LEGO Party!

I did this party a while ago. I did it all... from the planning, to the shopping, to the styling, I stayed for the party and cleaned it all up. It's one of the last parties I planned that way. I tend to not seek help or use too many vendors. I "think" I can do it all. Those days have gone. I will do a few large parties a year, but I am now just focusing my time on getting the party kits done and mailed out! I did have the cookies made by my local cookie girl and the cake was made here locally by someone the Mom uses often. It was held at Art Space Downtown Shreveport.  Lots of color and a lot of LEGOS! It was a great time and I learned a lot about what I can handle or what I want to handle. I will be back soon with the Party kit Post and I will also offer it in a Printable kit option. Enjoy!

Wizard of Oz Party & Parisian Party

I am so behind I thought I would put the last two birthday Parties I did for this sweet girl together in one. Her Mom is and old friend of mine from High School. We both love parties and she has been one of my greatest supporters from the very beginning. I did Emma's Sweet Shoppe 3 year old party also. The last two years I only did a few custom made items to go along with printable kits she already had both years from The Tom Kat Studio. Wizard of Oz is just the best! So many cute ideas to use and the Parisian theme is so girly and a I just love black and white damask. Here are a few photos from each party. I would love to add more to each of these kits, so I hope I get another order for a full kit or even a printable so I can finally finish the full designs. I hope you enjoy!

Bow Cake Topper

Banner from The Tom Kat Studio Printables, I made the Pom Poms and the bunting banner

 Beautiful Sugar Cookies made by: Sweeties by Kim on Etsy and Printables by The Tom Kat Studio

Now we are getting ready for Emma's 6th Birthday in just a couple of months! 

Alice in Wonderland kit

I really loved doing this invite. I know some stay away from doing it too theme-y but I couldn't resist having the characters be the focus of the invite. This is such a fun, bright and colorful theme. So much you can do with it. Here is the kit I did and here is the post that has two Inspiration boards I made for my customer with a lot of other ideas and link to other parties.

4th Birthday Party for a Princess

For my daughter, Emmy's 4th Birthday, she wanted a Princess party, and more unoriginal than that she wanted the Disney Princesses. :( I would prefer a more creative theme, but since she has dressed up like a Princess character everyday for the last year, we would just go for it and make it work. I tried to still make it original and use as little of "Disney" as we could. 

First, we started out taking pictures of her on a white background dressed up as her favorite Princess characters. Then, I edited them and had them printed poster size from Sam's and attached them using Mod Podge to plywood. 

For the party planning, I separated the themes into sections. The Belle tent was for the Tea Party with Belle, the Cinderella table held food and had a small table for "dress up" items, and Sleeping Beauty had candy and goodies, along with their Sweet Dreams custom made pillows. The runway fashion show was a special request. They walked down to a collection of Disney songs that I downloaded and had playing throughout the party. 

              

Belle's Tea Party

I made menus for each place setting and cut out dress toppers to stick in the cupcakes. 

Sleeping Beauty

I appliqued all the girls initials on the pillows and added my custom personalized labels for each. 

Cinderella

They had their makeup done by Cinderella and Belle,  the Fairy God Mother made
their faces sparkle and their hair shine with magical glitter spray. 

Fashion Show with all the girls! They loved walking the "runway". They twirled and 

posed for all the flashing cameras. 

Story time with the Fairy God Mother, Belle and Cinderella

The Princesses are from a local company, Shreveport Princess Parties. They 
were very entertaining and helpful. The girls really enjoyed them and Emmy 
loved her special necklace and tiara she received from the Fairy God Mother. 

Here are some of the designs I created for this theme.  I will be creating a 
printable kit with all the designs and have it available here on the blog in a 
post coming up soon. 

Oh, and yes, there were boys at this party! Let's just call them the Prince Charmings. 
I found all the swords, shields and arm guards from The Dollar Tree. 

I wanted to include a few extra snap shots of some of my favorite moments at the 
end of the party.  

This is me, I'm Snow White, I'm sure you guessed that. It's so obvious, right? 

Paper Party Designs: by Kami Buchanan Custom Designs
Barbie Cakes: made local by Stephanie Taylor 
Sugar Cookies: made local by Stacey Crawford
(please feel free to pin designs and have them recreated by a cake and cookie designer local to you)
Pom Pom Balls: by Kami Buchanan Custom Designs
Colored Lanterns: Hobby Lobby
Plates/Napkins: Party City
Mini Cupcake Stands: hellohanna.com

I'm sorry I have been away from the blog so long. Due to Pinterest, I still get emails and comments weekly with questions from the blog, I have a lot of making up to do. This party was a year ago in November so I'll be back soon with her 5th Birthday Party. It was my all time favorite! 

I hope you enjoyed the party.  Please leave a comment with any questions and I'll be happy to answer them.