Halloween Glam Party

This fun HALLOWEEN GLAM PARTY was submitted by Debbie of Wants and Wishes Design! I love the little haunted house milk boxes and all of the decor!

Debbie said- “I’m so excited for my new Halloween collection with you Kara… I wanted to create a glam Haunted House that was spooky while still being fun, glamorous and whimsical. Our collection includes a haunted house carton that you can filled with treats for a little favor or that you can let them fill as you “Trick or Treat” at the table. I used the spiderweb window in the milk carton as the backdrop in the dessert bar to make it look like the we are “in the haunted house”. We staged our dessert table to look like it was in the cellar of a witches spell binding den. Bats are hanging upside down from a broomstick we made {tutorial coming on our website- less then 5 minute broomstick and under $5}. This is great for a prop or a costume!  We had monster candles lit flanking the “ding dong the witch is dead” treat and coffin boxes with Dracula sugar cookies. A cage held “fresh bats” {Hershey bars} for ingredients needed in spells and potions. Other desserts were gummy toads and “glittery” cupcakes. my favorite treat I created for this collection is our ding dong the witch is dead. We took a ding dong and drizzled green chocolate to make it look like a witch was melting and attached our witches feet printable to it {from our printable collection}. Happy Haunting!!!!  For a fun Halloween activity we made “Haunted House” gram cracker houses, like gingerbread house but spooky and with chocolate gram crackers. You could also make with sugar cookies and color the dough!.  The kids haunted houses are really quite fun because they are not perfect with creaks and droops that look extra haunted! They even took pieces of broken graham crackers and made signs and multi-layered parts. Purple grape red vines were used as trees. One little guy didn’t really want to decorate as much as fill his house with the candy.”

Stylizing and photography: Wants and Wishes Design
Printables: Wants and Wishes
Monster candles: Dept. 56
Backdrop: Ruffle Fabric  (“Green with Envy”)

Items used in this party that are available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:

         
 

Rustic Glam Baby Shower!

My next winning party feature goes to this
Rustic Glam Baby Shower
submitted by Katie Grace Design!
How beautiful!
I adore the ‘Hot Cocoa’ Bar!
In Katie’s words…This shower was so fun to put together because it was for one of my dearest friends. She is having “Baby Shepherd” in a few weeks and we wanted to do everything we could to honor this new mama! I styled this shower to look glamorous but I wanted it to have rusticity to bring some “Boyish” charm into the mix. Aubrey loves gold, bronze and brown so I wanted everything to look like something she would want to take home and put right in her nursery or in her house. I think we pulled it off because she showed up with an outfit that matched the shower PERFECTLY! Believe me when I say I know this girl very well!
To start off we did a fabulous “HOT COCOA” bar with every topping you could imagine; Peppermints, butterscotch chips, peanut butter chips, whip cream, heath chips, peppermint syrup, raspberry syrup, caramel syrup and of course marshmallows!”
 
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“Aubrey collects crosses so my gift to her was a custom cross made by Gibson Gals Creations and they did a fabulous job! I told her the colors of her nursery and they took it and ran with it.”
 
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“Dessert Bar…. Feather boas from Save on Crafts and lace fabric from a flea market. I loved how the backdrop turned out.”Photobucket
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“Gold tree candle holder filled with bronze, red velvet cake balls. They were scrumptious! The candle holder is from T.J. Maxx. (These were supposed to be Bedazzled Bon Bons but with our crazy winter storm here they were stuck in Florida! One of our local bakeries, Rick’s Bakery came to the rescue last minute.)”Photobucket
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“This was one of my favorite parts.. I had been brainstorming like CRAZY trying to come up with something ORIGINAL for a baby shower activity. I bought these paper mache boxes and had my friend Emily work her magic on these plain boxes. They turned out cuter than I imagined! Everyone wrote little notes to Baby Shepherd on the building blocks and one day they will be a great toy for the baby and also they can be used as cute nursery decor!”Photobucket
“Party Favors… Glass mugs from the Dollar tree filled with a scrumptious recipe for Hot Chocolate and a wooden spoon dipped in chocolate. (Spoons from Garnish with some added glam and bedazzle!) The tag reads, ‘May every sip bring you joy and remind you to pray for the Smith little boy’.”Photobucket
Thanks for your submission, Katie!
Amazing job.
Congratulations on being the winning party feature today!

Black, White & Silver Glamourous Holiday Party!

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My next winning party feature goes to this fabulous
Black, White & Silver Glamourous Holiday Party
What a BEAUTIFUL holiday party!
Chris said…What could be more glamorous than black, white, silver & shimmer? With elements such as fluffy marabou boas, white hydrangeas, and shiny mirrors, there is a winter wonderland effect, while shimmery ornaments add a Christmas-y touch.”
Edible glitter from Sweet Baking Supply
I just love it all.
Congratulations on being the winning party feature today, Chris!
Wonderful job!!
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