Party Inspiration: Vintage WWII Inspired 4th of July Dessert Table

This past Monday we featured some 4th of July party inspiration, which included a red, white, cream and copper color scheme for an adult and {adorable} kids table.  Well, because 4th of July is one of my absolute favorite holidays, I wanted to share with you some more party inspiration for your holiday gathering.  Today's feature comes from the Celebrating the Moments blog and has a super creative theme for the dessert table - vintage WWII.  The color scheme consisted of muted red and blue and tan.  The decor included vintage suitcases, pinwheels, stripe straws, old photographs and an old typewriter. Desserts included cupcakes, sugar cookies, blueberry pie, and dessert shooters.













This has to be one of the most unique design concept for a 4th of July party.  I love all the little details that were added to this to keep with the vintage WWII theme.  If you're interested in finding out more about the styling of this party, and where the idea came from, be sure to head over to the Celebrating the Moments blog and show some love!

Real Party: Kids Candy Coated Christmas Party

Chris from Celebrations at Home put together one of THE CUTEST kids Christmas parties I have ever laid eyes on.  Seriously, I don't know what type of reaction I would have had if I walked into a party designed like this one when I was a kid - there was no detail was left out!

Chris designed this party for her kids a couple of their friends.  They dubbed it the Candy Coated Christmas Party because it was all about "sweet decor and decorating their own Christmas trees (ice cream cones) and cupcakes".

The kids were welcomed to the party with their own place setting, which included a personalized apron, a snowman milk bottle, a decorated cookie on a stick that was adorned with a candy cane wreath.  In addition to all of that, they were given their own bowls of icing and candies to create their masterpiece "Christmas Trees" and cupcakes.

After creating their works of Christmas art, the kids took their party outside for a bit.  After playing in the snow and cold, the were greeted with a hot chocolate bar once inside.  While sipping their cocoa, they were given fun stationery to write their letters to Santa.

Scroll on down to see some of the adorable images from this too sweet Christmas party!

To view more photos of this amazing kids Christmas party, head over to the Celebrations at Home blog and check it out.  If you aren't a follower of Chris's blog already, I strongly urge you to become one - she provides so much great party inspiration and eye candy... you'll fall in love instantly!

Merry Christmas everyone!  We'll be back next week with more party posts!!

Pink and Yellow Baby Shower

Some of you may remember me writing about the baby shower I planned for my sister - it will be my first niece, so I was just ecstatic to be planning her shower.  Some of you may also remember that we had a huge snow storm the day of the shower and most of our guests showed up 45- to 30-minutes before the actual start time the event, thus causing me to miss any photo-taking opportunities.  I really wanted to show you all the work I did on creating the custom printables for the party, so I took some at home.  Please pardon the poor picture quality, as they were taken in my basement with poor lighting.

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Custom Welcome Sign

Cute wire basket {from the dollar store}

custom cards for shower

I made vanilla covered pretzels using pink candy melts

custom favor labels were created for the shower, too.  They read "Thank you for joining me to celebrate my sweet baby girl"

Custom Hershey Kiss labels

Cupcake toppers

I hope you enjoyed viewing some photos of the designs I created for my sisters Pink and Yellow Baby Shower.  I'm so sorry I wasn't able to get pics of the actual shower... and after looking at these, I think I need a better camera! :)

Bachelorette Party fun!

I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I was helping plan a good friend's bachelorette party.  (I also mentioned that I would have the photos up after the party, which was two weeks ago... sorry I'm a little behind these days!)

So here's some of the details - we decided on a color scheme of black and red because the bachelorette wanted black cocktail attire and well red just seems a bit more sophisticated than your traditional pink that most people do for bach parties.  I designed the invites and we bought coordinating red envelopes to send them out in. Since none of us are rolling in money we wanted to keep it simple, but still glamorous (especially because we were also hosting most of the party in a hotel room in a different city, things needed to be transported easily).

For the decor we kept it simple - some red carnations and white roses.  I had bought some red vases from Michael's right after Valentines day that we used to hold some candy, "pecker" straws and the Oreo pops I made.  I also made some cupcakes for the event and made two different cupcake toppers, one with the silhouette I used on the invite and the other's saying "Jen's Last Fling".  I put an invite in a black frame since I wasn't sure the bride-to-be had seen it yet (she currently lives in Oregon and had her wedding in Minnesota).

Here's the set up we had in the hotel room - like I said, we didn't have much room to work with, but I think it looked great for what we DID have to work with!  I also found those cute little red pails in the Target dollar section!

Here are the Oreo pops I made! I've never had them before, nor had I ever made them.  They're super tasty and super easy to make!!

