Posted on May 23, 2013 by Kara

Vintage Parisian Bridal Shower

This sweet VINTAGE PARISIAN BRIDAL SHOWER was submitted by Jessica Boskoff of Twenty Three Layers.

This vintage Parisian theme not only makes a lovely bridal shower but would be perfect for a birthday party or baby shower too! A few of the ideas and elements I like best are:

The fleur di lis shaped cookies
The tulle pom poms
The ornate shaped “i do” cupcake toppers
The lace cupcake wrappers
and MORE!

Designed/Styled By: Jessica Boskoff/Twenty Three Layers
Venue: Fig & Olive 5th Avenue New York
Photographer: Vanessa Tierney
Desserts: Ashleigh Blackman from Bake-tique 212
Macarons: by Woops
Custom Cloths: Dreamzzzz from Etsy
Tulle Pom Poms: Shanz Partaaay Decor
Real Lace Cupcake Liners: timberlacedesigns
Parisian Suitcase boxes: Michaels
Handmade Place Card Holders: Iren Designs

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Lollipop / Treat Sticks
Striped Paper Straws
Apothecary Jars
Glass Drink Bottles

Here’s what Jessica said about the party- “The theme of this Bridal Shower was Parisian- filled with tulle, lace and pearls. The colors focus on pinks and lavenders. The Dessert table was beautiful, and included different types of delicious desserts all in line with the Parisian Theme. Cake pops, macarons, Fleur Di Lis cookies, cupcakes and pink ombre mini cakes. There was an old vintage jewelry box with a strand of pearls hanging from the outside and a special surprise for the bride inside-a pair of beautiful diamond earrings! In front of the jewelry box were cupcakes in a jar that came with individual spoons so that guests could take it home with them. On the opposite side there was fresh pink lemonade on a stand with glass bottles that included pink paperer straws and custom labels for Emily’s Shower. The bottles were lined up on a white tra y. Hanging above the dessert table were different size tulle pom poms in light shades of pink and lavender.

The Tablescape settings were very feminine and had touches of a tea party. Each setting consisted of a tea cup and saucer, custom love note tags tied to the handle with lace and adorned with a pearl, a custom tea bag with the bride/groom monogram, as well as a pink journal with guests initials engraved on the bottom (teacup sat on top of the journal). Place card holders were quite unique- handmade clay macaroons with a slit for the name card to tuck into. The tables were covered in either a beautiful striped cloth to match the outer banquet cushions or lavender cloths for the center tables to match the beautiful parisian dessert table cloth which was adjacent. There were white milk glass bud vases lining the center of the tables filled with roses. In between the vases there were 2 small white cake stands on each table that had pink swirl cupcakes with edible pearls and handmade real lace cupcake wrappers. For takeaways, in addition to the journals and desserts, there were min i bottles of pink moscato with custom labels, detailed with a bow. Decor around the room included apothecary jars filled with solar rose heads, vintage books and old parisian suitcase boxes which housed the mini bottles of wine.”

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Lollipop / Treat Sticks
Striped Paper Straws
Apothecary Jars
Glass Drink Bottles

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Kara

Pink + Gray Baby Shower

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This elegant PINK & GREY + PRINCESS BALLERINA THEMED BABY SHOWER was submitted by Joelle Penafiel of The Party Starters Events.

Some of my favorite ideas and elements in this princess baby shower are:

The pink onesie cookies adorned with tutus and pearls
The tri colored ruffle cake with the baby rattle topper
The tulle table skirt
and MORE!

Photography: Natalie Crockett
Cake, cookies, cupcakes, cake pops: Rhoda Dye
Event Styling and Design: The Party Starters Events

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Lollipop / Treat Sticks
Ribbon
Striped Paper Straws
Ice Cream Cups
Daisy Cut Lids

Joelle said this about planning the party- “I had an amazing time designing and styling a baby shower fit for a little baby princess for a wonderful friend!

I created this pink and gray vintage baby shower for my co-teacher, Jenny. She and I taught first grade together for a few years. Throughout the years, she has been my confidante, friend, and supporter at school. My friend Jenny is a sweet, caring, thoughtful, and amazing teacher. Next year, she will stay home with her darling baby girl, Whitney, as she begins this new journey in her life. Although I will miss her terribly next school year, I am glad she will get a chance to be home with her little one.

For this party, almost everything was handmade: from the deliciously pretty sweet treats and their containers, to the delicate decorations and treat box favors, and the lovely invites for this event!

I really wanted to incorporate pink, girly tutus into my design. To create the treat table, I custom ordered a gray damask vinyl backdrop to set the mood for a vintage, feminine, and elegant treat table. I think it worked well with the pink and gray vintage theme. I spray painted an Ikea picture frame with a light, cotton candy pink color and cut the baby girl silhouette with my cutting machine. I tied yards and yard of strips of light sparkly pink tulle to create a fluffy tutu table skirt, which matched my tutu-inspired treat table treats!

