Posted on May 4, 2013 by Kara

Vintage Easter Picnic Party

This beautiful VINTAGE SPRING + EASTER PICNIC PARTY was submitted by Jennifer Bell of Discarded Couture.

What a lovely party in a lovely setting! Some of my favorite party ideas in this spring celebration are:

The vintage bike up against the tree
The vintage lace
The vintage bunny + Easter tags
The woodland party elements
And MORE!

Jennifer said this about planning the party- “I love Easter, so I created a girl only upcycled party picnic. It was a fun day. All of the items you see in the photos are repurposed.”

Make-up: Melanie Baird Make-up artist
Hair: hair was done by Conscious Hair by Elena
Venue: Kildra Farms
Prop and styling: Jennifer Bell Discarded Couture
Dresses: Jennifer Bell Discarded Couture
Photographer: Rita Steenssens

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Wooden Berry Baskets
Easter Party Supplies
Bunting / Banner

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Kara

Jewelry Themed Surprise Birthday Luncheon Party

This beautiful JEWELRY THEMED SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY LUNCHEON was submitted by Alexandra Doudian of Enchanted Events & Design. Alexandra was asked to design an event for her client’s mother, who unfortunately, was robbed 2 weeks before her birthday and 4 generations of jewelry was stolen! Her client decided to throw a jewelry themed surprise luncheon for her mom. She asked all of the guests to bring one pair of earrings as a gift for the birthday girl. What a tender idea!

Alexandra said- “I was very inspired by this story and pulled together a simple design with hints of vintage jewelry. The color palette for the party was pink, cream and white with lots of wood accents. The party had a combination of modern colors with rustic accent pieces. For the dessert table I ordered some fabulous custom cookies with beautiful cameos featured on each one. This was huge hit as it closely resembled one of the birthday girl’s favorite broaches which was lost. I also included strawberry cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, strawberry parfaits, mini donut rings, strawberry whoppers and a lovely strawberry cake. I used cherry blossoms in white bottles as the backdrop of the table so the beautiful wallpaper could still be visible. For the lunch the ladies were served a variety of salads and roasted vegetables, a mixed juice spritzer, white wine sangria and lemon water. All the tables had fresh flowers which were purchased the day before in the LA flower district and at a farmer’s market by myself and the hostess. At the end of the event all the ladies took home strawberry bath salt favors.” Vendor Credits- Event Design: Enchanted Events & Design Printables: Enchanted Events & Design Photography: Next Exit Photography Cookies: Denise’s Creations

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Kara

Surprise 60th Birthday Football Tailgating Party

My next party feature goes to this unbelievable SURPRISE 60TH BIRTHDAY FOOTBALL TAILGATING PARTY submitted by Jennifer Carver of Banner Events. Woah, what a party!! Jennifer went all out! I’m sure her father was beyond thrilled when he walked through the doors.

Here is what Jennifer said about the party- “My sister and I recently styled a surprise 60th football tailgating themed birthday party for our father on the eve of the big college rivalry football game. Dozens of family & guests flew/traveled into town to be in attendance. Close to a dozen wonderful vendors contributed towards this event. Resource/Vendor Credits:

Jennifer Carver (Banner Events) & Cami Crosby: Party Styling

Anders Ruff Custom Designs: Custom graphic designs/invitation

Shindig Parties to Go: Custom printable graphic package

Nashville Wraps: glassine bags, white window bags, football basket boxes

The Twinery: denim twine

JP Creatibles: custom football cookies

Edible Details: custom football fondant cookie toppers & 3-D fondant football

Two Sugar Babies: custom football fondant cupcake toppers & football helmet cake topper

Pretzels Pleaze: custom football pretzels

The RPM Studio: Custom graphic designs/football field banner

Cupcake Chic Utah: cupcakes

Pop.O.Licious Cake Pops: football cake pops

Christine Olsen Photography: photography

Details:

‘Tis the season for tailgating. How do you honor a football fanatic on the occasion of his 60th birthday? By surprising him with the biggest football themed tailgate party of his life, complete with gridiron goodies from some of the most talented dessert artists around. Of course some of the best graphic designers were also recruited to design the invitation, party printables and coordinating banner. Fabulous vendors were called upon for packaging, party favor and display needs.

We kicked off our event with a custom invitation designed by Anders Ruff Custom Designs. They scored big with their incredible design work, which set the stage for a crowd pleasing surprise event. The honoree’s college alma mater is Brigham Young University (BYU)–home of the Cougars. Anders Ruff Custom Designs was sure to capture the team colors and college logo perfectly!

