Classic Pastel Easter Party

This spectacular CLASSIC PASTEL EASTER PARTY was submitted by Maureen from Anders Ruff.

Some of my favorite ideas used in this pastel Easter party are:
  • The Easter egg chandelier
  • The colorful paper fringe backdrop
  • The baby chick cake pops
  • and MORE!
Photography: Rebecca Dollar Photography 
Party Stylist: Ellen Bessette Events
Easter Printables: Anders Ruff
Cake: Everything Cake
Cupcake toppers: TastEcakes
Bunny Cake Pops: Maskipops by Adri 
Custom cookies: Bake Me Pretty
Balloons and Tassles: The Flair Exchange
Chocolate Tulips: Suckers by Steph 
Personalized beverage tub and napkin holder: The Favored Party

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Ribbon
Balloons
Tissue Pom Poms
Milk Bottles
Paper Straws
Paper Fringe
Lollipop / Treat Sticks
Clear Cellophane Bags
Decorative Paper Shred

  

This is what Maureen said about the party- “We are so excited about our New Classic Pastel Easter Collection! We designed the collection in classic pastel colors with hues of gold incorporated, since we are loving the metallics mixed with pastel trend. The collection boasts gorgeous classic Easter silhouettes mixed with a basket weave pattern, wavy line pattern, polka dots and stripes.

This year we are excited to bring on a fabulous new contributor, Ellen of Ellen Bessette Events.  Ellen mentioned that she was hosting an Easter Party and we were excited to see what she styled using our printables. With my trip to Dubai and us being busy with other projects, Adria and I knew we didn’t have time to style an Easter party so we were thrilled to have Ellen run with it. Boy did she do a wonderful job!

Ellen has the most gorgeous backyard setting and it looked like the perfect day for an Easter Party. Don’t you just adore the ruffle fringe streamer backdrop?

Read on for the Party Details, told by Ellen

‘With metallics being a hot trend this Spring,  I  was thrilled that Anders Ruff designed their Printable Easter collection with hues of gold! I loved mixing the gold in with the traditional Easter colors of pinks, blues and greens.

For the table tops, I painted mini paper mache Easter baskets a rich gold and personalized with a 2″ logo circle. To bring out the metallics, I filled with golden Easter bunnies and golden eggs. I made placemats out of their coordinating printable patterned paper to help tie in their collection along with straw flags and 2″circles on the glasses. I added some touches of gold with some simple gold sequins on the plates and down the middle of the table. Some of my favorite elements on the tables were the fresh tulips to match their collection, the DIY Easter Egg chandelier and DIY polka dot napkins.  I found the sparkly eggs at Michaels and knew I had to find a way to use them in the party.

The dessert table is always so much fun to put together and easily done with Anders Ruff’s Printable Easter Collection. My favorites were the bunny s’mores along with the cupcake wrappers and place cards. I had my baker add touches of gold to the cake and I added a large golden bunny and lots of golden eggs to the table to tie in the metallics. For the backdrop,  I used crepe paper and  gold ribbon to tie in the colors and dressed it up with the Happy Easter banner. The designs are so cute you can’t go wrong with them!

The beverage table had the Happy Easter sign framed along with some simple flowers. I had a friend personalize a beverage tub and napkin holder to go with the theme and left some straws with straw flags out for everyone’s pink lemonade.

For food, we had bunny shaped turkey sandwiches, mini hummus containers with carrots, Cheetos filled bags to look like carrots and lots of fruit and sweet goodies.

The kids stayed busy decorating and painting plaster egg magnets. We had a petting zoo with sweet bunnies, chicks, ducks and baby goats and we ended the party with a successful egg hunt ending in a lucky person finding the Golden Egg!’”

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Ribbon
Balloons
Tissue Pom Poms
Milk Bottles
Paper Straws
Paper Fringe
Lollipop / Treat Sticks
Clear Cellophane Bags
Decorative Paper Shred

Lalaloopsy Doll Themed Birthday Party

LalaLoopsy themed birthday party via Kara's Party IDeas karaspartyideas.com #lala #loopsy #party #themed #ideas #cake #idea

This bright and colorful LALALOOPSY DOLL THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Alessandra of Sua Festinha.

A few of the things I like best about this festive Lalaloopsy doll themed party are:
  • The ornate wooden frames in various sizes, shapes and colors hung on the wall
  • The fondant button shaped cupcake toppers
  • The embroidery hoops used as frames and hung from ribbon as a backdrop for the favor table
  • and MORE!
Photography- Ayumi Photography

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Clear Cellophane Bags
Lollipop / Treat Sticks
Striped Paper Straws
Cupcake Liners
Balloons

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Clear Cellophane Bags
Lollipop / Treat Sticks
Striped Paper Straws
Cupcake Liners
Balloons

Children’s Fanciful Easter Party + FREE Printables

This adorable CHILDREN’S FANCIFUL EASTER PARTY was submitted by Gemma Touchstone of Party Style. This entire printable collection is available as a FREE download HERE!

A few of my favorite elements in this fun and fanciful Easter party for children are:
  • The brightly colored glittery Easter eggs
  • The colorful egg carton favor boxes
  • The rainbow Peeps kebobs
  • and MORE!
Here’s what Gemma said about planning the party- “This amazing color-filled Easter party was a blast for the kids. Using elements from around the house, we just let color be the guide. Fun glassware, a glitter egg project, decorated ice cream containers filled with holiday treats, and sweet pastel M&M’s made this fanciful party one to remember. Printable Place settings, cupcake wrappers and straw flags are available in our Free Printable Guide for Easter 2013.”

