As each puppy guest arrived, they were given their own Pink Tutu and Party hat with Puppy Ears to wear.
A box of Sweet little Puppies sat in the corner waiting for Puppy Party guest to fill them with stuffing and carry home as a new pet…!!

The girls LOVED stuffing their puppies and adding a special STAR that they kissed, made a wish and tucked deep inside before stitching them up..

 
Then it was time for a group picture to show off their new pups….!!!

Next the puppies headed over to the Photo Booth to take a few Silly Pictures with Photo Props made by Katie’s mom……SO CUTE…!!!!

Then it was time to EAT…!!! And the Party Table was brimming full of delicious eye candy goodies.. Please enjoy…!!

 
Homemade Crown Cookies and yummy cupcakes with fun Princess Puppy Toppers….and sweet little bottles wrapped with matching party labels with pink striped paper straws tucked inside waiting for a yummy Party Drink….!!!

Doggie Bone Rice Krispie  Treats sprinkled with Pink Sugar….Lollipops and carry home favor boxes placed on this beautiful fun table for guest to enjoy.

What an adorable Birthday Cake….topped off with a giant cupcake and paper party topper…!! This little puppy was ready to blow out her candles.
 

The most awaited time came for this Lucky Pup who had just turned 5 … Presents …!!!
Katie was excited to receive here first ever……Gift Card

And the expression here as she opened this gift shows her excitement as she opened each gift…WOW….I think she loved it…!!

A little more Silly Time to spend together before each little puppy headed home. Enjoy the many faces of this adorable
BIRTHDAY GIRL on her special day.
Frightened Pup………Pitiful Pup
 
Begging Pup……………….Happy Pup
 
Precious Pup…..Happy Birthday Katie…

The girls had a blast at this PRINCESS PUPPY PARTY.
Created, Designed and Staged by the birthday girls mom,  Sherry at Party Pops.To see more pictures or to purchase these fun party supplies, visit her at www.partypops.blogspot.com  OR www.partypops.etsy.com

And I must add…Katie is my granddaughter….!!! I’m a proud and lucky Gran….!

Thanks for visiting Creative Party Place.

I apologize for the lack of post here. Work keeps me so busy and there’s little if any extra time to PLAY…!!!
If you or someone you know would like to guest post here, please contact me.

Your Creative Party Hostess
Dianne

]]> http://www.creativepartyplace.com/uncategorized/princess-puppy-party/feed/ 600 http://www.creativepartyplace.com/uncategorized/little-mermaid-birthday-party/ http://www.creativepartyplace.com/uncategorized/little-mermaid-birthday-party/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:59:45 +0000 Creative Party Girl http://creativepartyplace.com/uncategorized/little-mermaid-birthday-party/ 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 [...]]]> 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

I’m in love…..Again…!!!
Beautiful Party filled with the sweetest yummiest treats.

Talk about a Cake with a Cherry on Top….
this one “takes the cake”.

Another beautiful party display using our Pink Dot Paper Straws…!!!      Yummy…wish I had one.. Love this….:)

And these beautiful Soda Fountain Cookies….LOVE these….!!  Just so amazed at the creativity and talent…Love how she used our Pink Dot Paper Straws

Need a “Spoonful of Sugar”……. Here you go…:) Pretty Spoon shaped Cookie complete with personalized  letter on it’s handle…..

For more fun ideas please visit Paige Reese on her blog. She owns a bakeshop and I’m sure will make some of her beautiful treats for YOU….!!!  http://www.paige-reese.blogspot.com/

Pink Polka Dot Paper Straws:
http://www.thesugardiva.com/item_571/Paper-Straws-…………-Bubble-Gum-Pink-Dots.htm
Until next time,
Cheers,

Your Creative Party Hostess
Dianne

When Melissa from Buckets of Grace sent me these lovely pictures of her daughter’s birthday party, I was smitten…!!!

Take a look at all the details she created. LOVE the Cake…

And all of these pretty creative party treats….


Pretty little Cupcakes…..each one sitting on it’s own little pedestal all tied up with pink satin ribbon……SWEET…:)


She even had  Paper Corsages and Prom Gloves 
for the girly guest…


A table full of party guest favors….WOW….!!!

With Pink and Green Polka Dot Favor Bags to fill with take away goodies….

And for a “Sparkled Glass of Prom Punch”, personalized glasses with pink striped paper straws added charm and class to the beautiful party table…….

For more of this fun party theme, visit Melissa at: www.buckets-of-grace.blogspot.com
Cheers….!!!
Dianne
Your Creative Party Hostess

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This party really captured my eye!  The colors are wonderful and all the details are just so perfect.  It’s simply lovely.

Enjoy…..

We had a magical evening of celebrating my mother’s birthday…full of laughter, fairies, butterflies, and a mischievous little puck. But…there was a great sigh of relief as we cut into the birthday cake, the work was over and we could all simply enjoy the moment.

