Giveaway Winner – Bloom Party Pack

Random.org says that the winner is #10 which is Heather S.

Heather S February 26, 2010 at 10:24 am

I adore the ‘Mustache party invitations’!

Heather…please email me to claim your prize! (the email info is on the contact page)

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Sorry ladies, no party post today. I spent the last 2 days in the hospital with my dad and apparently while I was there I came in contact with some icky germs! I’m sick and it was all I could do just to get this winner info posted! I’ll get a party posted on Thursday!

Under the Sea Birthday Party

This Under the Sea Birthday party was originally hosted by All About the Tables.
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This party is an underwater wonderland. The table is beautifully decorated and definitely makes you feel like you are actually under the sea. Thanks for listing your party!

Enjoy this Under the Sea Birthday

Isabel is turning 11 tomorrow so soon she won’t be needing a babysitter. We were going to do her birthday table in either Magic or Harry Potter. I had racked my brain for ideas and had some but was having trouble finding the things I needed to make the table look awesome. Harry Potter I know nothing about and after that baby shower I had done I wasn’t feeling very inspired to do this table. When Isabel said “Maybe we could do a beach theme.” I was all over that since I have so many shells and things that I could use. I went with the Under the Sea theme to make it a bit more of a surprise.


Isabel as she walked into her kitchen after school. Surprise! She thought we were celebrating next week instead….which it turns out we should have. She was disappointed that her birthday wasn’t going to last longer because she was celebrating with her dad on this day and her mom on her birthday, Thursday. If I had done the table the next week it would have been like celebrating three birthdays in one. Instead she only got to celebrate two days. Some kids are a little too hard to please. I think I’m about ready to give up trying.

These chair ties are the same blue and green organza fabric runners that I used for a wedding reception a few years ago. I just wrapped them together and tied. I have sure gotten plenty of use out of these things. The same things are hanging in front of the window blinds.
I had this cylinder vase at home already so I bought some goldfish to bring it to life. The kids got to keep these babies but not the vase.

I couldn’t find any flora lights to light up the water so I tried the neon light-up necklaces. Didn’t really work. I tried blue light bulbs in the a couple of the overhead lights but that didn’t do much either.



Goldfish crackers and Goldfish pretzels.

S’mores Goldfish in a golden shell. I had no idea they even made these.

That blue sea-weed is rock candy. The sea urchins are really vanilla meringues that I bought at Trader Joe’s. I think they are so pretty and they taste pretty awesome too. The kids didn’t care so much for them though.



This is my attempt at making coral out of balloons. The little red lobster there sings Hot,Hot,Hot and dances when you press his hand. Another gift for Isabel.


Another gift for Isabel was this beta fish. They are the easiest pet there is to take care of, I think.


The place cards are little porcelain ones that my mom was throwing out awhile back. I glued some shells on them and wrote their names with marker. They could have been prettier if my printer was hooked up. My handwriting is a mess.

Isabel blowing out her candle on her cookie cake that I bought at the last minute. That’s blue ice-cream in the dessert bowl from Meijer Grocery.

Chocolate Shells, Sea Urchin Meringues & Nemo Fruit Snacks.
The aquarium light I had purchased for Isabel’s birthday before I even knew we’d be doing an under the sea table, so that worked out well.

And Rock Candy Sea Weed.

Backyardigans Birthday Party

This Backyardigans Birthday Party was originally posted by The Brantingham Fam.
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This cartoon was one of my favorites that my son used to watch. I love how it encourages imagination. This party is quite imaginative as well. I love that it was a party that worked for different ages and genders. Thanks for listing your party Brantingham Fam.

Enjoy the party!

On Saturday we had a BIG birthday party for all 3 kids! I thought the Backyardigans would be a good theme for both boys and girls. This is the invitation that I created. Which will be finding it’s way into my Shop soon! The cupcake toppers and centerpiece decorations will also be coming to my shop!
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We had the party at the park. The kids had fun playing and running around. I designed all of the decorations. And I got all of the sand buckets from the Dollar Store and pretty much everything in the favor buckets was from the Dollar Store also. We ate sandwiches, chips, fruit, and vegetables with dip. I also got those new little cans of soda. We had white and chocolate cupcakes with rainbow frosting for dessert!
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I got the template for the cones for the chips and Pirate Booty
HERE I also made the kids shirts, they will be making their way to my Shop also! I bought the swirl lollipops from Oriental Trading Company.
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The favors were small sand buckets, and inside was a bouncy ball, pencil, shovel, bubbles, fruit snacks, stickers, a small Backyardigans frisbee, and a Backyardigans Coloring Book. I will be posting a tutorial on how to make the Coloring books.
It was such a fun party! I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I had planning it!

