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Little Mermaid Birthday Party

Creative Party Girl — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:59:45 +0000

How precious and sweet is this adorable Little Mermaid Birthday Girl….!!! This feature is long but just couldn’t resist all the cute pictures and party ideas… ENJOY….!!!

She’s all smiles and fits right in with her beautiful PARTY TABLE… Love her dress and party hat.

And the Polka Dot Balloons add so much color and excitement.

Peanut Butter and Jelly FISH Sandwiches….Yummy and cute..!!!

After the food, it was time to Go Fishing….Katie and here friends grabbed their buckets and poles. Love the Fishing Game that this mom made…

This is the fishing game she made, the girls had a blast could not get enough of this game. It was so easy to make out cardboard and wrapping paper.

The girls caught different types of fish, jewels and bubbles, They got buckets with their name to put their catch in

Next up was the Bean Bean Bag Toss game, I made this out of ply board (with Hubbys help) and covered it with wrapping paper. Simple but fun game, the kids

The Girls went home with all the prizes they caught fishing and a few other surprises! You have to check out these Marshmallow treats on a stick made by StixNPops on Etsy. They are so adorable and they taste great.

This fun Mermaid Party was created by Sherry at Party Pops.
Visit her Etsy shop for all these adorable party supplies and more….!!!

www.partypops.blogspot.com

Until next time,

Cheers,
Your Creative Party Hostess,
Dianne

Under the Sea Birthday Adventure

partyboxdesign — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:54:14 +0000

It’s almost August, it’s HOT… and what better way to celebrate a Summer birthday- then an Under the Sea Adventure! This theme is filled with bright- fun colors, and endless activities! All centered around fun in the sun!

Colors/Patterns: Blue, Orange, Green, White, Polka Dots and Stripes.
Center Pieces: Tall Cylinder Vases with Goldfish, Sand and Seaweed.
Party Favors: Take Home Goldfish in Glass Bowls with Signature Tags, allowing the children to name their fish! You may also want to attach a baggie filled with fish food and a small net.

A sea of cupcakes galore, shades of blue for sure! With cute toppers, wishing the birthday boy a happy one… which wouldn’t be complete without an awesome banner hanging over the dessert table!

Oh a signature cocktail you say… for sure! Would you care for a fabulous glass of Under the Sea Sangria?!?

Activties: So many fun outdoor activities… a pool filled with pretend fish, and poles for each child. Place magents on the fish and the pole so that the children may go “fishing”! Sand castle building contest, water balloons, a bubble machine, an octopus sprinkler… honestly I could go on and on!

Have a crazy great week everyone!

P.S. You may find the invites and party decor at Party Box Design!

A Lemon and Pink Party

partyboxdesign — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:56:13 +0000

Hi party ladies! This is Jess from Party Box Design and I am here to share my daughters 2nd birthday party with you all!The inspiration for this party, a Warm Summer’s Day- a day filled with lemonade, bubbles, ice pops, cupcakes and friends. The colors are shades of pink and lemon, the patterns are damask and polka dots!

You can find many more pics here on my blog!

All the party decor etc. may be found at Party Box Design.

Vendor List and reviews may be found here!

Hopefully you are able to pull some inspiration from this party. Have a crazy fabulous day everyone!

Everyday Decorations

thepartydress — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:00:16 +0000

Good Morning, Everyone! I’m Kelly from The Party Dress and WH Hostess – and I am so pleased to be here as your guest hostess today!

We are in that funny time of year – some days it’s snowing and feels very much “winter” – and other days, it’s hitting 60 degrees, the sun is shining and my Spring fever is definitely blooming! I start to crave fresh flowers, and colorful decorations – and I look for creative ways to make my house look festive (even if there is still snow on the ground!).

Today, I am going to show you a darling do-it-yourself project from The Purl Bee. These colorful garlands are simple to make, easy to customize to any party theme/color palette, and are a fresh addition to any party!

