Posted on April 16, 2013 by Kara

Organic Green 40th Birthday Party Dessert Buffet

This ORGANIC GREEN FORTIETH BIRTHDAY PARTY DESSERT BUFFET was submitted by Melissa Fernandez of The Sweet Society in Australia.

I love the contrast of the natural burlap with the clean lines of the chevron print. It gives the party an unusual rustic modern vibe. A few of my favorite ideas in this organic green party are:

The ricrac trim and simple succulent embellishments on the crisp white fondant cake
The dogwood sugar flower cupcake toppers
The apothecary jars filled with whole walnuts
and MORE!

Design & Styling – The Sweet Society
Cake – The Cake School
Cookies, mini cupcakes, cake pops & meringues – One Sweet Girl
Macarons – La Belle Miette
Paperie – Green Beansie Ink
Flowers – Velvet Lily Florist
Photography – Lee Bird Photography

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Burlap
Cupcake Liners
Lollipop / Treat Sticks
Jute Twine
Apothecary Jars

Here’s what Melissa said about planning the party- “I was very fortunate to be asked by Fran who owns the renowned Cake School in Melbourne, Australia, where some of the world’s best baker’s run the most amazing cake classes for aspiring bakers, to style her best friends 40th dessert buffet as a surprise for her.

The design brief was clean, organic, greens & succulents – Nati’s favourite.

Fran made the cake and called upon one of her friends, Julie from One Sweet Girl, to make the desserts.

The dessert buffet menu from these talented bakers consisted of a caramel mud cake with roasted, salted almonds, chocolate mud cake pops and mini cupcakes (which were delicious lemon flavor with vanilla bean buttercream topped with dogwood sugar flowers). There were also green mini vanilla bean meringues with silver glitter detail, iced vanilla bean cookies and salted caramel, pistachio and vanilla macarons.

I decided to use hessian in the paperie and add a little chevron pattern to add a layer to the styling. I also added wooden tea lights to add ambiance to the occasion. Nati is Uruguayan so they served a traditional Uruguayan BBQ for the main meal.

The surprise dessert buffet from Fran to Nati was a beautiful gesture of friendship and love.”

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Burlap
Cupcake Liners
Lollipop / Treat Sticks
Jute Twine
Apothecary Jars

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Kara

St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock Themed Party

Happy St Patrick’s day! This fun ST. PATRICK’S DAY SHAMROCK THEMED PARTY was submitted Lauren Borquez of Capes and Crowns.

This party is simple but so adorable and full of great St. Patrick’s Day party ideas! A few of my favorite elements are:

The Pot of gold cake pops
The chevron print paper straws
The simple green cake topped with fondant shamrocks
and MORE!

Concept & Styling : Capes and Crowns
Photography: Danielle McCann Photography
Printables: Lauren Haddox Designs
Cookies : How Sweet It Is
Cake Pops & Cake Ups : Tunky Monkey’s Sweet Treats
Fondant Shamrocks : Gourmet Gal Bakery

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Clear Cellophane Bags
Lollipop / Treat Sticks
Push Pop Containers
Jute Twine
Paper Straws
Decorative Paper Shred

This is what Lauren said about planning the party- “St Patrick’s Day is of no specific significance in our home (we aren’t Irish) other than I think its a fun holiday! I wanted to put together a festive little budget friendly dessert table to celebrate. It was extremely easy, tons of fun and best of all cost under $50 to create. I managed to coordinate the details and get some wonderful vendors on board in less then a week. I hit the ground running with my primary focus being shamrocks. I find them to be the most whimsical element associated with St. Patrick’s Day. Lauren Haddox worked up the adorable printables for the set up. How Sweet it is worked her cookie magic and Tunky Monkey’s Sweet Treats sent me the some amazing goodies to coordinate with the theme. Everything came together nicely and Danielle McCann Photography captured all the details. It was a fun challenge and the end result proves that you don’t have to spend a fortune to have a creative, holiday inspired dessert table!”

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Clear Cellophane Bags
Lollipop / Treat Sticks
Push Pop Containers
Jute Twine
Paper Straws
Decorative Paper Shred

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Kara

St. Patrick’s Day Party + FREE Printables

This adorable ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARTY {with FREE PRINTABLES} was submitted by Cris McGrath of Crissy’s Crafts.

What a fun St. Patty’s party! I just love all the ideas & details!

