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!

{Take a look at their etsy shophere.}

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!!