Owl of a Time

Hoot Owl Birthday Party

Kara at Kara's Party Ideas posted this as her Winning Feature and I just had to feature it too!

This is such a fun and original theme I couldn't not share it with you!

Such attention to detail and not to mention that not only is it super cute but these photo are giving me a sweet tooth.

For more details and photos of this Hoot of a Good Time check out Kara's blog;

http://karaspartyideas.blogspot.com/2010/09/real-party-hoot-owl-birthday.html

Discovering...

Well, I am learning in going back through my previous parties that I am not good at taking photos of the decor and party planning process.  All my photos are the party, guests and gifts.  I promise that on all "new" party posts I will be much more detail and diligent in my photos. 
Hope you still enjoy these older parties on a much smaller posting scale.
Enjoy!!

Argggg! It's a Pirate Cake

One more cake I wanted to add on here.


Once again, my friend made this cake for my husbands birthday a few years back and it just turned out so fun!

Monkey's 1st Birthday

 A very "Girly" Monkey 1st Birthday!

For my little monkeys 1st birthday it was a must for a monkey themed party.  The challange?  Everything monkey I found was boy, not girl.  So I was on a creative hunt.

Grammy was on the birthday girls cake and might I add it was perfect!

My friend Jessica made the monkey face cake.  Both cakes were just perfect and exactly what I wanted.

Sisters sharing the yummy's!

I found these monkey masks at Oriental Trading Co.. I decided to have the masks instead of party hats and they were a huge hit with the kids.

We had our party outdoors on the lawn which worked out perfectly for the kids to run and play while the Moms & Dads visited.

I found all of my crafting supplies at Michaels for the banner.

For party favors:

I decorated pots and filled them with a planted bulb

Animal Crakers

Goody bags filled with various monkey themed toys and bubbles

Having the party outside I figured simple was best and everything turned out perfectly!

Lollipop / Sweet Shop Birthday, Sneak Peak

Here is a little sneak peak at the Lollipop / Sweet Shop Party that I am working on.


Thank you Tom Kat Studio for the DIY on the lollipop invitation, I am so happy with them and can't wait to send them out to our guests.

I will be posting are entire party soon!

Under the Sea Birthday

Maisie's 3rd Birthday Party
Under the Sea / Ocean Theme Party



My daughter absolutely loves anything ocean, fish, sharks, octopus...
so naturally when her 3rd birthday rolled around there was no questions that the theme had to be ocean / under the sea with a girly twist.
The details:
We had a photo booth set up that everyone got in on the action with, Don't get eatin by the shark!!!
Sea horse pinanta (we can not have a birthday without a pinata!)
Our food choice was Octopus dogs, they turned out so cute
My Mom & I made an assortment of cupcakes with ocean blue frosting & ocean toppers
Favors consisted of chocolate chip cookies (the birthday girls favorite)
with darling Under the Sea party favor tags from Ciao Bambino at etsy.com
and DIY necklaces with mermaids & fish from Michaels
and, of course, the gorgeous "Octopus Princess" cake that my good friend Nicole made, it was perfect!

Ladybug Cake

This ladybug cake was for my baby girls 1st birthday, thank you Schott's Bakery!
It was amazing and tasted just as good as it looks.


For my youngest daughters 1st birthday, we decided last minute to have an out of town party for all my family that could not make it.  So what better than to travel 3 hours for a party in the park!  We had lot's of family, pizza, a pinata and this gorgeous cake!