The favor tags I made.  We bought a bunch of different types of candy and threw them in some cellophane bags.  I bought some super cute ribbon that coordinated with our theme, but forgot to grab a scissors, and we were under a major time crunch, so the silver twist ties that came with the bags came in mighty handy!

Here's a pic of the invite I designed in the black frame.  I loved the silhouette and wanted to keep that as a theme throughout all the printables.

I made these thank you notes for the bride-to-be to send out to her guests from the bachelorette party.  I bought the red envelopes to match with the red and black theme.  Notice the silhouette again! (please pardon the terrible lighting the next few pictures... I need to figure out product lighting! :))

The thank you notes packaged and ready to go!

Here are the cupcake toppers I created saying "Jen's last fling" and with the silhouette.

We actually never got around to using these at the party, but wanted everyone to fill out a card giving advice for the bride-to-be.  It's a cute idea!

Here's all of us girls decked out and ready for our night on the town for Jen's last fling!!


I just love planning parties... and I love making coordinating printables - it's so fun to see a party come together!

Stunning Surprise Double Birthday Party

Have you seen this stunning surprise party a mother threw for her 29- and 30-year-old daughters' birthday?  Charm Event Design did an AMAZING job with the transformation of the girls' parents backyard into a party hot spot.  Everything from the color scheme - fuchsia, purple and black - to the decor screamed uptown sexy chic.

Check out this amazing party below.  If you haven't checked out Charm Event Design's blog before, be sure to head over there - they've got some great events and ideas to share!







Seriously, how gorgeous is that table scape!  And don't you just LOVE how the girls' monogram and crown symbol are throughout the entire party (ahem... custom wine labels! LOVE!)  If any wants to throw me a surprise party for my 30th birthday (or my 25th... which is next year. Scary!) - here's some inspiration for you! ;)

For more details on this party, check out Charm Event Design here.

Puppy Paw-ty LOVE!

I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday weekend!  I was sick with sinus pressure and pink eye for most of the long weekend, so needless to say, I'm requesting a do-over!  Also - I want to apologize for my absence lately - things have been kind of hectic and it seems like my "to-do" lists keeps growing with not much of it getting accomplished! (I just don't know how all you mom's do it out there!!) I AM happy to say, though, that the house is FINALLY starting to come together.  Finally.  We've still got some stuff to put away... and some rooms to put together... and some decorations to buy, but I guess that will come with time... like when it changes from summer... to fall... to probably winter!


I love my little baby Pebbs... and I have been so in love with the idea of throwing her a little Puppy Paw-ty!  It seems as if a lot of my friends are getting dogs, so I'd definitely love to host one for her soon... maybe when the summer slows down a little bit!

Anyway... I came across this adorable party on Party Pops blog and just fell in love.  The printables she created were just too cute!  Along with the birthday cake and cone hats, I couldn't resist ooh-ing and awww-ing!  Head over to Party Pops blog to check out her other cute and creative party inspiration and printables!

 

 


The adorable party sign





Didn't I tell you that this cake was to die for?!  And how about those cute little cake toppers!?





The favor tags





Cute cupcake toppers





The birthday banner (I've got to learn how to make these things with my Cricut!!)





Paw-ty hats!





Thank you cards.






If you're interested in buying any of these adorable printables, head over to Party Pops Etsy shop here.






I'll be back later this week with more party inspiration - including a new baby shower I'm diggin'!

Real Party: An Ice Cream Social Baby Shower

I saw this baby shower a couple of months back on Polkadot Prints and remember thinking to myself, "jeez, I wish I had someone to plan a cute baby shower like this for." Well, guess what - now I do! Here's the second baby shower of my weeks of featured baby shower inspiration.

I choose this one today because my sister read my blog earlier and saw the ice cream cones from one of my earlier posts and told me how delicious they looked!

Here's the invite that started the whole design of the party (all the stationery, invites and other printables were made by Jordan of Polkadot Prints)

I loved the "BABY" letters in the grass-filled tins as the table background.

All the toppings you need for your ice cream sundae!

The cute little cups that coordinated with the rest of the printables used throughout the party.

More of the table - don't you love how everything kept with the blue, pink, tan and white theme? So clean and cute!

What do you like on your ice cream?

Galvanized tins were used throughout the table as well.

This was probably my favorite part - little onesie cookies! Decorate your own and take it home as a favor!

Decorated onesie favors!

Here's an overview at many different aspects of the party - sprinkles, cookie dough, pink lemonade, cherries - so adorable!

I loved every aspect of this party! I especially love that it wasn't to "babyish" - it's not your typical baby shower theme. And after all, unless you're lactose intolerant, who doesn't love some ice cream? :)

If you're interested in reading more about this party and seeing more photos, click here.