Some of my favorite elements of this festive holiday party are:

The edible rainbow, leprechaun, clover, and pot of gold displayed on the lunch plates
The FREE St. Patrick’s Day Printable Set
The rainbow candy filled push pop containers
and MORE!

Styling and Photography- Crissy’s Crafts
FREE Printables- Amanda’s Parties to Go

Items used in this party available from Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Green Striped Paper Straws
Green Popcorn Boxes
Scalloped Cupcake Wrappers
Polka Dot & Solid Color Lanterns
Polka Dot Favor Cones
Push Up Pop Containers
Green Paper Plates
Striped Green Square Paper Plates
Polka Dot Napkins
Rainbow & Polka Dot Washi Tape
Gold Coins
Gumballs
Apothecary Jars
Clear Cellophane Bags
Rainbow Whirly Pops
Green Gable Boxes
Tin Pails

This is what Cris said about planning the party- “With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, now is the time to start planing your get together! Amanda’s Parties to Go and I teamed up to help make the festivities easy and fun for you! Amanda is offering a FREE St. Patrick’s Day Printable Set that made this party a breeze to style. I created a colorful sweet/snack table for the kids with a rainbow backdrop made out of ribbons where I displayed the banner from the set. I used the icons from the printable set to create the center pieces for the the sweet table and the kids table. I dressed up the candy containers using ribbons and the circle tags included in the set. I also used the tags to embellish the popcorn containers. The rainbow flags were added on the kabobs sticks and lollipops for an extra pop of color. As for healthy snacks, the guests enjoyed leprechaun whole wheat sandwiches, rainbow fruit kabobs, veggies and orange juice. After their lunch, the children had fun making rainbow necklaces and finding gold coins around the backyard. It was finally time to enjoy some sweets! Rainbow cupcakes, M&M’s, Hershey’s kisses, lollipops and cinnamon popcorn were enjoyed by all! Instead of the traditional rainbow and pot of gold favor, I created a cute favor by dressing up green pails using cupcake wrappers, filling them with gold coins and finishing up by adding a rainbow lollipop.

Each child also took home a rainbow notebook, rainbow crayons, shamrock necklace, shamrock headband and tattoos. Hope these ideas and the FREE printable set offer help you plan your own St. Patty’s Celebration! The set includes a banner, centerpiece sign, cupcake toppers, drink flags, treat bag toppers, drink wraps and Hershey Kiss circles.”

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Kara

Green Themed 5th Birthday Party

This GREEN THEMED FIFTH BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Devoney Scarfe of Sugar Mama Baking in New Zealand.

This party is so unique and could easily be tailored to suit any color! It would also make a fabulous St Patrick’s day party! There are a ton of fun ideas here!

Some of my favorite elements of this green party are:
The treasure chest cake
The ice cream cone cupcakes
The green ninja cookies
The number five lollipops in various shades of green
and MORE!

This is what Devoney said about the party- “I did this party for my son’s 5th birthday. His favorite color is green so I made all the food green, we all wore green and he even got green presents. Although the cake wasn’t strictly green the edible treasures inside the cake were!”

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Balloons
Cupcake Wrappers
Chevron Paper Bags
Candles
Gold Coins

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Kara

St. Patrick’s Day Birthday Party

It’s hard to believe that it’s already March! With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, I’m excited to showcase this adorable ST. PATRICK’S DAY BIRTHDAY PARTY submitted by TammyMitchell of Tammy Mitchell Designs.

Here’s what Tammy had to say about the party- “Growingup, St. Patrick’s Day was NOT a big holiday in our house. It was more or less aday that we just made sure that we wore something green so we didn’t getpinched. Well, fast forward to today and things have changed a little in ourhouse. Now St. Patrick’s Day is a much celebrated and anticipated day thanks tothe fact that my sweet little girl was born on this special day. A little girlwho’s favorite colors are usually all pink, light pink and hot pink (yes, theyare all different colors of the rainbow…did you know?) turns to a green fiendfrom February 15th to March 17th. When we wander through stores and she seesall the green, she fully believes that it is all in honor of her special day.It is too cute. I know that there will come a time that she no longer believesthis, so I have to live it up while I can. I completely feed into her obsessionand belief that the world is celebrating with her. Who wouldn’t want to feellike that? I’m so excited to share this party with you and hope you will beinspired to have a little green celebration of your own this year! :)”

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Printables:Pink Peppermint Prints

Photography:Tammy Mitchell Photography

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