A Birthday Party for Your Guy

It's not often that you see a lot of party ideas for guys around the blog world, so I was pleasantly surprised when I came across this great 30th Birthday Party dessert table on the RubyJu blog.  Tammi and Bec, the talented ladies of RubyJu, used a color scheme of chocolate brown, orange, blue and cream for a more masculine touch.  The copper-topped jars kept with masculine theme, along with lots of chocolate - there was nothing feminine and frilly about this dessert table!












We just love the way this dessert table turned out.  Like we said above, there is nothing feminine or frilly about this set up.  Head over to the RubyJu blog to check out more of these ladies great work.

A Dessert Table Fit for a Princess

I came across this adorable dessert table on Catch My Party and instantly fell in love with all the goodies and party stationery. The theme was a Princess Party that was planned around a pink and purple color scheme. The treats that were served were presented beautifully and looked absolutely delicious!

This is such an adorable theme for a little girl!  The color scheme and jewels totally scream girly girl - love it!

Such a stunning dessert table

I'm SOOO loving the adorable letter "O" with the crown on it - gorgeous centerpiece for the dessert table!

adorable custom candy bar wrappers

Seriously, doesn't everything just look simply delicious?!  Be sure to head over to Catch My Party to view more photos of this adorable Princess-themed dessert table!

Be sure to check back later today for this weeks Wedding Wednesday post!

Real Party: Winter ONEderland

As many of you might know, my niece was born a week ago today... and she's just way too adorable for words (you can see photos of her in this post).  Since I'm such a lover of all things party, I wanted to think ahead to her big 1st birthday party (being that it's around Christmas-time, too, everything will be on sale!).  With that said, I pretty much knew the theme I wanted use for her party - the adorable Winter ONEderland theme!  I have even asked my sister and brother-in-law, and they agreed that the theme is perfect (neither of them want to raise their baby girl as an over the top girly-girl, so of course it's perfect!) :)

My inspiration for the Winter ONEderland theme - the party The Paper Cupcake threw for her son's 1st Birthday... I'll be tucking this one away for future inspiration... but for now, I'll let you take a peek at its cuteness!  {enjoy}

How adorable is this dessert table set up?  Complete with cupcakes, cake pops, cookies and hot chocolate station!

Toppings for the guests delicious cups of hot chocolate

Seriously, how cute are these cookies?!?  Created by Sandy's Baking Memories

And these adorable cake pops!?  Created by Terri's Treasures

I just adore these mitten cookies - way too cute!!  Again, made by Sandy's Baking Memories

Adorable cupcakes {I am loving the cupcake wraps!}  Fondant toppers created by Two Sugar Babies

awesome idea - powdered sugar donuts!  Matches perfect with the theme!

These penguin cake pops are toooooooo cute!  I'm in love!  Made by Terri's Treasures

Custom water bottle wraps created by The Paper Cupcake

Custom soup bowl stickers

This cake is so adorable, too!

Perfect little smash cake

I love this birthday banner - created by The Paper Cupcake

Note to self - must make sister and brother-in-law take one cute picture of Eva a month (and indicate which month it is) so I can make a cute board like this for her party

cuuuuute little birthday hat!

The adorable invite! I love it!!

I just love this little party so much!  I also love that if I want to spruce it up to make it more girly you can use a pink or purple instead of the red.  I think I'm most in love with the penguins and polar bears!  It's way too cute!  Be sure to check out The Paper Cupcakes Facebook page to view more photos!

I'm sure I'll be back throughout the year with more parties I find adorable for a first birthday... there is just way too many out there!

I hope everyone is having a great start to their weekend!  We'll be back soon with some more inspiration!

Real Party: Pink and Yellow 2nd Birthday Party

I'm in the midst of planning two baby showers right now for November - one for my sister and one for a best friend from college, and I think the hardest part so far has been figuring out a theme that matches the personality of each mom-to-be.  I think I've got it all figured out, though!  My friend is having twins and isn't finding out the sex of the babies so I'm doing a navy blue and pink theme.  My sister found out she's having a girl and has a color palette of pastel pink, green and yellow planned for her nursery, so I thought a pastel-y pink and yellow would be a good color combination.

I'm an avid follower of the blog A Blissful Nest, and when she posted about the party she threw for her daughter's 2nd birthday, with a theme of pink and yellow (and butterflies), I knew I had to save it as inspiration... and to show it off to my wonderful readers who may have not seen it already!  This is a great party to draw inspiration from for my sister's pink and yellow shower... however, I'll have to tone the pink down a bit since she's not a fan of bright pink!

How adorable is this dessert table.  I love the fabric and bows for the table cloth!

A closer look at the dessert table

Pretty flower arrangement

The beautiful and delicious looking cake

A close up of some of the dessert table goodies

How cute are these cookies?!

Dressing up straws is a great way to keep your parties theme rolling throughout the entire party

Favor table.  Too adorable!

Cute frame and note about favors for the Lauren's guests

How cute are these favor boxes?

Cute butterfly catchers

How pretty does this flower wreath with L monogram?

Adorable custom printables made by Rebekah for A Blissful Nest

The cute little birthday girl... loving that tutu!!

For more detail and photos from this great party, head over to the A Blissful Nest blog!  She has a ton of party inspiration and ideas on her blog!  

What are you favorite ideas for a baby shower?