Purple and Gold Wedding Inspiration Board

Recently I had the pleasure of completing an inspiration board for a close friend. Her sister is getting married and in the excitement of her day, I wanted to develop a visual for her. Check out the board below. 

Wedding cake

Bride & Bridesmaids

Place cards

Gold sign

Wedding Invitation

Katespade Shoes

Wedding Chair

Flowers

Office Baby Shower-Zoo Crew

We are having another Office Baby Shower. I really love to do these because I like to show that office parties can be fabulous too! I have previously done 2 office parties here and here and I recently did the office Christmas Party(unfortunately no pics). 

A co-worker that I have known for the pass seven years got married last year and is now expecting her first child. I couldn't think of a more deserving person to throw a shower for. This one is going to be a surprise because she would never let us do it any other way. 

So I have secretly found her registry to get some ideas of her style and what would be perfect for a shower. Below is her babies bedding-Zoo Crew by Just Born. I think that this is the most perfect simple theme and the colors are to die for.  Check it out below.

I love the minimalistic modern zoo theme. It really speaks to her personality as well. She is not a fussy person and pretty much stays to herself.

So of course I had to create an inspiration board as I did for the two previous showers. I love the thought of using Chevron in Navy blue and incorporating sparkly animals. I'm going to try to do this myself. Wish me luck!

Credits

     Tee Shirts-Fibber Tigibberish

Invitation-Artisacreations

Party Decor-Life of Tees

Chevron Elephant-Luna and Bean

Glitter Hippo and Giraffe-Wish Daisy

Burp Clothes-Day Dream Believers

Happy Birthday To ME!

This year I decided to celebrate my birthday at the last min. I won some fabulous invites from Jess at Party Box Design by way of Celebrations at Home. Unfortunately, since I couldn't get my act together and waited too late, I decided that I would use my winnings from another party.
Below is the invitation (that I so love) in an inspiration board.

I'm still doing a party but I'm relocating it to a hotel room in DC to be followed by a night of dancing. I decided to do a little decorating as well with the goal of not buying anything new and reusing party goods from birthday past. View Here and Here.

Michelle of Maddycakes Muse did a cool thing on her birthday by telling bloggers 10 things they did not know about her. I thought this was great so I wanted to also share some things (5) you didn't know about me.

Here it goes:

1) I am a preachers kid. My father, however was very cool at letting me make my own decisions and encouraged me to grow in develop just how I wanted in life.

2) Though I love to party plan, I have another passion-Human Services. This is why I chose the profession of being a Probation Officer. I love this and would never leave and become a party planner full time.

3) I never crafted anything until I was 29

4) I commute to my full-time job everyday. A total of 3 hrs driving time

5) I thank God for introducing me into the party blogging world where I have made great connections and have been inspired deeply.

Credits: Shoes: Kate Spade Christa Peacock Satin(no longer available)

Dress: Love Struck Dress

Candy Buffet: Amy Atlas

Invitation: Party Box Design

Cupcakes:Unknown

Peacock Hair Accessory

Yellow and Brown Baby Shower "Bees and Bears"

I call this one Bees and Bears Baby Shower. I was contacted to complete a Brown and Yellow baby shower dessert buffet. This was not one of my favorite color pallets, but after searching the web for inspiration, I became very excited and love the colors. It is some great parties out here, so be sure to go to the credit links below and check them out.

So with the Dessert buffet I plan on using flower cookies, several different candy, pretzel sticks, caramel popcorn and cupcakes. I will incorporate the bees and bears in the signage and in the other decor. I love the pennant banner so this will definitely be a party of the backdrop with some possible poms. Very Simple but Beautiful

Credits:
Pretzel Sticks: babushka bakery's
Table setting, poms and penant sign: Shower by chelle paperie features on the Sweetest Occassion Blog
Invitation: My Good Greetings
Candy: Candy Warhouse
Flower cookies: Bubble and Sweet
Bear cupcakes: The Art of Being Perfect
Cones & popcorn:Yellow Birthday Party by Imprintables
Pennant banner and dessert buffet: 1st Birthday Party Photos by Kelly Chau

Summer Joy Bridal Shower

I am throwing a summer bridal shower. I love the summer time! When I started to think of colors, I remembered that my best friend sorority colors are salmon pink and apple green. She loves these colors and even has a room in her house in the colors. I also remembered that when we were going over colors for her wedding, she fell in love with pink and grey.

