Up Up Away Mint Green, Yellow and Grey Baby Shower

I had the pleasure of developing an Up Up & Away Baby Shower for a friend from High School. 

She specifically requested Elephants and the colors; Mint Green, Yellow and Grey. So that's what I gave her. 

I love to be transparent with the parties that I create and show you that you can always DIY! So check out the details and all of the tutorials below. 

I wish I could take credit for the genius idea of the Hot Air balloons. I got the tutorial from Laura @ Live Craft Love. Check out the tutorial here. It was super easy but made a big impact.
Additionally, the clouds were made via a tutorial found from Andersruff.

 The mother to be is Vegan. Her sister got this cake especially for her from Sticky Fingers in Washington DC. And might I say, it was delicious! I just added a cute mini banner and Viola!

 Cotton Candy from the Dollar Tree. It was so good. I just bagged them up with these tie bags found at Michael's and added a label. 

 My Fabulous friend Heather of Sugar Fairy Celebrations always comes through. She made the delicious elephant cookies and the infamous Oreo Cookie Cake Pops!

 All the candy came from Oh Nuts. Love them!

 Staples did a great job of blowing up the backdrop sign. I just got on there website, uploaded a PDF version of the sign, chose the desired size and sent it directly to the closet store near me. It was ready within 4 hours.  

 Dessert Labels that I created. 

 The Father-to-be's mother and aunt made all of the delicious good. Look how vibrant this fruit is!

 The little grey and white bags, 36" balloon with a Hot Air Balloon netting and mint green polka dot straws(seen in the rice crispy treats) came from BonFortune.

I was so upset that I left the Hot Air Balloon netting :-(  that I got from BonFortune. But I did create this tassel to hang on the balloon.  

I displayed the invitation that I designed and made beside this fringe letter. This was fun and easy. I got this festive tutorial from Tara of One Stylish Party

 Loved how the punch matched the party decor

I also had table Hot Air Balloons. I'll give you a tutorial on how to create these in a later post. 

 Two of the three Hostesses and Friends of the Mother and Father to be.

 Erica was so surprised and had no clue that this was the day of her event. She was in awe of everything. 

 The event was a lovely time and as you can see that Mother-to-be could not be anymore happier. 

The soon to be Big Sister

The Happy Family

Hope you enjoyed!

Pampers & Pearls Baby Shower

I developed a Dessert Table for the theme that I was given-Pampers and Pearls. It was such a lovely theme and all I could think of was vintage step ford wives, damask and flowers. This is what I created below for the Dessert Table.

 Pick up these cute little hanging metal frames below from Michael's theme party section. I love that area! They always have several items that I can use. 

 Love the bags that I ordered from Lola Loves a Party. They were quick delivery(since I ordered them a week before) and perfection. I just added the label and viola!

 These gorgeous cake pops are from Heather of Sugar Fairy Celebrations. Love her! She is my go to dessert person. If you live in the DMV area, I highly recommend her!

Dipped Rice Crispy Treats-Easy Peasy and a good budget saver!

 Flowers with Pearls were a perfect find at Micheals. Make sure you check out those items at the check out counter!

Hope you Enjoyed!

5 year Bloggerversary Giveaway

On April 11, 2014, I celebrated a 5 year Bloggerversary. I can't believe that I have been doing this for 5 years. It has been a blast and an amazing time. I find so many creative people in the Blog
World and have connected with some super cool women. Though my life has gone in so many directions in the last 5 years, I could always rely on the party world to keep me elevated. 

In celebration of my 5 years, I wanted to give back to my readers. So the only way I could think of how to do this is giving 1 lucky reader a custom paperie party package. It will include a custom design/theme of your choice and 5 items that I will print and mail to you! These items include Invitations (30) Favor Tags (30), Dessert Buffet Signs (up to 12), Custom Table Signs (up to 12), and a Banner (1).

This is the way that I tend to pull a party together to be cohesive. 

Below you can see examples of some of my party paperie. 

How to Enter: 

1. Become a follower on my blog and leave a comment saying you did.

2. Become a follower on Twitter and leave a comment on the blog saying you did.

3. Like my page on Facebook and love a comment on the blog saying you did.
4. If you are already a follower on either Facebook, Twitter or my Blog,  leave a comment that you already follow.
5. You can blog about this giveaway and leave a comment that you did 

You can leave a comment for each item that you qualify for with more chances to win
Winner will be chosen by Random.orgThis giveaway ends on 04/30/14 at 11:59 AM est. The winner can collect on this prize up to 04/30/2015.