REAL PARTY :: a Bridal Luncheon

     

A Bridal Luncheon

I am so excited to be bringing you this soiree today.  

Working with Laura on the invite to my soon-to-be daughter in law’s bridal luncheon was so much fun.  Laura told me she wanted to make this extra special. I gave her some ideas of what I was thinking in my scattered brain. She came up with this!

 

PERFECT in every way.  

Theme:  “Having A Ball Since 2009”

Color Scheme:  Light Pink, Blush, Gold and Burlap

I was so excited for the day to finally come.  It was a small affair with only 7 of us. (we have a small family)   We shared funny stories, tips for a happy marriage and swooned over her personal gifts from everyone. 

I was so happy with how everything turned out.   From the invites to the cookies – all was perfect for this special lunch.  

 Laura also surprised me with this burlap hand written BRIDE banner.  It was the extra touch needed.  The bride to be even took it home to hang it in her bridal suite for the wedding weekend! 

I can’t wait to share the entire wedding with you all at the end of the month.  Until then – Be Blessed

Credits:

 Party Styling and Photography:  Melissa Newell

Invitations: EyeCandy Creative Studio

Ball Jar Cookies: Elemental Cookies, LLC

Bride Banner: EyeCandy Creative Studio

Tassel Garland: The Flair Exchange

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Guest Contributor: Melissa Newell

Melissa Newell has been planning and executing parties for over 20 years - parties have always been a passion of hers.

Melissa’s motto is Go Big or Go Home! She celebrates with her children every chance they get - making each day a celebration of Life!

Creativity on a budget and the attention to the smallest of details is what she is known for.

You can follow Melissa

 blog | website

{PARTY PEEK} American Girl Birthday TEA party!

I have been dying to share some peeks from the birthday party that we just had for my daughter! Skylar, my baby, turned 10 a couple weeks ago & we celebrated with her party last Sunday. I can not believe MY baby is in double digits now. {sigh}  

 

She just LOVES her American Girl doll that she received for a Christmas gift a couple years ago from her meemaw & papa plus she has really been wanting to have a tea party as well, so the idea was combined & here we go! 

 

I wanted it to have the "American Girl" feel so hand drawn graphics were a must for this party design. Skylar picked the colors as we both wanted an American vibe without maybe having the traditional American colors. I love how it turned out! 

 

 

 

 

 

The birthday girl & 'Julie' in (of course) their matching outfits for the party!

 

 

 

 

I LOVE working with other 'party chicks' as it gives me the opportunity to work with some AMAZING women when I need something for a party. Sometimes I contact them just because I want to support them & get to know their work. I always try & do that with every party & I am glad I do, as I have found some amazing talent plus made some great friends - BONUS! ;)

 

You will soon get to see their work for this party but wanted to take a moment to give them a huge THANK YOU for rocking my world!!! xoxoxo . . . we have:

~ Sheri from Blondie's Treats who (once again) made some of the sweeeeeet-est cake pops! She is way super talented & she outdid herself this time!

~ Erin from Whip It Good Cookies who made these cookies that were a work of art in itself! Plus 'mini' cookies for the dolls . . .oh - just wait! Ahhh-mazing ;)

~ Jenny from Craft That Party made a couple pegs for me. Can you say "dollie & me' pegs? Yup she did! One that looked like Skylar & one that looked like her American Girl doll, Julie. Adorable doesn't even begin to do it justice. {sigh} 

 ~ Melissa from Truly Chic Inspirations where I bought the most adorable berry baskets for the party. They were perfect-o.

~ Joanne from Oh Goodie Designs who  I worked with to design some 'custom' plates to have at the party for the birthday girl - with MY graphics on it! Unreal!

~ Bethany from Country Cupboard Cakes who worked with me to provide some fondant pieces for the tea party cakes for the girls. So cute!

 

I can.NOT.wait. until I get to share all of these amazing people's work with you!

Soon - I promise. ;) 

 

But in the meantime, enjoy a few more peeks . . . . 

 

 

I am still working on all editing all of the photos that I took from the party. When you take the photos yourself, it takes awhile to edit. wheww . . trust me! 

But I am "hopefully" going to be able to share all of the details soon along with some tutorials from this par-tay! So much was packed into this day for this child. We had such a great time. She said it was the BEST party yet.

It's all about the memories. As long as we give them the BEST memories when they are young, those will be the things they remember. The TIME we spent makin memories with them. The most precious gift we can offer.

 

 

 

Have a great day & I'll be back soon!

 

PARTY :: Celebrating Easter

 

Hello there . . .it's Melissa – just hopping by to say I was So excited about Easter!  When I asked Laura from Eye Candy Creative Studio if she was willing to create an entirely new Easter Printable set (I so do love her Easter Chicks set from last year) she was happy to accommodate me!   

My vision, as I explained briefly to her, natural colors…browns, tans…greens.  Nothing too cartoony but more earthy.  You had to be the room when I saw her “sneak peek” of a small part of the collection!  SQUEAL!  Oranges, greens, tans, patterns and more. This set is so complete.  When she finally sent me the entire collection to use I could not have been happier! It's called 'Hoppy Easter' and I love it.

Our Easter Sunday – Hoppy Easter!

I hope everyone had a blessed holiday!   

Until then – Party On Friends!

Melissa

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Guest Contributor: Melissa Newell

Melissa Newell has been planning and executing parties for over 20 years - parties have always been a passion of hers.

Melissa’s motto is Go Big or Go Home! She celebrates with her children every chance they get - making each day a celebration of Life!

You can follow Melissa

website

{CLIENT PARTY} BOYS Skater Party Pack Collection

As a designer, I get so many requests for "cool" BOYS themed party collections so I started adding some to my Etsy shop last year & they are one of my BIG sellers in the shop. I would like to think it is because they are a little edgy & "cool". Perfect for the boys that are not little boys anymore & perfect enough for teenage boys that are still OK with their moms throwing a 'themed' party.

Have you ever checked out my "SKATER BOY" party collection in the shop? 

 It has everything you would need for a BOYS party!

Invitations, toppers, labels, candy bar wraps, banner, signs & paper

One of my wonderful clients, Kate shared a few pics with me of how she styled my collection & all I can say is WOW - dude it's so AWESOME!!! You DID such an amazing job with all the little details that you incorporated. I LOVE IT!!!!!!
 Check it out . . . 

and THE cake!!! Did you see the CAKE? I mean really . . . talk about a cool moment seeing your collection made into a CAKE!!!! Soooo COOL!!!

THANK YOU so much to Kate again for sending me these pics to share & THANKS for being a regular customer of mine. I can't wait to see what you do with another one of my BOY party collections. (I already know which one- heehee)

Thanks for checking out this collection & please share if you ever hear of anyone needing a "cool" skater themed party . . I'd appreciate it! xoxo

This collection, as well as other BOY themed collections can be found 

in my Etsy SHOP!