Creative Party PLace

This Lemon Themed Party was originally hosted by Vol. 25 The Blog.
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Ok, who knew lemons could be so cute? Obviously this gal has some mad artistic skills (just look at her blog) and she used them to enhance everything from the party favors to the lemons themselves. The lemon theme lends itself to a bright sonny party and of course…yummy lemonade!

Have a look, leave a comment, and then hop on over to Vol. 25 The Blog to see what else she’s got going on!

Enjoy Vol. 25′s party…..

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A birthday party that is. We had Journey’s birthday party yesterday… we had it outside. We were either really brave, or really stupid. There were thunder storms in the forecast for the evening. I really debated on having it inside, but since our house is so small… I figured that would really put a stress factor on everyone, so we braved the storm! It actually ended up being nice and cool, and while the wind did come up it stayed manageable.

I planned the party around lemons, I had soo many ideas, that I kinda ran out of time so I had to scrap them. Much of our week was spent cleaning the yard, (and house!) so thursday and friday night was spent on the party favors etc.

I hand painted 2 bags of fresh lemons. They served as party favors, I also ended up using some as napkin weights. The best part of doing a lemon party was how good everything smelled. Painting the lemons was aromatic and relaxing.
Mom picked up the lemon flavored sugar cookies at the grocery store right before the party. I think they were a nice addition.

I made these cardstock foldovers, and filled the bags with lemon head candy. I had originally planned to buy two different kinds of candy. I would fill the “I’m feeling sweet” bags with something a little different. However when I went grocery shopping I kinda spaced looking for another kind, so ended up doing all lemon head candy instead.

I filled two jars (Which were being used to store my foam brushes, and chalk applicators) with the painted lemons. I handed them out as party favors when everyone left. The jar covered in plastic held frozen slices of lemons for everyone’s tea. The pink container was also stolen from my craft supply cabinet. I put pixy stix in it, and printed off extra tags to decorate the jar and pink container. I also used them on her gifts.

Here are the frozen lemons and strawberries. I bought a jar with a dispenser from Target and filled it with Lemonade and these frozen strawberries and lemons. I didnt think to de-seed the lemons and about halfway through our first batch of lemonade a seed got stuck in the spout. So definitely de-seed the lemons!

Here are a couple pictures of journey enjoying her cake. She dug RIGHT in… Her cousin came up to get a picture on his cell phone and she gave him her shy look…

and looked really contemplative.

here she is trying to cuddle with the stuffed animal in the box. It took me 10 mins to get her cleaned up!

she did really good opening her presents… of course she had a little help.

Trinity was more then willing to lend a helping hand. Well, thats our day in pictures. This one before the party was my absolute favorite…

I love it when they play together.

Filed Under: First Birthday, Food, table settings, take home goodies

A Whale of a Time – Whale Birthday

619 Comments August 10, 2009

This Whale Themed Birthday Party was originally hosted by Vikki over at 2 little Irish Boys.
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I’m loving this party. The little blue whale is just so simple and sweet. The hat, the bib, the cake, and those AdoRable little blue watering cans are all simply to die for. And they all compliment that precious little face so well.

Have a look, leave a comment, and then hop on over to Vikki’s Blog to see what else she’s got going on!

Enjoy Vikki’s party…..

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For me, details really make a party. I have been planning in my head for many months for Cillian’s 1st birthday! My boy’s birthdays are very important to me and I drive myself crazy over the details….that is just me and it makes me happy!!

It all starts with a theme. I wanted to do simple baby blue whales and after finding the perfect invitations the ideas started flowing. Stickers, wreaths, gingham paper plates, daisies, birthday banner, blue and white balloons, whale kiddie pool-along with the real pool, gingham/sticker napkin rings, little whale sandwiches, birthday hat, outfits….the list goes on and on.

After I decided on the theme, I then started my quest for the perfect outfits for the birthday boy and the brother of the birthday boy. Cillian looked adorable in his smocked whale bubble and Cash was equally handsome in his matching smocked t-shirt. It was all coming together. Cillian even had the perfect “1″ t-shirt and matching gingham shorts for after the cake!

The tables were decorated with white daisies in mason jars and under the jars I placed four whale facts on each table. I will share those with you one day when I can’t think of another post! Everything was adorned in blue and white as well as gingham and polka dots.

I loved the polka dot “C” wreath that welcomed guests into the pool area, I also made one that stood in the front yard on a wreath easel. The banner was made with scrapbook paper and ribbon. I placed little blue galvanized watering cans filled with goldfish and animal crackers on the kid’s table so that when they put together their whale craft they would have munchies. My mother made 12×12 blue polka fabric squares to place under the serving pieces on the food table. The blue and white gingham paper plates were a bargain at TJ Maxx, I just placed my whale stickers in the center–perfection!

