Posted on March 21, 2013 by Kara

Spa Themed Birthday Party

This SPA THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Patricia Amarante Salvadego of Maria Serafina – Festas Delicadas.

This spa party is so fun because of its unique color palette (a diversion from the pink or lilac often used for girl parties) and because it has so many creative ideas! Some of my favorite elements are:

The stunningly intricate cake
The personalized bath robes and slippers
The cookies shaped like make-up and toiletries
and MORE!

Party Styling and Photography: Maria Serafina – Festas Delicadas
Cake, cake pops and sweets: Docices
Cupcakes: Ilana Jabor
Bomboms: Maria Iraildes
Invitations: Sweetcards
Flower Arrangements: Aline Matsumoto Flores
Party Favors (bath robes, slippers, eye cover, necessaire with miniatures, pillow and home spray): Maria Serafina
Venue: Mya Haas Care (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Lollipop / Treat Sticks
Ribbon
Paper Lanterns
Striped Paper Straws
Whirly Pops

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Kara

Princess and the Pea 10th Birthday Party

How amazing is this PRINCESS AND THE PEA TENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY submitted by Anj Snow of Snowy Bliss?! Wow, this is just too, too cute! So many darling ideas with beautiful details! What a fantastic party theme, don’t you think?!

Anj said- “My oldest daughter expressed how much she wanted a P.J. party for her birthday. She also wanted to use the ‘Bed Table’ I had used for my other daughter’s Night Owl Party. That’s when this idea was born. I secretly loved the idea too. Simply because she turned 10, and I know pretty soon the days of princesses will be gone. They will be replaced with boy bands, fashion, head phones and text messages. Sniff. I want to keep her young as long as I can.”

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

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Kara

‘Almost Sleepover’ Birthday Party

This adorable ALMOST SLEEPOVER BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Ellen Bessette of Ellen Bessette Events. I just love the fun sparkly and pink vibe the party gives. Any little girl- young, tween, or old would love to be at this celebration. Ellen said– “An almost sleepover party is where the girls come to the party in their PJ’s and pretend to have a slumber party and then return home around 9pm without sleeping over. Design Inspiration: My daughter saw a cake on One Charming Party and the party was centered around that design- pink, girly and bling! Activities: For a craft, we decorated door hangers with glitter glue and foamies and made pink/white crystal bracelets (supplies from Michael’s). We also had a beauty bar set up on a nightstand with nail polish, eye shadow, lip gloss, tiara’s and necklaces. The pillow fight was the most popular activity. And the girls danced to WII Dance Party 2. Project Tips: DIY centerpieces using Blumeboxes and party printables from Frog Prince Paperie. The dessert table was dressed up using the party printables. Food labels, cupcake wrappers to dress up plain cupcake wrappers, bottled water turned from ordinary to not so ordinary, snack boxes to dress up chocolate covered pretzels and green apple flavored popcorn and I made two more centerpieces to tie in the theme. Back drop for the dessert table was made using pomettes from PomFlair. Use props that you already have: I used the furniture straight out of my daughters’ rooms to really set the tone. Their beds were the tables, night stand was the beauty bar and their dresser was the dessert table. Also, I perked up the entrance to the party with pink feather wreaths on my front doors where I purchased Styrofoam wreaths from Michaels and wrapped a feather boa around it. Place cards can also double as the party favor. I had personalized pillowcases made for party favors and I rolled them up, tied a ribbon around it and put them on top of their place settings so the girls knew where to sit and then they had a fun take home party favor. Dress up plain chairs with tulle or ribbon. And tie your flatware with coordinating ribbon.” Vendors and Credits: Bedding- Target Party Printables- Frog Prince Paperie Pomettes- PomFlair Cake and cupcakes- Cut the Cake (Inspired by One Charming Party) Cotton candy & green apple flavored popcorn- Kernel Encore Personalized pillowcases- Preppy Penguin Flowers- Blumebox Party Styling and photography- Ellen Bessette Events

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Kara

Night Owl Sleepover Birthday Party

I opened up the submission email for this party and fell in love! This NIGHT OWL SLEEPOVER 7TH BIRTHDAY PARTY submitted by Tash Kimlin of Whimsy Petite Styling is an absolute dream. Every single party element is just so darling. What a fun way for a girl to celebrate her 7th birthday!

Here is what Tash had to say about the party– “My daughter was super keen to have her first sleepover party to celebrate her 7th birthday…who was I to say no! I loved the idea and jumped at the challenge of creating a dreamy atmosphere for the girls to spend their day giggling, having fun and finally falling asleep in. Beautiful late summer weather meant our generously sized back deck was the perfect spot for the event…it next to the yard and cubby house and ideal for utilising the pool, making the most of the end of season warmth {not to mention a great plan for keeping 6 hyped up children out of the house}. Sharlize loves owls so naturally she decided on a night owl theme. I decided on a bright and fun colour palette of Fushia, orange and tiffany blue, and was really happy with the outcome.

The 6 girls enjoyed an afternoon of swimming, creating canvas art to take home, playing game, watching movies, having pillow fights and more. each of the guests had their own serving of fish and chips in little boxes for dinner then we watched movies and fell asleep out on the deck under the mosquito net {which proved funny when they kept waking up during the night to check if any owls or possoms had come to visit them}.

We really wanted to bless the girls as it was the first sleep over party any of them had been to, so, they each recieved a special sleepover suitcase filled with goodies including pj’s, toiletries, a diary, pencil, stickers, hair brush and a specially made owl so snuggle up with at bed time. The delight on their faces was priceless when they opened them, like they had opened a box full of treasure.”

Vendor Credits:Styling by Whimsy Petite Styling- https://www.facebook.com/whimsypetitestyling Gorgeous printables by Bee and Daisy- https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bee-and-Daisy Photography by Sheila Higgins- http://sheilahigginsphotography.com.au/ Plush Owls and Bunting by April Foss of I sew lucky- https://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Sew-Lucky Cake by Cake Chic Sam- www.facebook.com/pages/Cake-Chick-Sam