Posted on May 24, 2013 by Kara

Disco Glam 12th Birthday Party

This sparkly DISCO GLAM TWELFTH BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Justine Clarke of Sensationally Sweet Events. What a bright and fun party theme for any girl.

From sparkles to glow sticks there are just so many great ideas. Some of my favorite elements are:

The apothecary jars filled with candy
The gumball machine
The pink cupcake stands
The awesome labels on everything
The banners
and MORE!

Justine said this about planning the party- “The brief was black, white and hot pink disco theme to which I added gold, glitz and glam elements. The dessert table was filled with cupcakes and lollies in hot pink, gold, yellow and white. I painted some homemade cake stands in metallic gold and hot pink paint, then glued some sequined trim. Old pasta jars were sprayed gold and glammed up with mod podge and pink glitter plus a band of sequined trim to fill with fresh flowers and a plastic Ikea ‘Grab a Glowstick’ frame got the mod podge and gold glitter treatment. My friend Jenny from Concept Designs created the gold glitter ball backdrop and matching printable accessories for the table. I filled my hand-painted metallic gold gumball machine with hot pink sixlets and personalised milk chocolate bars sat on a vintage serving tray covered with diamante bling. A quickly made glitter cardstock ‘bling’ garland brightened up the front of the table.”

Mr. and Mrs Smith Photography
Concept – Designs

Taste
Sensationally Sweet Events

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:

Apothecary Jars

Glow Sticks

Rock Candy

Picture Frames

Cupcake Liners

Glass Jars

Glitter Starz Invitations

Ribbon

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Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:

Apothecary Jars

Glow Sticks

Rock Candy

Picture Frames

Cupcake Liners

Glass Jars

Glitter Starz Invitations

Ribbon

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Kara

Sweet Jane’s Traveling Teahouse Vintage High Tea Party

This precious SWEET JANE’S TRAVELING TEAHOUSE VINTAGE HIGH TEA PARTY was submitted by Kelly Holcroft of Sweet Jane’s Travelling Teahouse (Australia).

Oh my goodness, one look at the adorable pink polkadot “teahouse” traveling trailer and I was in love. What a lovely business…traveling around AU offering high tea services! And what an adorable birthday party at that!

This party is full of ideas. What a gorgeous bridal shower this would be…or a baby shower…or a teenage girl party. The possibilities are endless! Some of my favorite party ideas and elements are:

The darling vintage trailer
The flowers cookies with sprinkles
The delicate cupcakes
The sugar cookies
The vintage bike
The homemade birthday crowns
And MORE!

This exquisite party was held at Montague Park, Drummoyne in Sydney on 7 April 2013 and was a collaboration between neighbors who live in Rozelle, Sydney, Australia.

Styling: Sweet Jane’s Travelling Teahouse
Catering: One Sweet Chick Couture Cookies and Cakes
Photos: Milk and Honey Photography

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Posted on April 27, 2013 by Kara

Teen Girl Bunco Themed Birthday Party

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This fun and creative BUNCO THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Cris McGrath of Crissy’s Crafts.

Bunco is such a fun game…what a good idea to create a whole party around the game! I’m sure Cris’ daughter and her friends had a blast at this fabulous celebration!

Fabulous party ideas I liked:

The Game Dice Shaped Cake Pops
The black and pink honeycomb lanterns hanging above the table
The feathers
The apothecary jars
and MORE!

Photography and Styling by Crissy’s Crafts
BUNCO Printable by Amanda’s Parties To Go
Dice Cake Pops by Evie and Mallow

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Gumballs
Candy Sticks
Popcorn Boxes
Pink Polkadot Pennant Banner
Candy
Lollipop / Treat Sticks
Apothecary Jars
Gable Boxes
Honeycomb Tissue Balls