Party Pack Giveaway

This giveaway is hosted by:  Vicky from City Cradle Design.

The prize is for a The BLOOM paper party Pack from The City Cradle’s Etsy store.

This party pack will beautifully set the stage for your upcoming spring gathering, shower, or birthday.

This stationary features a lovely hot pink flower in bloom set against a off-white linen background. Printed on heavy grade card stock this “Bloom” set looks professional and fresh for the spring.

Included are 10 5×7 customizable invitations (You send me your party info and I will prepare them for you). You also get 10 3×5 thank you notes, 4 large food labels and eight small party labels.

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Here is how to enter:

1. Visit City Cradle Designs’ Etsy Store and look at her products. Then decide which one you like the best! Come back HERE to THIS post and leave a comment letting me know what that favorite product is.

Want an extra entry? There are TWO ways to earn extra entries:
1. Twitter about this Giveaway and leave another comment to let me know about it!
2. Post about this giveaway on YOUR blog and leave another comment HERE with a link to that post for proof!

Giveaway closes on Tuesday (March 2nd) at 11:59 pm (west coast time).
Winner will be announced by Midnight the following day!

The winner will be chosen by using Random.org

Bears & Blocks First Birthday Party

This Bears & Blocks First Birthday Party was originally hosted by Izreen from Fluff & Stuff.
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Great combo with the Bears and the Blocks! I have to say that I really love the cake. Such a fun idea with the blocks going in a circle. Lots of great touches all throughout this party! Thanks for listing your party Izreen.

Enjoy this First Birthday party…..

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i was just getting used to having this lil baby in my life and before i knew it, her first birthday was approaching. as the date creeped up in the midst of me being in my overwhelming experience as a mummy, i was late sending out the invites so i started with a “save the date” note…
…and then the party planner in me went wild ;) the colour theme was brown & pink and the overall decor was based on bears & blocks. i’ll let the pictures tell the story…
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It’s a very special birthday
for a very special girl,
One year ago this day,
Zaleia Ilaika came into our world.
With her happy smile & cheeky ways
She’s brought us joy, laughter & love,
Our cuddly Ilaika-bear is a beautiful gift
specially sent from up above.
Now the apple of our eye
is turning one,
With you around
it’ll be so much fun!

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- the party packs & gifts-

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- mummy me a.k.a. the party planner & the birthday princess -
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looking at the pics now, i guess i did go a little overboard with the whole setup up and guest list of 70 adults & 30 kids ;) but oh well, she’s only one once!
just a few things to remember for the next party i organise:
  • design invites early, especially if it’s a complicated block that takes forever to construct & put together…so say, 2 months is a good headstart, to avoid going to bed at 4am for a few weeks before the invites are due!
  • have a trial run for the birthday cake, especially if it’s the first time playing with a type of decor…in this case fondant. also avoid baking & decorating at 4pm the night before the party. much better to start at least a couple of days ahead…
  • coax family & friends to come early & help with decor!
  • a one year old is just happy to have familiar toys around her which kinda defeats the whole party anyways ;) but at least when she grows up & looks at the pics, she’ll think she had a fab first birthday!
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last but not least, after weeks of cutting & sticking and calling & planning, make sure friends stick around after the party to help you unwind over that much-needed drink ;)

Roast & Toast House Warming Party

This Roast and Toast House Warming Party was originally hosted by Vicky from The City Cradle.
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Ok, what a fun idea for a house warming party! I love it! Maybe because it’s because I love toasting marshmallows and eating s’mores….OR….maybe because Vicky was super creative and did so many fun things with this theme! Thanks for listing your party Vicky!

Enjoy this House Warming party……

We celebrated our housewarming this weekend with a lovely marshmallow roast & red wine toast. It was a fabulous evening and we felt incredibly blessed by our new community of friends.

Roast & Toast would be a great party inspiration for any celebration- A summer backyard bonfire for graduation perhaps or an evening roast & toast to celebrate a new engagement. S’mores will certainly sweeten anything in life that you are given to toast to this year.

