tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8393820361748251112024-02-07T15:41:22.173-06:00Your Perfect EventI love to have creative and exciting parties, but I'm usually on a tight budget. So, I created this blog to share my ideas and successes as a party planner on a budget.Your Perfect Eventhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070225393354737625noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839382036174825111.post-19909679161076696692014-04-05T17:39:00.001-05:002014-04-05T17:39:35.831-05:001st Birthday Rainbow ExplosionMy baby girl recently turned one!! So hard to believe how fast the first year went. Being a party planner this was the perfect excuse to have something fun,bright and colorful.<br />
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Before she was even born I had decided on a rainbow themed first birthday. With Pinterest's help here's how it went.<br />
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First the invitation - I'm also a graphic designer so I designed this and then had it printed through <a href="http://www.vistaprint.com/" target="_blank">VistaPrint</a>.<br />
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Now the food, I made it light snacks and desserts since had over 100 people invited. For the snack food, we had fruit kabobs, veggies, veggie straws, cheeseballs, rainbow goldfish, big pretzel "1" and egg salad and chicken salad dollar roll sandwiches. (plate and napkins from <a href="http://www.partycity.com/" target="_blank">Party City</a> - utensils from <a href="http://www.dollartree.com/home.jsp" target="_blank">Dollar Tree</a> - rainbow containers from <a href="http://www.target.com/c/party-supplies-holidays/-/N-5xt3c#?lnk=gnav_more_15_33&intc=1399553%7Cnull" target="_blank">Target</a>)<br />
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For the desserts, we had miscellaneous rainbow candy (Skittles, Gummy Bears, Starburst, M&Ms, Starburst Jelly Beans, Gumballs, Jolly Ranchers), "1" cookies (from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stlkimscookies" target="_blank">Kim's Cookies</a>), Fruity Pebbles Treats (made just like Rice Krispee Treats but with Fruity Pebbles), Froot Loops Candy (<a href="http://www.food.com/recipe/froot-loop-candy-106942" target="_blank">almond bark and Froot Loops</a>), Cupcakes (from Sam's), and Layered Jello Salad. </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Cupcake holders and suckers from </span><a href="http://www.shindigz.com/party/rainbow-personalized-cupcake-wrappers/pgp/678acwckdccwsz?utm_source=Pinterest&stumpstrackid=PINSZ*CKDCCW678A&utm_medium=Feeds&utm_content=CKDCCW678A&utm_campaign=partysupplies-themepartysupplies-uniquethemeparties-rainbowparty&mr:trackingCode=73B79016-F848-E311-B773-BC305BF933C0&mr:referralID=NA" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Shindigz</a><span style="text-align: left;">.</span></div>
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Next, was the decorations, the ceiling balls were from <a href="http://www.partycity.com/" target="_blank">Party City</a>. The centerpieces were just Mason jars filled with gumballs (from Sam's). The rainbow boxes held pretzels and Chex Mix and they were from the dollar bin at Target.</div>
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So there were lots of little kids invited to the party so I wanted to be sure I had fun activities for them. We had water bottle ring toss (dyed water and swim rings). I made rainbow streamers for the kids to run around with - and they loved them! (Find out how <a href="http://www.teachingthelittlepeople.com/plastic-tablecloths/rainbow-streamers-in-preschool/" target="_blank">here</a>.) We also had coloring books out for them and pin the cloud on the rainbow.<br />
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For their take home I had several different things because of the age groups - the 0-1 year olds got a bath toy (Babies R Us) and rainbow ball (Dollar Tree) - the 1-2 year olds got bubbles, playdoh (Dollar Tree), and crayons(Office Depot) - the older kids got glow sticks (Michaels dollar bin), playdoh and crayons.<br />
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Individual packs of Skittles for everyone.</div>
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I took the picture every month with sticker on her belly and I really wanted to do something cute with them so I made this streamer to hang. We did her one year photoshoot prior to the party so I was able to use those pictures as decoration as well.</div>
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For the smash cake I really wanted her to have a cute background with the rainbow explosion so we hung streamers on the wall and had lots of balloons (which the kids also loved to play with). I made the sign for the front of her high chair to match the 12-month streamer.<br />
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I thought the bakery did an amazing job with the smash cake - it was everything I wanted and matched the theme perfectly! Cake from <a href="http://www.sarahscakeshopstl.com/" target="_blank">Sarah's Cake Shop</a>.<br />
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And finally my princess had to have the perfect outfit to fit the theme! I bought her tutu from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SassafrasTutus" target="_blank">Sassafras Tutus</a> and the shirt was made for her by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SwankyShank" target="_blank">Swanky Shank</a>.</div>