Probably, my favorite thing (awww, who am I kiddin’ all of it was my favorite) were the very cute whale lollipops that I placed in blue galvanized tins on the cake table. Of course, the kiddos had to have whale shaped ham ‘n cheese sandwiches. The party gift for all the children was wrapped in blue and white gingham paper and was a sweet book called, Amos & Boris about the friendship of a whale and a mouse by William Steig. In the front of the book I placed a whale sticker with Cillian’s birth date on it.

Of course, a party can’t be a success without the help of wonderful, loving people. Grandparents!! Gram and Grandpa came all the way from New Jersey to have me boss them around–huge Thanks!! LoLo and Papa have had to deal with my pickiness forever–Thanks! Greg doesn’t do well with me telling him what to do, but he sucked it up and followed orders-Love Ya!

The party was just as I had pictured it in my head for months. Cillian was jubilant the entire day and I know he knew that it was all about HIM and all for HIM!!!

Filed Under: Accessories, Animals, Banner, Cupcakes & Cake, First Birthday, take home goodies

Mr. Linky Monday – Party Central!

123 Comments August 10, 2009

Here are the theme requests that came in this week!!
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* 21st Birthday – Black & Pink
* Rain Forest Party
* Baby Boy Shower
* Turtle Theme
* Under the Sea
* Peter Pan
* Monkey
* Transformers
* Halloween
* Baby Shower in December
* Green Party (the color NOT eco-environment)
* Boys 1st Birthday
* Farm Theme – girl’s 3rd Birthday
* Sesame Street
* Pinocchio
* Carnival
* Robot – 1st birthday
* Swim Party
* Owls
* Nesting Baby Shower
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REMEMBER to put the NAME OF THE PARTY THEME INSTEAD OF YOUR NAME!!
Please ONLY POST LINKS TO PARTY THEMES REQUESTED ABOVE!!!

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Weekend Etsy Feature – HappyPapers

13 Comments August 8, 2009

I found a super cute etsy site this week! It’s called HappyPapers. They desicribe themselves this way….Print and fun!! We design… you print…! Add paper and have fun…! Print your own stationary sets, cards, tags, to do list, bookmarks, birthday sets and more just downloading a Pdf ready to use… its easy, its fun!!

Here is a sample of some items from the HappyPapers Store:

Hop on over to HappyPapers to see what else they have. There’s a ton of stuff.

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Abby Cadabby Birthday party

Cupcake Party

545 Comments August 6, 2009

This Cupcake Birthday was originally hosted by Momdiggity.
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You just really can’t go wrong with cupcakes! They are just so stinkin’ cute and tasty. There were PLENTY of cupcakes at this party. BIG cupcakes, little cupcakes, cupcake pops and cupcake clothing!
I absolutely love that each girl went home with her very own box of cupcakes! That is one sweet take home goodie!

Have a look, leave a comment, and then hop on over to Momdiggity to see what else she’s got going on!

Enjoy Momdiggity’s party…..

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See this girl?

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She turns TWO today.

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TWO!!??? How can that be???

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We celebrated her birthday on Saturday. She’s been waiting for “Birthday Party Day” for a LONG time.

We went to a birthday party back in March and she’s been obsessed with the event ever since.

Her favorite song is “Happy Birthday To You” and she sings it ALL THE TIME.

We’ll be driving along in silence and suddenly she’ll say, “I need my birthday party.”

Last Wednesday, I went in to get her after her nap and she said, “Oh no! I almost forgot my birthday party!”

Later she was playing with her pots and pans and I asked what she was making. She answered, “Birthday party soup.”

One day she suddenly said, “I want toys.”

I said, “What kind of toys?”

She said, “Birthday toys.”

I said, “What kind of birthday toys?”

She said, “Birthday present toys.”

Because of her excitement, I tried my best to make the big day special. We did a cupcake theme and I may have gone a bit overboard, but it was all worth it.

I made the invitations. I bought the two different sized circles at Paper Source, as well as the cupcake stamp. I then “sprinkled” the cupcakes with glitter-glue.

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I made a banner with pre-cut scalloped paper and some cutie-patootie cupcake ribbon. I used a c.d. to trace the circles on the printed paper and a credit card to trace the rectangles. Then I simply glued on the glittery chip-board letters. All of the supplies for the banner were found at Michael’s

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My friend, Kristin, and I made Bakerella’s cupcake pops that tasted every bit as good as they looked.

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My friend Ellie and I made homemade chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese butter-cream frosting and strawberry cupcakes with fresh strawberry icing that is absolutely heavenly. Make some soon.

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And I made an over-sized cupcake cake.

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Don’t tell my guests, but I used five pounds of butter, one pound of cream cheese, and 2 pounds of sugar for the spread. Needless to say, I was completely baked out by the time it was all said and done, but it was so much fun.