I used upside-down boxes, that I tied with silver satin ribbon, for the treat risers. I had a net that draped over the treat table from Ikea, and I think it added a little bit of a dreamy and princess-feel to our table.

Food/ Drinks: We had Fettuccine Alfredo with chicken, meatballs, and chicken salad croissants for our lunch. For our treat table, we had vanilla cupcakes with handmade cupcake toppers, tutu onesies sugar cookies, pink and silver and white tutu vanilla cake, tutu cake pops. I absolutely LOVE the pink tutu sugar cookies! We also had caramel popcorn in pink and white popcorn boxes, and strawberry cheesecake cups with silver spoons in them.

Drinks were lemonade and looked adorable in the mason jars with the daisy lids and matching pink paper straws. I cut a silver baby bottle vinyl design to put on the drink jar. I created a vintage-inspired pink and gray invitation that I displayed on the drink table.

We had a fantastic time spending together as women and celebrating our dear friend Jenny! We are excited to meet the new addition to the Wood Family. We love her!”

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Lollipop / Treat Sticks
Ribbon
Striped Paper Straws
Ice Cream Cups
Daisy Cut Lids

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Posted on May 23, 2013 by Kara

Circus + Carnival 5th Birthday Party

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This amazing CIRCUS + CARNIVAL FIFTH BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Dalia of Tiny Tots Toy Hire.

This circus and carnival party is absolutely fantastic! There are so many fabulous ideas here that a boy or girl of any age would love! Some of the highlights are:

The wooden ticket and lemonade booths
The vintage cotton candy and popcorn tins
The colorful polka dot plates and cups
The paper straws topped with mustache toppers
The fabulous 3- tiered circus themed cake
and MORE!

Concept, design, styling, prop & toy hire- Tiny Tots Toy Hire
Assistant Stylists- Styled With Love By Amy Louise and Styled by Linda
Cookies & Cupcakes- Pink Owl Cupcakes
Cakes- Confetti & Crumbs
Handmade Bunting- Giggleberry Creations
Balloon Centrepieces & Balloon Arch- Born to Party
Disposable party goods- Love to Celebrate
Photography- Silk Truffle Photography

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Carnival / Circus Party Supplies
Balloons
Whirly Pops
Ferris Wheel Cupcake Server
Ticket Rolls
Striped Paper Straws
Milk Bottles
Popcorn Boxes
Striped Treat Bags
Carnival Water Bottle Labels
Wooden Welcome / Directional Sign

Dalia said this about planning the party- ”We couldn’t decide if we should have a Circus party or a Carnival party so why not have the best of both worlds! This party was held for a 5 year old boy and boy oh boy was it a hit with all the little guests! Best thing about this theme is that it’s loved equally by both boys and girls and it oozes FUN! Every last detail of this party was themed with props from Tiny Tots Toy Hire’s new Carnival range including vintage Hot Dog and Lemonade stands, Ticket booth, Carnival Directional Sign, Corn & Candy Station, Photo booth, Circus tent, Lolly Shop Canopy and much much more! Along with the music, both adults and kids felt like they were really at the Carnival on the day!

The kids loved playing traditional carnival games like Can Toss, Pin the Nose on the Clown, Duck Pond fishing, Tattoos and Ring Toss, along with some not so traditional but equally fun games like bowling, Dress up Corner, Sack race, musical chairs and hopscotch! When it was time to eat, both the savoury and sweet food was themed and included mini hamburgers, hot dogs, corn cobs, mini pies and sausage rolls, toffee apples, lollies, freshly made fairy floss and popcorn to name a few. The balloon arch by Born to Party was definitely a show stopper and really made an impact alongside the giant whirly windmills and of course a Prize Board filled with goodies to choose from is a huge hit with the littlies and a must for this theme!”

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Kara

Gone Fishing Themed Birthday Party

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Gone Fishiing themed birthday party via Kara's Party Ideas KarasPartyIdeas.com #gone #fishing #fish #fisherman #themed #party #ideas #father's #day #dad

This rustic GONE FISHING THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Laura Aguirre of LAURA’S little PARTY.

I love so many of the ideas and elements in this gone fishing party! My favorites are:

The fishing themed cookies
The waffle cones filled with goldfish cracker “trail mix”
The bait stand displaying the “catch of the day” sack lunches
and MORE!

Here’s what Laura said about planning the party- “Recently, my little guy Jordan {2 1/2 yrs old} has taken a liking to fishing. I recently purchased a fishing hat, and brought it home for him. Since then, he would tell me every day that he wanted to go fishing. I love making fun milestones into big celebrations, so I quickly put together a little fishing spread at a small lake near our house. I gathered some props, put together a few fun fishing elements, and even converted our lemonade stand into a “bait stand” that held the “catch of the day”: sack lunches, and milk bottles for lemonade.