Throwing this event was extra fun; we travelled to Virginia to where my family lives to put it on. As a result, the whole family got to be involved. My brother helped with the cooking, my father engineered signs and candleholders and anything else that needed built, my mother remained silent as I dismantled and redecorated her house, and she, my sister-in-law and a few old good friends helped craft many of the small details in the party. And probably most important, my dear husband wrangled the children while we put the finishing touches on everything. It was wonderful to have an event that brought us all together!

A few weeks before the party, invitations were sent out. They have a full craft paper brown enclosure tied with the ribbons that were used throughout the party, and were adorned with little fairies and some specially written prose. The fairies were a special touch just for my mother — they are silhouettes of her little pixie of a granddaughter and are seen throughout the party decor as well!

. As our guests arrived, we wanted to set the stage a bit…

White branches in teal-tinted metal buckets hung heavy with votives flanked the path to the door. Votives were placed up the walkway, with little fairies dancing up the steps.

Inside, fairies and butterflies fluttered amongst the sweets on the dessert table. Natural elements such as burlap, river rocks and long branches tied the beautiful gardens outside the windows into the room.

The items served on the dessert and appetizer table were specifically chosen because they were Mom’s favorites, although I admit I have a few new ones now myself, like the AMAZING strawberry meringues!

The artisan strawberry meringues were so pretty, we had to convince people they weren’t just decorations. And they tasted even better than they looked! Sweet Purrfection, a small artisanal confectionery out of Chicago, provided these light as air melt in your mouth treats. Perfect flavor, perfect texture, perfect custom color….they were just perfect! We’ve since tried their other flavors, and they are ALL fabulous. Erin’s Cake Creations provided the beautiful custom decoration for the carrot cake and fondant roses that reflected the paper flowers in the party decor. Girly Gatherings made the unique sugar cookies with graphics to match the invitation, a crested “G” and our little fuscia fairy. The live greenery was all contributed by my mother’s gardens…

Each letter of the birthday banner is unique typographic art taken from antique books and available in the public domain. Masterpiece Designs has a wealth of inexpensive imagery and is where I found the beautiful antique frames. They were perfect for holding Shakespearean quotes!

My brother and I had such a good time in the kitchen together preparing the appetizers…apricot brie puffs, spinach and feta purses, herb crusted pork loin rolls, black bean cakes with spicy sweet potato sauce and cilantro cream, honey minted fruit and marinated cheese. In the spirit of being  a good southern hostess, I’ll be sharing the recipes for everything in posts to follow.

We mixed up a signature drink for the night – Love Potion No. 9, otherwise known as a white russian (mom’s favorite). We’re happy to report Puck’s potion only turned one of our guests into a lovable donkey.

On the outside deck, fairy lights were strung on the arbors and trees for atmosphere, and there were many candles flickering out in the gardens to make for a little fairy magic. There was  liberal sprinkling of candles, votives and butterflies through the rooms inside where the party circulated. Fuscia paper lanterns and paper roses added pops of color.

A party can be thrown without a tissue pouf, but I don’t think I can ever give up the fun of the photo booth. The grandchildren, dressed as Puck and Titania, posed for the camera while the adults were able to play dress up for a moment.

As the guests left, we treated them to a few party favors. Again, one of mom’s favorites was selected to thank our guest for coming–chocolate covered oreos. What we wanted to bring to our guests at mom’s birthday was a little feeling of magic, a little whimsy, and something the children attending the party would find some wonder in as well as the adults. The Midsummer’s Night Dream underlying theme and deeper color hues made using fairies for an adult party work, and made the party planning a little more fun.

Thank you to SandS Photography out of Hampton, Virginia for the party pictures.

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It’s bright, fun and even though it’s MONSTERS…it’s not the least bit scary!  The cake is so much fun.

Enjoy the party…..

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The Cookies and Milk theme is one that I adore more and more every time I see it!  I love it as an idea for a first birthday!  And that  BIG ‘cookie cake’….how stinkin’ cute is that!  Scroll on down to have a look at all the details…..and I suggest you have some cookies and milk while you hang out here for awhile and check out all the great parties to see.

Enjoy……

Third child, first birthday…I almost skipped the party. I’m glad that some of my family urged me to get planning though as I loved how it turned out! And I found out that brainstorming with the 6-year-old can bring some amazing ideas to your theme! Our theme was Milk & Cookies/Bedtime Stories, because don’t those things just have to go together?

I found the perfect invitations from Tiny Prints. They were meant as a baby shower invitation suite, but I thought they worked perfectly for a one-year-old’s birthday (especially my one-year-old that refuses to stand up). So sweet right? There were pink & green options also, but given that I was sticking with a pastel color palette, these were the perfect fit!

The big kids usually collect donations at their friend parties and Jack thought it would be a great idea to collect books at Olivia’s party (even if she is little). So we collected board books for our local (and amazing) children’s hospital. I was so excited to see so many favorites!

The books actually served as party decor as we set them up along the sideboard as people arrived.

And hanging above the books were bright and cheery tissue paper poofs.

In fact we kept the decorations simple, with the tissue poofs and rows of gerbera daisies adding pops of color.

Well, I did do one batch of balloons for Olivia to go crazy flinging about. The face above is because she learned to close her eyes before the she sent them flying!

