Party Recaps: Superman and Another Princess and The Frog Themed Party

Let me just say that I've been trying to access my blog for two whole days with little success - until now.  I am so excited to share the photos from the last two parties I did --- and the fact that my lovely husband got me a new camera for Mother's Day!!!!!  FINALLY!  LOL.  It's not a Nikon D60 like I was campaigning for, but considering we'd need a bailout for that purchase, I'll be content with my wonderful present - plus, it beats that hot mess of a camera I had before.  I got a cute Kodak EZ Share Z915 - and it has a button on it that will upload my pictures straight to Facebook and my picture gallery - but I don't know how to exactly do that yet - I just think it is too cool. 

So, onto business, two weekends ago I created a handful of items for a Superman themed party for an adorable 7 year old.  In addition, I made a full sheet cake for the party - which was  fun for me since I typically stick to cupcakes.  Here are photos from that party:

Door sign

Circle banner – love doing these!

Found simple paper bags and added tags and labels to them for guests to take home goodies.

Someone with little hands, I’m sure,  got to my party table before a  good picture was taken :(

I made a centerpiece from a plastic container, balloon weights, a Mylar balloon and some foil sizzle and just added custom tags and stars!

Custom party hat and you can’t see them so good in the pail, but I made napkin rings as well.

Here is the cake I made for the party – it was a confetti cake with vanilla buttercream frosting! 

So, about a month ago, I received a call from a super nice mom who read about my daughter’s The Princess and The Frog themed party and was looking for a planner to coordinate a birthday party for her twin girls because they love Princess Tiana.  So she and I sat down and exchanged ideas and I coordinated a custom party for her lovely little Princesses.  Here are some photos from that party:

Princess Tiana cake topper that was used for decoration for a cupcake stand.

We set up a dress up area for the girls.  The boys wore gold crowns and purple satin capes that I got from Sew Plain Jane who I found on Etsy – Dawn was awesome to work with and her items are really adorable – check her out when you have a chance!

The accessories table – tiaras, necklaces and rings were available for the girls to make them feel extra special.

Fancy little shoes to complete their looks!

 

Table settings – I created tissue paper topiaries for the centerpieces

 

I topped each topiary with a glitter Monogram for the girls’ names and added a crown and butterflies

Here is the birthday banner – we had a time trying to get this hung - it was windy, the banner was long and I’d never made one with more than one name!  LOL

Door sign!

Girls created picture frame castles for their craft activity and the  boys made mosaic frogs – but let me note that the frog project was a bit complex for excited four year old boys to complete – so no pictures of the frogs!  LOL

There was a prize basket for the girls to choose from….

….and one for the boys!

Here are the birthday girls on the left and in the center greeting our Princess Tiana (you know how I feel about showing faces - sorry - they're very adorable, however)

One of our prince’s playing Pin the kiss on the frog game.

Here are some custom party hats and treats the kids took home. Girls got satin purses filled with hair accessories, lip gloss, ring pops, The Princess and The Frog mini sticker albums, swirly pops and marshmallow poles.  We filled customized gable boxes with swirly pops, marshmallow poles, Hershey kisses, a frog paddle ball game, and noisemakers for the boys.

I created Lily Pad cupcakes and topped them with custom toppers!

So after having done 3 parties back to back, this Do-It-All Party Diva is partied out – for now!  I’ll be working on some items in the next few weeks to put on Etsy – because I’ve been saying for the longest that I need my own shop.  Time to get to work!!!  I will keep you updated on that project in the next few posts!

Caterpillar, Super Hero & ANOTHER The Princess and The Frog Party Sneak Peek

May is going to be a busy month for me.  So let me apologize in advance if I fall behind with my posts.  Next month, I have three parties to host!  The first party is for my baby boy, who will be two!  He's a little greedy monster and always wants to eat!  So, I am going to do my own take on The Very Hungry Caterpillar and I've planned a caterpillar party for him.  Since he's only two we're going to do a small party for him with just our family and one or two close friends.  I've decided to do some finger painting as an activity, read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and let them go bezerk on the moon bounce and in the back yard.  The food will be hot dogs, popcorn, fruit and cupcakes (of course). 

The invites went out earlier this week - here's a sneak peak!

The week after The Caterpillar party is The Superman themed party I told you about.  The invitations were passed out to the birthday boy last week to his classmates.  I got word that everyone is 'super' excited!  Ha-Ha!  I created two invitations for his party - one was a design I made on my own with an adorable super hero kid and then the one below.  Mom thought the one we chose worked best for what the birthday boy would like.  Taking a cue from my blog pal, Monique over at Enchanted Expectations, I used an image from Microsoft clip art's gallery and added the wording for the party and a cute cover and band for the invite.  I think it turned out SUPER (tee-hee)!

Check out the invitations for his party:

Lastly here is another invitation that was sent yesterday for another The Princess and The Frog party that I'm hosting.  It's a jazzed up version of the one I did for The Mini Diva's party earlier this month!  It's posted on deep purple shimmer paper and you can't really see it but the heart is a glitter gel sticker.  SO CUTE!!!!

I can't wait to show you the pictures from all of these parties!!!!  In the meantime, have a great weekend!!!!

Thursday Inspiration: Superman Party

Okay, so I'm hired to do a party and I immediately start to shrink into a small girl, in a blue dress, who just drank some mystical juju when I find out that the birthday boy wants a Superman themed party - and you know, I HATE CHARACTER THEME PARTIES. .  (Why God, Why?????  Didn't I just convince my own child it wasn't necessary to buy a whole kit 'n kaboodle of Princess Tiana party products?  Why now do I have to succumb to the dreaded character themed birthday party AGAIN!!!!)....and scene. 

Well, having to do another character party gave me another challenge.  How can I take this theme and make it into something not so....themey.  I am currently doing that with my daughter's party.  I designed a Tianna-like princess for her invitations, purchased a limited amount of character products and kept within the color scheme for the rest of the party.  If I did that for her, I can certainly do it for another child.  So, I searched online, and came up an inspiration board for his party!

Photo Credits:
Happy Birthday Banner, Cake & Bubbles; balloons; Super Hero Capes; Star Bunting; Popcorn; Stars; Lollipop Bouquets; Cape Craft; Superman Logo; Cake Box Favors

I always get excited once my inspiration boards are completed.  It makes me want to get to workin'!  So, I might fuss and grumble at the concept of a character party, but I know that I can still create a unique party for a special birthday boy or girl!

REMINDER!!!!  This week's giveaway for a custom Princess and The Frog themed party collection ends tonight at 11:59 pm.  Click here for details on how to enter.  Also, tomorrow's post will be either delayed or postponed due to a personal matter that needs some attention.  In the event that I'm unable to post tomorrow, the Friday Freebie will be posted on SATURDAY and I can tell you, it's a GOOD ONE.  You don't want to miss it.  Please check back to see what the big giveaway will be!