Guests arrived to our event on the afternoon of the biggest BYU rivalry game of the year! That evening, the BYU Cougars would host their cross-city rivals, the Utah Utes. Our honoree’s immediate family all had custom designed matching navy and white team shirts with Cougars on the front and PRICE and 60 on the back (the last name and age of our guest of honor).

Guests ‘signed in’ on mini printable footballs (courtesy of Shindig Parties to Go) where they were able to write their name and a little birthday message on the back. They could then tack up their birthday wishes on our football field banner, created by Ryan Murray of The RPM Studio.

Guests sat down to tables outfitted to look like a piece of the football field itself. Astro turf was cut to fit round tables. White ribbon and die cut numbers were glued on to look like yard lines and markers. Centerpieces were made from coordinating college logo balloons, gift bags, pom poms, footballs and coordinating candy. Each place setting was designed using eye-catching printable designs from Shindig Parties to Go. Notice the custom “60″ water bottle wraps, napkin rings and coordinating pennant straw flags.

A delicious lunch was served buffet style with menu items like:

Hail Mary Honey Bacon Club Sandwiches

Face Mask Fruit Salad

Chips to Cheer For

Buttonhook Baked Beans

Sideline Salad

Jumbo Jello cups

Shotgun Shrimp Pasta Salad

Half-Time Hot Dogs

Safety Soda

Runningback Rootbeer

Wide Receiver Water

Fun faux football leather food labels added some fun tailgating appeal to the buffet table. Adorable football boxes from Nashville Wraps helped house chips on the buffet table and fun party favors on the kids’ table.

The highlight of the event was definitely the dessert table. Also, decorated to look like a football field, with astro turf used as the table covering, the dessert table was the focal point of the party design. Striped pennant flags were hung using denim twine from The Twinery. PVC pipe was cut, assembled and painted to look like field goal posts and held letters which spelled out the honoree’s name: DALE. (Thank you to Shindig Parties to Go for inspiring the field goal design!) Bleachers were fashioned out of foam core board to house delicious ‘quarterback’ cupcakes (Cupcake Chic) with custom fondant toppers by Two Sugar Babies. JP Creatibles outdid herself with the most stunning football cookies I have ever laid eyes on! Footballs, custom BYU jersey and BYU logo cookies with the most detailed design work I have ever seen, were the talk of the party! Many other ‘gridiron goodies’ also played starting roles on our dessert table. ‘Corne rback’ cookies were iced and topped with gorgeous fondant cookie toppers crafted by Edible Details. Strawberries were dipped in chocolate and decorated to look like their pigskin counterparts. Beautifully hand dipped and decorated ‘play action’ pretzel rods were prepared by Pretzels Pleaze. Notice the cute sugar footballs adorning the pretzels! No detail was spared! There where ‘wideout whoopee pies’, ‘blocker brownies’, ‘touchdown treats’ in apothecary jars, maple bar ‘cougar paws’, ‘goal time’ cake pops (lovingly created by Johanna Dellino of Pop.O.Licious Cake Pops), and more!

Not to be overshadowed by the other desserts, a delicious 3 layer cake was displayed on its own table, topped with an amazing fondant cake topper by Two Sugar Babies. Notice how the helmet design matches the design work on the invitation by Anders Ruff Custom Designs! I love it when professionals collaborate to make an event even more amazing!

A separate table housed take home party favor window bags and glassine bags from Nashville Wraps. I just love their eco-friendly packaging options! Each was adorned with coordinating ribbon and printable tags by Shindig Parties to Go. They were the perfect thing to allow our guests to take home all sorts of desserts!

Our event included a tribute slideshow and a presentation of autographed sports memorabilia from BYU’s starting quarterback, Jake Heaps, as well as basketball standout, Jimmer Fredette, the 2011 NBA #10 draft pick.”

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Kara

Black, White & Yellow 60th Birthday Party!

Today’s winning party feature goes to this stunning

Black, White & Yellow 60th Birthday Party

submitted by Boutique Affairs!

Alecia {owner of Boutique Affairs} made almost everything on this beautiful dessert table {including the cake}!

The menu included a 3 tier mud cake, gooey caramel macaroons, lemon cake pops, vanilla sponge with passionfruit cream, coffee ganache chocolate cups, vanilla cupcakes & licorice logs. YUMMY!

Photo’s taken by Her Photography.

Stationary by Her Designs.