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<br />Your Perfect Eventhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070225393354737625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839382036174825111.post-24310714973868851532013-12-15T22:41:00.002-06:002013-12-15T23:20:10.917-06:00'My Favorite Things' PartyAs you can tell from reading my blog (and the reason this blog even exists) I love to plan parties! So this year I wanted to have a Christmas party with my girlfriends. I decided to have a "My Favorite Things" party - it's a great way to exchange gifts with friends and it not be a burden on people's already tight Christmas budgets.<br />
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How a "My Favorite Things" party works... I asked everyone to bring one of their most favorite things within a $10 budget - and then buy three of the item and bring them wrapped separately. I also asked everyone to bring their favorite appetizer or dessert to share.<br />
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<i>Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes, <br />Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes, <br />Silver white winters that melt into springs,<br />These are a few of my favorite things... </i></div>
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<i>Think of something that you LOVE (around $10). Bring THREE of that item. We will draw names and everyone will go home with THREE new favorite things. Please wrap each gift separately.<br /><br />Also, bring your favorite holiday appetizer or dessert to share. I will provide the wine and drinks. Come celebrate the holidays with a night out with the girls.</i></div>
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Then I started to plan what the night would look like - first, the color scheme - I found cute snow flake plates at Dollar Tree so I went with the red and white colors. I found fun decorations at Dollar Tree and at Michael's (three weeks from Christmas it was all 70% off).<br />
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Next, I thought about what fun drinks to have. I found out that the day I picked was National Hot Cocoa Day so that helped a lot - I went with a Hot Chocolate Bar - of course with everything you need to spike it a little too. I made homemade crock pot hot chocolate found <a href="http://www.mrshappyhomemaker.com/2010/12/creamy-crockpot-hot-cocoa-best-ever/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: magenta;">here</span></b></a> and paired it with peppermint sticks (matched color scheme too), mini marshmallows, mini chocolate chips, and Pirouettes. To spike it I had Peppermint Schnapps and Marshmallow Vodka. I designed tags for everything to dress it up a bit and used ribbon I found at 70% off at Michael's to attach the tags.</div>
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I wanted another drink option (mostly because I wanted to use those cute paper straws - these were found at Target - $4.99). I found a red drink recipe <a href="http://heatherchristo.com/cooks/2012/12/28/raspberry-pomegranate-champagne-cocktail/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: magenta;">here</span></b></a> and called it Pomegranate Champagne. It was so fun and whimsical. I found plastic champagne glasses 2 for $1 at Dollar Tree.</div>
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So how the sharing of gifts works... I made little sheets of paper that matched the theme and had the girls all write their name on three sheets and place them in a glass jar. We went around the room and each girl picked three names from the jar. Just to add a little to it I found this fun <a href="http://shannonbrown.typepad.com/life_in_general/2013/09/favorite-things-party-2.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: magenta;">favorite things game</span></b></a> that I had each girl read their answers before giving their gifts out. When the three picked had their gifts they all opened them and then if necessary the gift was explained by the giver. Some of the items the girls brought were an oil mister, favorite bottle of wine, scarves, Starbucks gift card, candles, nail polish, fresh tea cup, egg boiling timer, chocolates and make up brushes. It was so fun to learn something new about my friends and receive great gifts!</div>
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For the party favor I had my friend make some of my favorite cookies (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/stlkimscookies" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: magenta;">Kim's Cookies</span></b></a>). They were so cute! </div>
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I found a lot of the decorations on this great discounted website - <a href="http://www.birthdayinabox.com/">Birthday in a Box</a>. I supplemented the decorations with solid colored plates, napkins, utensils and table clothes from the Dollar Store (red checkered table cloth from Party City).<br />
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I made the cookies with a friend who is great at decorating - but we bought the little ladybug candies from a local baking shop.</div>
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The pretzel is from a local pretzel store - <a href="http://www.stlpretzelboys.com/">Pretzel Boys</a>.</div>