Party Planning and Styling- Party Style
Photography- Party Style Magazine
To download the FREE Easter Printables by Party Style, CLICK HERE

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Ice Cream Cups
Wooden Utensils
Apothecary Jars
Gumball Tubes
Pearlized Gumballs

             

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Ice Cream Cups
Wooden Utensils
Apothecary Jars
Gumball Tubes
Pearlized Gumballs

Modern Valentine’s Day Party

This MODERN VALENTINE’S DAY PARTY was submitted by Bird of Bird’s Party. I love how bright and cheerful this party is! It’s also fun to see a Valentine party that strays from the traditional red and pink (even though I can’t get enough of that either!).

Some of my favorite elements of this unique, modern Valentine’s Day party are:
The wooden peg dolls painted to match the party colors
The milk bottle printable wraps
The cake pops adorned with fondant hearts
The colorful ribbon garland hanging on the front of the dessert table
and MORE!

Party styling, baked goods, printables and photography: Bird’s Party
Decorated Peg Dolls: Craft That Party
Candy Jars: Maison du Monde
Macarons: Planet Macarons
Ribbon Garland: A to Zebra Celebrations

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Milk Bottles
Lollipop Sticks
Flexible Straws
Ribbon
Favor Boxes

         

Here’s what Bird had to say about planning the party- “I was feeling a little tired of the overly pink and red Valentine’s Day designs. So using my new Modern Valentine’s Day collection, I created a unique Valentine’s party. I utilized the small surface and multiple levels of an old dresser for my dessert table. The stunning ribbon garland from A to Zebra Celebrations really helped to ad color and texture to the ensemble.

Sweet treats on the dessert table included homemade cream cheese cake pops, fuchsia, yellow and blue French macarons, vanilla cupcakes adorned with wrappers and cupcake toppers and a homemade passion fruit cake topped with the most adorable peg dolls from Craft That Party, as well as assorted candy in the colors of the party.

Favors included a little Valentine’s Favor Box from Bird’s Party printable Collection, filled with Hershey’s Kisses.”

Party styling, baked goods, printables and photography: Bird’s Party
Decorated Peg Dolls: Craft That Party
Candy Jars: Maison du Monde
Macarons: Planet Macarons
Ribbon Garland: A to Zebra Celebrations

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Milk Bottles
Lollipop Sticks
Flexible Straws
Ribbon
Favor Boxes

Orange, Pink and Gold 1st Birthday Party

This ORANGE, PINK AND GOLD FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Thetis Sardo of Little Sooti in Australia. I love the idea of using the color scheme of the party as the actual theme!

There are so many gorgeous ideas here. These are some of my favorite things about this vibrant yet elegant 1st birthday party:
The gorgeous tassel banners hanging as the backdrop
The stunning 3-tiered cake that incorporates all of the colors of the party
The ribbon wands
The candy bar displayed in apothecary jars
The place settings complete with wooden utensils, milk bottles, & paper straws (three party essentials, if you ask me!)
and MORE!

Concept, Design & Event Stylist: Little Sooti
Photography: Lee Bird Photography
Cake & Desserts: Cake Envy
Cookies: Kookie Krumbs by Kirstie
Garland & Ballons: Dandy & Darling
Invitations: Ham & Pea

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Wooden Utensils
Striped Paper Straws
Milk Bottles
White Square Favor Boxes
Apothecary Jars
Pearl Gumballs
Ribbon
Mini Glass Dessert Jars
Lollipop Sticks
Balloons
Cupcake Liners
Honeycomb Tissue Balls

        

Here’s what Thetis said about planning the party- “I was honored to style this gorgeous 1st birthday party for a beautiful little girl named Paris. Paris’ mum, who is an amazing cake designer, loves all things girly and usually opts for pretty pinks and soft colour palettes. However, after throwing some ideas around, we came up with a fresh and funky colour palette consisting of tangerine, peach, & gold. The party area consisted of a dessert table which featured an amazing 3 tier cake and an ombre buttercream “smash cake” for Paris. We also had some yummy vanilla buttercream cupcakes, homemade marshmallows, white chocolate mousse cups and incredible cookies custom-made to match the invitations. Additionally, we included a small selection of lollies for the kids to grab throughout the day. And no dessert table is complete without a colour coordinated candy bar. Stunning tassel garlands, made by Dandy and Darling (formerly Blush Loves Mint), acted as a backdrop, and we draped gold sequined fabric over the table for that extra sparkle.

The kids tables were covered in white linen paired with tangerine napkins, some cute dip dyed wooden cutlery and each place setting was complete with its own mini milk bottle. The chairs were a mini version of the Louis Ghost Chair (in red) which worked perfectly with our scheme.

Centrepieces consisted of beautiful milk glass vases filled with peach and orange roses. We also had a drink dispenser set up, filled with pink lemonade for the kids to enjoy in the warmth of the sun. Other decorations included giant balloons with tassels, also made by Dandy & Darling, and hanging in the marque were honeycomb balls and bells.

Each guest received their very own dip dyed ribbon wand to play with. Cute little white and gold boxes filled with pastel coloured meringues were given as party favours.”

Concept, Design & Event Stylist: Little Sooti
Photography: Lee Bird Photography
Cake & Desserts: Cake Envy
Cookies: Kookie Krumbs by Kirstie
Garland & Ballons: Dandy & Darling
Invitations: Ham & Pea

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Wooden Utensils
Striped Paper Straws
Milk Bottles
White Square Favor Boxes
Apothecary Jars
Pearl Gumballs
Ribbon
Mini Glass Dessert Jars
Lollipop Sticks
Balloons
Cupcake Liners
Honeycomb Tissue Balls