(Throughout this week I will be posting a handful of custom printable projects and easy DIY items for you to recreate this Roast & Toast theme)

It’s all in the details:

We sent out matchbook invitations, including a few matches along with the party information to set the roasting theme.

A gourmet s’more bar was set up near the fire with easy access to all the roasting supplies and extra goodies.

To roast we prepared homemade s’mores using Martha’s recipe. They turned out so very gooey and scrumptious, although fifteen minutes with the hand mixer had me quite envious for a Kitchenaid.

Our bar was complete with berry fruit toppings to accentuate the s’more taste. It was agreed by all of our guests that bananas were the most superior tasting fruit when combined with the chocolaty s’more goodness.

The bar was also outfitted with an array of spices to heighten the natural s’more sweetness, sea salt lent an especially exotic flavor.

We had a boat of s’more pops ready to be eaten. Made with store bought marshmallows, melted chocolate and ground up graham crackers, these “lollipops” stuck on skewer sticks were a quick fix for those not willing to wait for roasting.

Standing tall in the back were 3 different s’more trees. With marshmallow flowers, real chocolate molded leaves and teddy grams standing in for dirt, they brought a hint of nature to our indoor fire.

We set up the dessert bar beside our dutch door which brought in that cool San Diego air as the fire heated up our living room. Next to the tree you will see a vase of mini s’mores that were out for the snacking- mini marshmallow, chocolate chips and more teddy grahams gave a tiny foretaste for the bigger s’mores to come. Our guests were also welcomed throughout the home with my favorite easy to make tiny circular welcome banners.

Above the table floated our s’more poof. I made one using these poof instructions. This was of the simplest and most economical decoration I have ever put together. Just a few pieces of tissue paper combined to form this s’more in the sky.

We set everything up right along the fireplace wall so there would be ample ability to roast (We used wire hangers that are easy to unwind) and plenty sitting space to enjoy each others company.

Above the fireplace there is homemade bunting that touts the words of our theme, Roast & Toast. This no-sew bunting was a great way to add a bit of rustic texture to our party. It is a mixture of burlap and silk fabric remnants, strung together and glued on tight. The letters are stenciled and spray painted giving it a very rustic, ready to roast above the fire look. I just love how this theme combined the elements of the rawness of a roast with the smoothness of wine making everything seem somewhat magical.

For non-toasting drinks we served ice cold milk in mugs dipped in chocolate and graham crust.

We also had plenty of coffee on hand with marshmallow stir sticks. To make- simply thread a few mini marshmallows onto a toothpick.

As an extra lovely detail, we etched in the word toast with cinnamon on all of our wine glasses.

Also as a part of our toast each wine bottle was labeled with a word we are currently thankful for. As we opened the bottles it gave us a wonderful reminder of what we were toasting together.

Our guests went home with these favors, homemade marshmallow houses attached to a wire hanger that they can twist out later to roast these treats in their own home.

We roasted and chatted and toasted the evening away. A lovely celebration of our new home and the new adventures we have begun.

Sweet Shop Birthday Party

This Sweet Shop Birthday Party for Twins was originally hosted by Liz from Welcome to Tarrant County.
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This birthday is double the fun and double the sweets! So many great sweet treats to see. You can see all the hard work that Liz put into this party. Thanks for listing your party and sharing it with us!

Enjoy the Sweet Shop Candy Birthday……………….

I have thought and thought about how I wanted to blog about the party! I think I am going to do it in two parts. There is just too much to fit in one post. Part 1-details! The part that spent hours and hours of planning! Part 2-the actually party!
We had the party at my cousin’s house. I had asked her a while ago and she was very gracious and allowed us to have it there!
Since the girls were about 6 months old I started thinking about their party. (I know, silly) Let me start off by saying I was a rush director in college. I LOVE planning a party…most of the time. Anyways from the beginning wanted to do a candy bar or sweet type thing. Thus was born the “sugar and spice” theme(green and LOTS of pink). I have two girls and it had to be girlie! I looked all over the internet for inspiration and ideas. Let me tell you there is a lot out there! I got a lot of inspiration and ideas from The Creative party place. Seriously check her out if you are planning a party!!!!
On with the Show!
Welcoming the guests!

