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Baby Be Mine, Valentine’s Day Party

This party was a super fun get together for my son and his baby buddies. We had Angel food cake, Neapolitan cupcakes with strawberry filling, mini sandwiches and chocolate covered strawberries. Of course cheerio cups and fruit were plentiful for the kiddos as well.  Each kid received a valentine card along with a box of valentine message hearts.  Overall it was a fun, playful, action packed event!

Jasper’s Room

We live in a small, old home.  Luckily my husband is in the construction business and he is extremely handy!  We completely gutted the room!  My husband put wood on walls and ceiling,  made the trim, he did a wash paint finish on the walls, painted the ceiling, layed laminate wood flooring, built-ins in closet, and built-in shelf!!!  I think he did an amazing job!!  We LOVE this room!! 

Arctic Coco and Smores Holiday Party

This party was a perfect fit for a little girl with a love of all things penguin. It was a small get together for a few friends before the winter break. We did something small that would entertain and include some traditional holiday fun with a twist. The choice was obvious, a hot cocoa bar and smores yum. A few of the activities included letters to Santa, pin the nose of rudolph, face painting, and penguin bowling. We ended the day by making a visit to the hot coco bar where kids got the chance to choose from a number of wonderful topping: whipped cream, caramel, chocolate syrup, marshmallows, sprinkles, peppermint crumble, and chocolate chips. Instead of cookies or cake we chose to do smores. With a parents help everyone toasted their marshmallows and chose from chocolate, cinnamon, or honey graham crackers. To top things off they got to choose from cookies and cream or milk chocolate candy bars. Other items on the tables were peppermint pretzel sticks, smore marshmallows, chocolate dipped spoons. For favors there were take home smores kits, cocoa kits with mini marshmallows, chocolate Santa mustache pops, letters to Santa, personalized crayons with childs name on them, penguin cups and cuddly stuffed penguins. Since it was a Christmas party we thought it would be fun for all the kids to be Secret Santa’s for each other. We took photos of everyone saying shhh then printed them on tags that said, “Ho Ho Ho I’m your secret Santa.” Each guest was asked to wear red and white to get in the holiday spirit. As they arrived we had them sit down at the table and draw pictures of what they wanted for Christmas on placemats we printed out. 

First Day of School Celebration Dinner

This was a “First Day of School Celebration Dinner” I hosted for my twin girls to celebrate their first day of 2nd Grade.  Another family joined us for a fun evening.  This is the third year I’ve had a dinner like this and it’s a great way to celebrate the first day of a new school year. You can see more photos here:  http://www.andbabiesmakefour.com/2011/08/first-day-of-school-celebration-dinner.html

{Love Rocks!} Rockin’ the Valentine’s Party Scene

Valentine’s Day is coming up and Southern Belle’s Charm wanted to give you some inspiration. I am a southern girl, but have lived in Las Vegas for a few years now. So with a great deal of west coast influence in my design style, I present to you: {Love Rocks!} Vegas Style!. Everything in Vegas Rocks: the people, the music, the lights and the clothes! So when dreaming up the Valentine’s Party – what better than a Rockstar Theme! What kid doesn’t love guitars, bright colors and loud music. The uber talented and so sweet, Paula of Frog Prince Paperie was kind enough to design the most gorgeous {Love Rocks}Valentine’s Printables Collection for the party. The girl has mad design skills and totally showed her inner Rocker! Paula also designed the most adorable {Valentine’s}and {Coloring Pages}! Piggy Bank Parties designed the most amazing {Backstage Entrance Sign} that we used so the kids could {Rock Out & Jam} with their guitars. It was a blast seeing the talent – they are definitely future Rock Stars in the making! Piggy Bank Parties also made this adorable {LOVE ROCKS Banner}and {Favor Envleopes}! As soon as I saw these {Mini Gable Boxes} that Pam of Party Starters is using this year, I knew they would be absolutely perfect for the {Love Rocks} Valentine’s Party! She was so wonderful to coordinate them to match the fabulous designs by Frog Prince Paperie. The {Dessert Table} featured sweets from some seriously talented women! Above the table, we hung {DIY guitars}that ended up being great fun later in the party! {Rockin’ Cupcakes} courtesy of Kari of Retro Bakery and the AMAZING {Tini Banners} courtesy of Do of the fabulous Piggy Bank Parties. Fell in love with these {Mini Doughnuts} from Nicole of Dough-a-Deer! The kids loved drinking Crush through the doughnuts! The adorable {Orange Creme Homemade Marshmallows & Mini Heart Cookies} were courtesy of Sara from Dandy Delights. The kids went crazy for them! The kids and parents ALL loved these {LOVE ROCKS} cookies by Nikki of The Sweetest Thing! The boys had a great time strumming the guitars before they ate them! Nikki is selling these cookies for Valentine’s Day – so make sure you place your order. How fun for kids’ school treats! Favor tags available from Frog Prince Paperie to match! Love, Love, Love this new trend by the fabulous Terri of Terri’s Treasures! She calls them {Cake Balls} but I call them AMAZING! The presentation in the mini heart boxes is divine! If you are a {non-chocolate lover like me – don’t judge} these are perfect in lieu of truffles! Terri also provided the {Cake Balls on a Straw} with the chocolate letters that spell {LOVE ROCKS}! Melissa of Frosted made the most adorable {Cake Pops} for the Party! Kim of Little Ladybug Designs was so kind to create {Thank You Cards}! As a southern girl, I believe children should write thank yous. The kids love the {Custom Love Rocks} tattoos by Ali of Buttonhead!

Gingerbread Birthday Party

For my daughter’s 3rd birthday, I decided upon a gingerbread party theme since her birthday is early January. Kids decorated mini gingerbread houses to take home and families also received homemade chocolate covered graham crackers as a favor. Our menu consisted of warm-up, comfort foods: blazin’ hot chili, winter white chili, cheesy potatoes, veggie pizza and mac-n-cheese. Sweet treats included white and dark chocolate covered strawberries and fluffy filled cupcakes with snow covered (coconut) ice cream balls. Tasty drinks offered were a variety of hot teas, pink hot chocolate, pineapple punch and juice boxes. For games, we played “Snowball Scoop” with cotton balls and “Snow Dig”.