Bee Party Printables:

I finally got around to adding a new item to my etsy shop! The Vintage Bumble Bee Party Kit from my daughter's birthday! Enjoy!

Buy it here!

Bee Party:

 I finally got the time to go through my daughter's First birthday party photos. When I started planning her party eight months ago,  I wanted to design something special & unique for this celebration. I figured when she gets old enough, I may not have a say in the theme of her parties. I loved the idea of a Rustic Bumble Bee Theme, and we were touched by the opening line of The Bee Movie - According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. It's wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee of course flies anyways, because bees don't care what humans think is impossible. My daughter was born at 26 weeks, and overcame many obstacles to make it to her First Birthday, so we knew this would set the tone for her Bumble Bee Theme.   

I designed all paper goods, including the invitation, tags for food, the banner, and the goodie bags. For the kids’ goodie bags, I ordered Muslin Bags from CelestialGifts, and then designed a custom iron on logo, that read “Thank you for Buzzing by”. The goodie bags contained bubbles, bumble bee tattoos, sunflower seedling starter kits, and The Bee Movie.

My creative friend from Paperglitter was kind enough to offer her help and make three Beehive Piñatas for different kids’ age groups. This helped a great deal since there were about 30 kids ranging from ages 3 to 10.

The dessert buffet had lots of treats, besides the birthday cake, it included honeycomb cereal, honey teddy grahams, yellow gumballs, various flavors of candy sticks, and chocolate and vanilla cupcakes by a local baker, Golosinas. I found wooden letters at a local Michael's store to spell One. 

I worked very closely with my friend from The Posh Nosh Cakery to design a cake that had a hint of the Bee Theme without being too caricature like.  

Photography by: www.denisecruzstudio.com

Color Straws: HeyYoYo

Papergoods: Fresh Linen Press

New Year, New Parties:

Happy New Year! I wish everyone a wonderful 2011! So, I'm a little relieved that the craziness of the holidays is over. I'm a little bummed that my mini vacation was short lived and must now get back to reality. I am, however, very excited that in a little less than 5 months I will be welcoming a new little person into my life. Life lately has become about planning, planning, and more planning. Of course being the party lover ( and control freak) that I am, this was yet another excuse to create a unique event, called the Baby Shower. Trust me, I've already received an endless amount of comments from friends wondering why in the world I'm even involved in the process, and not just showing up for the food and gifts! But if you're like me, and love putting fêtes together, you will understand. So, to help me get my thoughts together, I created the following inspiration board. I will hopefully  be adding lots of little details of my process, and hopefully a freebie printable of my invitation! Stay tuned!   

Damask:

I'm in love with the latest dessert table featured over at the Amy Atlas Blog. Besides loving beautifully designed parties, it reminds me of the colors and pattern my hubby used 3 years ago for a surprise birthday party he threw for me. Poor, sweet thing, I must have been obsessing over black damask and green so much he ended up using it on everything from the invitation to my cake!  

{Above photos via Amy Atlas}

{Invitation design by the hubby}

It's a Free Party:

Last week's baby shower game really inspired me to design a mini party kit to match. Believe it or not, I'm actually surrounded by quite a few soon-to-be moms. I figured I'd design something since I might get recruited for design/party planning ideas! These are just a few items I came up with, but the possibilities are endless.

 

1. Download Invitation

2. Download Tags

3. Download rings for napkins or water bottles

4. Download Game

Dessert with a twist:

The latest trend for parties these days is creating beautiful dessert tables á la Amy Atlas. They add a beautiful (and yummy) decoration element to any soireé. I was really smitten to stumble on this alternative to the dessert table, a buffet of bath and body products that smell like baked goods! To read more, go to Nonpareil Magazine and learn how to create your own decadent table!

Pride & Joy:

I finally got the photos of the holiday event I put together for my day job! I'm very happy with the way everything turned out, and I'm ecstatic to be sharing them with you! The theme was Passport to Latin America!

Invitations designed by InkBox

Guests received Welcome bags at check-in.

The gift bags contained a duffel bag, a travel pillow, a leather luggage tag

and passport wallet and four miniature licquor bottles like those you'd get on an airplane!

Wrapped Raffle Gifts

Conga drums served as highboys for the {on the beach} cocktail.

Caipirinhas in different flavors were passed around.

This was in addition to an open bar.

One of the signature 'Latin American' dishes

{Peruvian Ceviche}

Cigar Box Centerpieces & Candle votives filled with coffee beans.

Another centerpiece designed to look like a Palm Tree

Some centerpieces included coconuts

Another view of the room

Domino tables at the {After Party}

More decorations at the Tropigala Themed {After Party}

Credits: Photography courtesy of Studio 1791

Event Location: Key Largo Grande Resort

Flowers & Decor: Deco Productions