So what's a girl to do? Well if you know me, you know that I am not afraid of mixing colors. So I'm going with all of them. The color pallet will be Apple green, Salmon pink and Grey. After I did the inspiration board, I knew it was perfect.

I just love the design on the cake. I'm thinking of incorporating this in the shower.

Photo Credits:
Green Cupcake: Wedding Obsession
Invitation: Honey and Bloom
Pink Shoes: Christian Lacroix
Cake: The Sweet and Saucy Shop
Dress: Amsale
Table Setting: In Style
Macaroons: Chelsea Victoria Art
Cupcakes: Blisstree

Purple and Orange Wedding Inspiration Board

My Best friend is getting married! I'm so excited and honored to share this day with her. I recently developed an inspiration board with the colors of her wedding. I love orange and purple together. Since she is having a fall wedding, I know these colors will work perfectly.

Rings: Tiffany & Co
Cake
Wedding invitations
Dresses: Mellisa Sweet and Aolcdn
Shoes: Pura Lopez

It's My Party!

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I was having a Birthday Party. Just a small get together that I normally do every year with my closest friends. Microsoft Word has done it again! Below I created the invitation in the colors of the party.

Here is the Inspiration board that I created for the post on Birthday Girl here.

Fleur de lis Bridal Shower

I love so many bloggers and there are several that I must read daily for inspiration. So when one of my favorite bloggers, Michelle from Maddycake Muse asked me to create her sister's bridal shower, I was floored. She is such a creative savvy person and just to think that she totally put her trust in me to make her sister's day special brought the biggest compliment and smile ever.

Unfortunately, Michelle and I received a shock when her sister announced that she was getting married in May. So the shower that I was planning and the wedding that Michelle was planning was no longer.

But who can deny true love! Read the story of Michelle's sister here.

Any who, Since the shower would have been yesterday and I loved the inspiration board that I created I thought I would share it with you. So enjoy!

Colors: Turquoise, Blush Pink and Gold Accents Venue: Church Hall on a Sunny Summer Day.

Decorations: Bouquets of fresh flowers (lilies& hydrangea and accents of crystals), colored water vases with floating candles and/or Pink Jeweled Vases of different sizes, Fleur de lis wall décor, White table clothes with Turquoise and/or Pink Satin overlays, accents of gold crystals.
Food: Catered lunch/dinner to include a chicken dish and a choice of two side items & salad or tiered trays of tea sandwiches & cold choice of sides, fruit display along with 2 fountains of Pink and Turquoises chocolate. Pink lemonade with lemon slices. Menu with a Fleur de lis emblem at each setting.

Favors: Guest fill personalized pink pastry boxes at a dessert table filled with petite fours, cupcakes, macaroons, cookies etc. (colors of the party)
Activities: Traditional and/or Unique Bridal Shower Games, Wishing tree where guest will write their best wishes to the bride to be.

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

Orange and Grey

Since the women's group was such a success, we have decided to have it every other month at each ladies home. My friend has hired me to help her with the women's group for November. They all claim that I have set the standards too high.(go figure) Below I have put together an inspirations board. She wanted to use the color orange and I thought that grey with slight touches of red would pair up perfectly. I'm so excited to help her out.

Cupcake Flags:Michelle at Little Paper Dog ( You can download the cupcakes flags)

Dress: Ella Moss(no longer available)

Suit & Tie: Knot Wedding

Orange & Grey Room: Domino magazine(no longer in production)
Orange and grey pumps: Moschino

Orange Centerpiece: Brides.comWhite Chair With Orange and grey rug:Unknown

Flowers: Knot.com