Cris said this about planning the party- “We had a BUNCO party to celebrate my daughter’s 14th Birthday. The girls didn’t know much about the game upon arrival but I explained the rules while they had dinner. We served all my daughter’s favorite appetizers for dinner like zingers, cream cheese/herbs dip(in the shape of a dice – made by my daughter), pizza rolls, dumplings, spring rolls and mozzarella sticks. After dinner we started the game and took a break after a couple rounds for some dessert! As per my daughter request, we had a chocolate fountain! It was a huge hit! None of the girls had ever had the pleasure to enjoy such yummy treat! As for dipping, they enjoyed some fresh strawberries, marshmallows, pretzels and Oreos. We got back to the game and at that point all the girls were into the game! The music was loud, they were screaming and giggling! We had a bright pink boa that was passed around every time someone else scored a BUNCO! We were able to finish all the 6 rounds of the game! The winner took home the boa as a prize! We also had favors for all the girls! They took home giant plush dice, candy, chocolate bar and beads. After the game we sang Happy Birthday and opened the gifts. We had Oreo ice cream cake(my daughter’s favorite cake), dice cake pops and chocolate cornered fortune cookies for our second round of desserts! The girls loved playing BUNCO and now they want to organize a Mother/Daughter BUNCO Mexican Night!”

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Kara

Las Vegas Themed Birthday Party

This super creative LAS VEGAS THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Debbie of Wants and Wishes. This party looks like it was so much fun and has so many creative Vegas-centered ideas. Not only is it a great theme for a birthday party but it would also be fun for a girls’ night out, a bachelorette party, or an over-the-hill party!

There are so many fun ideas here! A few of my favorite elements of this Las Vegas themed party are:

The martini olive cake pops

The dice patterned favor boxes

The cookies shaped like different playing card suits

and MORE!

This is what Debbie said about planning the party- “Welcome to my fabulous midlife crisis birthday party…. Vegas Style. A few close friends and I joke that we are going through a pre midlife crisis, so when my birthday come around this year I thought it would be fun to have a midlife crisis party and also incorporate Vegas. I absolutely LOVE how it turned out and everyone had a great gambling and munching at the “Lost Ages” buffet. The party’s saying was “What happens at Debbie’s party- stays at Debbie’s birthday party”.

For the atmosphere I wanted it to fee like a hotel & casino…. the “Lost Ages” Hotel and Casino. I was playing off of Lost Wages, as that is what some people call Vegas, but wanted to stick with the Ages/ Midlife crisis theme still. I set up tables for game playing and I wanted them to look like real gambling tables so they had green felt on the top and red skirting. This also matched the dessert table.

The dessert bar had a large backdrop poster of the famous Vegas Sign…. Welcome to my fabulous midlife crisis. We has so many fun sweets and treats. I made Sprinkles Bakes Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Cake Cheesecake! It was so incredibly delicious! We decorated it with king and queen toppers and chocolate poker chips that I homemade. We also had sugar cookies and chocolate chip cookies in the shapes of all four playing card suits. The chocolate chip cookies were packaged in favor bags and we made ice cream sandwiches out of them later on in the party. There were also Elvis cupcakes (which have banana and peanut butter frosting with bacon bits in banana cupcake batter), homemade marshmallow “dice”, red Liquor-ish, little shot glasses of Chicklets (they looked like bingo balls) and my favorite dessert… olive cake pops. I took an over-sized martini glass filled with red candy, then displayed the “olive” cake pops in there! It was the hit of the night for sure! We had dice patterned favor boxes for the guests to fill up with treats and take home.

For favors, I made little note pads like you would find in a hotel room that said ‘Lost Ages, Hotel and Casino’ at the top and ‘What happens at Debbie’s birthday- stays at Debbie’s birthday’ at the bottom. These were also placed at every game table and we used them to keep score for some of the games.

The buffet had a vegetable and fruit platter, chips and my favorite olive dip, rice, squash and zucchini, sweet pepper sliced chicken and sliced steak and rolls.”

Party planning and styling: Wants and Wishes

Party printables: Wants and Wishes

Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Cake Cheesecake recipe: Sprinkles Bakes

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:

Striped Paper Favor Bags

Clear Cellophane Bags

Cupcake Liners

Lollipop / Treat Sticks