My daughter begged for a Christmas party this year—lucky for her it doesn’t take much excuse for me to start designing an event! It was a fun experience planning this party; Maddie was there every step giving her input on what games to play, what food we should eat and what we should drink and…
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It’s Time to Linky. The Party Time Linky is here!
It’s time to Linky! Each Tuesday, I co-host The Party Time Linky, where readers and bloggers can link up their latest and greatest party ideas, party recipes, party tips and party games. It’s also the perfect place to get inspiration for your next party! Last week, the most visited link was a party tip for…
Summer Poppy Birthday Party
In the summertime, when the evenings cool off, I love taking things outdoors. When a friend wants a small celebration of their birthday, it’s a perfect time to pull a couple of tables and chairs out onto the lawn to celebrate. Twinkling lights, bright and cheery summer colors and good companionship make for a…
Star-Studded Broadway Birthday Party
My daughter. I love her to pieces. But she’s definitely inherited a few (ahem) dramatic qualities from her parents. (Ok, really, just from me…my husband is as undramatic as they come.) Lucky for us, we have a fabulous budding acting school around the corner, The Viera Studio, where we can channel all that dramatic energy!…
Champagne Bar Engagement Party
This post is part of a campaign with Shutterfly and LooksiSquare. All opinions are entirely my own. It’s always wonderful to hear about two people meeting, falling in love and making the big leap to marriage. My friend Jackie has been dating a wonderful man for awhile now. They are both huge football fans (of…
Graduation Party Ideas, Inspiration, and Free Printables!
This post is a part of a campaign with Shutterfly and LooksiSquare. All opinions are entirely my own. Affiliate links ahead. The graduation free printables in this post are now updates for 2019! Download the graduation free printables 2019 set here. Parties always start with a little bit of inspiration from somewhere, whether it’s a…
New Year’s Eve Party Ideas: NYE Party Decorating
New Year’s Eve 2013 is approaching quite quickly! Whether you’re throwing a huge bash, or a small get together, you can celebrate in style with a few simple DIY decorating ideas. I developed this sophisticated and glittery New Year’s Eve party idea shoot in gold, silver and black for Celebrations.com, where you’ll be able to…
Giant Ombre Paper Cone Christmas Trees – a DIY Tutorial and How-To
My favorite part of the Grinchmas Party I held for Random House and Yum! Food and Fun for Kids magazine were the giant paper Christmas trees I created. They’re fun, they’re huge and surprisingly, don’t take much to make other than time. I don’t mind sitting on the couch on occasion mindlessly doing a crafty…
Easy Holiday Appetizers from the Frozen Food Aisle
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a sponsored for Collective Bias and its client for easy holiday appetizer ideas with Rich’s SeaPak Shrimp Spring Rolls. I have a present for you this Christmas. It’s a tip and a bit of advice. You…
A Grinchmas Party
All the Whos down in Whoville would heartily approve of this Grinchmas party to celebrate the 25 days of Grinchmas! We put this together for Random House and the winter issue of Yum! Food and Fun for Kids. As far as do-ability for your own Christmas Grinch feast–YES! There was a ton of DIY…
Operation Shower: Journey of Love
Operation Shower is an organization whose work is near and dear to my heart. Growing up a military kid myself, I’ve seen what sacrifices military wives along with the rest of their family units must make while their soldiers are away. It’s nice the there are groups out there like Operation Shower that can bring…
Handmade Holiday – DIY Party Decorations
Today on the Handmade Holiday Party Hop, we’ve got some super cute DIY Party Decorations! Make pretty DIY Ornament Party Favors with Lindi at Love the Day. She has a tutorial complete with free downloadable tag. How cute is this DIY Christmas Light Garland?? My kids would love this. Hop over to Paging Supermom for…
Handmade Holiday Party Hop – DIY Gift Wrapping and Holiday Banners
The Party Hop, led by Sara at Confetti Sunshine, has created another fabulous party hop full of inspiration–this time for the holidays! Over the next few days, we’ll be linking up to lots of fun Christmas time goodies and DIY tutorials for wrapping and tagging gifts, making ornaments and decorations and we even have a…
Fun Fall Crafts for Kids
While everything is still quite green here in Florida, I hear the leaves have turned spectacular colors throughout the rest of the country. Since we don’t have brilliantly hued foliage, we kinda have to make our own fall ambiance–and the result is a few fun fall crafts that you can do at home with the…
Party Inspiration by Evite
We’re down to the last days before Halloween…and if you’re anything like me, you’re still looking for ideas for that last little gathering or class party idea that wins you the mom of the year award. I’m sure you’ve heard of the company Evite unless you’ve been living on the moon or in a cave…
Crafty Halloween Playdate: Spooky Necklaces and Creepy Crawly JELL-O JIGGLERS
This post brought to you by JELL-O as part of the DailyBuzz Brand Ambassador program, making Halloween more wiggly for everyone. Check out more Halloween recipes here: JELLO.com/recipes It seems like every holiday that rolls around, I have small children begging for a party for all their friends to come to. Being a the tired…