Wall decorations included a birthday banner and…

a photo time line from 0 months to 12 months, ceiling to floor.

And the food for the party was…A buffet of cookies & milk of course!

I used a circle design/logo throughout the party and couldn’t resist including a few more in these little frames on the table.

I baked six kinds of cookies for the party: Sugar Cookies, Snickerdoodles, Rainbow Swirl, Peanut Butter Kisses, M&M and amazing Chocolate Chip Cookies {recommended by southern daze}.

Strawberry, white & chocolate milk (because special occasions call for special milk).

My absolute favorite party suggestion from Jack was that all the kids come to the party in their pajamas! Soon after, EJ got these super cute milk & cookies jammies (in a batch of previously-loved clothes) and I set out to find equally cute jammies for the other two kids!

We emptied the toys out of our playroom, drew the shades, and set up a mini theater where the kids watched Bedtime Stories…

and ate lots of yummy movie snacks!

We created a keepsake book for Olivia out of a mini binder. I cut & hole-punched card stock to fit the binder and included a page with each invitation. Family & friends used the pages as a card, decorating them with stickers, drawings and notes to Olivia. The book came out better than I could have ever imagined.

The favor bags were these cute striped candy bags with a clear sticker on the front printed with one of five quotes from a favorite children’s book (4 star-themed & 1 Olivia bedtime quote thrown in for fun).

Each was filled with one of these yummy star cookies from a local baker {who you can shop with at her etsy shop}, sealed closed with a thank you logo seal, and partnered with a star cookie cutter. I have to give credit to Jack once again as the “star=nighttime” idea was all his!

This amazing chocolate chip cookie cake was made by our new friend Erin (thanks for the recommendation Auntie Sandy). You can check out more of Erin’s awesome creations here.

Olivia didn’t quite know what was going on, but she did seem to enjoy picking off the chips.

And apparently, unlike her mother, Olivia is not a huge fan of cake! We had to beg her to get a little dirty (I think her hair got the worst of it)!

Thank to everyone who helped make Olivia’s first birthday bash a huge success and for everyone who celebrated with us!

The gorgeous photography in this post is courtesy of {tsj} photography (thanks Auntie Tracie), and the less than stellar shots are from my trusty point & shoot!

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I have to say this is the first time I’ve heard this theme.  Am I out of the loop on this one?  Well..I just think it’s adorably clever!  I love the idea of the elephant…and not just because I went to the zoo today and watched a baby elephant play in the water!  I think there is just so much to do with this theme and Ashley did a wonderful job of showcasing it’s potential!  Come on…could that cake be any cuter?

Enjoy this baby shower…..

I have been very busy these last few weeks with back to back events, but I am back with the next week or so off! The baby shower brunch that I put together took place on Saturday and turned out adorable! The mother-to-be loves elephants so I took that into consideration while planning this event. It turned out so cute and all the little details worked so well together! Take a look at the pics…you can find the invite that I sent out for this event here.

Diaper Cake

Mocktail Mimosa’s and Hibiscus drinks made with Squirt soda (to go along with the theme), Orange Juice, & Cranberry Juice.

The Create-A-Crepe bar where guests could add ingredients, in a crepe, to make either a breakfast, lunch, or dessert crepe.

The Cake

I titled the various sauces for the crepes “Squirtables” to carry out the theme of the shower.

Sunny-side up Oreo Pops that are in the above picture, tied with yellow curling ribbon.

Onesie & bib decorating station

Finished Onesies & bibs. The guests did such a great job!

Floral centerpiece that I made

Advice cards for the guests to fill out, along with an envelope for guests to print their address on for the mother-to-be to mail their thank you cards! I love the paperclips and the elephant pens toppers I put together!

But my favorite of all would have to be the guest favors! Such cute little elephant cupcake toppers! Adorable!

Overall it was a fabulous shower. And the mother-to-be loved every minute of it! Can’t wait to meet this little bundle of joy!

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This party did a great job at bringing all sports together.    Those ball shaped cake pops are totally to die for!!  There are so many eye catching details…like the CAKE!!  The whole thing is vibrant and inviting.  Thanks for listing your party!

Enjoy this sports party…..

I rented a local park this past Saturday for Walker’s sports party and it was a beautiful day with perfect temperatures for playing outside! Walker invited all of his friends from school along with his neighborhood buddies and they played baseball, basketball, climbed on the playground and tore open a basketball-shaped pinata that was filled with sports-shaped candy with a golf club!

Guests received orange paper bags filled with their pinata loot along with sports-shaped eggs filled with candy. We served sports drinks and sports-themed water, along with chips, ice cream and yummy cake that I spent several nights last week making. And let’s not forget the fabulous ball-shaped cake-pops made by the wonderful Baker’s Cakes!

I can’t believe my little guy is five!
The time truly does fly by, but it has been a blast and we’ve had a ball!

I found this GREAT party over at Stephmodo:

Photo: Ian MacPherson.

I found this fun lego cupcake idea over at Lemon Pencil:

And this lego cake from Novelty Birthday Cakes is pretty stinkin’ cool: