Category: Green Parties

Party Invitations, Party Planning & Event Ideas

How adorable is this BOY THEMED ICE CREAM PARTY submitted by Sarah Rogers?! I love the blue hutch! And you can’t go wrong with the chevron print right now…such a cute yellow and white chevron table runner!

Sarah set out all the desserts and favors on a large navy blue hutch outside on a porch. She also had a neighboring ice cream sundae table. An adorable wreath was made out of strips of burlap wrapped around a wreath form and a bunting banner {made out of bakers twine and small paper triangle pennants}.

Blue swirl lollipops, large polka dot balloons, ice cream cups, lanterns, paper straws, burlap, bakers twine, sprinkles- all available in Kara’s Party Shop

Photography- Gracie Layne Photography

Kara’s Party Ideas

I think you’re going to love this Nautical Themed Birthday Party submitted by Judith Cardona of Happy Party in Spain!

In Judith’s words- “WELCOME ABOARD! The colors used for this nautical communion party were red, white and blue.

In the entrance, there was a lifeguard that welcomed you on board. This charming place was perfect for the photo booth with guests.

The room was organized in two tables: one for children and one for adults. For the children´s table a colorful and funny decoration; paper boats, real fishes, shells and color pencils + paper + stickers. On the ceiling were red balloons and white garlands like waves. On the communion chair were two red balloons and red ribbons. For the adults table, there was a more sophisticated decoration: soft colors, wooden boats, bottles with SOS message, flags, stones and shells.

The party favors were blue bags filled with candies.”

Kara’s Party Ideas

This weeks fabulous giveaway comes from PartyOn! Designs! Win a 0 ULTIMATE PARTY PACKAGE!! This is a big one, my friends!! 

PartyOn! Designs is a complete party supply company that was founded by Amber Lyden who was motivated to created party themes for her children and family.  Her love of graphic design has grown to a successful party site with full personalized assembled parties, fun diy printable parties, and party supplies.  PartyOn! Designs not only offers children’s party themes, but also includes baby and bridal shower décor.  PartyOn! Designs strives to create parties that are ahead of the trend and has even created some new trends.  Some great parties they recently created were a Pink Sock Monkey Party, a Preppy Alligator Party, and an “All Dolled Up” celebration theme. Not only do they enjoy creating themes for their customers, but they also love introducing their printable parties to moms who say they are not crafty. Their printable items are simple to assemble and give so much joy when a mom creates her child’s party banner herself.

The 0 party package includes ALL of the following {it’s a LONG list, be sure and scroll down to see it all!}–

PartyOn! Designs Celebration Prize-

Ultimate Assembled Party Package- Retail value 7.50 and includes the following:

20- Designer Cupcake Toppers

2″ scallop backed tags with multiple designs to match your theme

20-Thank you Tags

2.25″ to 2.5″ scallop backed tags with holes.

20- Water Bottle Labels- High quality, heavy water resistant, and high gloss labels. These will last in an ice chest for approximately 4 hours.

1 sheet of Designer Sticker Labels- Comes with 12-24 stickers sizes between 1.75″ and 2.5″

1- Pennant Triangle Banner- About 6 to 8 pennants long, personalized on some flags, and wonderful to add over a table, along a table skirt and much more!

1- Name Banner- About 6″ scalloped letters are double backed with cardstock, strung with tulle and beautifully tied to perfection!

20- Thank you Notecards- 4.25” x 5.25” Cards

6- Triangle Flag Centerpieces- About 10″ tall and 4″ wide- great to add to a table setting, floral arrangement and much more!

1- 6″ XXL Centerpiece

36” Balloon Package- Includes 36” balloon in your choice of color, 12” white pom pom strand, 6-8 designer ribbons, and 3-4 fabric strips to coordinate with balloon color and party theme.

20 Striped Paper Straws to match your party theme!

20 Polka Dot Baking Cups to match your theme – Each cup measures 2” wide and 1.5” tall.

A Tissue Pom Centerpiece Kit—includes three poms that open up to be about 7-9″. They are beautiful table accents. We will include optional 10″ sticks so that you may attach and add into a vase as we have on so many of our displays. Instructions/tutorial included with each pom for easy opening every time!

