Real Parties: Carson's Robot Party

A couple things that I love about my friend Holly, besides being a creative person by nature, is that she always thinks outside the box and has a great eye for detail. So it was no surprise that she threw a fantastic robot-themed party for her son Carson's 5th birthday. Holly used random knick-knacks from around her house to make her own unique robots... spare buttons, plastic bottle caps, anything she found just worked. Great job, Holly! You are such a fun, creative person!

Between raising 2 beautiful kids (Carson-5 & Hadley- 1) and being the ultimate go-to person, Holly fulfills her love for all things paper with Simply Stated- a stationary and invite business.

Real Parties: Rockstar 4th Birthday

We finally had our Rock Star 4th birthday party this past weekend and aside from the quick planning- we had a blast! :)

Since the birthday girl is a fan of Hannah Montana, we used Hannah Montana colors: light blue, light purple, with a little pink & silver thrown in.

The colorful number four flags were downloaded from Fog and Thistle, printed and attached to tooth picks as cupcake toppers. Luck for me, the download was available as a free download!

Valeree, Cookies by Valeree, made these fantastic Hannah Montana guitar cookies for us. She did a great job. Due to peanut allergies, I had the cookies made with vanilla extract, instead of almond. 

It's quite obvious that i made the cupcakes myself. I used fluffy white icing and food coloring, however, next time I'll try for a thicker icing.

Party Favors

• Kraft boxes- found at Michael's
• Star-worthy sunglasses- found at Party City
• individually wrapped Hannah Montana guitar cookies
• Hannah Montana pen & paper - found at Hobby Lobby, and
• A pink candy-filled bag to coordinate with our theme: Pop Rocks, Blow Pop, Ring Pop, rock candy and a candy necklace. 
• Not shown in picture: homemade CD's with music playlist from party

Party Activities

• Create your own microphones: These were pre-constructed a couple days before (okay, the night before) the party by cutting 5" styrofoam rods (microphone base), then hot glued an aluminum foil wrapped styrofoam ball to the base. At the party, kids decorated with sparkly stickers and crayons or markers.
• Maracas/Noise Makers: For this we gave each child empty baby food jars and let them fill with assorted candy. Then they decorated with stickers.

Real Parties: Little Red Car Theme

Swoon... this has to be the most adorable boy's party EVER. Hold on. Okay, I think I've stopped drooling enough to post these pictures already.

Party details posted over at imprintables blog
This adorable Little Red Car Party theme was created by Scissors.Paper.Cake

Party Inspiration: Toddler-fun Party Favors

Quick update on Emily's Rockstar Party- I have decided to push back a couple weeks to allow myself more planning time- I'll keep you posted on the progress! :-)

Since Emily's birthday is already here and I can't do anything to push that back I thought it would be nice to send some fun snacks and small favors to her fellow preschool classmates to celebrate. If the party just doesn't happen to work out (the full time job thing only leaves so much personal time to do things!) I can at least say I did something!

Here is what I have in mind for something colorful, fun, healthy, and age-appropriate:

Gift Baskets and Favors by Kate Parker Weddings

Gift container:

Tin bucket or similar sized gift box can be found at any Michael's craft stores

Small goodies/favors: Simple art supplies (Crayola 8pk crayons, watercolor paint, and construction paper) and healthy age-appropriate snacks should suffice for this simple well put-together favor!

Real Parties: I Might Even be a Rock Star

As mentioned in my previous post, I'm will be planning a Rock Star party for my 4yearold daughter, Emily. So as I trek through the party planning process, I will make sure to share about all the little party details until it all comes together.

First up, invites, of course! Since I'm running low on time (less than 2 weeks), I will not have time to special order the invitations so instead I will create my own.

This invite was created on Microsoft Publisher, utilizing a little clipart and an array of fonts.

One minor but important step down, many more steps to go! Here we go! :)

Party Inspiration: Kid-Friendly Valentine Soiree

With Emily's 4th birthday just around the corner, I am happily reminded at every store that Valentine's Day is almost here too. Seems like this special day all but flies by too quickly (I can't get enough pinks and reds together). :) Here is my inspiration for this year's Valentine's Day:

Decor & Tablescape by The Celebration Shoppe

Candy Bar from Pretty Chicky

Party Inspiration: Rock Star Party

As I begin to plan my daughter Emily's 4th birthday party (she has requested a Hannah Montana/Jonas Brothers theme) I wonder where I can find inspiration for this Rock Star theme. After an extensive search (surprisingly it wasn't as easy as I thought), I stumbled across The Celebration Shoppe which was chock full of great ideas. Check it out!






I will definitely post pictures from Emily's Rock Star party- see keep an eye out for those and wish me luck as this party is less than two weeks away!