Head over to The Purl Bee for the full instructions on how to create these colorful garlands. It’s amazing how some colorful circles can end up looking like this:

Darling, right?! And here’s a thought…..instead of using felt circles, you could cut out ovals and make the garland look like colorful eggs for an upcoming Easter brunch!

Ladybug First Birthday Party

Creative Party Girl — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:48:20 +0000

This Ladybug First Birthday Party was originally hosted by Tamara from the Morales Crew.
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I absolutely love the fact that the theme is based on their daughter’s nickname. Super cute! All the little touches like the leaf garland on the fireplace just make it extra special and fun.

Enjoy Tamara’s Ladybug Party…..

We sometimes call Lily ‘Lilybug’ so it was fitting that we would have a ladybug party for her first birthday, but not just any kind of ladybugs.
Why of course they had to be pink & green little ladies! The invite, handmade by the Crew as we all helped a little bit with it.
Chepe got the design ready for me in Photoshop, I cut and assembled, Eden punched out & glued on the green spots, and Lily tried to help cut the ribbon with her teeth ;o)

Thank you to Uncle Chris & Aunt Lisa for letting us crash their place!

Pink & Green Ladybugs leading the way to the FUN!
Chepe helped me make a custom birthday banner with his “cutter machine” as like to call it, but really it is a QuicKutz Silhouette and it puts the Cricut Expression to shame! Funny how in our house Papa Bear is the crafty one. Notice I was over tired while assembling the banner and messed up on the name part. Oh well, it was too late to do anything about it since I noticed about 10 minutes before the party was set to start.
For refreshments we served raspberry lemonade with green sugar for the cup rims. Again, the sugar creation was due to a very creative Papa Bear & yet another one of his gadgets…the Magic Bullet.Thank you to PartyPops for these custom stickers. They were too cute and perfect for the water & favor labels.
Leaf signs above the refreshment table.
Happy 1st Birthday Lily! ~ Party Time. Lily is one! ~ Thank you for celebrating with us!

The birthday girl’s special chair for the day.
I painted the ladybugs to match the labels and attached them to giant leaves from Cost Plus. A special thank you to the very nice cashier who gave me an awesome deal on the leaves!!!

Smash cake ladybug for Lily & flower cupcakes for the guests. Yes, I actually baked, with help from Chepe yet again, and made the smash cake. The cupcakes were jazzed up store bought green ones that I added a sugar flower to in order to make them cute, cute and fit the theme. I am all about the theme when it comes to a party…can you tell?
Lily’s favorite part was the hostess cupcake.

Kids table with a ladybug centerpiece

Special pink ladybug decoration that big sissy Eden made for the party.
Eden was so cute and thoughtful in wanting to contribute to the decor. I have to give it to her she stayed on theme. She drew the pink ladybug about four days before the party and made sure that it did not get erased or messed up all that time. She was so proud to help decorate for her little sissy’s birthday party.

Leaf banner for the mantel with some friendly ladybugs

Lots & lots of food.

Told you there was a lot of food.

To decorate the buffet I used ladybug beads that were custom made from another wonderful seller on Esty.

I plan to make each of the girls a necklace with the beads now that the party is over.

Silly string favors.
‘Thank you for coming to Silly Lily’s 1st Birthday Party’
Get it…silly string )

The Birthday Girl
A special thank you to Sweet Couture for custom making both Lily’s birthday onsie and Eden’s matching big sister shirt for the party. They matched everything perfectly! Honestly, without the wonderful sellers on Etsy I could never have pulled this party off.

Present opening time brought lots of wonderful things for Lily to enjoy. Lily especially loved Eden’s gift to her of a little Tiger wearing a t-shirt that she was able to design. Lily would not put ‘Tiger Bear’ down the rest of the time and he is still a favorite friend at home.
Thank you to everyone for your thoughtfulness!

Cake time!

Lily loved her cake, but did not like her messy hands much.

Thank you to everyone who sent birthday wishes to our Lilybug and to those of you who were able to share in her special day. We are blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives.

Birthday hugs!