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And of course after the baptism I had to change the little one out of her gown and into an appropriate ladybug outfit :) (Carter's from Kohl's)</div>
Your Perfect Eventhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070225393354737625noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839382036174825111.post-53845299925159505992013-02-24T15:44:00.004-06:002013-02-24T15:44:40.793-06:00Baby Gender Reveal PartyAs I approach our due date I decided I wanted to blog about our Gender Reveal Party. We kept it simple but there are so many great ways to do this I wanted to share ours too.<br />
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We invited the immediate family over for dinner on the night of our ultrasound - I had to hold the exciting news in ALL day!! My husband and I decided to find out in the Dr.'s office but surprise our family with the news.<br />
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I had pink and blue everything - plates, napkins, forks etc. I asked everyone to wear the color of the sex they thought it would be (i.e. wear blue for boy, pink for girl) and my husband and I stragetically wore both colors.<br />
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For the reveal we decided to do cupcakes so everyone had a part - instead of one or two people cutting into a cake. Because it was all the same day - I had blue and pink filled cupcakes made and then served the color that it was. On the outside they were identical - but inside they were filled with pink or blue so you had to bite into it to see the gender color.<br />
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It was so exciting and a great way to include everyone in on the news!<br />
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Also, my sister is having a baby this year too! Just 4 months behind me - so I wanted to share how she did her gender reveal as well.<br />
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They invited the immediate family to dinner at a nice restaurant in town. They chose not to find out at the Dr.'s office and had the ultrasound technicial seal it in an envelope. We ate our dinner and when we were finished it was time (my brother in law enjoyed the suspense and making us all anxious for the news).<br />
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They opened the envelope as a couple and read it aloud to the group - it was so fun!<br />
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So we are having a girl (any day now) and their having a boy (in July) - such a great time in our lives!Your Perfect Eventhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070225393354737625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839382036174825111.post-11170140989452414972013-01-12T15:48:00.001-06:002013-01-12T16:19:08.770-06:00Purple Elephant ShowerI'm getting ready to have my first baby so the next few posts will be about my baby showers. Today's post is about an elephant shower with accent colors of purples, greens and browns. It was so cute I just had to share it with all of you! My friend that had the<a href="http://foraperfectevent.blogspot.com/2012/07/on-june-23-my-friend-kim-celebrated-5.html"> Breast Cancer Party</a> I have written about in an earlier post hosted this shower.<br />
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In the bags on the mantel was a game - each bag was filled with an item off my registry starting with that letter (i.e."B" bag had a blanket in it) Each guest had to guess what was in the bag. Then I opened them one by one. It was so cute and made for great decorations too!</div>
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For the party favor Kim made mini elephant sugar cookies and wrapped them in clear boxes. </div>
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In the green and purple bags was another game called<a href="http://partytimebaby.com/baby-shower-games/140-the-left-right-baby-shower-game.html"> The Left Right Baby Shower Game</a> - everyone has a gift (or you can play with just one gift) and they pass to right every time you read the word "right" or left every time you read the word "left" at the end everyone opens their gift (or the one with the gift at the end opens it). Here is a <a href="http://partytimebaby.com/baby-shower-games/140-the-left-right-baby-shower-game.html">link </a>to the poem Kim used.</div>
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Kim hand made all the elephants and found the green doilies at Party City.</div>
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Thank you Kim for such a wonderful, creative shower!</div>
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<br />Your Perfect Eventhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070225393354737625noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839382036174825111.post-65564462899514842152012-11-28T09:13:00.001-06:002012-11-28T09:13:16.621-06:00Limo Christmas Caroling PartyI love finding unique ways to celebrate my birthday which falls at Christmas. A few years ago we started a two year tradition of caroling around St. Louis in a limo.<br />
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We met at a designated location and then moved through St. Louis to our parents houses, siblings houses, family Christmas parties, where ever the group wanted to go - all planned in advance.