S’mores bites, mini cupcakes, gold fish cracker “trail mix” and other treats were perfect for our little day trip to the lake. My dear friend Arlene, from She wears the crown made a batch of adorable cookies, especially for my little skipper!

Although he didn’t catch anything, he certainly had a great time casting his fishing line, and clomping around in his favorite boots, and fishing hat.”

Photography/Party styling/printables – LAURA’S little PARTY
Milk bottles, brown bags, polka dot snack cups – Kara’s Party Ideas Shop
Gone fishing cookies – She Wears The Crown

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

Milk Bottles

Brown Bags

Polka Dot Snack Cups

Burlap

Jute Twine

Striped Paper Straws

Wooden Forks

2-sided Frame

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

Milk Bottles

Brown Bags

Polka Dot Snack Cups

Burlap

Jute Twine

Striped Paper Straws

Wooden Forks

2-sided Frame

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Kara

Rainbow Themed Birthday Party | Kara’s Party Ideas Shop

Today I am featuring my RAINBOW THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY! I actually styled this party last year…and have been dying to share it with you!

This party was super fun to plan and execute. I hope you enjoy all of the rainbow party ideas. I tried to pack as many rainbow themed party ideas as possible into one party. There are a lot of ideas that could be used for an ART PARTY, too!

Party Styling: Kara’s Party Ideas
Photography: Kara Allen / Kara’s Party Ideas
Cake- Chubby Hubby Cupcakes

All party products used in this party are from KARA’S PARTY SHOP:
Rainbow Printable Set
Lollipops
Bakers Twine
Balloons
Number 5 Piñata
Gumballs
Milk Bottles
Paper Straws
Polka Dot Baking Cups
Candy Sticks
Bubbles
Chevron Paper Bags
Chevron Wooden Forks / Spoons
Striped Wooden Forks / Spoons
Ribbon
Mini Pedestal Cups
Rock Candy
Paper Shred
6″ Linen Bags
3″ Linen Bags
Paper Fringe
Party Hats
Gumball Tubes
White Standing Party Frame
Swirl Lollipops
Mini Cordial Clear Bowls
Happy Birthday Wooden Spoons
Cello Bags
Crepe Paper
Gable Boxes
Mason Jars

A number 5 piñata from Kara’s Party Shop doubled as part of the decor.

I filled letter candy dishes spelling ‘happy’ (from Amazon.com) with various rainbow candy…

White Gable Box, Bakers Twine- Kara’s Party Shop

I love these old fashioned lollipops in the shop. I attached cute tags (part of the rainbow printable collection) to the lollipops with bakers twine (also from the shop). I cut out the tags with my scallop paper punch.

These napkin holders were one of my favorite elements of the party. I used mini chevron bags to hold napkins, a candy stick and a paper straw with a cute printable straw topper…all from the shop. I tied printed wooden spoons to the bags with bakers twine…available here.

The invitation is also part of the printable party pack…shown here with red ribbon weaved through one side.

I cut cloud shapes out of white card stock and used them as fun straw toppers. Glass milk bottles, paper straws and printable drink label from the shop.

The layered jello was super fun in the mini plastic parfait cups from the shop.

One of the cute images from the printable party pack was printed on iron on transfer paper. The “you are my sunshine” was then printed onto linen favor bags from the shop.

Milk bottles, rainbow drink labels & striped paper straws from Kara’s Party Shop.

The same “you are my sunshine” image was printed on a smaller scale and used as cupcake toppers (attached to striped paper straws). A yellow pom sun was also attached to each topper.

Bubble favors were adorned with rainbow heart patterned printable flags (also part of the rainbow party pack).

Oranges were cut in half and hollowed out then filled with jello. Cute happy birthday wooden spoons from the shop were inserted into each orange jello cup.

I filled individual popsicle molds with rainbow candies and attached a printable tag (also from the printable collection) with bakers twine.

I filled ice cube trays with various juice and fruit. The ice cubes were delicious in Sprite.

I made the above party hats with regular inexpensive hats from my shop. I simply glued paper fringe (available in all colors in the Kara’s Party Ideas Shop) around the bottom of the hats to dress them up a bit.

Rock candy sticks (from the shop) are one of my favorite party treats.

I added paper fringe to the tops of paper chevron print bags.

Doughnut holes served as “Doughnut Clouds”. Printable topper from the rainbow printable collection.

Mini plastic cordial cups from the shop were filled with rainbow candies. A printable tag from the party pack was then simply placed on top of the candy in the center of the bowl for extra cuteness.