As the guests arrived, Arle wasted no time snagging their gifts and taking them to the “Birthday Room,” aka the dining room.

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She also wasted no time getting the party started as she climbed onto a chair and dipped into the cake a bit early. It’s a good thing my grandmother doesn’t read my blog because, if there’s one thing she hates in the world, it’s people licking their fingers. Especially ladies. Before my wedding, she gave me strict instructions to not lick my fingers after feeding wedding cake to Trav. I think, in the heat of the moment, I may have done it anyway. I digress…

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Trav lit the birthday candles and we sang her favorite song. She did a great job of blowing out the candles. If I had to guess, I’d say she wished for a life-time supply of fresh bagels from Einstein.

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She ate maybe two bites of cake before diving into a cupcake pop.

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Then, the “birthday present toy” opening began.

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We had a cupcake decorating station set up for the kiddos. They each decorated four cupcakes with as many sprinkles as they could possibly sprinkle. I found some cute little cupcake boxes at Michael’s for them to put their masterpieces in and take home as their party favors, along with a few cupcake pops.

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All of the “big kids” had a great time watching the little kids.

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In order to avoid sugar-induced-comas, we then went outside to let the kiddos blow some bubbles and run around a bit.

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Happy birthday to my sweet baby girl. You mean the world to me, and I love you so very much!

Filed Under: Activities, Banner, Cupcakes & Cake, Parties For Girls, table settings, take home goodies

Sip & See – Sweet Baby Shower

Space Ship Birthday

680 Comments August 4, 2009

This Space Ship Birthday was originally hosted by Jodee over at Follow the Leader.
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What little boy doesn’t dream about riding in a space ship someday? I think they all do! This spaceship birthday gets them as close as they are gonna get for now =) My fav thing is absolutely the CAKE! That thing is blasting off! I just love it. The red, white, and blue popcorn goodie bags are pretty stinkin’ cute too!

Have a look, leave a comment, and then hop on over to Jodee’s Blog to see what else she’s got going on!

Enjoy Jodee’s party…..

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We had a great time celebrating Carson’s sixth birthday last weekend. Unfortunately, the day got off to a rocky start because Carson was exhausted from attending a camp at the Y last week. He didn’t want to go to T-Ball practice in the morning and he was being uncooperative, in general. He was being so stubborn that we even threatened to cancel the party if he didn’t shape up! However, after LaMar’s donuts for breakfast and chicken wings from the Watering Hole for lunch, things got a little better.

Our guests then arrived around 4:00 p.m. and the kids enjoyed watersliding until dinner was ready. We were really glad that all of Carson’s friends from school could come because none of his cousins were available to join us. As always, everyone enjoyed Chef Daddy’s cooking. After dinner, we opened gifts, broke the pinata open, and ate cake and homemade ice cream.

Cory and I continue to be a great party planning team. I love to pick out the theme, send out the invitations, buy all of the paper supplies and decorate. He loves to plan the menu and make all of the food.

We will continue to celebrate birthdays for the next month or so. Cory’s birthday is in two weeks and Kamree’s birthday is in four weeks. Stay tuned for more birthday posts!

The invitation!

The birthday boy always gets a new t-shirt to wear for his party!

Mommy and the birthday boy!

I had so much fun making the banner and door sign

with all of my old scrapbooking stuff.

Thanks again, Jess, for letting me borrow your ideas!

I also had Colby Ridge put together popcorn for the loot bags, and

I ordered the stickers from this Etsy shop.

Kristin, our neighbor, made Carson’s cake.

It was perfect for his space mission party

and it was delicious too!

If you are local, you can check out Kristin here.

I highly recommend her!

We gave the toddlers loot bags with Cheerios!

The waterslide was a big hit again!

Of course, Chef Daddy had to go down a couple of times too!

The girls enjoyed making a fort with their beach towels!

Kamree’s boyfriend, Bodie (our next door neighbor)!

Chef Daddy made a delicious meal for everyone,

which included smoked ribs, potato salad,

mac salad and delicious baked beans!

Carson got soooo many nice gifts!

He also got some birthday money so he bought

an IPOD shuffle with part of it after his T-Ball game yesterday!

The pinata!

Bob and Patty (my co-worker) stopped by.

You know it’s going to be a good party when the bikers show up!

The thank you note we sent out!

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oh…by the way she has a brand new post for her daughters Ice Cream Birthday…you gotta check it out! Here is a sneaky peak:

Filed Under: Accessories, Activities, Banner, Cupcakes & Cake, invitations, Parties For Boys, take home goodies

Princess Party

473 Comments August 3, 2009

This Princess Party was originally hosted by Samantha over at Three Little Blairs.
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This Princess Party was definitely REGAL! The costumes are adorable and the table setting is FANTABULOUS! It really sets the tone and I’m sure it made ALL the little girls feel like the princesses they dream about being.

