Posted on December 16, 2012 by Kara

Circus Themed Baby Shower

I’m loving this CIRCUS THEMED BABY SHOWER submitted by Jennifer Stolfi! The ferris wheel cupcake holder in the middle of the table is my favorite!

Jennifer said this about planning the party- “This was a Circus Themed Baby Shower that I threw for my sister, Katie. She’s having a baby girl named Claire. A couple years ago I fell in love with and purchased a wrought iron Ferris wheel and have been dying to have a circus party! The Ferris wheel became the inspiration and focal point for the shower. I have a slight obsessions with crafting and party planning so most everything at the party was made by me from almost all the desserts to all the decorations.

Decor:
I choose bright fun girly colors of yellow, orange, hot pink, light pink and turquoise for all the decor and desserts. A colorful ribbon banner hung from the dessert table and we placed tissue balls over an old painting to create a beautiful work of art behind the table. I made elephant and giraffe pictures to hand on either side of this. These were a gift to my sister to hang in the babies room. Balloons, streamers and sparkly circle garland hung over the main room to create a “big top” and were used as decorations throughout the party. Spray painted gold animals we scattered all over the party right down to the cake topper and jars filled with peanuts and flags were used as table centerpieces.

Food:
All of the food was circus themed from pulled pork and chicken salad sliders, chips and dip, mini corn dogs, fruit kabobs, pretzel bites dipped in cheese and tater tots. The dessert table included Elephant sugar cookies, white powdered sugar donuts, cupcakes with cotton candy toppers, white chocolate covered popcorn, iced animal crackers, a gorgeous polka dot cake and an assortment of candy.

Favors:
The favors were pink scalloped boxes filled with frosted animal crackers.

Game:
Each guest drew and envelope from a basket that contained a picture of a baby. The lady who found the baby with “mama” or “dada”: picture on it won. The prizes were big clear bowls filled with all sorts of popcorn and chocolate lollipop lips and mustaches.

To top the day off, my husband surprised me by buying our dog the cutest lion costume. The circus was complete with wild animals to help celebrate!”

Vendors and Credits:
Cake- Christine’s Cakes & Pastries
Ferris Wheel Cupcake Holder, Ticket Rolls, Striped Paper Straws, Napkins, Ribbon, Paper Lanterns, Tissue Balls, Rock Candy Swizzle Sticks, Clear Cellophane Bags, Scalloped Popcorn Boxes- Kara’s Party Shop

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Kara

Pastel Carousel 2nd Birthday Party

How darling is this PASTEL CAROUSEL THEMED SECOND BIRTHDAY PARTY submitted by Suzanne of Fanciful Events!

A lot of the decor / party items used in this party are available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop!

This is what Suzanne had to say about planning the party- “I styled this carousel themed party for my daughter’s 2nd birthday. I wanted to used things that she loved like carousels, pastel colors, and buttons. I also had silhouettes of my daughter incorporated into the design of the backdrop. Some of the goodies at the party included cookies, button cake pops, macarons, rock candy, donuts and cupcakes.”

Vendors and Credits-
Party Design and Styling: Fanciful Events
Photography: Renee Nicole Design + Photography
Invitation and Printables: Paper & Pigtails
Paper Carousel Favor Boxes: Paper Candee
Button Toppers, Balloon Pops and Little girl topper: Edible Details
Carousel themed toppers and Carousel button horse toppers: Sugar High, Inc
Ruffled Crepe: Crossing The Bugger Dixon-Line
Table Runners: Sweet Tea and Linen
Chalkboard Sign: Moulage Collection
Cookies and Cake Pops: Bee’s Knees Creative
Tulle backdrop and favor Table Design: Let’s Get This Party Started
Macaroons: Crazy about Macarons
Carousel Design from Backdrop: Frog Prince Paperie
Silhouettes Design: Vana from Le Papier Studio
Banner and Cotton candy glassine bags: The Purple Pug
Candy Cups and Ice Cream Cups: Tomkat Studio
Cake: Sweet Tweet Cakery

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Ferris Wheel Cupcake Holder
Polka Dot Candy Cups / Nut Cups
Crepe Paper Streamers
Apothecary Jars
Milk Bottles
Striped Paper Straws
Pearl Gumballs
Burlap Tablecloth & Tablerunner
Wooden Candy Scoops
Lollipop Sticks
Ribbon
Paper Favor Bags
Ice Cream Cups

Metal Ferris Wheel Cupcake Holder available HERE

Find the below Apothecary Jar HERE

Milk Bottles available HERE

Striped Paper Straws available HERE

Apothecary Jar and Milk Bottles found in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop

Wooden Candy Scoops available HERE

Metal Ferris Wheel Cupcake Holder available HERE

Ice Cream Cups available here

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Kara

Pumpkin County Fair 9th Birthday Party

This amazing PUMPKIN COUNTY FAIR NINTH BIRTHDAY PARTY submitted by Wendy Updegraff of Wendy Updegraff Photography will blow you away! What a darling party theme! So many cute ideas here that would be perfect for any fall celebration!

