Sneak Peek Rock Climbing Party-Part 2

Wow! This year went great. Bailey had so much fun and so did all of his friends. I can't wait to see the pictures from BChase Photography. I finally got smart this year and hired a photographer. I did manage to snap a few shots below. So Enjoy and stay tuned....

A Beautiful Birthday Celebration

Hand Written Invitations, Fine China, a Personal Chef and a Sweet Fabulous Birthday Girl. This could not describe anything other than Christi Bennett from P is for Party. She recently celebrated her birthday in pure perfection. I am so inspired by her impeccable taste and her keen eye for details. I just had to share.

To see more pictures and the full details of the party visit Christi's site here

Bradley's Thomas the Train Birthday

Saturday was spent with some of my favorite people. My friend Candace and her family are my heart and it was an honor to assist with her sons third birthday. Candace is a lot like me when it comes to kids parties. She goes over the top.
Bradley's party took place at the B&O railroad museum in Baltimore. If you are ever in the area it's a fantastic place to explore with your children. FYI, this entire party had to be set up in 30 min! Check out all the pictures below

Birthday Boy Bradley

Each child received a hat and a bandanna

I re-created the centerpieces from the Thomas the train party found on P is for Party. They were originally created by Kelly from the Party Dress and Melissa from Project Nursery. I used 2.00 boxes found at Michael's.

Candace found the suitcases from the Land of Nod. This worked perfectly for the favors

Candy Buffet

Red Carpet Event(Or Maybe Pink)

Want to upgrade your event with a fabulous photo op complete with a Red Carpet(or maybe pink!)? Well check out Red Carpet Runway. I haven't used them as of yet, but I think this would be a great enhancement for any party; sweet sixteens, baby and bridal showers. You can also send them your own logo and have them print it on the backdrop. Plus the fact that you can choose from several colored carpets to include; Red, Black, Blue, Green, Lime Green, Off White, Pink, Purple, Orange, Tan, Yellow and Gray. This is sure to customize and upgrade your special event.

All photos courtesy of flickr

Juicy Couture Rock Star

I have a potential client for what I'm naming the " Juicy Couture Rock Star 13th Birthday Party". This is the inspiration board that was presented. I thought that I would share it with my readers to inspire the Rock Star in you! We all have one.

Invitation: Lil' Duck Duck

Tutu: Ecrater

Favor Boxes:Papermart.com

Guitar: Amazon.com

David Centerpiece: Awesome events (I love this place I even used them for my sons race car party)

Juicy Purse Cake: Shockleys Sweet Shoppe

Candy Buffet: Knot.com

Cupcakes: Cupcakes by Les

Blog Love

Yeah! My All Women's Birthday Party was featured by Chris on her wonderful blog, Celebrations at Home. Thanks so much for sharing the blog love.

All Women's Birthday Party

My 33rd Birthday/Women's Group Party turned out fantastic. I have shared all the festive pictures below. The ladies and I had a blast and it was a very relaxed and cheerful time, especially with all of the Wine and Sangria! I can't wait until the next group.

The table sign on a cute blue dress form that I found at Marshall's. I just added a big red bow to tie in the colors.

This is the dessert table. I had cones in the the color of the party, 3 cake stands in black(found at Homegoods), the marshmallow pops which turned out much better after a little ribbon was added. The table cloth was from efavormart.com. I love this place because there is no minimum and the shipping is 4.95. The colors always turn out great too. I also ordered a Turquoise table cloth as pictured later in this post.

All I can say here is Thank You Lisa from Personally You Parties. She posted a design idea from Martha Stewart for paper honeycombs. I would have never ever thought of using these because I thought they were so old school. Once I saw that post I knew I had to have it at my party. It turned out fantastic. Of course I looked everywhere on the Internet to find the combs in all the party colors with no success. Since this wasn't a huge party I didn't want to buy in bulk as Martha Stewart suggested. So I found a site that I was able to order without a minimum. Check here for Honeycombs. Pictured are the 12, 14 and 19 inch combs.

I was in love with my cake. I took inspiration from a cake found on the Real Simple Website. Of course I went to my favorite bakery, Cakes Plus in Laurel and they did a great job replicating the bottom layer of the cake. They added a "M" in fondant icing which gave it that personal touch.

Since it was three other Virgo's at the party. I got each of them a cupcake with a black and white candle and we sang happy birthday to them.

Well I wasn't going to put this picture up. But now the world can see how miserably I failed. Above are the infamous Red Velvet Cake balls. I just could not make it work. It was an all day adventure that turned out horrible. I'm not going into all the details, but it's much harder than I would have thought. If you want to see the correct way they should look and be made check out Bakerella site. Well enough on this back to happy times...

MMMM black and white cookies(of course store bought)...

...and mini brownies, always a crowd pleaser(store bought)

The completion of the paper cones turned out great. Once again I have to thank Chris from Celebration at Home for teaching my how to make them. I added ribbon and found these great embellishments from the dollar section of Micheal's. They just happen to have them in the colors of the party and great inspiration words for women. I love when I find items that are just so perfect!

I ordered the ceramic bottoms from Wholesale Flowers and Supplies as seen on Hostess with the Mostess. Check out her site on how to assemble using the ceramic vases. They worked great!

We did have other food at the party, but by the time that table was assembled, I had already had 2 glasses of wine, so I did not get the full pictures of that :-). Below is the beginning pictures of the 2nd food table to include my wrapped polka dot napkins that I just loved(Found at Target).

I made a big pitcher of Sangria that went along with all of the other bottles of wine that were brought by my guests. (Beverage Server purchased at Homegoods for 39.99!)Each lady had their own wine glass with an initial embellishment so they could keep track of them. Once again, I did not get pictures of those. (note to self, no wine before you take all of the pictures)

We had a great presentation from Heather (also a great friend) of Southern Living at Home and Tastefully Simple. I brought some great items that I can't wait to use at my next party.

To end the night I gave each women a Journal. Of course in the colors of the party(Found at Homegoods). I placed a big ribbon and each ladies initial to use as a bookmark(dollar section of Micheal's). They really appreciated this and was excited to start writing.