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Tailgate 2nd Birthday Party

For our littlest guy’s second birthday, figuring out what type of party to throw was no problem.  With balls being one of his loves (any type of ball…footballs, baseballs, soccer balls, volleyballs, basketballs you name it…) and his birthday being near the beginning of football season I knew that we needed to throw him a birthday tailgate party…and so we did.
I started off with an attempt to keep things simple, but once I get into a theme I can’t help but dive all in.  I was really pleased with how everything turned out but I think my favorite parts were the table-sized football field that I made of turf from Menards and some white spray paint and also the watermelon Michigan Wolverine replicate helmet that my father carved for the party.  I was also very pleased with how nicely the “concessions” turned out with such simple, yet appropriate decorative touches including hanging chips and stat and menu “blackboards”.
For more information on this party please visit my personal blog: http://studiomcreationsdesign.blogspot.com/2017/10/tailgate-2nd-birthday-party.html

Tailgate Themed Baby Shower

My husband and I are so excited for our first child – P.J. – to arrive in a few months, that we threw a tailgate themed shower in his honor. My husband was a college football player and now coaches at the high school level in south Florida. We had a ton of fun decorating, using onesies as part of the theme and showcasing football in the invitations and center pieces. We also split the food up into pre-game, game time and post game sizes, with snazzy names for each item.