Pirate Birthday Party

We love a good pirate-themed birthday party, and this one submitted by Lorena is loaded with creative ideas for a great table design, decorations--even theme-appropriate food!

Having a hard time finding a detail we don't like! The stone wall, the fish netting, the pirate ship "sails" and of course the custom printed pirate map water bottle labels...not to mention a GORGEOUS outdoor location! What a great design!



Then you see the great favors with custom printed tags in a treasure chest, the custom printed bunting (love the vintage almost leather-look!) and those hysterically cute snacks...well, as you can see, Lorena knows how to design a great party!

Thank you SO much Lorena for sharing your party, we look forward to your next creation! If you are looking for more details on this event, including the inspiration that lead up to this design, hop over to Lorena's site here. 

Pinkalicious-inspired Party 2

A fab facebook frend Jen (of The Trendy Tot) was so sweet to share pictures of her daughter's totally "Pinkalicious" party she threw for her daughter this summer. Despite rainy weather, her party brought the birthday girl and her guests nothing but smiles!

Here are some images she was kind enough to share....

The table settings (check out the cute "Pinkalicious" cups and the crowns for each guest!)

The tablescape (check out the sweet wings attached to the back of each chair!)

Some "Pinkalicious" inspired cupcakes!



And a character we all can recognize....

Thank you so much Jen, for sharing these fun pictures of your totally "Pinkalicious" inspired party! 

"Pinkalicious"-inspired Birthday Parties

We love PINK, and many girls love "Pinkalicious"--we are here to share the first of two adorable parties inspired by this theme!

This utterly darling party that will charm the socks off of children and adults alike! Lots of pink, and more "Pinkalicious" than we have ever seen! The amazing Andrea (she created the stunning pink and green butterfly tea party we featured recently) so kindly shared this party with us, and we are *thrilled* to share it with you.

Check out this precious "Pinkalicious" Photo Cut Out Station!

Andrea created this darling "Pinkalicious" customized sign on the front door, to get the party started and girls excited before they even entered the door!

The table set up was adorable--shades of pink, fuchsia and white...pink spotty balloons and festive tissue poms (not hanging, but rather attached to the wall for a unique spin on the trendy decoration we all love!) adorned the space.

Check out the darling place settings. We love the diamond fabric table runner, the pink and white stripe trim onthe placemats, the fuchsia square plates, spotty cups with striped paper straws, and just adore the personalized napkin rings!!! Of course the centerpieces are oh-so-"Pinkalicious" too!

An arts and crafts station was set up with plenty of room for the girls to get their creative juices flowing! 

We love all the craft items--from wands to dolls and beads too--something for everyone!

Check out the dress up station--totally "Pinkalicious" tutus and wings for everyone!

The "build your own" unicorn station is one of our favorites--each came with a custom birth certificate, too!

Other activities included a make up station and face painting (not shown), and a fabulous entertainer--creating the most amazing balloon animals we have ever seen (you will have to hop over to Andrea's blog to view them, they are tooooo unbelievable!).

We don't think the term "sweet table" is appropriate here...it's more like "sweet ROOM"!!!

Check out the "build your own sundae" bar here (we love the pink stripe fabric background and pink argyle fabric table toppers--both fabrics have been spotted in the online shoppe at Kate Landers Events, LLC)!

Check out the perfect pink ice cream cups and scoops, and big white ice cream basins!

Toppings! There are many great ones to check out on Andrea's blog, but we had to feature the pink sprinkles!

How about some snacks? We can't think of a sweeter way to eat potato chips than out of these cartons!

Birthday Cake!!!

Realllllly craving chocolate after seeing these...

Simply adorable "Pinkalicious" cupcakes!!!!!!!!!!



Some pink jelly-icious sweets! We love the presentation, so fun and unique!

We love the pink crowns and totes of goodies at the "favor station" complete with the pink tissue poms floating on the walls.

Here is the darling "Pinkalicious" family!

Thank you SO MUCH Andrea, for sharing your fabulous "Pinkalicious" inspired party with us! We love all the great pink details from sweets to costumes to decorations, especially the different patterns of stripes, dots and diamonds. And best of all, your activity stations are terrific and such an inspiration for all those thinking about hosting their own "Pinkalicious" party!

Andrea was so kind to share with us her tremendous list of resources, to give a tremendous thanks to each who helped make this party darling, and help you in re-creating some elements of her terrific party!

{Resources}...here are some...but there are a few more listed over on Andrea's site!

Pinkalicious Cookies: The Cookie Jar



Polka dot cups: The Celebrations Shoppe


Stuff your Unicorn: Bday Bears


Tutu's & Wings: Halo Heaven


Tank Tops: Bon Bon Bebe (they will be available in their ETSY shop)


Clothespin Doll: Sweet Bambinos


Pinkalicious Cupcake Toppers and Centerpieces: SweetTashie


Cupcakes: Mishas Cupcakes


All Arts & Crafts Supplies: Oriental Trading

Golf Birthday Party

Shelley from How Does She? (along with help from her mother-in-law!) created this incredibly well-pulled together golf themed birthday party for her son, with a clean and preppy green and white color scheme. PREPARE TO BE INSPIRED!!!

 First: Sweets! Donut "Holes in One" are too cute for words. We also love the cupcakes with the "grass" frosting and flgas, and how about that swirly key lime salt water taffy? The green and white color scheme carried throughout is fabulous.

