ruffled streamers

Oh my goodness! I about die everytime I look at this photo. These ruffled streamers are fun, pretty, colorful, and so easy to make. Read about all the details here.

Lots of good party inspiration lately.

xo,
L

[[photo by Made]]

cinco de mayo

Since Cinco de Mayo is this week, a lot of party ideas are popping up across my google reader.

and because Cinco de Mayo happens to be my birthday, I always think it's a day worth celebrating.

So to add to some of the fun, I thought I'd share this tutorial that I spotted on Hip Hip Hooray so you can make your own mini pinatas. Happy crafting!

xo,
L

[[photo by One Charming Party]]

it's a party!

This past Saturday, we had a little party for G's first birthday.






I didn't really have a theme, but I stuck with the same colors I used on the invitations. I made the streamers using this tutorial and I made the bunting and cupcake flags from paper I had on hand. The little robot cupcake molds were purchased on amazon.

T's parents helped out so much with cleaning and food preparation and my mom made the potato salad. We owe them HUGE thanks!

The balloons came from Shop Sweet Lulu. I had purchased two of their 36 inch balloons but didn't think ahead and realized that I might not be able to fit both into my car AND be able to drive. So I had them stop when I thought the first one was big enough (turns out it wasn't big enough and didn't float well). That one ended up on the mail box. I had them blow up the second balloon bigger than the first, but not 36 inches. Success! It floated just fine (so well that it ended up at the top of Kroger's ceiling. They were kind enough to fish it back down for me).

For food we served a variety of finger foods and cupcakes.

The one thing I would have done differently would be photos. After the party we realized we hardly had any pictures of G with family. So next time I'll know to designate someone to solely be in charge of taking pictures. It's hard to play host and photographer.

All in all, it was a great party, and we all had a great time celebrating G's first year.

♥ L

birthday invitations

My sweet boy turns one on Saturday. Here is the finished invite I sent out. A lot of inspiration came from this crafty lady. Love her blog.

robot cupcakes

I just ordered these cuties for G's party. Aren't they awesome!?!

They're currently on sale for $14.99 (from $22). So hurry and grab some for yourself!

♥ L

peek into G's party

Tissue paper confetti.

lemon drop party favor

Recently I organized a little "Dinner & Drinks with the Bachelorette" evening in Athens for this pretty lady who is getting married in two weeks!

When you google bachelorette party favors, the #1 result always has something to do with male parts. Well I wanted to make something a little classier than that...

So I came up with this little cocktail favor.
Supplies:
Small Glasses (we used these from IKEA)
Smirnoff Citrus, airplane bottles
Lemonheads
Yellow Starbursts
Cellophane Wrap
Small party favor bags, clear
Divine Twine, black and white
Recipe tags (or any tags you want to add, we had a total of 3 - lemon wedge, recipe, and a thank you)

Simply put 1 airplane bottle of alcohol, some lemonheads (I pre-portioned some in the little favor bags since I couldn't find individually wrapped candies), and some starbursts in each glass. Then wrap in cellophane and tie with the twine. Then attach all the little tags and voila - a fun little cocktail favor.
They were a big hit!