Posted on November 14, 2011 by Kara

FREE- Mini Cake Pennant Bunting for Thanksgiving, Fall & Birthday’s!

Being that it’s November, the month of Thanksgiving, I wanted to take a moment and THANK ALL OF YOU, my wonderful fans & readers, for your support, love & following! I thought you would all enjoy something fun & FREE!

Download and print these adorable Happy Birthday, Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Fall mini cake pennant banners…designed exclusively for me & my fans by the sweet Kori of Paper & Pigtails. These darling bunting flags are a perfect an inexpensive way to decorate a birthday cake…or even a Thanksgiving dessert!

The coordinating alphabet also comes with each set…so you can spell out whatever you would like! Just print, cut & attach to yarn or string in between two dowels, skewers, candles….you name it.

Download the free HAPPY BIRTHDAY MINI PENNANT BANNER HERE! Want your banner to say something besides ‘Happy Birthday’? Mini ALPHABET PENNANTS ALSO AVAILABLE HERE!

Download the free HAPPY BIRTHDAY MINI PENNANT BANNER HERE! Want your banner to say something besides ‘Happy Birthday’? Mini ALPHABET PENNANTS AVAILABLE HERE!

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Kara

Pumpkin Patch 1st Birthday Party

And next up- a darling PUMPKIN PATCH 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY by Kami Buchanan of Kami Buchanan Custom Designs. Oh me, oh my…how cute is this?! A perfect theme for a fall birthday.

This beautiful little girl has had several health problems over her first year of life so the Mom and Dad wanted to have a party they could enjoy with their family and not have to worry about doing a lot of work. That is why they hired Kami, as well as a photographer. **Great update since the party, Reide has been weened off her feeding tube and is eating like a big girl and holding her weight! Prayers have been answered!

Vendors:

Custom invite & party hat- KB Custom Designs

Party designer-KB Custom Designs

Cake by For the Love of Cake

Pumpkin Sugar Cookies made local by Stacey Crawford Photography by Michelle Levesque

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Posted on September 27, 2011 by Kara

Halloween & Thanksgiving Party! Harvest, Fall Party! Downloads!

My next party feature is this lovely HALLOWEEN AND THANKSGIVING PARTY submitted by Kori Clark of Paper & Pigtails! What a perfect concept…a fall party that would work for both thanksgiving & halloween! Genius! All the party printables for the party are just darling. The best part…Kori is offering the halloween circles, fall circles, halloween sign & fall sign to my readers for FREE. Download them here! Thank you, Kori!! The rest of the adorable party printables can be purchased in her shop here. Kori said- “This shoot comes from the most practical and honest side of me. At the risk of being tarred and feathered by party loving friends, I haven’t really ever decorated for Halloween….I decorate for fall and tweak little bits to change things up from Halloween through Thanksgiving. This is how I came up with the concept of a party that could be easily put together for a Halloween Party, and all of the items and details could be used again for a family Thanksgiving dinner, or even just fall entertaining!

The design for the shoot was based on the printable designs used, and I wanted to focus on white pumpkins with a silhouette feel. I wanted to get away from typical Halloween colors with a crisp white and deep chocolate browns.

The dessert table is always a favorite of mine, as I think it provides a beautiful backdrop to a get together! I covered the table in chocolate colored linens, and then created my own “table runners” but placing a strip of double sided tape down each side and adhering doilies and white pumpkin cut outs across the top of the table and down the front. To give a little height and definition, I hung strips of burlap made like large tassles in the trees to hang down on either side. The table featured darling fondant pumpkins from , a holiday framed sign (one for Halloween and another one for Thanksgiving), pecan pie bits, cupcakes, and a beautiful cake and cake pops made by a friend who will be launching her cakerie in 2012!! I also made chocolate covered marshmallows to look like white pumpkins!

The kids table had the same doilies and pumpkin cut outs along with a container of crayons for the little ones to color them with! At each place setting there was a stick of rock candy for a little take home treat.

Sweet Things Kids created an outfit to coordinate with the printables and I just adore it! The tutu was so fluffy and she used the same material from the pumpkin to make a tie for the little guy!”

Vendors:

Printables, Photography, Styling – Paper & Pigtails

Girls Shirt, Tutu, and Boy’s Tie – Sweet Things Kids

Cake & Cake Pops – {Coming soon} Lemon Drop Cakerie

Cupcake Snack Cups – Shop Sweet Lulu Fondant Pumpkins – Two Sugar Babies

Again, you can download this sign for free here!

Darling circles can be downloaded for free here!

Thankful sign can be downloaded for free here.

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Kara

Autumn Celebration Dessert Table

My next winning party feature goes to this

Autumn Celebration Dessert Table

by Sweet Table Chicago!

How pretty!

I love the birch wood branches with hanging leaf cookies.

Kathleen is a “gourmand from Chicago, IL. with an eye for all things sweet and beautiful. She creates wonderfully designed and decadent dessert tables for business and personal events.”

Wonderful job, Kathleen!

Congratulations on being the winning party feature today!

These last two photo’s are of a different dessert table that Sweet Table Chicago styled. Beautiful.

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Kara

Fall Harvest Thanksgiving Party!

Today’s winning party feature goes to this amazing

Fall Harvest Thanksgiving Party

submitted by Anders Ruff Custom Designs!

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Wow…this party is simply GORGEOUS.

Everything is displayed beautifully.

I want to jump right into the photo’s to be there myself!

The best part…you can create this same party by purchasing theFall Harvest Printable collection for 50% off right now!

Natural and handmade elements were their inspiration around the “Fall Harvest Design Collection”. Their color scheme revolved around the harvest that they would display on our tables. The colors were tones from artichokes, wheat, bosc pears, green apples, ivory pumpkins, acorns, and pine cones. A backdrop of rusty orange added a bright contrast to these natural tones.

Photo’s taken by Becca Bond Photography.

Styling and graphics by Anders Ruff Custom Designs.

Twine, Gift Bags and Liners by The Cupcake Social.

Thanks for your submission, Maureen, Adria & Carrie!

Congratulations on being chosen as the winning party feature today!

Remember…you can purchase this Fall Harvest Printable Design Collection here for 50% off!!