The cupcake deserves a close up shot. We love the base of them too--chocolate so appropriate for the dirt under the turf!

Our favorite aspect of this party (as if it easy to choose one): the "Club Sandwiches". Whether you interpret them as a play on words with "golf clubs" or the "clubhouse at the golf course"--they are darling either way! Check out the darling wraps and GOLF TEES used as sandwich picks--*fabulous creative idea Shelley!*

We also love the "watering hole" with water bottles with custom printed labels and green and white paper straws--festive and cute.

The invitations and printables were created by the fabulous Chickabug and we love how they are youthful and realistic in design, all at the same time! The golf-cart theme is carried throughout all the printables at this party.

Check out the green bucket of child-friendly balls, and the green visors to "wear on the course"--adorable.

The custom printed labels, also by Chickabug, adorn the green and white striped favor bags to put in sweet treats.

Loving the green and white polka dot balloons here.

How about some green water bottles (a great favor idea!) with precious golf-cart themed tags? We love the circle tags...and look closely, each bottle is personalized with the child's name, and a darling painted "hole in one" motif--LOVE IT!

Love the labels for the children to wear (okay, that golf shirt is too cute too).

And last but not least, a beautiful family and  birthday boy under darling custom printed bunting!

Shelley, thank you SO much for letting us share your party! It's tee-riffic (okay, we had to through ONE of those puns in there).

Want to read Shelley's full post on the party, with many more details and even more pics? Hop over to her site here.

Looking for the ***SOURCES*** to re-create this look? SHELLEY HAS THEM! Hop over to her feature on the party here and you can get them (Thanks, Shelley!).

Shelley also lists the very important people who made this party possible, as well as a wonderful source of continued inspiration for Shelley (can you guess who that might be? Hop over and find out!).

Thank you again Shelley for allowing us to feature your incredible party design!!!! Looking forward to your next party.

Playhouse Birthday Party

A dream playhouse: air conditioning, flat screen tv for princess movies, recessed lighting, bamboo flooring and a sparkling light fixture with every playhouse item you could imagine. This is a precious gift girls of all ages would adore!
Julie shared this magnificent playhouse her husband created for their precious daughter Hannah's 4th birthday (stunning). And being a polished event planner with an eye for detail and exquisite taste--Julie made sure everything was spectacular! We love the bunting around the porch, making it festive and dainty.


There was an official ribbon-cutting ceremony--pink, of course!

 
If the outside of the house isn't precious enough, check out some shots of the inside!


Julie designed a darling dessert table for the party, in many shades of precious pink.


Absolutely love the crown cake--truly fit for a princess, don't you think?


We giggled when we saw the "signature mocktail"--cotton candy "mojitos"! (Julie loves having a signature cocktail at her event, so she made one appropriate for the 4 year old crowd--talk about creativity with a capital "C"!)


We adore the shabby-chic look and feel to the decorations, and of course the festive pink tissue poms.


Julie--wow. A dream playhouse for a daughter you and your husband truly adore! We thank you for sharing this with us, and cannot wait to see what you have in store for her 5th birthday.
For more details on this party, as well as some amazing eye-candy from Julie's other events, check out her blog here.

Forest Fairy Birthday Party

Brace yourself, and prepare to be blown away. This party is one of the most utterly enchanting fairy parties we have ever seen!


From woodland to forest to flower fairy parties, this one certainly takes the cake.

 Sharnel styled this stunning party for her daughter Olivia's birthday, and the gorgeous images were captured by Leanne of Leanne Stamatellos Photography.

 What struck us most were the forest creatures Sharnel had brought in for the party (with a real fairy too, of course!), truly enchanting each of the fairy guests--a brilliant form of entertainment! The fawn is so innocent and precious.

A soft bunny was snuggled tight by many of the forest fairies gathered in a circle.

Each fairy was presented with proper fairy attire--don't they look darling as they frolic in the forest?

Toadstools were created for seating at the table (and Sharnel even provides a tutorial in creating these!), making the table design truly magical.

Check out all of the precious details as the guests gather round--from the grass and flower placemats to the pink and white striped straws--no detail was left unforgotten.

We are in love with the gorgeous butterfly decorations hanging overhead--aren't these amazing?

The beverages (check out the creative names!!!) look lovely, and even more lovely are the magical decorations hanging overhead.

Sharnel used forest creatures to decorate her party, such as this spooktacular own...

...as well as this sweet little fawn...

She also incorporated them into the desserts, like these darling fawn cookies (*love*)!

Check out the hedgehog cupcakes--not sure what we love more, the cupcakes or the darling custom printed sign for them (invites and printables created by the lovely Style Me Gorgeous)!

The sweet table is presented with a personalized banner behind, and creates a beautiful look as it is all pulled together, don't you think?

The cake, oh, the cake--beautifully designed and almost too pretty to eat.

The fairies enjoyed sharing secrets and playing with one another in the great outdoors as many forest fairies do!

An enormous thank you to Sharnel for allowing us to share her brilliant party. For those of you who are asking--yes, Sharnel is a new children's party planner in Australia (Sharnel Dollar Designs), and you will absolutely want to check out her blog here for plenty more inspiration on this party (there is SO much more that we simply didn't have room to share--so you will have to hop over to her blog for the entire party), as well as her other creations.

*Sharnel also shares many details on where to purchase the products shown in this party to recreate the look!!!*
We see Sharnel as a tremendously unique, creative talent, and can't wait to see what she creates next! Thank you Sharnel!