Garden Party

This little outdoor party from the cute blog hey, bubbles looks like a very sweet and creative birthday celebration.

Clockwise from top left: Butterfly Kisses party invitation from SCB, catching little paper butterflies with a net...too much fun, Flower Wow invitation from SCB, cute chocolate mousse-filled cups planted with a lollipop "flower" and green gummy stem, Little Sweetheart invitation from SCB, a jar of colorful butterfly nets for entertainment

Annie's Day

These are photos from my daughter Annie's special bat mitzvah day that we all celebrated a few weeks ago. She did a terrific job...we were all so proud of her. Here are a few photos (from Barry C. Altmark Photography and Jennifer Jones Photography) that were taken of some of the decorations and festivities at her luncheon. Her theme was "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and we decorated with polka dots, fun colors, a candy "bar" and smoothies. A great time was had by all.

The invitation was the inspiration for the entire weekend.

The bright dots & fun colors carried throughout all of the decorations.

Here is Annie and her adoring dad giving each other a tight squeeze.

The Candy "Bar" was a magnet for all who attended...young & old.

These petite cupcake pops were both decorative and delicious.
I got this idea from Bakerella and had my local bakery whip them up.

Disguised as smoothies, printed pink & green T-shirts made a fun favor for the girls.

The favors for the boys were brightly colored take-out boxes filled with candy.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun was the theme of the party. These sassy girls appeared in lots of the little details - like on the smoothie cups and as large near-life sized cut-out decorations.

A framed silhouette of Annie was a great way for guests to send their good wishes.

The desserts were AMAZING!



Here's a picture of my sisters & myself: Allison, Lauren, Me & LeighAnn. It was great getting to see all of them at the same time!

Candy Necklace

I recently picked up this month's issue (May 2009) of Parents magazine and I was excited to see that they had a little "Let's Party" section that gives creative party ideas for children's birthdays. They have some super-cute favor ideas and one that stood out to me (because it was not only adorable, but so affordable) was titled "Candy Couture". They fill a small tin with colorful cereal O's, life savers and licorice laces so that kids can string their own neckaces and bracelets. I stopped by the drug store today on my way home from work and picked up the few ingredients necessary to make this precious edible bling. Although we are not having a party, I thought that my ten year old Claire would enjoy making this fun little craft. It was a big hit and she's planning on wearing her colorful bracelet to school tomorrow.