StephanieJsCreations – 1 dozen cookies to match the party theme – Retail Price .00

Sweet Crush – .00 gift certificate to The Sweet Crush Shoppe

Ricks Custom Displays – 2 Tier Treat display – Retail Price .00

Sweet threads – Custom T- shirt to match your theme and .00 gift certificate

See, isn’t that a BUNCH of stuff?! EVERYTHING you need to throw an excellent party from start to finish!

ENTER THE GIVEAWAY VIA THE RAFFLECOPTER FORM AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST!

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You are going to loooovvveeee this weeks GIVEAWAY!! I’m so excited to highlight the darling shop, London Raquel! Let me tell you, this store has THE cutest boutique accessories! One lucky person will win a gorgeous “CoCo Chanel Addiction” headband {pictured above}, a gray ruffle romper, and lace ruffle leg warmers!

London Raquel specializes in making glamorous French Inspired hair accessories for every occasion. They have so many unique styles to choose from, but if you don’t see something in the colors you are looking for they can make it custom for you! About half of their work is custom! They match accessories and bows to pictures of outfits for special occasions like dance recitals, bridal parties, & birthdays. They take pride in providing the most unbeatable quality for their clients by using the best quality silks, fabrics & embellishments, and now only use Swarovski crystals & pearls in their pieces. Their motto is, “Be Chic. Be Glamorous. Everyday”

Like I said, they are giving away one of their most popular headbands, their “CoCo Chanel Addiction” headband, along with 1 gray ruffle romper & a pair of lace ruffle leg warmers!!

AND, get 10% off your London Raquel order during the whole month of April by using code, PARTY10 at checkout!

Keep scrolling to the bottom of this post to see how to enter….

This printable "Treasure Hunt" activity is fun for old or young.  I put this game together for my married daughter and we had her and her kids racing with clues in hand to find each and every present. 

It was a lot of fun and was a pefect mermaid activity.  This fun and free packet comes with a printable treasure map, clues and under the sea clue images.

Printable Game "Treasure Hunt"

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Party Invitations, Party Planning & Event Ideas

This amazing GIRLY CIRCUS BIRTHDAY PARTY EXTRAVAGANZA submitted by Donna Baxman of Monkey Moo Moo Parties will blow you away! I am dying at how over-the-top cute this party is!!

Donna said–“My Daughter was turning 4 and I wanted to throw her a circus party that was girlie, beautiful and different. So we called it “Autumn’s Extravaganza” So My business partner Kim and I got busy:):) First thing– We knew we wanted the party under the Big Top. So we got a beautiful tent and got to work:) I had just seen the movie Water for Elephants– and so I was very inspired to find an elephant(clip art) the had the feeling of vintage–not cutesy. Which I then created the invites and had asked my amazing business partner Kim to paint the elephant on an oversized canvas as the focus point for the dessert table. I took some photos of my daughter and used them for the invite and then had a couple enlarged and hung them in spray painted frames. We wanted the painting of the elephant and the 2 pictures to be the main focus of the party. We wanted everything to be a little taller then normal–so Kim made 2 tall cakes and we had very tall candles on one of them and made an elephant and giraffe to top off the other cake. The pixy sticks were extra tall and we had cupcakes, animal crackers, cotton candy, corn dogs, circus pasta, and of course peanuts. The kids all received fun feather mask, huge sunglasses, batons that lite up, batons that had twirl ribbon, hula hoops, and jump ropes (most items were purchase at the dollar store). They played musical chairs and had a parade.”

Vendors and Credits-

Invites, favor tags, cupcake & cake toppers, pixy stick tops, banner, place cards, signage, and thank you cards: Monkey Moo Moo

Mini cupcake stands: The Papered Nest

I wanted a cheerful party favor for my table place settings for Easter and this Chick and Bunny did the trick.  These party favors whip up quick and make for a bright and colorful Easter table.  Use clear candle votives for the candy and then attach the images to the votive.  Download the complete instruction packet and images

HERE at Parties and Patterns. 

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Party Invitations, Party Planning & Event Ideas

Hop into Spring! Cocodot is giving away a 0 Spring basket filled with some of their favorite treats! What is Cocodot, you ask? It’s a high-end online greeting card site offering free online cards and invitations! In addition, Cocodot now offers unique entertaining products for all chic hostesses, including food, decor, disposables, and tabletop items {including vintage pieces hand-picked by the founder, Amy Neunsinger}! What more could one ask for!

