The party theme for first and second birthday parties are usually completely up to the parent. You don't have to cater to cartoon characters quite yet if you don't want to, and there's no begging to have the party at one of those places with an animatronic mouse, bad pizza and deafening amounts of noise. …
Celebrations
After a holiday weekend of BBQs and end-of-summer gatherings, we aren't too partied out to announce that our Readers' Favorite is a beautifully designed birthday celebration. Congratulations to Ichen for creating a party for your son that was colorful and bright and all things right. It's true—your baby's first year does go by in a flash, …
Drumroll...the votes are in, and we have two favorite projects of August! Congratulations to brookeevan on your amazingly unique and thoughtful room design. The pink and green preppy combo is classic, but it's those cool accents you mixed in that give your project such zest. And wow, we were all blown away by your party …
The summer season officially winds down this week so it's nice to see that you, our loyal readers, are showing no signs of stopping. With your colorful, vibrant projects and creative parties, you are ready to embrace a new season. While enjoying the final, long holiday weekend of summer, please be sure to tell us …
We shared our cookie party post last week, and in case you missed it, here it is again along with some quick and easy cookie DIY treats! What's a party without yummy treats? With the help of some fabulous refrigerated cookie dough, we made a bunch of delicious cookie creations! First up, mini cookie cups. …
It's time to unveil our favorite projects of the week. Thank you, readers, for all of your talented work and enthusiastic efforts behind your nurseries and parties. As usual, we are impressed and inspired by your designs. Please take a look and let us know which project you "like" by Monday. Have a great weekend! …
I throw elaborate parties mostly because I enjoy it, but there are certainly times that I prefer less planning and quicker setup. That means a couple hours, tops, to accomplish everything from the baking and food prep to the decorating. In the Summer 2012 issue of Festivities Magazine, I thought it would be fun to …
We adore a cookie-themed birthday party, so when sweet Harley requested a milk and cookie party, we couldn't wait to get started. For her party, we decided to use the bright and happy colors of sprinkles as inspiration! Bright aqua, hot pink, tangy orange and luscious lime set the color palette for this fun birthday. …