The Table!

The beautiful cupcakes my cousin made! (they tasted amazing too!!)

I have to brag on MIMI for a minute! (my mom) In all my years of planning rushes, my wedding, and graduation parties, My mom is ALWAYS up to the challenge and is always willing to help create any crazy idea I have. She even made this SUPER cute ginger bread house to sit at the candy bar!

Isn’t it super cute! It was perfect for the “sweet shop”

What is a Candy bar with out Lollipops?!?
I got this idea from a another party I saw on The Creative Party place!
I had never made suckers before and it was not a easy thing!
There was lots of different candies! It was nice having Valentine’s Day Candy out already!

I thought these turned out pretty cute! If you have never seen Bakerilla, you should! They were pretty easy to make.


I found this super cute frame…I could not pass it up. How perfect!

Our favors were toothbrushes and of course…CANDY!
When people first walked in the door, they found…
and a book, showing K&M through the months…
The “sweet” Birthday banner

What’s a pink girlie party without PINK lemonade!

For the chocolate lover a little chocolate fondue!

Just in case you have not died from sugar yet…don’t forget the COTTON CANDY!


Well I hope you feel like you were at the party! I mean how could you not with all those pictures?!? MUCH THANKS TO MY AWESOME COUSIN KIM FOR LETTING US USE HER HOUSE! Love you!

Cowboys and Indians Birthday Party

This Cowboys and Indians Birthday Party was originally hosted by Mandy from It’s My Party.
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YEEEHAW! Mandy did a great job of transforming her backyard into the perfect party setting for her little buckaroo’s birthday party. Super fun with the hay bails, wanted signs and all the cow print touches. Thanks for listing your party Mandy!

Enjoy this Cowboy Birthday…..

This was my little boys 3rd Birthday Party on a gorgeous sunny August afternoon. It took a couple of months of thinking about everything i wanted and the little touches and i was really looking forward to doing his cake as its something i am getting passionate about also! Please take a look at my other blog at http://mandyscupcakes.blogspot.com/

Please excuse the quality of the photos, i am not a photographer, just a mum with an ordinary camera!

We decided on a red and gold colour theme throughout, with the plates and tablecloths, and the cupcakes too. There was music played throughout from old country and western films. We had a barbecue with burgers and pasta and got through lots of juice as it was a sweltering day! We put one of my sons brio train sets on the table as a centerpiece with a battrey powered train going round and round, which i forgot to get a photo of.

This was the first thing everyone saw, i thought it was abit of fun and Ben enjoyed tying his horse to the post, i think it a lovely way to greet everyone.



This bunting is lovely, it has little vinage fabric triangles with cowboys on, it was just perfect for the theme, i got it from a lovely little handmade shop on ebay.

My sister spent a good afternoon making these lovely wanted posters for me, by soaking in lemon juice and carefully baking for a little bit, i did one for every child that came and put them on a wanted wall and then most of them took theirs home!


We had sacks for sack races around the hay bales which was great fun and we did pin the tail on the horse. The haybales were delivered to my by a local farmer, i was so pleased with them, they weren’t too expensive either and then afterwards, a local horse center came and picked them up!




The favours were fun to put together, they all had a sheriffs badge, a rubber snake, some gold coins, a toy harmonica, some jelly sweetie snakes, and some little figures. I then wrapped them in paisley fabric and some straw.

This is me and my family.

I made three different types of cupcakes going around a ‘gold theme’ and these were a real hit and it was nice to decorate with lots of gold.


This is the cake i made for my son, it is 3 tiers of vanilla sponge and it was a joy to make, it was the first time i had done a cake with so much detail. Take a look at
http://mandyscupcakes.blogspot.com/ for some of my other creations!

It was a lovely day and Ben loved it, couldn’t have asked for better weather for our first garden party! Now looking forward to doing my little girls 1st birthday party!

How to get featured….

With the NEW party listing feature on the site I will now be pulling my featured parties from the parties that are listed. Sometimes I will also feature parties that I happen to find and love as I travel through blogland.

So what does that mean? That means that in order to get your party featured you must first list it here on Creative Party Place!

So please start listing ALL your fabulous parties because I can’t wait to start looking at all of them and find inspiration for my upcoming features!

By the way…I will bring the weekly Monday party link up back in a week or two. For now I’d love it if you would instead take the time to list your party in the correct category!

