REAL PARTY :: Halloween Party & Dessert IDEAS

Halloween is almost here . . are YOU ready?

I wanted to share some ideas on how to have a fabulous Halloween get-together with some friends and (of course) I used the GLAM Halloween "Shock-tail" collection from my shop.

There's still time to send out an invite - just pay, print, write in the info & send this week! 

Plus I have made it really simple for you as the whole collection, including the invite is on sale and you can get them here

Next is planning the decor! 
Some simple things you can do to dress up the party. Use lots of decorated pumpkins. Grab some candles and try to use what you already have on hand. Plus you can use the artwork from the collection to create graphics to help with the decor too.

A few spiders that are fun add interest to your table along with the tissue pom bouquet, that I made. Some colored hanging tissue poms ALWAYS look good plus I added a paper lantern too to keep the color scheme throughout the decor.

I made this FREE Chevron Halloween Subway Art that you can download for FREE here, put it in a frame & add some glitter pumpkins (found in the dollar bin at Target) to add an inexpensive display.

One of my favorite things to make for Halloween, that's inexpensive & looks good, is to get some mini pumpkins, spray adhesive on them & apply glitter. I went a step further here, & added a feather up near the stem along with a mini glitter spider.

Next up TREATS! 
Every party has to have some sort of candy bar - especially at a Halloween party! Keep it simple by throwing some fun colored web on a table & place some fun containers with some fave candy in for your guests to 'trick or treat' in! 

And the FOOD!!! . . . (I realllly mean the DESSERT TABLE!=) . . .

Make some cookies & cupcakes or buy them, throw some veggies & dip on the table, make homemade marshmallow pops . . . just dip some marshmallows, poke a stick in it & throw some sprinkles on them - it doesn't have to be elaborate or expensive. =)

What IS your favorite Halloween snack? Mine is taking peanuts & mixing them with candy corn - tastes JUST like a PayDay candy bar is you have never tried it. I just tried it for the FIRST time a few years & let's just say I ummm . . .am ADDICTED!!!

And what's an adult party without some festive FUN drink ideas!?

If you have been inspired & you like this collection, I have it available in my shop, which includes the invite as well. It comes with the invite, toppers, banner, drink flags, napkin wraps, glass/wine labels, food/candy bar labels. Just click here to purchase.

I hope you all have fantastic parties this Halloween week & you have found at least one idea to take away from this & incorporate into your own!

 

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{Designer Challenge} The Results & keeping it real.

Hello everyone . . I don't know about you but WOW what a week this has been!!! I will NEVER forget this week. It will forever go down as a monumental week to remember & here's why.

This week I celebrated my ONE YEAR blog anniversary. The place which gives me the privilege of sharing about what I love with all of you & I was pretty excited already about that because that meant I HAD kept up with it as best as I could. But then the most WONDERFUL thing happened!

I found out I WON the "Designers Challenge" - me . . I won! I won.
What a memory I will have to cherish.
I am still riding on my high from this WIN!

Ebony from Sparkling Events & Design, invited 12 different designers to accept the challenge of designing something fabulous for 4-6 people, dessert table, activity, AND on a $100 budget! 

The talent pool of this group of women, I was in this with, was crazy RIDIC!! They are some of the most popular party girls around & I adore them all!!

To check out what everyone did with the budget, take a peek here

Curious what I did? 

I will give you a few peeks at what I did as I am planning on writing up a full blog post so you can get more details about it all! 

I just want to THANK everyone again that VOTED for me. I am very humbled by this experience & it is something that will always be a cherished memory in the history books of Eye Candy Event Details. 

To me, I feel like I won a million dollars. To some that may seem silly. But when you LOVE what you do as much I do & then something like this happens, it makes you feel GOOD!

{Because it justifies all the times you didn't feel like you were good enough . . . all the times when you doubted the talent you have . . . all the times when you thought you would never get anywhere . . . all the days you cried from frustration because nothing was going the way you needed . . . all the days that make you wonder if anyone is listening to the ramblings you post}

 . . .well this week I had my DAY & it felt good.

I was having a 'rough' week (mentally) and so it came at the PERFECT time. The post that read 
"the results are in". 

I took a deep breathe & opened the post . . and then 

I saw MY name . . . 

I won for "Best Interpretation of Theme" {YAY}

and then I saw my name AGAIN . . .