Parties that Move – Trains & Race Car Birthdays

Creative Party Girl — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:04:39 +0000

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I’ve got two parties for your viewing pleasure today and they are both themes that would thrill any little boy in your life….Trains and Race Cars.
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This Thomas the Train Birthday party was originally hosted by Keisha from Cupcakes and Wishes.

Enjoy the Train Birthday…..

On to the second party which was on Sunday. I did a banner, party hats, placemat, napkin rings, treat bags and some fun cut outs for a Thomas and Friends birthday party. I also created a standing cardboard ‘Thomas’ as a prop for the party.

I just used my computer and a page protector (I hid the hole rings tab with some tape so it didn’t show).

The placesettings were very simple and you can see my napkin ring and the finished placemat here. You can also see the party hats – Mom wanted something very simple so I just did solid color cone hats and we put them out on the kids table next to the place settings.

Here are the treat bags (full of ‘I’m going to regret this in 20 minutes’ candy). I created a tag using cut out circles and some Thomas and Friends stickers and tied them with a fun ribbon.

Here’s a picture of the cardboard Tomas prop that I created. We used the top of the train to put the treats on. We placed it on the gift table and handed them out at the end of the party when the birthday boy finished opening his gifts. Notice the Railroad Crossing sign, someone made a comment that we must be from the south because all the railroad crossing signs are upside down. LOL

These are just a couple more pictures from the party where I set up.

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This next party was for a little NASCAR lover. This Race Car birthday party was originally hosted by Vanessa from Seriously.

Enjoy this NASCAR birthday party…

Matthan loves race cars, so that’s exactly what he wanted to do for his 3rd birthday party. He chose two of his favorite NASCAR drivers, Jimmy Johnson and Kasey Kahne (he has their toy cars) as the main attraction for the party – Jimmy Johnson cake and Kasey Kahne piñata – the boy knows what he wants!

I found the perfect invitation (that just happened to match the blue and red of the chosen race cars, whoo!) . . .

We ordered the birthday cake and cupcakes from the fabulous Holly (who also made his first and second birthday cake) and were not disappointed. Her cakes always look amazing and are incredibly delicious!

We had boxes ready for each of the kids to make their own race car. They chose a number and “decals” to decorate their cars with, then our helpers (my wonderful nieces) helped put their tires on their cars.

Before they could head to the race track, they had to make a pit stop to tighten their tires and gas up their cars!

We planned on having some racing events, but had a few freak outs due to the many adults staring at them (I guess I can understand that). Thankfully, at the end of the party (and after getting some sugar from the cake) they all went back outside and ran around the track while the adults chatted inside.

The party ended with a Mexican tradition (Matthan is 25% Mexican after all).

Everyone got to hit the piñata, then we had to have our friend David finish it off so the candy would fall out! These Mexican piñatas are very well made! : )

The kiddos each got a bag to put their candy in and took that, and their race car, home as their party favors.

The party was so much fun and a big success (thanks Megs for all your help). So thankful for all our friends and family who came and showered Matthan with lots of love on his special day. And, to make things even better, he did get to “drive” the race car like he wanted to when it first arrived! : )

Hungary Caterpillar Birthday Party

Creative Party Girl — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:57:02 +0000

This Hungary Caterpillar Birthday Party was originally hosted by Grey is the New Black.
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I really love seeing parties that are inspired by children’s books. It’s just such a fun way to bring the book to life or your child and a great reminder down the road what book your child loved at that age.

Enjoy this Hungary Caterpillar Birthday…..

Our very dear friends, Michael and Meghan, recently moved back to Memphis after a 2-year stint in Boulder, Colorado. To say that we missed them is an understatement, but what we really missed was seeing their little guy, Grant, in his first year. When we got word that they were moving back into town last month, Meghan and I went into full-party-planning mode. Grant’s 1st birthday was just 2 weeks after they got back from Colorado, so Meghan asked if I would help her plan, since she, as you can imagine, had her hands full. And me being me, I took over (with her permission of course!). The party was inspired by this cake that I found online. I was sure that I could replicate it and save tons of money, so I decided to take it on.
Plus, who doesn’t love that book? Even my sister, who hates to read, told me that it was her favorite book in the library as a kid.
The party was held at her brother and sister-in-law’s house yesterday afternoon and I think it was a huge success!

