Rustic Thanksgiving Party

My next party feature goes to this beautiful RUSTIC THANKSGIVING PARTY submitted by Xiomara Roman of A Styled Fete. What a gorgeous take on Thanksgiving! Such a pretty location for a photo shoot. I love the purple and turquoise colors! Amazing job, Xiomara! Thanks for your submission. So happy to share this party this weekend.

Here is what Xiomara said about the party- "A couple of weeks ago I styled a Thanksgiving photoshoot we called “Thankful”. It was full of rich colors, native- inspired details and Fall whimsy. I met with my photographer, Carly Jones at this grassy open field in Hanover, VA which was the perfect setting for the shoot. I used stacked hay bales as a table, earthy elements and textures to create the rustic “feel” I wanted.

The spread for the table included apple cider donuts on sticks, carrot cupcakes, turkey, leaf shaped cheese and tomato "bow and arrows", veggie chips inside mini pumpkin bowls and of course, pumpkin pie. The table was also decorated with a "thankful for..." garland which had tags that said "Life, Family, Health, Love".
The kids table included a white leaf shaped cardstock with coloring pencils as an activity. The wooden utensils were stamped with a "Thank you".

Styling of tables and Decor: A Styled Fete www.astyledfete.com
Photography: Carly Jones Photography www.carlyjonesart.com

Camping themed parties- a wedding and a baby shower!

Today I am featuring TWO amazing Camping Parties!

This first Camping Themed Wedding Dessert Table

was submitted by Oh Sugar Event Planning.

What a gorgeous yet rustic spread! I’m in love with the tent centerpiece, cookies, cake pops, s’mores on a stick & ‘geological’ layered cake jars!

Amazing job, Angela!

And the next winning party feature goes to this

Camping Baby Shower by Jessi Haack!

Cake & desserts from Sweet & Saucy Shop.

Paper goods from Posh Paperie.

Photography by Gabriel Ryan.

Flowers by JL Designs.

Such. a. cute. shower.

I’m in love.

Rustic Glam Baby Shower!

My next winning party feature goes to this

Rustic Glam Baby Shower

submitted by Katie Grace Design!

How beautiful!

I adore the 'Hot Cocoa' Bar!

In Katie's words..."This shower was so fun to put together because it was for one of my dearest friends. She is having "Baby Shepherd" in a few weeks and we wanted to do everything we could to honor this new mama! I styled this shower to look glamorous but I wanted it to have rusticity to bring some "Boyish" charm into the mix. Aubrey loves gold, bronze and brown so I wanted everything to look like something she would want to take home and put right in her nursery or in her house. I think we pulled it off because she showed up with an outfit that matched the shower PERFECTLY! Believe me when I say I know this girl very well!

To start off we did a fabulous "HOT COCOA" bar with every topping you could imagine; Peppermints, butterscotch chips, peanut butter chips, whip cream, heath chips, peppermint syrup, raspberry syrup, caramel syrup and of course marshmallows!"

"Aubrey collects crosses so my gift to her was a custom cross made by Gibson Gals Creations and they did a fabulous job! I told her the colors of her nursery and they took it and ran with it."

"Dessert Bar.... Feather boas from Save on Crafts and lace fabric from a flea market. I loved how the backdrop turned out."

"Gold tree candle holder filled with bronze, red velvet cake balls. They were scrumptious! The candle holder is from T.J. Maxx. (These were supposed to be Bedazzled Bon Bons but with our crazy winter storm here they were stuck in Florida! One of our local bakeries, Rick's Bakery came to the rescue last minute.)"

"This was one of my favorite parts.. I had been brainstorming like CRAZY trying to come up with something ORIGINAL for a baby shower activity. I bought these paper mache boxes and had my friend Emily work her magic on these plain boxes. They turned out cuter than I imagined! Everyone wrote little notes to Baby Shepherd on the building blocks and one day they will be a great toy for the baby and also they can be used as cute nursery decor!"

"Party Favors... Glass mugs from the Dollar tree filled with a scrumptious recipe for Hot Chocolate and a wooden spoon dipped in chocolate. (Spoons from Garnish with some added glam and bedazzle!) The tag reads, 'May every sip bring you joy and remind you to pray for the Smith little boy'."

Thanks for your submission, Katie!

Amazing job.

Congratulations on being the winning party feature today!