Pink Glam 1st Birthday Party

Today's party feature goes to this sassy PINK GLAM 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY submitted by Carissa Brown. Such a fun and girly 1st birthday party! Perfect for that little spunky 1 year old. What says sass better than some zebra print and hot pink?! So cute. Love that fuchsia high chair! 

Here is what Carissa said about the party- "I planned and hosted this party myself and had the event professionally photographed by Liz Thomas Photography. The theme of the party was anything pink, girly and glam with a little pumpkin twist.

Upon arrival at the party, guest were greeted to a chalkboard arrow sign, from Michael's, that my husband, Chris painted and I made and a wreath with some sparkly flowers. We also placed pumpkins in black urns flanking the entrance that my husband painted with a “1”.

The dessert table was dressed in a custom made tablecloth of black & white stripes and polka dots. Chris and I made the pink tissue rosette “D” that we attached to an oversized mirror to create the backdrop for the table. The menu place cards are wooden Halloween cutouts that I painted with chalkboard paint and glittered. Desserts included mini caramel apples, rice crispy pumpkins, sugar cookies, chocolate dipped pretzels, cupcakes and a smash cake. Drinks were served in mason jars with vinyl chalkboard labels and black & white straws garnished with “Delaney”, “is 1!” labels that I made.

Guests munched on mummy dogs, fruit, guacamoldy, mac n’cheese and veggies. The homemade mac n’ cheese was packaged in cute individual containers creating a unique display. I had a custom runner made for the food table to coordinate with the dessert table tablecloth.

I found a vintage highchair on craigslist, Chris painted it high gloss pink and I made the birthday girl’s party hat from a zebra folder. Several weeks before the party I took some celebration photos of Delaney and I enlarged them to display. I placed one in an ornate black oval frame above the highchair to add drama. The party was so much fun!"

Vendor Credits:
 Photography: Liz Thomas Photography
 Etsy: Braden’s Grace – Vinyl Chalkboard Labels
 Sweet Shop LuLu – Balloons & Straws
 Menu Place Cards – Michael’s
 Etsy: CustomCutees – Black & White Bloomers
 Oval Frame – Ikea
 Garnish – Mac N’ Cheese Containers

Pumpkin Patch 1st Birthday Party

And next up- a darling PUMPKIN PATCH 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY by Kami Buchanan of Kami Buchanan Custom Designs. Oh me, oh my...how cute is this?! A perfect theme for a fall birthday. 

This beautiful little girl has had several health problems over her first year of life so the Mom and Dad wanted to have a party they could enjoy with their family and not have to worry about doing a lot of work. That is why they hired Kami, as well as a photographer. **Great update since the party, Reide has been weened off her feeding tube and is eating like a big girl and holding her weight! Prayers have been answered!

Vendors:

Custom invite & party hat- KB Custom Designs

Party designer- KB Custom Designs

Cake by For the Love of Cake

Pumpkin Sugar Cookies made local by Stacey Crawford
Photography by Michelle Levesque

Halloween & Thanksgiving Party! Downloads!

My next party feature is this lovely HALLOWEEN AND THANKSGIVING PARTY submitted by Kori Clark of Paper & Pigtails! What a perfect concept...a fall party that would work for both thanksgiving & halloween! Genius! All the party printables for the party are just darling. The best part...Kori is offering the halloween circles, fall circles, halloween sign & fall sign to my readers for FREE. Download them here! Thank you, Kori!! The rest of the adorable party printables can be purchased in her shop here.


Kori said- "This shoot comes from the most practical and honest side of me. At the risk of being tarred and feathered by party loving friends, I haven't really ever decorated for Halloween....I decorate for fall and tweak little bits to change things up from Halloween through Thanksgiving. This is how I came up with the concept of a party that could be easily put together for a Halloween Party, and all of the items and details could be used again for a family Thanksgiving dinner, or even just fall entertaining! 

The design for the shoot was based on the printable designs used, and I wanted to focus on white pumpkins with a silhouette feel. I wanted to get away from typical Halloween colors with a crisp white and deep chocolate browns. 

The dessert table is always a favorite of mine, as I think it provides a beautiful backdrop to a get together! I covered the table in chocolate colored linens, and then created my own "table runners" but placing a strip of double sided tape down each side and adhering doilies and white pumpkin cut outs across the top of the table and down the front. To give a little height and definition, I hung strips of burlap made like large tassles in the trees to hang down on either side. The table featured darling fondant pumpkins from , a holiday framed sign (one for Halloween and another one for Thanksgiving), pecan pie bits, cupcakes, and a beautiful cake and cake pops made by a friend who will be launching her cakerie in 2012!! I also made chocolate covered marshmallows to look like white pumpkins! 

The kids table had the same doilies and pumpkin cut outs along with a container of crayons for the little ones to color them with! At each place setting there was a stick of rock candy for a little take home treat.

Sweet Things Kids created an outfit to coordinate with the printables and I just adore it! The tutu was so fluffy and she used the same material from the pumpkin to make a tie for the little guy!" 

Vendors:

Printables, Photography, Styling - Paper & Pigtails 

Girls Shirt, Tutu, and Boy's Tie - Sweet Things Kids

Cake & Cake Pops - {Coming soon} Lemon Drop Cakerie

Cupcake Snack Cups - Shop Sweet Lulu
Fondant Pumpkins - Two Sugar Babies

Again, you can download this sign for free here!

 Darling circles can be downloaded for free here!

 Thankful sign can be downloaded for free here.