I was inspired to use astroturf as the tablecloth by the lovely ladies at Southern Event Planners, they used it on a football themed table at a wedding and I just thought it was adorable and perfect for this theme, so I bought a 6×8 piece at Home Depot and we cut it to fit the tables that we used.

I had Mommy Meghan make those “caterpillar” fruit skewers out of green grapes and strawberries and they turned out adorable.

I scanned the food pictures directly from the book, blew them up, and them glued them to cardboard and used an Xacto knife to cut them out.

I had some leftover butcher paper from Greyson’s 1st Birthday, so I hand-painted this sign for Mr. Grant.

The favors were gummy worms of course! I used Publisher on my computer to print the tags out onto sticker paper and them closed the bags with those.

I actually tackled the smash cake as well. Meg wanted him to have an apple smash cake, since that it what the caterpillar eats in the book. The stem is pipe cleaner and the leaf is scrapbook paper.

I thought that the cupcake cake turned out awesome! The trick was decorator icing, which is firmer and stood up better. I think I used 30 cupcakes and then a 6 inch cake pan for the head. The base is cardboard cake boards taped together and covered in butcher paper that I painted with the legs, antenna, etc.

I had a genius idea one day to make one of those banners that are so expensive on Etsy, out of leftover paper plates that I had hanging out from the many, many parties that we have had over the years. I painted the backs of the plates with tempera paint and then printed out the letters on my printer and glued them to it. Then I punched holes for the antenna and legs and strung them together with ribbon.

Our lantern caterpillar..probably the easiest idea ever and it turned out so cute.

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to see more pictures of Grant’s Hungary Caterpillar party visit the original party post.

Posh Pink Poodle Party

Creative Party Girl — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:33:36 +0000

This Posh Pink Poodle Party was originally hosted by Pink, Green & Southern.
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This poodle theme sure did make for a pinkalicious party! The poodles are so cute and I just love them paired with pink white and black. Classic combo but a lot of pizazz was added with all the patterns.

Enjoy this posh pink poodle party….

Last Saturday, we had Pinkie’s fifth birthday party—a Posh Poodle Celebration—at our home. 16 little ladies were invited with a perfectly pink poodle invite from Itty Bitty (purchased at CPD Designs)

The hot pink envelopes were “calligraphed” thanks to my computer printer in Segoe Script and topped off with custom stamps, envelope seals and return address labels from Big Day Creations.

When the guests arrived they were greeted at the door by a decorative wreath (a tutorial on how to make your own can be found at Deep Fried Kudzu) embellished with a wooden letter “K” bought at the craft store, painted pink with black polka dots, and a big black tulle bow.

Pinkie wore a custom poodle ensemble from Baby Gail’s Etsy shop along with a pair of pink sparkly leggings I purchased at Wal-Mart (embellished with ribbon and ric rac) and a pair of pink sparkly ballet flats.

I wore a shirt I appliquéd with a pink poodle design I downloaded for free from Sew Forum.

Each guest was given a pair of poodle ears to wear (purchased from Birthday Express)

and their noses were painted black like a poodle’s with face paint bought from the Halloween section at Wal-Mart

Next, the girls stuffed their own poodles purchased from The Party Animal

Then they made their dog its very own collar using pony beads, pink pipe cleaners and key tags

After their poodles were all accessorized, the girls decorated their own collars that I made from a pack of black and white foam I purchased at the dollar store. I simply cut the black foam into strips, punched a circle out of the white foam using a one inch circle punch and then hot glued the pieces together. Miss Priss and a friend were on hand to help with the crafts and after each girls decorated their collar with self-adhesive jewels (from Oriental Trading) the big girls took a pink sharpie and wrote each child’s name on the white circle, fitted it around the child’s neck, cut off the excess, slapped on some self-adhesive Velcro dots, and secured it on the child.

