{Party Themes} Princess and the Pea Birthday Party

November 14, 2012 By 6 Comments

I’m so excited to share this Princess and the Pea birthday party with you today.

The reason I love this party so much is that every aspect of it was made by Anj, of Snowy Bliss,  for her sweet daughter.  And she has made it easy for you to recreate.

Great parties don’t have to cost a fortune if you’re willing to do a lot of it yourself.  And this creative mama does just that.  A girl after my own heart.  So sit back and enjoy the show.

Her daughter wanted a PJ party. I guess you would call it a Hap-PEA Birthday PEA- j Party.

It all begins with her hand made Invitation

which opens up with the princess bed on one page and the invite on the other.

 

THE PRINCESS BED

Anj actually hand drew the headboard and her husband got into the act as he hauled and stacked 5, yes 5 matresses and box springs to make the table. A piece of particle board was added on top of it to give it a solid flat surface for the plates and such.

Adorable fabric was layered to make the bed coverings or the tablecloth.

Given the height of the table, the girls got to stand around the table to eat and loved the novel idea of it.

To finish off the look, green poms were hung above the bed.

Now for THE SWEETS.  Anj made this adorable cake,

and Cake Topper

and when you cut into the cake what do you see?  Peas ofcourse.

  Anj used her polka dot cake technique to get the affect.

She also served “Sugar Peas”! Cake balls dipped in green candy melts.  Topped with sanding sugar.
and to rinse it down,

The Stewarts key lime sodas were labeled Slee-”Pea” Potion and she
Trimmed the edges of the labels with this Martha Stewart scallop edger punch.
For the ice cream… Lime sherbert in dessert cups with little crown wraps to fit around them.
THE PARTY FAVORS
Anj made each girl a small pillow & sleeping mask.  The blankets were a great find at

Ikea and finished off with a paper crown that wrapped around each one.

She purchased the green balls at Party City, spray painted, glittered and filled with, what else, green candy.

This is one lucky little princess.  Wouldn’t you say?

Be sure to visit Snowy Bliss blog for more details on the party and her Etsy Shop so you can recreate it too.

Thank you Anj for sharing your amazing party with us!

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{Party Themes} First Class Post Office Mail Party

May 23, 2012 By 15 Comments

What child doesn’t love delivering and receiving mail?

Jenny of Crossing the Bugger-Dixon Line  said it hit her one day that a mail party would make such a fun theme after seeing  an old rusty neighborhood Post Office mailbox. (inspiration can come from the most unlikely places).   She asked the wonderful duo at Piggy Bank Parties to create a party collection for her and she was on her way.

 The colors would be Red, White, and Blue and accents of mail carrier uniform blue of course.
I love the “shipping box” backdrop on the dessert table and all the ways she utilized packing and shipping supplies as the decorations.

Notice how she cleverly placed the cake plate right inside an official Post Office mail bin filled with mail as the main focal point of the dessert table.

The cake was topped with a glittery “Post Office 41608” (her son’s birthday makes a great zip code!) cake billboard and a fondant mail truck.

 

 The table runner was made from kraft paper and mini envelopes while the centerpieces were made
 out of boxes and packing peanuts. Large manila envelopes were used as place mats and mini envelope buntings were strung from Airmail Divine Twine and red and blue balloons were anchored in boxes of course!
  Fondant stamps and envelopes were placed on top of lemon and raspberry Chambord petit fours.

The most coveted dessert on the table was “Owney’s treats”, graham crackers shaped as dog biscuits.

Pick Your Own Favor: The children each got to pick a special Post Office Mascot dog named Owney to take home. Owney wore lots of metal tags on his collar to show all the special places he had visited so I made collars adorned with metal tags for each dog and piled the dogs on top of a mail bag (Owney’s favorite nap spot).

Activities included a mail sort game using a mail box that she crafted out of cardboard. The kids got to work stamping, sorting, and delivering mail. At the end of the game each child had a mailbox full of mail.
Each party guest received a mail carrier name badge.
This party was definately first class!


Thank you so much Jennie for sharing your son’s adorable party with us!