Our families looked forward to it and it was such a fun and unique way to celebrate the holidays.<br />
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We also did it for charity and collected money for the <a href="http://stlchristmascarols.org/">St Louis Christmas Carols Association</a>.<br />
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About a month out I sent an evite to see who all was interested or available that year. Everyone was welcome - we were not all the best singers (I can say that because I'm one that's not). Then I would find a limo - we used <a href="http://www.partytimelimo.net/">Party Time Limo</a> year one and <a href="http://www.jedlimousine.com/">JED Transportation</a> year two.</div>
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After we knew who was going I would find out if they had a place they wanted us to carol at - then I took all the addresses and made a logical <a href="https://maps.google.com/">Google Map</a> for the bus driver with a time schedule so we were sure to get to our final destination on time - we ended at a bar or house party where other friends would meet up with us following caroling.</div>
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I made the song books by looking up the most common carols from Google. This is a great site for finding the lyrics to common <a href="http://www.the-north-pole.com/carols/index.htm">Christmas Carols</a>. Keep in mind you can only sing about 3 sometimes 4 (ending with <a href="http://www.the-north-pole.com/carols/wish.html">"We Wish You a Merry Christmas"</a>). As the group progressed through the night we had our favorites - that we were "good" at and then we were mostly singing the same tunes. We always chose our songs before we left the bus so we ready to sing when we are all on the porch. Make sure to choose familiar songs.</div>
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<br />Your Perfect Eventhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070225393354737625noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839382036174825111.post-13135948176714623962012-09-27T15:58:00.002-05:002012-09-27T16:05:28.890-05:00An Umbrella Themed SprinkleMy friend Teryn is having her second baby and this time it's a girl! So I thought it would be fun to have a mini shower, a sprinkle, for her where people just bring her girly/pink gifts and we have light dessert on a Sunday afternoon. She didn't register or anything - we were simply celebrating her little girl with her 10 closest friends and family.<br />
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I love to have a theme even if it's something smaller with a small crowd. So I thought why not umbrellas! It was a sprinkle after all. I kept the budget under $100.<br />
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Here are some pictures of what I did to pull the umbrella theme in...<br />
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Umbrella banner - Dollar Store, straws, cups, plates, confetti, drink umbrellas - Party City</div>
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The small candy bar for a party favor - everything pink!</div>
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<br />Your Perfect Eventhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070225393354737625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839382036174825111.post-77863746633064907502012-09-10T12:35:00.002-05:002012-09-10T12:39:41.212-05:00A Birthday Party for the Dog...So because I love to throw a party... I had a 1st birthday party for my puppy. Although it may sound crazy - I had lost my job earlier in the month and had lots of time on my hands :) I did a doggy birthday brunch (didn't want to take too much time out of people's day for a dog party).<br />
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I didn't spend much on this since really the dog wasn't going to appreciate it much - ha! But we had a great time! I tried to focus everything about the dog and make the humans feel "connected" to the pooch. Originally her dog friends were invited as well but we got snow before the party and it was just too sloppy outside so it was just Maya and her favorite humans.<br />
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We had "milk bones" - a Hershey kiss melted in the center of a round pretzel (only available at Christmas) with an M&M smashed into the top (do while warm before the chocolate hardens).<br />
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"Ruffins" - blueberry and banana nut muffins...<br />
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Also featuring - "Heartguard" - fruit salad, "Raw Hydes" - donuts, and "Pup-cake" - pancakes </div>
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I also made take home goodies for the humans - cookies and for the dog friends - homemade dog biscuits - in the shapes of dog bones (mini and large), little "Maya"'s, fire hydrants and dog paws.<br />
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For decorations I found the cutest little treat bags with beagles on them (Maya is beagle/lab mix) - the cute boxes I gave to the dog friends and I had little plastic goodie bags to match for the human friends.</div>
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A group wearing the dog ears - everyone took my silliness with such a good spirit :)</div>
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Happy Birthday Maya! It was such a fun party to plan!</div>