This lovely Spring basket includes:

4 preserves from Sarabeth’s Kitchen in NYC

A Prestat Chocolate Egg (filled with Sea Salt Truffles)

The Mendocino box- overflowing with the best-quality dried fruits and nuts

Presta’s crowned jewels- 12 classic truffles

A delicious assortment, to be sure!

Keep scrolling to see how to enter as you gaze at all the fabulous items included in the basket!

Sarabeth’s Classic Jam Tasting – Set of 6 Jams ()

These are from the famous Sarabeth’s in NYC – known for their amazing brunch.

Prestat’s Luxury Chocolate Egg filled with Sea Salt Truffles (.95)

Torn Ranch Mendocino Fruit & Nuts Assortment ()

The best nuts and fruit we’ve tasted so far.

Prestat’s Crown Jewels – 12 Classic Truffles ()

This London-based chocolatier is royally approved “by appointment from Her Majesty the Queen”.

To enter the 0 spring basket giveaway sign up for Cocodot’s newsletter HERE!! Simple, right!!

GOOD LUCK!!

Sugar and spice and everything nice. This lovely SUGAR AND SPICE 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Melissa Olson of Melissa Olson Photography. I just love the fabric garland and the delicate ribbon cake!

Here is what Melissa had to say about her party- “Being a photographer, I love to throw fun and pretty birthday parties for my kids. This means I get to go crazy and style the party that best represents my child that year and it gives me some eye candy to photograph.

Theme-
This is the first year I’ve gotten to throw a girl party. (Yippie!) For my daughter’s 1st birthday, I wanted to throw a girlie party with vintage and modern inspirations. I started with the poem “Sugar and Spice and everything nice…that’s what little girls are made of!” I thought that fit my daughter perfectly. I made that poem the forefront of her invitation and also incorporated it on her party favors.

Invitation + Favors-
It’s important to me to create a photograph to put on the invitation. The out of state family and friends love seeing how she’s grown and it’s a great memento for me to keep and look back at years from now. Designing the set for her smash cake session was my first stage of planning for this party. It sets the stage and look for her invitation. I want the photo of Kate to give the guests a feel for what type of party it would be. I ordered tons of fabric from Etsy and made the fabric strip garland for her photo session. The fabric strip garland would also be used as the backdrop for her party table. Kate wore a vintage top made by Matilda Jane Clothing Company and a skirt from the Gap. The pieces went well together to create a soft vintage modern photo for her invitation.

Having my own photography business, I also do design work for my clients. It was a easy decision to use design elements I already had to create the invitation. I used a vintage green and pink with lace, a ribbon banner and a girlie font. I had them printed on 100% recycled cardstock to continue the feel and look. I also custom designed the favor bags and those are available on MOphotography. The favor’s had the Sugar and Spice poem displayed on the front and a Thank You note written on the back. I used fabric from the fabric strip garland and sewed a zigzag line across the layers to seal the bag shut.

Food + Decor-
For the party, I wanted to keep cost down while not compromising the theme. I looked around the house for items I could use before I started shopping. One of the biggest pieces I found was the table for all the goodies. It wasn’t just any table, but a vanity my Dad had given me when I was a child. I had painted it black years ago and it ended up going into storage. That piece meant a lot to me as a little girl and it became a fun project refinishing it white not only for the party but also to pass on to my little girl for her room. To finish off the table, I added 4-5 strands of ribbon to place down the center line. This added a splash of color the the white and kept it simple and modern.

To display the food, I had white serving trays, a vase, a vintage frame and berry containers that would add to the table. The rest of the items I went out and bought. My favorite purchase was the ruffled edge cake plate from Pier 1. It complimented the ruffled cake so well. I made both cakes and the cookies to cut down cost. Since I’m not very good at making fondant pieces, I purchased the cupcake toppers and the #1 from Parkers Flour Patch. She did an amazing job!! I purchased the cupcakes from a local store so I could save time and they weren’t very expensive. As for the punch, I knew I wanted to use mason jars to add to the vintage theme. I purchased the lids and straws at The Papered Nest. Along with the candy favor bags, I also made matching ribbon wands for all the little girls. Both were a big hit! ”

Vendor Credits -
Event Styling, Planning, Design and Photography: Melissa Olson Photography
Invitations and Favors: MOphotography