Credits:

– Photography: Allison Kaharick
– Mail Party Collection, envelopes, ribbon, printed banners, food labels, and signs- Piggy Bank Parties
– Wreath- The Knock Knock Factory
– Balloons and Paper Rosettes- Polka Dot Market
– Fondant Mail Truck and Petit Four Toppers: Edible Details
– Cookies: Frog Prince Cake and Cookie Design
– Cake billboard and Noah banner: The Purple Pug
– Kraft Tubes with colored pencils: Sweet Lulu
– Educational Resource and stamp printable: Smithsonian National Postal Museum

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{Parties} “Sweet On You” Valentine’s Day Party

February 14, 2012 By 21 Comments

As you may know,  I love to sew and I’m always creating something for the house. Well after making these lip pillows I was really happy with the way they turned out and decided to build a  Valentine’s Day party  around them.

Since  I already had the  large lip candy mold,  I picked up some lip stickers and was on my way.

Needing a way to display the lip suckers,  I created the cake with styrafoam layers and covered with decorative scrapbooking paper.  I’m really happy with the way it turned out.

Now that I had my cake,  it began to evolve into sweets and more sweets, hence the name “Sweet On You”.

The icecream cones are giant marshmallows tucked into a sugar cone,  dipped in colored chocolate and covered in sprinkles.  Our little colored springs are a perfect display for these goodies.

Miniature sundae glasses, that I picked up last summer at an antique mart featured our mini cupcakes which are topped with turquoise suckers.

We frosted the cake with turquoise rock candy and accented the cake stand with the colorful gumballs.

Little meringue cookies made a perfect topping for the cake.

Sundae dishes where filled with conversation hearts and pixie candy stix where used as stirs.

We’re thrilled to feature our new table runner, so colorful with giant ric rac trim.

Trying to keep the sweets easy, a few boxes of Oreo Cakesters decorated with heart sprinkles did the trick.

 A little Milk & Cookies anyone?

We filled two large sundae glasses with gumballs and M & M’s topped with a saltwater taffy lid.

Our old fashion candy jars were filled with strawberry heart marshmallows. Don’t you just love the lids?

Everyone was happy to receive a little take-home box of goodies to enjoy later.

Oh, and did we mention how much fun the kids had?

Complete party styled by Party Patisserie.

Table runner, old fashion candy jar, colorful wire spring stands, are available  from Party Patisserie.

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!!!

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{Party Themes} City Chic Girl’s Night In

January 23, 2012 By 15 Comments

We are thrilled to share with you this chic and fun idea for a girl’s night in party created by us at Party Patisserie.

We all need a “grown-ups” night once in awhile so, on this night, we decided to “glam it up” and have a City Chic Girls Night In.

The inspiration for the party was this great “glam-girl” statue that I already had and my pink and black damask boxes which I love.

My goal was to have a night of laughs, sweets, chick flicks and relaxing.

Let the party begin with this beautiful invitation from Easy Made Invitations.

I love to design tables using unexpected items. My pink,  round damask hatbox serves as a perfect piece to hold the popcorn, while the smaller version holds wrapped chocolate candies.  To give them both a lift, I attached black wooden craft balls (that I painted), to the bottom as feet. They provide a nice contrast against the pink tablecloth.

It looks great up against our the chic pillows that we used later in the evening.

The  tablecloth is actually a drapery panel that fit over the table perfectly.  Great find!

White plates glued to white wooden candlestick holders are perfect for serving up yummy chocolate fortune cookies complete with a hidden fortune baked inside.  What kind of girl’s night would this be without chocolate?

Our pink frosted pretzels and cupcakes are sprinkled with pearl candies to match the pearls our “glam-girl” is holding.

The cute black & white damask box was a perfect way to raise the black cake stand and give it prominence on the table.

These darling little black & white damask  bags from The Posh Event Design Group are filled  with chocolates.

I also designed the black & white serving tray to serve up our cocktails and goodies. (the DIY for the tray is here).

The posh, upholstered headboard, that we created,  serves as a perfect backdrop for our theme. (This DIY is coming soon!)

To add a punch of color we used extra large pink poms against the backdrop.

Each of my girlfriends grabbed a pillow to cozy up with during the movies.

At the end of the evening each of my guests went home with a “chic pillow” and a little damask print gift bag filled with chocolates and a fortune cookie.

Sure hope you enjoyed our City Chic Girls Night In party!

Event & Table Styling: Party Patisserie

Photography: Party Patisserie

Desserts: Party Patisserie

Invitation: Easy Made Invitations

Printables: The Posh Event Design Group

Pillows: Party Patisserie Etsy Shop

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