Vintage Pink and Aqua Party Inspiration

A dear blogging friend sent in images from her gorgeous party several weeks back. We are so excited to be able to share it with you! Check out the gorgeous colors she selected!

We absolutely adore her flowers....

And can't get enough of the hoops with vintage-inspired fabric in the background, too!

Thank you so much for sharing these glimpses of your beautiful party (and those darling favor jars and hats and cake!)! Great colors to inspire others!

Sailboat First Birthday Party

Planning a first birthday party? Check out this darling first birthday party for some great ideas for decorations, food, and above all--activities, perfect for a large family celebration of this milestone event!!!

Submitted by Michelle, we are thrilled to share with you this amazing party she put together to celebrate her son Arya's first birthday.

We absolutely love the color scheme of light blue, red and white (one you have probably seen a lot of these days--we think it is PERFECT for baby, and great for boys or girls!).

Michelle integrated this color scheme in every detail, like these gorgeous red and white stripe paper straws!

And how about these darling wrapped sandwiches? Decorative, and tasty!



The sailboat theme starting right at the front door...check out S.S. ARYA! What a darling "wreath" alternative!

The color-scheme was carried throughout the entire indoor and outdoor party space. Check out the lanterns and table cloths outside--what a gorgeous space!

There was also a very nautical feel outdoors. We love the anchor at the fountain...

...and the table too! We love the crisp white.

Michelle set up a delicious food table with fish netting.

She also used red and blue berries on skewers to have her color-scheme incorporated in the food itself!

One of our favorite details: The goldfish cracker cones!

How about the beautiful birthday cake?

And another shot of the cake, featuring custom bunting by Kate Landers Events, LLC!

The darling embroidered sailboat party hat is also by Kate Landers Events, LLC. The bib matches perfectly--family heirlooms to be treasured!

Check out the handsome birthday boy with loving mom and dad about to enjoy his first birthday cake!

Guests were treated to scrumptious catered food out on the patio, loads of spectacular food indoors as well, and enjoyed fabulous decorations all around them. But they were also entertained! Check out the balloon animal artist!

Then of course musical instruments and a parachute (a GREAT activity for 1 year olds)!

A classic birthday activity: a pinata!

Another favorite detail: the wall of favors--what a creative idea!!! We love it!

Sailboat cookies served as favors, adorned with custom sailboat favor tags by Kate Landers Events, LLC.

Another sweet decoration among some spectacular fruit!

And last but not least, a stunning photo capturing this gorgeous birthday boy!

A HUGE thank you to Michelle for sharing your gorgeous party with us! We know you spent months working on this enormous milestone celebration, and it all came together beautifully! We would have loved to have been at this party!

We hope you enjoyed lots of inspiration from Arya's first birthday!

Dinosaur Birthday Party

We love this dinosaur-themed birthday party, and hope you will too! This is the first of a couple great boy parties we will be featuring!

Submitted by the ever-talented Christine (she was the one behind the Construction Party and Mad Scientist Party), we weren't surprised to be blown away with the incredible details and realistic experience she helped create for her nephew's party (with her sister-in-law, home with a newborn!)!

Check out the adorable invitation (the display is cute too!)

We are flipping over the "Dinosaur Egg Hunt"...

Check out the darling buckets each child was given to collect their findings...

Inside each egg was a treasure, of course!

If that isn't cute enough, check out the "excavation" project!!! Brilliant.

Birthday Boy Phoenix in action...

No dinosaur party is complete without a dinosaur, right?

And we are head-over-heels for this "Jurassic Adventure Tours" vehicle--WOW!

Kids snacks were theme-appropriate too!

We love the mini dinosaur cupcake tower!

The favors are adorable as well, featuring different types of dinosaurs, and a polite "thank you" as well!

We know how much you all love a party scene shot, so here you go!!!

A huge thank you to Christine for sending us her latest party adventure! We absolutely adore your work and creativity. This is one of the *most* inspiring dinosaur parties we have ever seen, and hope you readers find great inspiration from it! Hop over to Christine's blog here for many more details.

{Resources}:

Photography: Rebecca Watkins Photography

Invitation: Sassy Photo Creations

Cookie Favor Pops: Sugar Cookie Creations

More resources as well as *FABULOUS DIY TUTORIALS* for creating a custom cake pop stand to those darling dinosaur cupcake toppers, all on Christine's blog!!!!

  

Peace And Love Baby Shower

We love this "peace and love" themed baby "sprinkle" designed and submitted by Ebony. She did a fabulous job, and we love how incredibly unique it is--and a perfect inspiration for that next baby shower you might be throwing!!!

We are in *LOVE* with this cake. WOW. The colors and "tie-dye" effect are so much fun!

The banner is equally darling, created by Ebony herself (decal resource listed at end of post)!

The diaper cake (by Ebony and her mom) is a fun decoration...

How about these fun custom printed food signs (not to mention the cute name for the yummy treat it is for!)

Did you notice those napkin rings? We thought you might have, so here is a closer look...SUCH a creative idea!

Peace sign necklaces are oh-so-theme-appropriate...



Gorgeous Pink Gerbera Daisy!

How about the cute centerpieces?

We love the picture of the stylish mom-to-be slicing the cake (and check out her theme-appropriate adorable outfit, too!)

Ebony, thank you so much for sharing this shower with us. Ebony (of Sparkling Events & Designs, LLC) recently shared her daughter's adorable Alice in Wonderland-inspired birthday, and was worried of submitting another post too soon after!

But we specifically asked for baby shower ideas, and she really blew us away with this one--stunning photography, gorgeous cake, and one of the most unique themes we have ever seen, so we couldn't help but wish to share more of her great work! You can check out more of Ebony's work here (oh, and we must tell you, we are so thrilled for her--another STUNNING shower she threw was recently featured on THE Preston Bailey's site, too! WOW!).

Thank you so much Ebony, we do hope you will continue to submit your fun and fabulous parties and designs! You are such an inspiration!!!

Ebony's {Resources}:

Photography by Jessica Shouse

Flower wall decals by Shindigz 

Centerpiece boxes by Bloom Box

Cake by Sugar Plum Visions

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!