I was in a 4-way tie for "Best Use of Budget" {sa-weet}

and so I scrolled down one . . . more . . . time . . 

and there it was:

"OVERALL WINNER"  
{seriously- no way. Am I reading this correctly? Are my eyes playing tricks? I totally thought I misread it - I even closed & re-opened the post to make sure!}

and then right BELOW that 
{is when my jaw literally hit my desk}

it read . . .

"FAN FAVORITE"  
{say . . what? Am I being 'punked' right now? Really?
THAT meant more to me than anything because YOU the fans voted
& that is something I will always hold dear to me - THANK YOU}

So I will take this feeling from this WIN & I am gonna try to bottle it up as much as I can, hold onto it tight, & remember that I AM where I am supposed to be. And on those 'bad' days, I will take a little from this bottle &  I will keep trying my best to create what I love & hope others love it too.

Thanks for letting me get real with you all today. 

Thanks for being here.

But most importantly THANKS for voting for me in that challenge.

I needed that win to keep me where I need to be & I am so grateful.

THANK YOU!!!!

{DAMASK ANNIVERSARY} Real party celebrating REAL love!

Here we go . .  FINALLY! 
I have managed to squeeze in the time to finish this up for ya'll & appreciate the understanding! But I just have so many things planned for you & lots to work on, that blogging gets backed up & boy, once it does . . hard to play catch-up ya know? =) 

So my 1 year wedding anniversary to the LOVE of my life was March 27 & I wanted to show my appreciation to all my family & friends for being such a HUGE part of it the year before so . . .

what better way than to base a party theme OFF my wedding!

The decor was black & white damask with accents of hot pink - who doesn't LOVE damask? 
I don't think I could ever tire of it - so classy, yet hip & oh so modern!

Plus we were able to add in some of the pieces we used for the actual wedding since we DIY'd the whole thing last year & had a lot of the decor left. 

And here we go! . . . . .

The invite . . . 

 The decor . . . .

- accordion fan made w/ damask tissue paper & topper as center accent

- decorated our mantel as we planned a blessing ceremony with our friend who married us

- (L) topper in center & (R) banner in collection

- used one of the banner circles to decorate this lantern

NEXT . . everyone's favorite . . . THE dessert table  . . .

- I got to use the scrolled overlay tablecloths used at my wedding along with 
the damask table runners from the reception

- I ALWAYS have to have MY pom garland . . .I NEVER tire of it . . .I just think it looks so pretty & is such a budget-friendly decor idea! Plus some good 'ol HUGE tissue poms along with some white tulle draped from the ceiling for a wedding-ish vibe! =)

THE DESSERTS!! . . . 

- we had a champagne & dessert reception at our wedding so I wanted to re-create some of the things we had plus add some new items. I decided to also go for the "mini" version of some items because I just LOVE that trend right now! So FUN!!

- I decided to make Brownie Bite Pudding Shots as one of the items & place them in shot glasses along w/ a mini spoon!

- Donuts are really HOT right now as well, so I had found a recipe for vanilla bean BAKED donuts awhile back & bought some donut pans & gave it a whirl. So YUMMY . . . especially with that amazing glaze . . . .hmmm hmmmm!

- these black & white circle cookies were a gift that were replicated after my wedding cake I had at my wedding.

- mini vanilla cupcakes

- chocolate covered strawberries & fruit kabobs (that's healthy- right? - lol)

- we also served strawberry shotcakes

 

- we served our SAME signature drink we had at our reception . . . Pink Sunset!

(which is RUM, pink lemonade & a splash of cherry - trust me . . GOOD STUFF!)

One of my FAVORITE gifts was our cake!!! - it was made by the same lady that 

made my wedding cake & this one was a replica of one of my bridal shower cakes . . . 

dark chocolate (my fav!)

 - the mini cake bunting is included in the this collection

Our blessing ceremony . . .

And FUN FUN FUN with the photo booth & props . . . 

We had such an AMAZING party with lots of the people from that very special day! 
We are truly blessed to have them all as part of our lives! =)

This DAMASK collection is PERFECT for weddings, showers & anniversary parties!
Contains a wonderful variety of items that include: toppers, labels, nugget candy wraps, mini cake bunting, banner, photo booth props, drink straw flags & a paper pack to make additional decor & can be found here in my Etsy shop along with the invite listed separately!


Hope you enjoyed looking at this collection & FINALLY seeing it! 
Would love to hear what you think of it or if you have any questions about anything you see here, please leave a comment below or email me at laura@eyecandyeventdetails.com