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Showing posts with label centerpiece. Show all posts

Monday, March 12, 2012

      :::Elmo Party:::
This party was short, sweet and to the point! 
The Little Gym is a great place where you can invite 12 of your child’s friends for an hour 
 to jump around and celebrate your lil’ one! 
That’s just what we did for my daughter’s 2nd birthday! I styled their party room head to toe “Elmo.”


At the time, my daughter was obsessed with Elmo; what 2 year isn’t?
 But I could not find a party favor that did him justices…so I made one. 


I bought red bouncy balls that I found at the grocery store and 
I bought paint markers from the craft store. 
It took me days but I painted Elmo’s face on every ball. 
I’ll admit it was a little eerie walking into the dining room at night 
having all the Elmo balls staring at me! 
Needless to say, they were a big hit with the kids!


My best friend, Angelica Acosta made her famous cupcakes and 
we dressed them with hand painted chocolate Elmo faces. I found the chocolate mold on ebay. 





 I also made Elmo cake pops, my first attempt, and decided right then and there that 
I will leave this task to the professionals!






Of course my lil’ fam bam was decked out in Elmo gear. I found my daughter’s ensemble on eBay. The Tutu Fairy helped me out with a personalized Elmo shirt and red tutu! 

She totally looked the part! The party was a hit and my daughter enjoyed herself!



 Big thanks to KJ PHOTOGRAPHY for shooting the event!

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Gnome Party

My sister threw a party for her best friend's "Golden Birthday"...23 on the 23rd! 
We didn't know what type of theme to have since it was an after hour, BYOB party.
Inspiration came on a walk one day. 
I passed a overly, decorated house with lots of garden "art."
There he was...a fat gnome standing beside a sun bleached flamingo! 
He was my lil' muse! 
We literally had no budget...so the only way to style this event was with items I already had. 
I used lanterns with red candles and a lil' bit of nature, which the last time I checked is free. 
I made the miniature birthday banner out of foam and wire. 
The lil' gnomes came to life with felt, thread and hot glue. 
The decorations turned out great and the birthday girl was amused. 
The best part about the design was it came off the tables quickly for beer pong!

Gnome Nature Centerpieces
Gnomes with a miniature Birthday Banner



Felt Gnome



Thursday, January 19, 2012

Mommy To Bee Babyshower

This baby shower was so much fun to style.  A fellow teacher friend is having her first baby and the staff decided to throw her a lil’baby shower in the staff lounge. Let me be honest when I say this lounge lent no help in the cuteness area…I had my work cut out for me to style the space.  
 




 She's having a baby boy but I decided to stay away from the blue palette. She herself decorates her classroom boards with black paper and yellow boarders so I wanted to incorporate that color scheme. Who showcases these colors the best…why bees do of course! And with that, the theme...  "Mommy to Bee” was born. Beside the lack luster staff lounge my other challenge was the budget…it was literally non-existent. Everything was created from things found in my art closet! Needless to say, the shower was lovely and mommy to bee felt celebrated! I extremely enjoyed this styling process…
 





Mommy to bee baby shower banner
pom poms hanging with garland
Paper garland and tissue paper pom poms were hung

paper daisy yellow centerpiece with bumblebee
Paper Daisy Centerpieces with flying Bumble Bees
Mommy to Bee Flag

daisy centerpiece with bumble bee
Paper Bumble bee attached to daisy
Bumble Bee Cupcake Toppers