Have a look, leave a comment, and then hop on over to Samantha’s Blog to see what else she’s got going on!

Enjoy Samantha’s party…..

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My sweet little princess….

Sunday was Fathers Day, the first day of summer and my Audrey’s birthday. We had a birthday party for her Saturday. It was her first actual party so…. we went a little overboard… but it was so memoriable and SO fun!! It was a Princess Tea party. She truely was princess for a day… The look on her face during the party is something I will never forget… She felt very special!

Before the party. Audrey can barely contain her excitement as mommy and daddy made her pose with the family to take a picture.

Audrey is escorted in by her Knight in Shining Armour… Andrew!

Then off to the makeup table to get more glitter put on.

Audrey with a few of her princess friends.

My little princesses…

Miss Marie Claire. She isn’t the princessiest princess… but she sure love her shoes!

The royal family…

The tea party table

And last but not least… the cupcakes!!! Can you tell I am ridiculously proud of these!!

Filed Under: Costumes, Cupcakes & Cake, Parties For Girls, table settings

Mr. Linky Monday – Time to Party Hop!

106 Comments August 3, 2009

Here are the theme requests that came in this week!!
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* Reunion
* Bachelorette Party “clean” fun games
* 40th Birthday – Female
* Octoberfest 30th Birthday
* Baby Shower Ideas:
* Pink/Brown Polkadots
* Polkadots
* Aqua & Hot Pink
* Pink & Black
* Lego Birthday (8 yr. old)
* Taylor Swift 5th Birthday
* Super Hero (boys and girls)
* Trains
* Irish Prince 1st Birthday
* Circus
* Man Party – Beer & all things manly (30th)
* Dinosaurs
* Puppy Party (girls)
* Sweet 16
* Hundred Acre Wood Pooh Party
* 1st Communion
* Dr. Seuss Baby Shower
* Ahoy! It’s A Boy! Pirate Baby Shower
* Cooking Party
* Lobster Dinner
* Wizard of Oz Baby Shower
* Rainbow 1st Birthday
* Mad science
* HELP! Need a unique theme idea for girl’s 1st Birthday
* Alice in Wonderland
* Indiana Jones
* Surfing Pool Party
* Muppets (NOT Sesame Street)
* Football Party
* Rubber Ducky Baby Shower

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REMEMBER to put the NAME OF THE PARTY THEME INSTEAD OF YOUR NAME!!
Please ONLY POST LINKS TO PARTY THEMES REQUESTED ABOVE!!!

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Weekend Feature – Sweet Mady

10 Comments August 1, 2009

This weekend I would like to introduce you to a fabulous store called Sweet Mady. This store is a current sponsor on CP&S and I took the time recently to to head on over to the Sweet Mady shop and was delighted at what I saw. There are so many things! She’s got Party Packs, Calling Cards, Lunch Boxes, Backpacks, T-Shirts, Plates, Invitations, Announcements and MORE! AND….you can get it all personalized!!

Here is just a sampling of what Sweet Mady’s has to offer:

You really need to head over to the Sweet Mady store and see MORE MORE MORE!

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Pool Party ….. Turtle Style!

565 Comments July 31, 2009

This Pool Party was originally hosted by Sara over at Life with a Leach.
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The cake…oh my at turtle cake. How stinkin’ cute is that cake?!! That little turtle just puts a smile on my face. The table setting was bright and fun and I really like the netting that she hung above with all the little sea turtles on it.

Have a look, leave a comment, and then hop on over to Sara’s Blog to see what else she’s got going on!

Enjoy Sara’s party…..

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We celebrated Landry’s first birthday today complete with a turtle-themed pool party at my uncle’s pool and pool house. The weather was perfect and although Landry skipped his morning nap, great fun was had by all. I think the kids had a nice time swimming and playing in the water table and on the inflatable water slide. The only notable mishap was that we forgot to unload the ice cream from the car and didn’t realize it until it was time to do cake. Oops! I had planned on making Landry a turtle cake with help from my friend Amanda, but with the funeral and everything else I threw in the towel and asked Amanda to take care of it for me. Once again I was amazed by her talent. Absolutely precious cakes as you can see! It’s late, but I wanted to share a few pics from today. I’ll try to post some more later.

Filed Under: Animals, Cupcakes & Cake, table settings

Flowers & Butterflies Party

Mini Feature!

381 Comments July 28, 2009

It’s time for a mini feature! Join me as I party hop. But don’t forget to click through to the blogs to see ALL the party details these ladies have to offer!
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This Brown & Yellow Baby Shower was originally hosted by Greta from Tea Parties & Baseball Games.

This fabulous Cowboy Birthday was hosted by Toni over at Twitterpated. She has COMPLETELY gone over all the details on her blog…so be sure to check it out.

The Style Sisters threw a very fun Fiesta for a 70th Birthday Party.