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Party hats, treat boxes and treat bags - Party City. Table cloth, plates, napkins and utensils - The Dollar Store. Recipes for cookies (secret), recipe for homemade <a href="http://sillygrrl.com/2012/01/13/recipe-peanut-butter-dog-biscuits/">dog biscuits</a>.<br />
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<br />Your Perfect Eventhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070225393354737625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839382036174825111.post-11267408222941938992012-07-27T12:12:00.005-05:002012-07-27T12:12:57.213-05:00A Pink and Green Monkey Party!My friend, Niki's baby turned one this week and last weekend they had a great party for her! I wanted to blog it for you because they did some really cute things.<br />
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First of she knew she wanted to do pink polka-dots so I encouraged her to pick an object of some sort to be the focus - so she found these great monkey plates and the theme had been chosen! Check out the plates and other matching things at <a href="http://www.birthdayexpress.com/Pink-Mod-Monkey-1st-Birthday-Party-Supplies/67568/PartyKitDetail.aspx">Birthday Express</a>.<br />
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Since the plates were pink and green she chose both colors to accent with. Most of the decorations were bought at Party City.<br />
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The kept with the monkey theme on the "smash cake", cookies and pretzel (from a local bakery).</div>
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It was a very colorful, well themed party and I'm glad I was able to share it with all of you. Thank you Niki and Happy Birthday Harper!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On June 23, my
friend Kim celebrated 5 years breast cancer free with the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.komenstlouis.org/site/PageServer">Susan B. Komen Race</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and a party to follow. Her party ideas
were so cute - I had to share them with you! She is REALLY creative so lots of
the pink, crafty things she did herself and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/">Pinterest<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></a>was
her best friend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After the race she gave each of her friends a
water bottle, to personalize them she made labels using
packing tape. She googled how to make waterproof waterbottle labels. Such a fun
touch after a hot walk! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">All of her beverages were even pink!! Pink Seagrams,
Old Fashioned Lemonade and Pretty in Pink Sangria recipes found on <a href="http://www.allrecipes.com/">Allrecipes</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of the sandwich whole :) but she had the "ribbon" made into a sandwich at a local sandwich shop...such a great touch!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Banners, pom poms, and balloon ideas from <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">She found these fun napkins at Walmart. These type of items are easily found during October (Breast Cancer awareness month).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">She did a pink candy/dessert bar...it was so fun! Starburst, Good & Plenty, rock candy, pink marshmallows, personalized wrapped mini Hershey bars, cake pops, cookies, mini cupcakes, pretzel chocolates with pink M&M's and cotton candy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">a special note... she found a great idea on </span><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Pinterest</a><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> to put pink cotton candy in these homemade cones and then place them in a cupcake tower but as it turns out - when cotton candy hits paper it disintegrates - almost </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">immediately</span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">. So keep that in mind if you want to do something fun with cotton candy. </span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">She added fabric to her dining room ceiling to pull in more pink and add a really neat elegance to the room. Pink and white polka dot tablecloths from <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/">Oriental Trading</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you Kim for having me feature all your hard work! Glad I could share this special day with you!</span><br />
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<br />Your Perfect Eventhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070225393354737625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839382036174825111.post-35520729442210564992012-06-12T08:00:00.000-05:002012-06-12T08:00:10.900-05:00A Bachelorette that Sparkles!So today's blog is a bit different. I can't actually take ANY credit for this party but it was just a fun idea I had to share! It will also be a much shorter post this week - then we will be back on track for every other week so check back on the 26th!!!<br />
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My friend Jen who I blogged about last week with the Tea Party Shower also had a fun bachelorette party. Her Maid of Honor made the theme 'sequins and sparkles'. She asked everyone to wear sequins and sparkles.<br />
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We did a cocktail hour with light appetizers prior to going out and she found edible glitter for the cupcakes and also a really fine glitter for the sangria.<br />
