{Party Recap} Diamonds & Denim

 

All Photos above - courtesy of Greg Jones

What a fabulous time Diamonds & Denim turned out to be! I'm exhausted and pooped, but it was a good time to be had by all!

The event took place at Lost Society in DC - a really hip bar & lounge in the U Street corridor. Naleli Askew of Quintessential Consulting and Blueprint for Style's, Monica Barnett truly put together a great event.  The Blue Jeans Bar was on hand to do custom fitting for jeans.  A local jeweler located in Old Town Alexandria, VA - Mystique Jewelers, was there as well, with the most beautiful & unique and pieces of jewelry I've seen in a while.  Another great bonus of the event were the gorgeous Stephanie Johnson swag bags that guests walked out the door with!  I'm bummed I didn't get a picture of them - but trust, they were lovely.  Then, I was there to give everyone a sugar rush with a candy buffet and dessert table!  Ha ha!

For the set up, I created the desserts table with decadent Chocolate Cake Pops and Vanilla Cupcakes topped with a dollup of White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting - HEAVEN!

 The candy buffet was set up with Rock Candy Martinis, jelly beans, candy coated chocolate dots, salt water taffy, chocolate bars and old fashioned candy striped bags (an import graciously sent to me from a good friend in the UK).

I created and styled everything in deep blues, silver and anything that would sparkle and shine! For the candy buffet table, I attached a swag that I made out of stripes of denim & jute twine (loves me some jute twine). We sprinkled 'diamond' accents over the blue satin table overlay, and I decorated the glass candy dishes and candle holders with decorated paper that I used from My Grafico designer Shery K.

Another great feature (in my head) were these beautiful silver chargers that I made.

I created them using silver trays, blue glass beads that I had sitting in a zip loc bag for years and my trusty glue gun. I came up with the idea at 2:00 in the morning and I went crazy! I made about nine of them and only used 3!!!  That's the way it goes!  LOL

Hey - I also met some fantastic women at the event and did this online radio interview with Kamaria Richmond on Cinch Chat!



To read more about my styling design for this event, please check out my post today over at MG Party Impressions

{Party Recap} Part One: Nikki's Bubble-Riffic Birthday

Heeeeey!

This party mama is pooped!  We had so much fun over the (CRAZY) weekend celebrating and eating lots of gum, and blowing LOTS of bubbles.  I have so many photos to go through but I did want to post a few pics from the party.  I'll post more later in the week with details to boot!

Bubble-Riffic Birthday Inspiration

My baby girl, aka, The Mini Diva, aka, Thing 1 will be six in April!  Yeaaah.

Shortly after last year's unforgettable Princess and The Frog party it was determined this year would be all about bubbles & bubble gum!  If it blows, pops and floats - it's in - and I do mean that in the most child friendly way :|

I am working on a few projects for the party, that I'll share later in the upcoming weeks, but here's a little inspiration I found online:

I found lots of inspiration from Dylan's Candy Bar, One Charming Party, Kara's Party Ideas, Cake Central, Atutudes & stock images online.

Halloween Party 2010

Hallow Friends!

A crazy thing happened to me after a strange visit  through the secret keyhole....I wandered home and came upon a sign....

Wondering what could be so daring as to enter my own house, I proceeded to go inside....

Upon entering I found a table filled with delicious treats!

CANDY CORN AND CARAMELS!!!

AND CUPCAKES TOO!

COOKIE POPS AND THINGS THAT SAY BOO!

 A tray full of tricks and treats......

and spider leg thingies to eat!

Oh wait! Oh wait!!!  Someone even made DEVIL CAKES!



Funky neon spiders creepy crawling on candy bars....oh what could all of this mean?

Oh, I know, I see!  It's a candy bar explosion made just for the cupcake and party queen!

Oh how giggly I will be after I munch on all these sweets - HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Hey!  I can't eat all these treats alone, so you're invited to come!  It's a Halloween treat fest for everyone!!!!  Leave a comment if you're stopping through - and if you are having  A Fanciful Twist Halloween 2010 Party too, leave a comment below with a link to yours......I don't mind if you BOO!  hahahaaaaa!!!!

A drawing will take place next Friday for a Halloween Treat Pack featuring our tasty Halloween Oreo Pops!  All you have to do to enter is leave your comment below to be entered.

To order the Halloween party items seen above please check out my Etsy shop!

Thanks for stopping by my Halloween Party! 

More Princess and The Frog Party Photos

Here are more pictures from the party.  I am having some camera trouble (I'm in such dire need for a new one) so sorry if they don't look very clear.  Also, I'm doing something I said I wouldn't do and you probably won't see it often, but I included pictures with The Little Mini Diva.  I mean, it is her party after all :)


My PD&P inspired door sign welcoming guests to party

Tissue paper poms blowing in the wind!

I decorated the frame to our canopy gazebo with sheer fabric, tissue paper poms and large flowers and butterflies. 

Party Table before we set it with party hats and tableware.

Sweet Shoppe candy buffet and birthday banner.

Guests filled their bags with sugary sweets!

My daughter had her own personal cake.  I decorated it with fondant, buttercream and purple luster.  The cake toppers were ordered online and I found that number five candle at The Christmas Tree Shops.  I also did the cupcakes as weel. They are decorated with lily pads and the cupcake toppers were ordered online.

I don't think it turned out so bad - it was my first attempt at fondant.

Lily pad cupcakes.

I made a crown for my daughter to wear - you can learn how to make your own here.

Girls got to choose their own tutus for dress up time at 'Eudora's Dress Shop'

The Birthday Girl got her own princess costume and crown.

I hung up mini poms from the chandelier.  I came up with the idea because I had left over tissue paper from my big poms.

I found these garden stakes at The Christmas Tree shops!  Good buys!

I found this seat cushion at Ikea about a month ago and decided it would make a perfect decoration for the Birthday Girl chair. 

We gave away 3 frog themed filled bags for winners of our games.  Kids who didn't win a big prize got consolation prizes.

The girls went home with these satin princess handbag party favors filled with hair accessories, lip gloss rings, glitter pencils, candy necklaces and princess stamp rings.

My mother designed this poster for our "Pin the Kiss on the Frog" game.  She designed it and then printed it on my home printer - I don't know how, but good job mom!

All the kids lined up to play a fun game.....where everyone won a prize.  We also played 'Facilier Says' and had a trivia game where the kids answered questions about the movie to win a prize.

All the girls decorated their own princess crowns for the crafts activity.

After the games and activities, the kids were surprised with a special guest.....

Princess Tiana!!!!!

She read The Princess and The Frog story to the guests and took pictures. 

After the party, Princess Nikki opened all her gifts, but I think this one was her favorite.....

Believe it or not - there are more great pictures.  I'll post those at a later date.