Posted on October 15, 2012 by Kara

Vintage Transportation 2nd Birthday Party

This precious VINTAGE TRANSPORTATION SECOND BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Keren Precel of Keren Precel Events.

Keren said- “This was a vintage transportation party we did for a boy named Enzo’s 2nd birthday. The custom made backdrop and the use of wood and metal props gave the table a vintage vibe. Elements such as airplanes, birds and hot air balloons were brought in to tie together the air theme. Sweet treats on the dessert table included chocolate airplane pops {our favorite!), plane sugar cookies, cupcakes with ribbon flags, cloudy marshmallows, meringue kisses, and chocolate mousse. Guests took home a plane kit and a personalized chocolate bar.”

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Cupcake Liners
Lollipop Sticks
Wooden Spoons
Striped Paper Straws
Glass Milk Bottles
Baker’s Twine
Apothecary Jars

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Kara

Balloon Themed 2nd Birthday Party

You are going to love this VINTAGE BALLOON THEMED 2ND BIRTHDAY PARTY submitted by Manda McGrath! How darling are the hot air balloon suckers and vintage suitcases? So many great ideas here!

Manda said- “We celebrated my son Levi’s second birthday with a balloon theme party. Levi cannot get enough of balloons -or anything round shaped {like my globes} that maybe could be a balloon. So, my step-daughter, Cait, and I worked together to throw him a party with a lot of balloons and globes…and vintage touches because the two of us just can’t seem to throw a party without that element {plus we own a lot of vintage items so that makes decorating that much easier}.” Party Styling and Invitations- Manda McGrath Photography- Caitlin McGrath Photography Large wooden “L” and small round globes- Michaels Chocolate mold for hot air balloons- Amazon Polkadot plates & napkins- Target Balloon cupcake toppers- Hey Yo Yo Items used in this party that are available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop: Polkadot nut cups/cupcake liners Wooden utensils Giant round balloons

Wooden utensils available to purchase here.

Giant round balloons available to purchase here.

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Kara

‘UP’ Inspired Birthday Party

This clever UP INSPIRED BIRTHDAY PARTY by Jacki Fanto of Blissfully Sweet Cakes will make your heart soar. Just take a look at that CAKE for starters! Simply AMAZING. Jacki did such a good job at putting this party together. I love the rainbow jello pops, the balloons in the treat cups and the hanging crepe paper rainbow backdrop.

Here are the party details from Jacki-

“For as long as I can remember, my middle son Ben, has had a complete love affair with balloons! He really does want for nothing else and asks for nothing else! He has the kindest and most innocent soul – it makes me sooo proud. He discovered the movie “Up” at the beginning of the year and needless to say we watch the movie EVERY day! Not so bad, I love it too!

I knew I would have a balloon party for Ben, no other choice really, but once Up came around, I knew it had to themed that way also! I also wanted to have a crack at making that house! (more on that later)

I also wanted to make the dessert table colourful and decided to incporate the rainbow colours. I decided to hang strands upon strands of crepe paper to look like it was a suspended rainbow. I loved how that turned out. All the treats I wanted to make rainbow and balloon orientated.

The Up House-

The scale of this house is HUGE! I knew again that I would not and could not cut this cake, so decided to carve and shape from styro! Easy … not! I felt like an architect, looking at all the different angles of the house as well as the structure. I would hazard a guess that this display cake took about 30+ hours to make! To see the look on Ben’s face and every day since then, worth every single second!

Ice cream cone cupcakes-

Wanted to try something different and these definitely were. Took a while for the kids to work out what they were – the surprise was in the inside!

Sweet Treats-

Rainbow sprinkled chocolate brownies, rainbow coloured macarons and vanilla whoopie pies filled with marshmallow icing.

7 layered rainbow jelly-

Love the effect and the kids hovered these down first. All with their personalized Ben spoons. Wooden spoons and name stamps can be purchased from the Sweet Style online store.

The edible birthday cake and cookies-

It is no secret that I love vintage! I love the look of the rustic buttercream finish, so I made this 6 layered rainbow cake layered and covered in buttercream and simply dotted with balloons. YUMMO! Around the base were balloon bunch cookie pops for the kids as take home treats! The beautiful Rosanna Inc cake stand can be purchased from the Sweet Style’s online store here.

A last minute way to display the M&Ms. I decided to make them into hot air balloons. I just used these gorgeous wooden cups available from Sweet Style and filled them with M&Ms before adding in the balloons on sticks. Ben loved these!”

Credits:

Invitations & printables by Blissfully Sweet

Photos & styling by Blissfully Sweet

All sweet treats & cakes by Blissfully Sweet

Rosanna Inc cake stand and wooden cutlery by Sweet Style

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Kara

Vintage Pinwheel Affair – Pinwheel Party

Today’s winning party feature goes to this stunning VINTAGE PINWHEEL AFFAIR by Visual Vocabulary. I am seriously swooning over these photos. What an amazing 1st birthday party. The confetti tissue garland has got to be my absolute fav. But take a look at the oversized balloons, vintage high chair, pinwheel cake, anthropologie quilt, candy bar & beautiful location!! Just gorgeous.Cake made by Porto’s. Photography by Inkoeht Designs.