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It was such a fun idea and I thought this was the perfect place to share it!<br />
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<br />Your Perfect Eventhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070225393354737625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839382036174825111.post-11595515935166055902012-06-05T08:42:00.000-05:002012-06-05T08:45:54.666-05:00Tea with the Bride to Be...My friends, Kevin and Jen, recently got married in Hawaii and this Saturday is their reception so I thought it would be appropriate to tell you about Jen's tea party bridal shower.<br />
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Now I can't take a whole lot of credit for this one - it was team effort! But, it is definitely worth me sharing it here for you see what cute things we came up with.<br />
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First the theme, a tea party - pretty easy to find cute ideas online but not all of them keep the budget in mind so we made some of the ideas our own :) Of course the invitation was tea party themed and in her colors - purples and white. I ordered them for a great price on <a href="http://www.vistaprint.com/">vistaprint</a> - there were 47 people invited so I wanted to be sure we found a reasonable invite.<br />
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For decorations we again Googled bridal shower tea party and our favorite ideas came from <a href="http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/228683/bridal-shower-tea-party-ideas/@center/272456/bridal-showers#/228681">Martha Stewarts website</a>. We found the tea cups and saucers at Goodwill and stacked them in the middle of the tables. We also decided to go with hydrangeas and daisies for elegance. We put baby roses in the tea cups on the top of the stack just to add a little something. We put sheets of patterned scrapbook paper under the vases and tea cup stacks for a focal point. For the favors we bought purple doilies sheets from Michaels and wrapped "Dad's Cookies" in them.</div>
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For this shower the Mother of the Groom and Sister of the Groom were gracious enough to provide catered food from a local grocery store. It was yummy and very easy! If you have the budget - catered food keeps things easy. Easy prep, easy set up, and easy clean up. The Maid of Honor made all the desserts - they were so fancy!</div>
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We set up a tea bar for everyone to choose their own flavors of tea and make it the way they like it. It worked out great - we decided to use real tea cups in order to dress it up a bit. We had sugar cubes, honey, milk and Splenda to add to the tea. We also provided mimosas!<br />
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I found a cute bridal bingo board game on this <a href="http://www.bridal-shower-games.com/a_008_personalized-printable-bridal-shower-gift-bingo.html">printable games site</a> - I filled it in with things that were bought off her registry.<br />
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(Tablecloths, utensils, plates and cups from the Dollar Store. Napkins and Stirrers from Party City. Scrapbook paper, purple flower confetti and cookie doilies from Michaels.)<br />
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Thanks Jen for letting me feature your shower!!!<br />
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<br />Your Perfect Eventhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070225393354737625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839382036174825111.post-57175984070480064842012-05-15T08:00:00.000-05:002012-05-15T08:00:08.662-05:00A Toast to the Bride and Groom!This past weekend I hosted a wine shower for a friend. I again researched with google some ideas for an evening shower with wine, everything seemed like it was going to cost a lot to pull off. I began thinking of ideas on my own. My budget goal was to stay under $200 but I spent it a bit differently this time. There were 13 guests in attendance.<br />
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First so I could save some money for other things I sent the invitation through <a href="http://www.evite.com/" target="_blank">evite</a>. It was a great way for everyone to communicate about the shower - and this party was for an out of town bride so we had to plan way in advance - it was nice to be able to send a reminder.<br />
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My favorite thing is to start with the decorations - that's so much fun! Her colors for the wedding are black and ivory so it was the perfect make up for an elegant wine party. I started with a black table clothes and utensils from Dollar Tree and ivory plates and ivory wine bottle napkins from Party City (since they were specialized I had to go to the party store this time). Then I knew I wanted to use corks and wine bottles in some way. I have a friend that collects corks so I borrowed from her (Thanks Jen!) I loved the elegance of candles and hydrangeas so I made the table "busy" with all these things. It is really hard to find cheap candles - I found these ivory candles at Garden Ridge (9 candles for $45). I borrowed the grapes for an added feature but I know they are available at Hobby Lobby and Michael's. I felt it was important to set the table for this party so it would feel more like a sit down dinner with wine. It gave us a chance to chat as a group.<br />