Elmo Birthday Party Train Extravaganza

This Elmo Birthday Train Extravaganza was originally hosted by The Purple Pug.
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Wow! When she said Elmo/Train Extravaganza she wasn’t kidding! Tons of great ideas and tons of fun for the kids….right from the moment they enter the party with all those fabulous colorful balloons! Thanks for listing your party!

Enjoy this Elmo birthday party…

handmade invitations set the stage
for the Elmo Train Express Extravaganza

balloon entryway greeted
the guests with whimsy & fun

custom centerpiece flags
Elmo ones were placed into
mason jars filled with crayons
tables were lined with white
butcher paper so guests
could color- a la Elmo’s World
napkins were rolled in bandana
print paper and secured with
Elmo Engineer sticker
handmade centerpiece flags
Train flags were placed in
mason jars filled with
Coal Bubblegum. Choo Choo!
the sweet birthday girl in her
rainbow tutu
handmade train cake topper sits
on a smash cake
jar/container labels and ribbon
adorn the front of hat box
handmade Elmo cake topper sits
on a smash cake
jar/container labels and ribbon
adorn the front of hat box
Client hired a candy buffet
specialist to set-up
a table
for the event
custom favor bags, favor photo cards
handmade favor tags jazz up the
party favor books
for the little ones

the dessert table was such a
beautiful
presentation
and also provided
an amazing
spot for photos
custom cupcake toppers
spelled out
“Happy Birthday Joshua & Jacqueline”
finger foods were served
party hats for the guests of honor
photo favor cards
all of the happy party-goers
the Train has arrived
birthday kids on the engine
gift table
party favor table
popcorn snack cones
made from bandana paper
jar/container labels
nice guy working the machine:)
dressed up drinks
Elmo & Train guest
party hats

The day finally came for the Elmo Train Party Palooza Extravaganza. This was one dazzling and spectacular event. I have been planning this party with one quite extraordinary Mom, Jessy, for about 6 months. Jessy is a rock star on so many levels. She is a Super Mom to 6 young children, helps run a successful business, is ridiculously gorgeous and the cherry on top is she LOVES to throw parties:) I am always working on something for one of her events and I am always honored. Jessy is also extremely organized and an unbelievable planner. Truly amazing and the cat’s meow to work with:)
This party was a combined birthday party for a son turning 3 and a daughter turning 2. Son loves trains more than anything and daughter is wild for Elmo. A bit of a challenge to combine the two, but I was able to come up with many ways to make it all cohesive and adorable.
My favorite artist, Joie, (like the boy’s name, but a girl..LOL) was able to create an Elmo in an Engineer Hat which became the starting point for my partyware designing. I used lots of bandana prints to coordinate it all. We also used a vibrant color scheme to make everything pop and to keep it all kid oriented and FUN!
Enjoy the pictures. There are tons of them. Jessy outdid herself on this one. Balloon artist, candy buffet, bouncy house and yes, she had an actual train come to this shindig to offer rides on the Elmo Train Express.
To see all that planning fall into place is, well, amazing.

Ideas Needed for Baby Shower….

I just got the following email from a reader and I was hoping ya’ll would pitch in your ideas and help her out!
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I recently found your blog and I am just loving it! I was wondering if you had an ideas for a baby shower I am wanting to throw my little sister. She is having a baby boy in May and I was thinking about doing an April Showers brings May Flowers…and Babies type theme… maybe with raindrops, umbrellas, etc.
At the moment this is all I have… the idea. I am trying to think of some cute maybe even unique types of things to do for her shower to make it special for her. She will be a single mommy and this is kind of a special situation- I just want to make it a happy and memorable day for her to show her how much I love her and to let her know how excited we all are!

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Just leave a comment with your ideas of what she could do with this theme…and if you have links to ideas that would be helpful please include them!
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Oh…and I wanted to say thanks to SimplyHolidays for the very nice shout out they gave this site this week.  Thank you also to One Pretty Thing who continually features parties from the site!!

Movie Night Birthday Party

This Movie Night Birthday Party was originally hosted by Party Pops.
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There are so many different directions that you can take a movie night themed birthday party. Party Pops did a great job with this one. It’s colorful, fun and all that movie candy is making me hungry! Thanks for listing your daughter Carly’s Birthday Party!