Finally, the girls made their very own poodle cuffs by gluing pink, black, and white dollar store pom-poms onto pink felt strips. Just like the collar, each cuff was fitted onto the girls’ wrists and secured with Velcro dots.

After all the activities were completed, it was into the kitchen for some food, cupcakes and ice cream.

The bar in the kitchen was all decked out for the party with a banner I made following Katydid and Kid’s tutorial

I made custom cupcake picks using Darby’s label tutorial and a scallop punch glued onto Wilton lollipop sticks that was tied with a thin black satin ribbon. Each cupcake was then placed in cupcake wrapper made from a pattern found on Skip to My Lou.

A framed copy of the invitation

A framed chipboard “K” decoupaged with scrapbook paper

As well as several other decoupaged frames proclaiming “Happy Birthday Pinkie” and “5”

I served finger sandwiches shaped like dog bones (using a cookie cutter from Birthday Express)

Water bottles filled with pink lemonade and adorned with custom labels from Big Day Creations

A veggie tray, pita chips and hummus, grapes and cheese and the girls favorite “kibble”—cocoa puffs and Scooby snacks!

as well as pink and black M&Ms (I picked the black M&Ms out of the M&M Halloween mix and added them to the pink breast cancer awareness M&Ms!)

All served on decorative platters, silver trays and milk glass.

I ordered a plain pink two tier cake from the grocery store then added my own ribbon and feather embellishments and a mirrored “K” embellished with rhinestone polka dots.

The little girls ate at two 10 foot long table set up in our kitchen and decorated in pink, black, and white.

Each table was covered in a pink tablecloth toped with a runner I made out of some black damask fabric I found at Joann Etc. Down the center of each table I placed dollar store vases (embellished with scrap book paper, satin ribbon, and decoupaged/ rhinestoned chipboard Ks) filled with pink roses.

I served each girl a cupcakes in pink jeweled dog bowls (I purchased them at the dollar store, spray painted them and then hot glued dollar store jewels onto them).

They drank pink lemonade out dollar store cups that I “jazzed up” with some black and white harlequin paw print ribbon that I found for a dollar a spool at Michael’s and a poodle sticker proclaiming “Pinkie’s Fifth Birthday!”

Pinkie blew out her candles wearing a custom Birthday hat from Little Cubby.

My girls!

A little rest in Dad’s chair before opening presents!

Pinkie’s favorite part–playing with new toys!

And no birthday is complete at our house without adding a new Madame Alexander doll to our collection!

The Ugly Dolls Party

Creative Party Girl — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:23:40 +0000

This Ugly Dolls Party was originally hosted by Julie from Stuff and Nonsense.
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I love this concept. Totally fun and cute. Totally unique. Looks like the girls had a lot of fun working on their crafts.

Enjoy the ugly doll party….

The Ugly Day finally arrived!

This birthday party for my ten year old girl was inspired by Ugly Dolls. http://www.uglydolls.com/ The kids (and I) collect them, but since they aren’t overly commercialized, we couldn’t find any party products. So, we made our own. We made invitations, gift bags, a cake, and crafts for the guests to make all with an Ugly Doll/Monster theme. The guests loved the craft and were still embelllishing and playing with their dolls the next morning (after going to bed at 4am).

We decorated the house.

Put out the food-

And prepared the crafts-

The girls also watched a movie and had a sleepover, which meant they were awake until 4am.

Thanks to Bunnycakes for the inspiration!

Baseball Birthday Party

Creative Party Girl — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:04:02 +0000

This Baseball Theme Birthday Party was originally hosted by Dimple Prints.
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I think they really did a great job with this party. From the balloons greeting you at the door to all of the really great signs and decor. You just get that baseball / ballpark feel for sure! Bright, fun and sporty!

Enjoy the Baseball Party…

I went with a traditional red, white and blue baseball theme. His birthday party was the week of 4th of July, so the color scheme was very budget friendly as I was able to pick up numerous “4th of July” items from the dollar store, etc.