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For the food at this shower I wanted it to be a meal of heavy appetizers. Another way to help with the budget is to ask for other people to bring something to share or do the shower with a few friends so it doesn't all fall on you. I plated everything on white dishes to help pull out more of the elegance.<br />
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I also asked for help with the wine and had a few close friends bring a bottle or two of wine with them. We had a nice variety of reds and whites. I set up a section of the counter just for the wines.<br />
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A few other additions I had that aren't pictured - I put wine glass charms on each glass for the guests to take home with them (Bed, Bath and Beyond). Also I bought the bride a wine glass with her name etched on it (<a href="http://www.thingsremembered.com/product/White-Wine-Glass/156986.uts?keyword=wine%20glass" target="_blank">Things Remembered</a>).<br />
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A special note if you are hosting a bridal shower for an out of town bride - I had the guests bring gift cards or order a gift from the registry and have it shipped to the bride and groom and then print a picture of the gift so she knew what she was getting. It was a nice touch and I think Zena enjoyed receiving "gifts".<br />
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Thank you Zena for allowing me to feature your shower!<br />
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<br />Your Perfect Eventhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070225393354737625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839382036174825111.post-27227415807292207472012-05-08T13:10:00.003-05:002012-05-08T13:10:44.196-05:00A Shower Gone Wild!This year I had the privilege to host showers for a lot of my friends. Some are having a baby and some are getting married. First up - a safari themed baby shower - my friend Lisa loves giraffes, therefore that became my inspiration! <br />
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I did lots of research online for ideas to pull this off but I struggled with what everything was going to cost to make it as amazing as the parties I found google searching. So I took some of their ideas and made them my own to fit my $200 budget (for 16 guests).<br />
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First on the agenda... the invite! I found a reasonably priced invitation on <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/jungle_safari_baby_shower_invitation-161831134286512375#zoom" target="_blank">Zazzle.com</a> - $1.20 an invite.<br />
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The invitation is a great way to get the rest of the colors and theme down. So if you are stumped on a the direction you want the theme to go - look through invitations for inspiration.<br />
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Next on my list was the menu. I found some great food ideas at <a href="http://www.greygreydesigns.com/2011/02/bretts-jungle-safari-1st-birthday-party.html" target="_blank">GreyGrey Designs</a>. So with their help I began planning my menu.<br />
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Lisa's shower featured Jungle Juice, Lion Meat (sub sandwiches), Gorilla Grapes, Hungry, Hungry Hippo Hummus, Sticky Zebras (Zebra Cakes), Tiger Tails (Cheetos spirals), Giraffe Grass (salad), Animal Crackers and Animal Cakes (cup cakes). I also made little safari faced chocolates. <br />
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After the menu was set I began looking into decorations and party favors. I decided anywhere I could pull the theme in I would. Around the food I had printed pictures of baby jungle animals sitting on burlap and I also taped baby animals to the wall and had some framed for the table centerpieces.<br />
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Another way I brought the animal print in was to line the tables with animal print ribbons.<br />
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I found some cheap jungle picture frames in the dollar bin at Target that I framed the ultrasound in. I also found two little jungle notebooks in the dollar bin at Target to have in the prize gifts for the games.<br />
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I found the cute, affordable safari good boxes on <a href="http://www.partycheap.com/Cardboard_Zoo_Animals_Treat_Boxes_p/n31307.htm" target="_blank">PartyCheap.com</a> as well as a cute blow up giraffe that was on the front porch. Each box had a package of Animal Crackers inside.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Added touch - I put the mom-to-be's picture on the mantle.</td></tr>
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For the games we played name the baby animals (i.e. tiger=cub) - <a href="http://www.baby-gifts-gift-baskets.com/Free_Baby_Shower_Games/baby-animals-shower-game.pdf" target="_blank">download here</a> - and the measure the mommy's belly (not quite in the theme but very fun).<br />
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Other cost effective purchases - table clothes and utensils - Dollar General, ribbon, wooden balls, animal print scrap book paper - Michael's, animal print balloons - Party City, burlap - JoAnn's, safari bucket, monkey picture frame and safari journals - Target.<br />
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Thank you Lisa for letting me feature your shower!<br />
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