Cupcakes

Intimate baby shower lunch at the beautiful Delamar Hotel in Southport, CT using Lavender & Gray nursery color palette.

Fall Carnival themed 1st birthday party. Focusing on Carnival Favs, without the three ring circus. More similar to your community Fall Carnival.

This was a reptile-themed birthday for my son’s 4th birthday. I used the colors orange, green and blue with a touch of brown to help tie it all together. It was hosted at a science center near our home. 

For Sylas’s First Birthday, I created a DIY Sock Monkey Themed Party.

For more information: http://www.greygreydesigns.com/2012/08/my-parties-aidens-green-whale-1st.html

Our baby turned 1 on June 25th and I, of course, went all out for the celebration!  My husband and I already owned a collection of red partyware so I decided that red had to be incorporated into his party. The whale inspiration came from a Pottery Barn Kids bedding collection that we almost selected for his nursery.  The stripe, gingham and polka dot patterns were inspired by a pennant bunting I saw on Etsy and many of the other details were inspired by ideas I found while poking around Pinterest!  {photo credit – Simply Mella Photography} 

A pinwheel themed second birthday party. The main colors were pink and aqua, with accents of white and yellow. 

This was a baby shower thrown for me last month. My wonderful Aunt and Mom were the masterminds behind the event. The nautical theme was accompanied by the cute slogan, “Ahoy, it’s a boy!”

As much as we tried to get our oldest child to call his baby brother “Jack” that just didn’t happen. So now we have a Johnny on our hands. I batted around a few themes and kept coming back to a non-traditional idea: Johnny Cupcakes. At first thought it might not sound like a typical 1st birthday, but cupcakes, pirates and plaid screams little boy to me! 

Since my niece was a summer baby we decided to go all out with a super fun preppy whale theme using the colors navy and pink, getting inspiration from Vineyard Vines. The party was a small with just family and friends. The birthday girl truly had a blast! We set up a small dessert table with the cutest whale and beach ball looking cake pops from KC Pop Art & Parties. They even made and supplied the cake pop holder, which was a white wooden box with painted hot pink stripes. They then cut out heavy pieces of cardstock to create waves. The cake pops were the center of our table AND absolutely delish!!! And extras we had we displayed in mason jars as accent pieces to our table. Since there were a few small kids there, we made mini fruit skewers with blueberries and strawberries (sticking to the pink and navy color scheme). We also served cupcakes to all the guests with printables designed by Party On! Designs. The birthday girl even had her very own smash cake that we actually purchased at our local grocery store and had them place a ribbon border around. We topped it with a mini flag pennant and had Party On! Designs create a matching birthday hat. I (Michele of Sweet Threads Clothing Co) made a matching bib for the birthday girl to wear. She LOVED her cake!!! As a backdrop to our dessert table, we took pieces of hot and light pink crepe paper that we cut all the same length and pinned them to a ribbon we strung to the top of a white beadboard. We then hung a birthday banner across it. It was super cute and added an additional pop of color. To finish off the table we added some pink flowers we cut from our garden in white blume boxes we wrapped with navy robe. Each of the party guests left with a sand bucket we filled with bubbles, goldfish snacks and a custom made sippy cup from I Have A Favor. The birthday girls shirt was made by Sweet Threads Clothing Co and Birdie Baby Boutique made to match the most adorable headband. Danbury Lane created a tutu in navy and hot pink to complete the outfit. She looked adorable on her first birthday!!

Made with Love Baby Shower Brunch

My daughter’s first birthday party.  I had so much fun organizing it and tried to do as much as I could myself.

Since J Mae was born on Easter, we thought it fitting to have a bunny themed party for her first birthday.

This year for our sweet Addie’s birthday, a Muddy Puddles party with Peppa Pig was a MUST. This little girl is OBSESSED. Have you ever seen this little gem of a show? Simply darling! Because it is a British show, anything Peppa Pig is nearly impossible to come by here in the U.S., so I decided to make it a celebration of muddy puddles–one of the Pig family’s favorite activities! Guests could step in “muddy puddles” made from kraft paper as they walked to the door, don a pair of rain boots and step on in!

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.

My daughter decided she wanted to have a Movie Star themed party.  We invited 20 girls to our home to walk the red carpet, watch a Barbie Movie in the theater room, and celebrate with cupcakes.

I wanted to create a very simple car theme party for Luca with the idea of the movie ‘Cars’ but not using that exact theme.  Making the car red added a nice pop of color against the shades of white, gray and black.  I kept thinking about Route 66 and came up with adding his age inside the route sign.  Then it was fun to think of names to coordinate with all the desserts and drinks.  Such as ‘Fastlane Fruit Punch’ and ‘ Vroom Vroom Vanilla Cupcakes’. 

Micaela wanted a typical girly party filled with fairies, princess crowns and pink!  I just decided to design a princess inspired dessert table with unique patterns and personalized treats for everyone.

A lavender (purple) and pistachio (green) color baby shower. The shower was hosted by the future grandmother and best friend of the mother-to-be, in honor of her first child. The 55+ guest were greeted at the door and asked to sign the guestbook plate. Guest then enjoyed several games which included name that candy bar game, how well do you know the mother-to-be and how big is the baby bump. The buffet style food menu included assorted fruit and vegetable trays, garden salad with Italian dressing, spaghetti with meat sauce, and garlic bread sticks. Guest was offered sweet tea, lemonade, Pepsi, Sprite, Diet Dr. Pepper and bottle water. Dessert consisted of red velvet cupcakes, vanilla cherry cupcakes and chocolate cupcakes. The guest left the baby shower with mini personalized favor boxes filled with kisses to remember the occasion. The personalized favor box said Thank You Hugs & Kisses from Baby Lilliana March 22,2012.