Enjoy this Night at the Movies Birthday Party…..

My daughter Carly just turned 12. Carly is a Crazy and Fun Loving Girl and we love her to pieces, I just can’t believe how much she has grown! Carly wanted to have a Movie Night with her friends so it was  off to Gran and Papa’s house who have the BIG THEATER room.  It was fun creating all the decorations for this Movie Theme party. Carly and her friends had a blast. Enjoy the Show!

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Putting the Tables together was so much fun. We started off with Pizza but ended up with Loads of sugar!!

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Got to have Popcorn and yeah, even pickles for the Movie!

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Off to the Show!

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Can you stand the excitement…Carly got her first Cell phone and when the box started ringing she hardly open it fast enough!!

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Happy Birthday Carly!!

Handy Manny Birthday Party

This Handy Manny Birthday Party was originally hosted by Belleza e Luce.
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Little kids are just so cute when they use tools!  Handy Manny is a fun idea for a birthday party theme and Danielle did a great job with this one!  So many fun details and activities.  Thanks for listing your party Danielle!

Enjoy this Handy Manny party….

When my little guy was about to turn 1, I was originally planning a Hundred Acre Wood Pooh themed party.  All that changed when he became fascinated with Handy Manny.  This grew even more as my dad would let him help him out around the house.  I knew I needed to change themes – and fast!

First I created the invitations to resemble Handy Manny’s shop sign.
and since I couldn’t decide which one I liked better, I designed a second version as well!
Since Luca’s birthday is the end of October, the weather here can be cold or oddly warm.  As much as I would love to be able to plan the weather, I cannot, so the party was held in the gym at the school of our church.  This turned out to be a great idea (I hosted his second birthday there 3 weeks ago).  There was plenty of room for all the kids to run around and play!
One of the first projects I created were the tablecloths.  I purchased paper dropcloths and paint brushes from Home Depot, and Crayola paint.  I laid the cloths out on the grass in the yard and with my daughter’s help we splattered paint over all the drop cloths.  This was a messy and fun activity!  If you decide to do this, have an area preferably indoors where the cloths can be laid out to dry overnight.  One drop cloth made 2 tablecloths.
Here is the children’s craft table with playdough, Handy Manny and tools coloring pages and crayons were added to the table after this wa taken.
When my dad heard the theme for the party, he immediately went to work on the centerpieces – red toolboxes just like Handy Manny’s!  Each toolbox had Mega Blocks and plastic toys to encourage building – both children and adults got in on the fun!  Each child was able to take a tool box home at the end of the party.  I have Luca’s displayed in his room – it goes with his Cars themed bedroom great too!
I used yellow Caution tape to block off areas that the kids could not play near.  On the walls my dad and I traced the characters with a projector and painted them.  Also on the walls were pictures of blueprints (how to build a birdhouse, a toolbox, etc) just like in Manny’s shop.

Chips, pretzels and other snacks were placed in orange paint trays
The children ranged in age from 1 year to 4 years, so I didn’t have any real structure to the party or games, per say.  I had music from children’s artists playing (Dan Zane, Imagination Movers, Choo Choo Soul, etc) which encouraged dancing and running.  Other activities for the children included this hopscotch puzzle mat
a giant bowling set
When each child arrived they received a hard hat to wear for the party.
I made a pull string pinata to resemble the tape measure, Stretch.  I prefer pull string pinatas so noone gets whacked in the head and the kids all feel like they opened the pinata together.
Inside were plastic tools and plastic character figures purchased from the Disney Store.
Here is the birthday boy by his cakes and cupcakes that I made.  The large red thing was my failed attempt of making a tool box.  I started working on the cake too late in the week and really didn’t think it through.  This year’s cake was great!
As you can see, Luca enjoyed his cake!
For the favors, I set up Mr. Lopart’s Candy Shop.  Guests were invited to fill up their take-out boxes with as many goodies as they wanted.  I purchased the candy in bulk from Candy Warehouse and choose novelty and old-fashioned candies.  My older cousins, aunts and uncles especially liked the walk down memory lane as they picked out their favorite childhood treats.
The take out boxes had favor tags shaped like hammers attached to them
The tags for the kids had their names on them.
Because Halloween was only the night prior, I had additional children’s favors which included playdough, safety googles, a hammer, stickers, and room for their pinata goodies – non candy option.
The party was a success and I had a fabulous time building it!