Vampires vs. Werewolves – a Twilight Halloween Party
Are you a fan of sparkly vampires, or do you run with the werewolves? Hanging out with either is sure to be a frightfully good time!! In this teen-oriented Halloween party originally published in Yum! Food and Fun for Kids Magazine, we took a few clues from the so-en-vougue vampire book series, Twilight. Highlights of…
Bento School Lunch with Lunch Box Love Notes Free Printables
“This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group®, Rubbermaid, Jif, and Smucker’s, but all my opinions are my own. #aBetterLunch #pmedia https://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO Some days it’s a challenge to pack a lunch that you know is going to come home uneaten. I used to cringe every time I dumped a…
Puppy Dog Cupcakes
Puppy dogs and puppy themed treats we everywhere at our puppy play date party, even in the cupcakes! Since this is a quick and easy to put together party, we needed some quick and easy to up together cupcakes. Using strode-bought and ready made ingredients made putting together our cute little puppies a snap, so…
20 Easy Ideas for a Puppy Party on a Budget
I see you’re sifting through ideas to create a fantastic Puppy Party. Your child is probably one of the following: Head over heels for man’s best friend Loves the Pound Puppies Is a Paw Patrol fanatic! All are excellent reasons to throw a puppy party. It’s so much fun to see the kids enjoy themselves…
Pink Lemonade Stand Party
When the weather gets warm thoughts turn to cool drinks, sunshine and all things undeniably summer. In celebration of brighter days, Dina from Deliciously Darling Events gave the classic lemonade stand a modern ombre update that is sure to make it the most popular watering hole in the neighborhood. Thanks to Lauren Nicole Studios for the…
Patriotic Birthday Party {Real Party}
Red white and blue, patriotic, and an impending presidency. Sounds about right for a birthday being thrown for this adorable and ostentatious little man. Every year, Natalie at Southern Belle’s Charm creates a birthday masterpiece of her son’s choosing, and this year, it was as cool a theme as it was unique….
Tropical Palm 40th Wedding Anniversary {Real Party}
Forty years is a long time. Especially when you’re talking about being married. My parents recently made it to that milestone–and we (their children) are very lucky to have such role models in our lives. To celebrate their 40th anniversary, we held a casual sit down dinner party for 16 people out in my parent’s…
Star Light, Star Bright: A Star Gazing Party
Starlight, starbright, first star I see tonight… We probably all knew this memorable little poem by heart from about the time we are old enough to have a sense of whimsy about us. Which makes it the perfect thing to inspire a party for little ones! Wishing on a star while laid out on a blanket…
Fairy Tale Mash-Up Feathers and Arrows Boy’s Birthday Party {Real Party}
We were so excited to have Elissa of One Stone Events contribute to the summer issue of Festivities Magazine. Her fairy tale mash-up party is definitely a new favorite of mine! I worked with her to develop some new, unique printables for her event, and Nicole of Tikkido.com helped with darling Peter Pan inspired bunting…
Mustache Bash Baby Shower {Real Party}
My friend Richelle is just one of those people that is a ray of sunshine wherever she goes and lights up the lives of those around her. I’m guessing it’s all the sun and water she got growing up in the Florida Keys. The minute she let us know she was expecting another little one,…
Motorcycle Birthday Party – A Boy’s Birthday Biker Rally!
My son’s birthday party is my favorite one that I throw all year. Boy parties are challenging. No pink, no fluff, just down and dirty wholesome boy goodness. That can be fun if you let it! After some gentle steering from his father, our kiddo was quite enthusiastic about paying homage to motorcycles. For weeks…
Parties of Note this Week
If you haven’t been around this week, there are tons of great parties out there to peruse and be inspired by. Spaceships and Laserbeams collected 24 themes perfect for a first birthday. This monster one has always been a favorite! So long, farewell at this modern moving party. Beware of the beach at this awesome JAWS…
Superhero Party {Real Party}
Superhero parties are always so fun to flip through. They’re colorful, highly graphic and the kids always look so darn cute running around in their masks and superhero capes. So when my dear client Cecelia wanted a superhero party for her son, I was pretty excited to help her out! (She is so super creative,…
Owl Baby Shower {Real Party}
It’s always exciting to hear from my friend Cecelia from Australia, because I know she’ll soon send me some really darling photos of a party she’s thrown. Cecelia is a regular mom (but bursting with creativity) so it’s extra cool that she does such fabulous work, like in this Owl Baby Shower she recently held…
Easter Lemon Raspberry Trifles
We have enough Sara Lee poundcake over here to celebrate for a few days, so we thought we’d update our little trifles for an Easter party! Take the recipe for the Lemon Raspberry Mini Trifles here, and add a pair of paper ears, a candy nose and a ribbon. Super simple, super easy and super…
Touchdown Burger Slider Bar
There is a big football game coming this weekend, one for which I always seem to have the driving need to make lots of game day food. As luck would have it, about the time I started thinking about the big game, CampbellsKitchen.com sent me a few coupons and asked me to make something from…