Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Ready to Pop Baby Shower


The sweetest little baby girl has finally arrived! One of my very best friends, Jennifer, 
has finally given birth to her first baby! Welcome to the world baby Teagan!! 
I simply cannot wait to meet her!


Here is a look back at the baby shower I helped throw for her this summer...





I was in charge of the "pop" table. Everything to do with the word pop was on that table!
 I had old fashioned lollipops, Blow Pops, Tootsie Pops, Pop Rocks, bubblegum, 
Ring Pops, Rice Krispie treats (snap, crackle, pop!), confetti poppers and 
three kinds of homemade popcorn.


 

We provided white paper bags for guests to take home some of our goodies
 and I made this sweet little sign to encourage everyone to do so because lets face it,
 I certainly didn't need to take any of that stuff back home with me!


For the popcorn batches, I wanted one to be salty, one to be sweet and one 
to be a little bit of both. Here are links to the popcorn recipes I made. 
They all turned out to be extremely delicious and addicting, so be warned!


Kool-Aid Popcorn from TastyKitchen.com
Nacho Cheese Popcorn from Cooks.com


I also had the duty of providing one of the games, so to stay with the theme I gave all the girls a Pop Quiz about Jennifer. I asked them questions about her and Keith, about Jenny 
as a baby and some about her pregnancy too. Some of the questions were 
fill in the blank, some multiple choice and some true or false. Everyone really loved it 
and the winner got some major bragging rights!

Friday, September 21, 2012

Little Monster Birthday Bash

This monster bash was thrown for little Uriah's first birthday party. It was one of the hottest days
 of the summer, but a kiddie pool and some water balloons saved the day!



Mom made his big boy birthday tee with a big number one applique and the cutest little monster embroidered next to it. I recycled a large cardboard box to make the monster cutout photo opp.


Googly eyes tied everything to the theme and I had fun sticking them on everyone's cups. A sheet of paper and some craft paint turned this tissue box into a fun way to hold the silverware.


I made round sugar cookies and then decorated them with royal icing to look like eyeballs 
for the children's party favors.


Mom made the most adorable cupcakes. She used a marshmallow cut in half 
and a Junior Mint for each eyeball.



I made this monthly banner with photos of the birthday boy for each month, but it was soooo hot the tape wouldn't stick and I had nowhere to hang it. Everyone enjoyed in none the less!


The hit of the day (with the children and the adults) was definitely the photo booth props 
I made out of fun foam. I just cut the basic shapes out, added details with a thick
 permanent marker and then hot glued them to 1/4" wooden dowels. Couldn't be easier!








Tuesday, September 18, 2012

This Little Piggy Turned 2

My best friend commissioned me to throw her daughter's second birthday party. Like most toddlers, farm animals were a favorite with this little girl! Specifically pigs. So we ran with her fascination and did a pretty pink piggy picnic!


I made a birthday banner out of cotton prints and felt letters.
 Stuffed little piggies were scattered around that the birthday girl got to keep after the party.
 Mom made gorgeous pink topiary flower arrangements.
All of the guests wrote a little birthday note inside the cover of the book "All Pigs Are Beautiful."

 We made piggy cupcakes embellished with candy eyes and strawberry marshmallows. 
They were a huge hit!
Ayanna's pint sized smash cake.

Her little piggy invitations.