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Gender Reveal Party – Little Man or Little Lady?

Jennifer — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:51:00 +0000

We found out in November that I was pregnant. We hadn’t planned on having a gender reveal party, but I couldn’t resist! We just invited immediate family and requested no gifts.

Here’s the invitation we sent. You can purchase the invitation here.

When the family arrived they got a bow or a mustache, depending on whether they thought it was a boy or girl. I thought I’d give them a chance to make at slightly educated guess and had a list of the old wives tales and what they predicted. Funny enough, based on the ones I did, it was slightly in favor of a boy.

I cut the mustaches from felt and hot glued a pin on the back. The ribbon was just tied and a pin glued on the back.

The food served were the foods I have been craving (plus pizza).

My mom also made cute little baby feet jello jigglers.

I found the molds for the mustache and bow on Amazon.

The straws are from Isakay Boutique on Etsy. If you are looking for party supplies, I definitely recommend her!

I found the lanterns via Pinterest. You can find the tutorial here. They were filled with confetti. When it was time for the big reveal, the boys each pulled a string on a lantern to release the confetti.

The boys were more concerned with the confetti than anything else. Actually, we had told the boys the night before. Here’s how we told them…

Christmas Party Invitation

Jennifer — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:57:03 +0000

Hosting a Christmas Party? There’s still time to order your invitations. Here’s one from my shop. Find this one and more here.

Happy Halloween!

Jennifer — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:51:07 +0000

Hope you all have a safe and fun Halloween! We had a full weekend of costumes, trick or treating and parties. Here are the cake ball eyeballs I made for a party we went to last night. They sure were yummy!

Halloween Party Feature

Jennifer — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:46:18 +0000

Thanks to Catch My Party for featuring my Wizard of Oz party as their party of the day!

Wizard of Oz Halloween Party

Jennifer — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:24:00 +0000

Last weekend we had a Halloween Party at our house. It was so much fun! In keeping with the Oz theme, all food and treats I made were witch themed. My mom kept with the Oz theme and made a brain cheese ball and heart jello jigglers. I also included various quotes from the movie in frames that coincided with the food. Favor bags for the kids were made to look like witches brooms. The adults were able to make their own caramel apples. Here are a few pictures.

You can see most of my inspiration for the party on my Halloween board on Pinterest.

Don’t forget to follow me while you’re there!

60th Birthday Party – Fishing Theme

Jennifer — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:04:55 +0000

Wow. Has it really been over 3 months since my last post?!? Thanks to those that have stuck around. I’m hoping to post more regularly.

One of the highlights of our summer was a surprise 60th birthday party we had for my dad. I can’t tell you how much he enjoys fishing. It only made sense that we used it as the theme for the party.

Here are a few pictures from the night.

{Real Parties} Citrus Themed

Jennifer — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:43:12 +0000

Here are just a few pictures of the citrus themed party my mom hosted for her friends. It was very easy and affordable to put together.

{Pinterest} Citrus Party Ideas

Jennifer — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:45:07 +0000

Have you heard of Pinterest yet?? It’s a virtual pin board that allows you to “pin” photos from any site. It’s so addicting!! Anyways, here’s my very first board! My mom was getting ready to host her second annual Summer Kickoff Party. She is a retired teacher, with many of her friends still teaching. I don’t think there is anyone that looks forward to summer like teachers!! (Click on the image below to see the entire board)

Are you planning a citrus party? I’m working on a set of free party printables that should be available this week!

Chalkboard Treacher Retirement Invitation

Jennifer — Mon, 16 May 2011 03:19:35 +0000

Now available in my shop!

{Real Parties} Monster Party!!

Jennifer — Wed, 11 May 2011 03:28:14 +0000

For me, choosing a party theme is the easy part. Then I get started on pulling it all together. When I was working on the monster theme, it just wasn’t coming together like I had in my mind. Until I found the black and white chevron fabric!

Food
Since we had 17 kids under the age of 4 (CRAZY!), we decided an early party time would work well with nap times. While a brunch menu can be challenging for a large party, everything turned out perfect! We served cereal, french toast sticks, a couple quiches, potato casserole, donuts, fruit, etc.

Drinks include, milk, orange juice, water, and a green smoothie (recipe courtesy of One Charming Party http://onecharmingparty.com/2011/03/10/st-pattys-day-smoothie/).

Decorations
Streamers and the numbers 3 and 4 were created using tutorials from http://jordanferney.blogspot.com/

Activities
I created a huge wall with the outlines of the monsters from the invite for the kids to color. It was definitely the hit of the party! I also created a pin the eye on the monster and had a table for the kids to make their own masks.

Favors
Favors are always fun for me to put together. I like to send guests home with something they will end up using….or eating! Favor bags included cute monster bags (created loosely from this tutorial http://www.hideousdreadfulstinky.com/2011/02/crayon-monster-art-tote-tutorial.html
Inside the bags were, a monster sticker book, a box of crayons, a coloring book I created, pencil, tattoos, sucker, bowl and spoon set.

Adults for sent home with delicious blueberry muffins using this recipe, http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/08/dairy-contest-finalist-recipe-the-awesome-est-blueberry-muffins

Awww!! Happy Birthday to my little monsters!!

The Printable Monster Party Collection is available here.

Shopping Resources
Stitch-n-Lounge – Chevron Fabric
Shop Sweet Lulu – Straws, milk bottles, mini chevron print bags, tissue decorations
IsaKay Boutique – orange straws
Banana Bear Boutique – birthday boys shirts
Think Garnish – favor box for muffins
Kitchen Stuff Plus – monster bowls
Photography - Kevin Oelke