“We celebrated my sweet Bella’s 9th birthday with a backyard bash with some country flair. The theme was Pumpkin County Fair and we tried to make it a little feminine by sticking with pinks, oranges & black. All of the decorations were a labor of love by my very talented mother and myself…and my wonderful mother-in-law helped out with the baking. My son and a friend of the family were our “carnies” and I think they were the two cutest carnies I have ever seen. They did a great job helping the younger kids with all of the games.”

Vendors and Credits:
Photography: Wendy Updegraff Photography
Invitations: Loralee Lewis
Bella’s Dress: EmmaNicole Designs
Bella’s Hair piece: Flowerz by Suz
Bella’s Jewlery: Teeny Tinley Designs
Cake: Love & Sugar Kisses
Cake Topper: IndigoTwin
Preston’s Bow Tie: SDLM

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Ribbon, Fabric
Jute Twine
Striped Paper Bags
Round Polka Dot Balloons
Paper Honeycomb Flowers
Striped Paper Straws
Cupcake Liners
Plastic Forks + Paper Plates, Napkins
Polka Dot Nut / Candy Cups
White Paper Doilies
Lollipop Sticks
Ticket Rolls
Paper Fringe

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Kara

Carnival Themed Wedding

Oh my GOODness, I think my heart just stopped. This CARNIVAL THEMED WEDDING submitted by Leigh Anne Wilkes of Your Homebased Mom is absolutely amazing! WHAT a wedding this must have been! I would have died to go to this reception, let me tell you! So many wonderful ideas here….this would be such a fun birthday party or shower theme, too!

Leigh said- “We wanted something fun for my son’s wedding and decided a Wedding Carnival was the thing! It was a total DIY event with help from lots of friends. All the wonderful photos were taken by our talented friend and photographer Megan Elle Photography.”

Items available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Paper Lanterns
Balloons
Ribbon and Fabric
Apothecary Jars
Striped Paper Straws
Whirly Pops
Gumballs
Taffy
Mustache Candy
Ticket Rolls
Paper Favor Bags + Candy Scoops
Popcorn Bags + Cotton Candy Cones

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Kara

Coney Island Vintage Carnival Party

This adorable CONEY ISLAND VINTAGE CARNIVAL + CIRCUS BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Danielle Arcese of Cutie Putti Paperie! WHAT a party! Danielle did an incredible job at planning this amazing celebration….a soiree FULL of ideas & inspiration!

Danielle said- “Summer is winding down, but the fun isn’t over! I jumped at the opportunity to design a Vintage Carnival theme. Some of my favorite memories as a kid were days spent at the carnival, wandering in wide-eyed amusement at all of the spectacles; a belly full of funnel cakes and popcorn, and my sticky cotton candy fingers handing over a ticket in hopes of winning that JUMBO teddy bear….”Step Right Up, and try your luck”

Carnival games are one of the most favored part of the experience, therefore I really wanted to make that a prominent element of my dessert table. I came up with fun dessert interpretations of some of the most popular game attractions including:
Find the lucky duck push pops (mini vanilla cupcakes topped with a ducky topper) Ballon dart cupcakes (vanilla cupcakes with vintage balloon cluster topper); Win a fish Jello bowls (blue raspberry jello with a swedish fish inside; bowls from Michael’s craft store); and Ring Toss Lemonade (lemonade bottles with cute multi colored rings around their neck, displayed in a vintage crate)

Little carnies got to “take a prize” of vintage game capsules filled with candy, and labeled with a favor tag stating “You’re a Winner! Thank you for coming!”

Also, included on the table were treats representing some nostalgic ride attractions including:
Tilt A Whirly Pops (Whirly Pops); Funhouse Macarons (buttercream macarons decorated with multicolor sprinkles); & the Ball Pit (jumbo gumballs). And who could forget the classics! Good ole’ fashioned popcorn in vintage popcorn boxes, cotton candy, salt water taffy, and candy dots!

The super sweet Mika Beverly of PartyCreative on Etsy, made me the most amazing tissue paper and mylar garland. I was so impressed with it, as soon as I took it out of the box I knew that the garland and the birthday banner were the only two things I needed to make my backdrop POP, and boy did it work!

The vintage details and vivid colors of the printable party goods added the perfect touch of nostalgia that brings you back to the fun and excitement of Vintage Coney Island! Of “days gone by” filled with thrilling roller coaster rides, delicious carnival treats, sun drenched boardwalks, and carefree summer days!”

Re-create this party:
Styling, Party Printables and Photography- Cutie Putti Paperie
Tissue Paper and Mylar Garland- Mika Beverly from Party Creative
Vintage Balloon Toppers- PistachioPaperie
Duck toppers- NY Cake Supply
Glitter Paper, mini fish bowls- Michael’s Crafts

Items used in this party that are available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Push Pop Containers
Paper Straws
Whirly Pops
Popcorn Containers
Rock Candy
Salt Water Taffy
Polka Dot Nut/Cupcake/Candy Cups
Candy Scoops
Lollipop Sticks
Ribbon
Apothecary Jars
Gumballs

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