Hello, and happy Tuesday! It’s May, and that means it’s graduation time. I was thrilled when Tiny Prints asked if I’d style a graduation party for their blog using one of their beautiful invitations.
I used this invitation as my inspiration for the black, white and gold color scheme.
People tend to come and go during graduation parties, so all of the food needed to be fun and easy. I wanted people to be able to walk around and mingle while easily enjoying the treats.
What’s more appropriate at a graduation party than giant sugar cookies shaped like caps and gowns? I had these cuties parade down steps with pomp and circumstance:
No party is complete without cupcakes! These yummy vanilla buttercream ones featured congratulatory flag printables.
Mmm, don’t you just want to take a big bite?
And when you have a lot of sweets, you’re going to want something salty. I put out boxes of popcorn that sported glittery graduation caps.
The boxes made it easy for kids to walk around with their food and munch.
But not everything at the party was black, white and gold. To add a pop of color, I filled these letter dishes with brightly colored chocolate candy. You can get these adorable dishes here.
Every graduating student is excited about what the future will bring. We offered them a glimpse with these fortune cookies adorned with colorful sugar flowers.
(Update: This photo has been featured on Shutterfly!)
Aren’t they cute?
No graduation party is complete without some photo opportunities! These chocolate mustaches and bowties were perfect.
Another great way to make memories is to have guests write a short, encouraging note to the graduate. It will be fun for the grad to read the notes later, and refer to them often for some laughs and encouragement.
And now, it’s time to party! Congratulations, graduates!
Party styling: Debbie Piombino of Party Patisserie
Party supplies: Party Patisserie
Ceramic number and letter dishes: Party Patisserie
Cookies: Cookies by Design and Party Patisserie
Tiny Prints invitation:Glamorous Stripes Black Graduation Invitation
Tiny Prints notebook: Glamorous Stripes Black Paper Notebook
This is a sponsored post. Party Patisserie has received payment, trade and/or products from Tiny Prints in exchange for promoting, however, all opinions stated are our own.
Debbie- Every detail is adorable. I love the candy dishes the most!
Thank you Jennie! The candy dishes are one of my favs too!
I love it everything is so beautiful. Yellow and black you mixed perfect <3
Why thank you Violet! And thanks for stopping by!
i LOVE the cookies! what a cute color theme too! where did you get the cookie stands? they are really neat and i have never seen them before!
Thank you Mindy for your sweet comments! I made the cookie stands. I used them also in my Marilyn Monroe Prom Party.
They will be available soon in my Etsy Shop.
An absolutely beautiful and stunning job on this, Deborah! Love the colors and the details.
Thank you so much Andrea! You are always so sweet:)
REALLY CUTE! Those notebooks are adorable!
Thank you Stephanie for your kind words and stopping by!
Awesome! I love the colors and patterns you mixed. I really like the printables – the invitation and notebook are especially great.
That’s sweet! Thank you Layne!
LOVE the color palette for a graduation party! and those notebooks are just a fabulous idea!
Super cute! I love the stacked cake pop stands!
This is stunning! I love these colors together…that cake pop staircase is awesome!! Beautifully done 🙂
Thank you Katherine. The stairs are coming to my Etsy Shop soon.
This is all so pretty! I love the way you dressed up the popcorn boxes and I adore the fortune cookie idea! The invitations are beautiful!
Thank you so much Cheryl! I”m so happy you like it!
Black and Gold were my high school colors so I love this party! I love the personalized notebook that guest can write a note to the graduate, a fantastic keepsake!
Thanks so much Mariah!
So cute! I love the idea of dressing up fortune cookies with pipped icing.
Thank you Carmen! Fortune cookies are a favorite of mine:)
So cute. Love the ‘stair’ display!
Thank you Chris! Watch for the stairs in my Etsy Shop.
This is spectacular! Just love the bold black and white color scheme with pops of yellow. Lucky grad!
Thank you so much Paula! It’s one of my favorite combo’s.
Super cute party!!
Thank you so much Toni!
Love those cookie pops! So cute!
Thank you so much Lindi!
Everything is so cute!! I love the mustaches. Thank you for linking up to Party Time and we hope to see you again next week!
How much candy did you use to fill up the number dishes? 1 lb, 2 lbs, etc. Love those dishes. Will be buying 2015 soon!
Hi Rach!
Thank you for you comment:) It all depends on what size candy you want to use. For the number dishes I purchased a large container of colored chocolates and used about half to fill, so about a pound.