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 October 19, 2011 by Kara

Outdoor Movie Birthday Party

And the next party feature goes to this darling OUTDOOR MOVIE BIRTHDAY PARTY submitted by Caryl Lyons of ROAR events group. Such a perfect theme for a tween party! Look at the vintage movie reel cake & fun cookies! I love the Coca Cola crates, as well!

Here is what Caryl said about the party- ”We just celebrated my son Tucker’s 11th birthday and we wanted to do something a little different. He was past the age of legos and super heros so we needed to think of a theme that would be COOL to a tween.

We decided on an outdoor movie theme mixed in with afternoon pool time. The kids arrived around 4pm and immediately jumped in the pool. They worked up an appetite with pizza. As the sun was setting, we started the movie and they all huddled together.

The dessert table was a concession stand that had all the movie time favorites from licorice to starbursts to skittles to popcorn. And of course a party wouldn’t be complete without a film reel cake.

The party printables were done by Adria of Anders Ruff and my mom. I gave my mom the vision of what I was going for and she drew the main graphic. Adria digitized it and incorporated it into the rest of the look and feel. The cake was created by Michelle of Cakewalk Baking. She did an amazing job. We had popcorn, film reel and star cookies that were baked up by Allyson Jane Cookies. We purchased a 1968 vintage film reel off craigs list. That was a great find. We found the popcorn buckets and french fry containers (that we used for some of the concession stand goodies) from Cost Plus. We went to our favorite paper store, The Paper Source for the envelopes and stickers for the invitations. The red fabric for the concession stand back drop was from Joann’s.”

Event Styling: ROAR events group, Hey Caryl & Studio J

Party Printables: Anders Ruff & Caryl’s mom

Cake: Cakewalk Baking

Cookies: Allyson Jane

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Kara

Water Fight “Wars” Birthday Party!

Like I said earlier, today I am featuring a few parties that were photographed by the talented Wendy Updegraff. This WATER FIGHT or WATER WARS BIRTHDAY PARTY she threw for her son’s 11th birthday was a huge success! A dunking tank?! I’m sure all the kids at the party talked about that one for weeks. This party just looks like so much fun…the kind of party that makes you want to be a kid again! Thanks for your submission, Wendy! All party printables were designed by Wendy. Custom birthday banner ordered from etsy shop, Cardboard Sheek. Tattoos printed by etsy shop, Buttonhead.

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Kara

Orange & Pink Argyle Baby Shower!

My next winning party feature goes to this beautiful

Orange & Pink BlaBla Doll Baby Shower

by Wendy Updegraff Photography!

Aren’t these photo’s {taken by Wendy} and colors stunning?!

Wendy threw this baby shower with her mom for her sister and new niece, Zoe.

She said that little Zoe was going to have a nice collection of BlaBla dolls when she arrived so they used that as an inspiration for the party. They made BlaBla tags for all the chairs and kept the colors bright and cheerful!