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Thursday, May 24, 2012

PARTY :: Peace Love & FUN-do Party - Part 1

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YAY! So stoked to FINALLY be sharing the "Peace, Love & FUN-do" party with all of you!! I FINALLY have gotten all of the pics edited from my daughter's 9th birthday party a couple weeks ago! Man do those pics sure take awhile when you shoot, edit & color correct all yourself! whew!

I am going to be posting this party in TWO different posts as I have a lot to share! Hope you enjoy the groovy vibes from this retro yet modern take on my daughter's "Peace" party!

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So just in case you are wondering WHERE the theme came from, here's the story. My daughter LOVES peace signs - period. Of course, I wanted to make sure it was different from other 'peace' parties + tried to think of an idea that we hadn't done before so I told her, 'ya know what would be cool?, we should have a fondue bar & then the theme could be "peace, love & fondue". Well she looked at me & said 'what the heck is fun-do?' I laughed. Alot. Explained the whole thing but decided to keep the name as it serves TWO purposes. 
 
One. We DID have a fondue bar.
Two. The kids had lots to FUN-do at the party.

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~ the DECOR ~ 
When planning for this party, I tried to be 'savvy' with my budget as I didn't have a large amount to spend so I used A LOT of items I already had & what I did buy, I got a crazy deal on. Decor was fun as I used this opportunity to 'craft' quite a few of the things that I used. 

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One of my FAVORITE DIY's for this party was the long, long, long purple ribbon chandeliers {middle pic below} that I created for this party. They were SOOO easy to make & added so much to the 'vibe' of the party!
(unfortunately it was hard to 'capture' how cool they were - at least with me taking all the photos- lol)

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Some of the other DIY projects I did . . .  
~ peace flower wreath for the dessert backdrop 
~ ruffled dessert table tablecloth
~ groovy "lamps" on dessert table
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~ the DESSERT TABLE ~ 

I always try to do as much of the dessert table myself - I just LOVE baking/ desserts, so it's something I really don't mind at all. This year when I asked my daughter what kind of cake she wanted, she said a cookie cake!!
 Hmmmm . . well okay then, a cookie "cake" is what your momma will make!

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Oh yes I did! I made a 'cake' out of cookies instead of a typical cake. It was pretty simple & my daughter LOVED the cake because chocolate chip cookies are her FAV so this worked out perfect. I was just hoping it would work out since I had never done something like this but it did. Whew!

Linda from Frog Prince Cake & Cookie Design sculpted the fondant cake topper of my daughter! I think she nailed it! The blonde hair, the peace sign shirt, the skirt, the chucks, eye color . . . not to mention the headband & bracelet that looks like something from the Skylar Raine shop! My heart melted when I first saw it - it made me soo soo HAPPY! She is a fondant sculpting GENIUS! She totally rocked this cake topper & the look on my daughter's face when she walked into the party was PRICELESS!
She was so excited about it!

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 Of course, the MAIN focal point of a "FUN-do" party is to have a FONDUE bar!
And that we did! Of course we had to teach the kids how to "DO" the 'fondue' but they had a lot of fun with it!

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I also made the BEST caramel chocolate fondue recipe that I will share with you next week! It was DELISH! Plus we had LOTS of goodies to dip into it - per a certain 9 year olds request!

One fun DIY project I did with this fondue bar is I dyed the skewers for dipping to match the party colors. (I also did the tiny clothespins I used to hang the banner) You can find the DIY tip here from Tablespoon, on their blog.

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We used sundae waffle bowls to hold the fondue & make it 'portable' & had everything from donut holes, potato chips, strawberries, vanilla wafers, angel food cake, Twinkies, marshmallows, graham cracker stix & pretzel stix for dipping. Ya know, just the typical kid-friendly foods! PLUS the bonus factor: the kids LOVED the fact that they could EAT their dipping bowl!

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Also on the dessert table were a 'few' other items . . . all chosen & keeping the retro theme in mind: Twinkies, orange Jell-O, oatmeal pies, mini cupcakes, cookies, cakepops & more!

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And YES - I HAD to make peace signs on the store-bought oatmeal pies!
As well as make chocolate peace signs to put on top of the cupcakes!
I just HAD to 'dress' them up! ;)

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 And of course there were the beautiful cookies from Frog Prince Cake & Cookie Design that matched so well.

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 Blondie's Treats provided these AMAZING cake pops that totally rocked!!!!

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peace party cakepops

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~ the TABLE BACKDROP ~ 

I love making backdrops for my dessert tables & really wanted to make this one very authentic & get a retro feel but keep it modern. I decided on a little glitter, some ric rac, LOTS of flowers & what else says this time era than a DAISY WREATH!

This was a fun DIY & was pretty easy to make. I love the way it came out!

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 And YES these ARE the mini clothes pins I dyed to match the decor when I did the fondue skewers! LOL

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And here's the party girl with one of her best friends, Abby enjoying some of the photo props! 
(and yes I know Skylar is spelled wrong - kids! Whatcha gonna do - they're still so cute!)

  

The rest of the party I will share with you in PART 2 & will include the candy bar, favor bar, photo booth & the FUN the people DO - (lol)! Hope you will be back for some more "eye candy".

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PART 2 of this party is posted - check it out here!


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18 comments:

  1. Hands down - MY FAVORITE Decor item - PEACE FLOWER WREATH

    Love the purple table cloth and skirting also...

    All of it was awesome....you rock my friend

    Peace out!

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    1. melissa - thank you so much for all the love & support! It means a lot to me! xoxo

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  2. Laura- that is adorable! Cute, cute in every way!!

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    1. thank you so much for stopping by to check it out - glad you liked it! =)

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  3. What a great party! The colors are amazing and I just love the daisy wreath you made.

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    1. Me too! Love the daisy wreath & it really was easy to make. May have to look into doing a DIY on it - thanks so much for the comment! =)

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  4. OMG, no wonder you kept us waiting so long!!! lol! There's an incredible amount of greatness here my friend, you and and your daughter are way too cool! Seems like you had a lot of fun-do!!! =)

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    1. wow - you are so sweet & just made my day with you comment 'love'. The only reason I waited was there are sooo sooo soo many pics & I still have more - lol. Thanks so much for checking it out & the sweet words - it means alot! xoxo

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  5. I've been wondering when this party was gonna be revealed!?!?! Dude. So freakin awesome! I LOVE fondue, seriously. That was a great idea! I can't believe there is still more?!?! Can't wait!

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    1. You are funny - man it takes forever to get it all done, ya know? But thanks for loving it. Yes I LOVE fondue too - wait until I share this recipe I found - it is to die for! You will love it. ;) And yes - MORE pics coming soon! lol

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  6. Beautiful party Laura - xoxo, Tish

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    1. awwww tish - thanks so much for stopping by to check it out. =)

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  7. LOVE how everything turned out!! The theme is so FUN and the colors and details were beautiful!!! Awesome job!

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    1. hey girl - thanks so much for saying that - it means alot! We need to work together on one of my parties too! Would love that! =)

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  8. Love all the colors and decor! Shared on FB
    facebook.com/HomeConfetti

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    1. thank you so much - that is so sweet of you & totally appreciated! =)

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  9. Gorgeous party, Laura!!! Love your work! Such eye candy!!!

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    1. helloooo - what a sweet comment! Thank you so much for checking it out & saying that - so nice of you to stop by! =)

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