Hammer Tags and Invitations can by found in my shop

Girly Birdie Baby Shower

This Girly Birdie Baby Shower was originally hosted by Karen from Free Pretty Things for You.
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Karen did such a great job with this pink and green color scheme. It’s a super sweet party and I love all the little touches with the birdies and the nests.

Enjoy this baby shower…..

Pretty green and pink! how much girlyer can you get !?! Dainty bows on the forks and cups just give it a special little touch that the guest just loved! And the doilies with a splash of color on the background just made everyone go AWWW too Cute!
To get that effect I just glued paper tissue on the back and cut the excess off :)
Oh! and those favor bags you ask?? I just used regular white paper lunch bags I got at target, stamped pretty swirls on the front, and sealed it with matching Martha Stewart green paper and puncher….For the napkin holders I used the Martha Stewart floral lace punch.

Bamboo sticks, silk flowers, glue gun and fishing wire ;)

Food coloring goes a long way to give such a pretty effect!



Here is the example for the favor bag…of course the green tag goes on the back….
And for the napkin holder I used a darker pink card stock for the actual party :)

Pretty Bows on ends of forks :)

And last but not least ..I found these precious birdies, their nest and the cherry blossom flowers in the L.A district at Moskatel’s and just hot glued them all together :)
Here is their Info :) !! I love the L.A warehouses!!
733 San Julian St (between 7 and 8 Street), Los Angeles, California, 90014.
Tel: (213) 689-4830
Hours: Mon-Sat 6am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm

Trains, Airplanes & Pancakes

This transportation inspired birthday with Trains, Airplanes and Pancakes was originally hosted by Swish Designs.

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Everything is so well coordinated, from the boarding pass invitation to the adorable airplane cupcake wraps.

Enjoy the party….

My son’s 3rd birthday party was a huge success – all of the details came together beautifully and we had a great time.

You may remember that he wanted a pancake party…and a train party…and a fire truck party….and an airplane party…and ..and…and! :) I ended up going with a transportation theme and I think it turned out pretty darn good! :)

The boarding pass invite

The sign that I created and printed through Vistaprint that greeted the guests as they walked to the house

The guest check in/itinerary pick up spot
The itineraries – after completing each station, the guest got a stamp.
The favor bags (at baggage claim)
Baggage Claim
The banner I created
Station 1: Make a fruit loop necklace. This worked great as it gave the kids something to do right when they got to the house…and the fruit loops doubled as a snack until breakfast was served.
Station 2: Make a door “hangar”. These were foam door hangars and stickers from the dollar store – super easy and a big hit. I think when it was all said and done Ryan made 3 of them and still asks to make one from time to time.
The train cake made with the train pan from Williams-Sonoma. The first time I used the pan, every.single.car.stuck to the pan. I was in tears and felt hopeless! I called my friend that I borrowed the pan from to see what I did wrong and she gave me a few suggestions (umm – can you say “Pam baking spray”? Best.stuff.ever.seriously!). The next one turned out perfect. Thank goodness my mom was there to help me decorate it – being almost 7 months pregnant and getting ready for a birthday party can be exhausting (and emotional!)
Station 3: Stick the butter on the pancake – like pin the tail on the donkey. The kids had fun! I had Staples print this on their big plotter. I ended up doing black and white because they wanted $32 for the color version (the black and white version was $2). I printed “butters” out on my HP photojet.
My son making his necklace.
The eating area and the cupcakes that we also had.
The cupcake wraps – designed by moi
The kids playing the game.



I have to admit that although I stressed in the very beginning about how this was all going to come together, it worked out perfectly. The kids had fun…the stations were a hit…and it was probably one of the easiest parties I’ve hosted!

I spent the week before making pancakes: blueberry, buttermilk, and chocolate chip. I also had train-shaped pancake molds from Williams Sonoma that I used for some of the buttermilk pancakes. Everything was flash frozen and put in the freezer until 30 minutes before the party. I placed them all on cookie sheets for about 20 minutes at 250 and they were ready to go. I also cooked the sausages and muffins the day before and popped the sausages in the oven as well. After 30 minutes of partying, the food was set out and we were ready to eat. I didn’t remember to take any pics of the pancakes or the food but here’s the kitchen table all set and ready to go.

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