

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SLIDESHOW: Sara Ewalt’s custom-made ‘pinyadas.’ Wouldn’t a few of these look good over the dance floor at say, the Pan Pacific, or in the barn at Fire Seed Catering?

SLIDESHOW: Sara Ewalt’s custom-made ‘pinyadas.’ Wouldn’t a few of these look good over the dance floor at say, the Pan Pacific, or in the barn at Fire Seed Catering?

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Ewalt made her first ‘pinyada’ on the very weekend the idea came to her. "I had a friend’s birthday to go to," she says. "She was in the right place at the right time so she got my first pinyada, ‘Winnie.’"

Ewalt made her first ‘pinyada’ on the very weekend the idea came to her. "I had a friend’s birthday to go to," she says. "She was in the right place at the right time so she got my first pinyada, ‘Winnie.’"

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Ewalt made her first ‘pinyada’ on the very weekend the idea came to her. "I had a friend’s birthday to go to," she says. "She was in the right place at the right time so she got my first pinyada, ‘Winnie.’"

Ewalt made her first ‘pinyada’ on the very weekend the idea came to her. "I had a friend’s birthday to go to," she says. "She was in the right place at the right time so she got my first pinyada, ‘Winnie.’"

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Of course, pinyadas aren’t just for weddings. Ewalt likes them for "Birthdays; especially those big milestones (30 eek! 40 double eek!), showers (bachelorette, baby), divorces (gets out aggression), and new jobs (I can’t wait to fill one with office supplies!)," she says. We’re sure she, and you, could go on and on …

Of course, pinyadas aren’t just for weddings. Ewalt likes them for "Birthdays; especially those big milestones (30 eek! 40 double eek!), showers (bachelorette, baby), divorces (gets out aggression), and new jobs (I can’t wait to fill one with office supplies!)," she says. We’re sure she, and you, could go on and on …

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Of course, pinyadas aren’t just for weddings. Ewalt likes them for "Birthdays; especially those big milestones (30 eek! 40 double eek!), showers (bachelorette, baby), divorces (gets out aggression), and new jobs (I can’t wait to fill one with office supplies!)," she says. We’re sure she, and you, could go on and on …

Of course, pinyadas aren’t just for weddings. Ewalt likes them for "Birthdays; especially those big milestones (30 eek! 40 double eek!), showers (bachelorette, baby), divorces (gets out aggression), and new jobs (I can’t wait to fill one with office supplies!)," she says. We’re sure she, and you, could go on and on …

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This late-breaking pinata is by Penny Candy Pinata. [Updated January 23, 2012]

This late-breaking pinata is by Penny Candy Pinata. [Updated January 23, 2012]

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This late-breaking pinata is by Penny Candy Pinata. [Updated January 23, 2012]

This late-breaking pinata is by Penny Candy Pinata. [Updated January 23, 2012]

Quick. Now, while you’re easing out of holiday party mode and heading into full-on wedding planning mode, please meet Sara Ewalt, a Seattle-based maker of piñatas. Only she calls them pinyadas. Why pinyadas? "I was emailing about the idea with a friend, and our email chain was called ‘Pinyada-yada-yada.’ I love puns," she admits.
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