{Event Recap} Taline's Lollipop Birthday

Since my daughter was turning three this year I let her decide the theme of her birthday. She adores lollipops and almost never gets to have them. She saw her party as an opportunity to eat a ton of them!



THE COLORSI didn’t want to go the rainbow route for the party and decided to focus on 3 main “lollipop” colors. My first find and inspiration was Taline’s adorable dress from Strawberrie Rose Couture on Etsy.


The moment I saw the dress I was in LOVE! The two dress colors, royal blue and lime green, were perfect. I could picture lots of bright and vivid treats with these colors. I also decided to add pink into the mix to keep the party girly. With my color palette set I was ready to go!

THE ENTRANCEWhen guests first arrived at the party they were greeted by a banner hung at the front of the house, “Lollipop Lane.” The walkway was lined with glittery foam lollipops all the way around to the back yard where the party was held.


Now to the most important aspect of any party ...

THE FOODI wanted to create a world of goodies on a stick. Food on a stick is so popular now that I had a very easy time finding inspiration. Plus everything tastes better on a stick, in my opinion! There were rolled sandwiches (skewered on wooden coffee stirrers), cherry tomatoes on toothpicks, cinnamon rolls on bamboo skewers, bread sticks, stick pretzels, fruit kebabs, corn dogs, and (my favorite) grilled cheese cutouts on a popsicle stick!







THE DESSERTS

I created the backdrop for the table to mimic the white and yellow stripes of the invitation.


Most of the desserts were home made or picked up from grocery stores and included, cake pops wrapped like dum dums, M&M’s, lollipops, marshmallow pops, red vines, strawberry wafers, candy bracelets, oreo pops, vanilla meringues and pie pops by Fenella Higgins.




I also got custom cookies made. I emailed a copy of the invitation to Jessy at Fairytale Frosting and told her what I wanted for the design. Her cookie creations were PERFECT for the table and most importantly ... YUMMY.


I also had picked up some ring pops from the dollar store. I decided to do half of them plain and the other half I dipped in colored sugar for a bedazzled look. I then created a giant ring box for them to be displayed in.



Finally, the cake with decorations by Parker's Flour Patch!



THE SEATING AREAI wanted to keep the seating area clean and simple so I used bright linens and tiny fabric flower pots to sit on the table. I hung 3-colored pom tissue balls from the canopies and tied all of the chair backs with pink ribbons and more foam lollipops.





THE ACTIVITIESTo keep the kids busy I had a ton of plastic balls in pink, green and blue tossed around the back yard. There was sidewalk chalk laid out by the kids table which also had a bead necklace station on it.


I created a Lolli-“POP” game, where I’d filled a bunch of balloons with little prizes (bubbles, whistles, and rubber balls) and each of the kids got a chance to come and pop the balloon for a prize.



THE FAVORSFor the favors, I found these adorable glittered boxes in the Target bargain bin for only $1 in coordinating colors. I filled them with sunglasses, playdough, personalized lollipops and candy bracelets. Finally, I attached a lollipop style favor tag I designed to match the rest of the printables.



MORE PARTY PICTURES
Just in case you haven't seen enough, here are a couple more pictures for you!










Vendors
Party styling and printables: Enchanted Events & Design
Photography: Next Exit Photography
Birthday Girl Dress: Strawberrie Rose Couture
Custom cookies: Fairytale Frosting
Fondant Cake Décor: Parker’s Flour Patch
Pie Pops: Fenella Higgins

Don't forget you can enter to win these Lollipop printables in my Lollipop Giveaway!

{Giveaway} Lollipop Printables! - ENDED

The photos from my lollipop party are finally up today! If you'd like to see them go check them out on Pizzazzerie.


But don't forget to enter my next giveaway before you do (and don't forget to request some free princess party printables too)! I'm giving away a copy of my Lollipop printables to one of my followers! The winner will receive:

Lollipop Invite (with customized text)


Lollipop Food Tents


Lollipop Food Circle Cutouts


Lollipop Water Bottle Labels


Lollipop Favor Tags


Small Lollipop Labels


"Lollipop Lane" Banner


Lollipop Thank You Cards

TO ENTER:
You MUST first be an EEAD Blog Follower (click on the follow option on the right sidebar of this blog to join)! Then leave a comment on this post for EACH entry below that applies to you (up to 3 comments/entries possible). If you only leave one comment you will only get one entry into the contest. If you want to enter more than once please leave a separate comment for each entry.

1. Leave a comment if you're an EEAD blog follower.
2. Leave a 2nd comment if you're an EEAD fan on Facebook.
3. Leave a 3rd comment if you share this giveaway on Facebook or blog about it!

Deadline to Enter: June 8, 2011.
Winner will be announced next Thursday, June 9th, 2011. Good luck!

If you miss the deadline for this giveaway or are interested in purchasing any of these items ready made stop by my Etsy shop.

ENDED - {Giveaway} Free Pink Princess Printables!

Thank you to everyone for the wonderful interest in my Pink Princess printables! Unfortunately, the printables are no longer being offered for free. This offered expired June 9, 2011. They are available for sale in my Etsy shop if you’re interested in purchasing them: http://www.etsy.com/listing/75745563/pink-princess-printable-party-pack-pink.

My Pink Princess party is featured on Kara's Party Ideas today! I'm so excited to have my second feature on her site. Kara's site always has the most amazing parties, I highly recommend checking it out! In celebration of being on her site again I'm giving away my Pink Princess printables to all of my followers!







If you'd like a copy of these for you to print at home just leave a comment with your email address or send me an email (info@eeadesign.com). If for some reason you're unable to leave a comment to request the printables just send me an email! You must first be a public follower of this blog to receive the file so make sure you include your blogger name when you email me! You will then receive a PDF file with all of the files above.

If you like these printables, but prefer not to make them yourself please stop by the EEAD Etsy store and have them customized and printed for you!

If you send a request and don't receive your files within 48 hours please check your spam folder. If you still don't have the email please let me know so I can make sure it gets to you. Enjoy!!!

This giveaway ends on June 9, 2011 so be sure to make your request before this date! If you miss the deadline all the printables will become available in my Etsy shop for you to purchase.

{Event Recap} Clara's Pink Princess 3rd Birthday

So here are the pictures I promised everyone of Clara's birthday party. It was so much fun to put together. I really enjoyed scouring the stores and my house for anything and everything pink, princess, sparkly and magical. The benefit of having two daughters of my own is that my house is full of girly paraphernalia. The wonderful hosts, Clara's mom and dad, are fabulous photographers of Next Exit Photography (I can't wait to share with you the photos they took of my oldest daughter's lollipop birthday party). I usually work side by side with them at weddings so it was fun to have them be the client for a change.

The Dessert Table


The super yummy cake from Fantasy Frostings


Lovely Lollipops




Crystal Cake Pops


Dainty Dipped Marshmallows


Cupcakes from Fantasy Frostings


Charming Cupcakes and Whimsical Cookie Wands


Royal Ring Pops, Marvelous Meringues
and Charming Chocolate Candies


The Food Table
(castle and fairy princess donated by my daughters)


Magical Mac n Cheese Squares


Princess Belle




Activities Galore!!!


Clara, the birthday girl!

Vendors
Party Styling: Enchanted Events & Design
Printables: Enchanted Events & Design
Photography: Next Exit Photography
Rentals: Bob Gail Special Events
Cake and cupcakes: Fantasy Frostings
Princess Belle: Beverly Hills Princess
Bouncy house: Jump for Fun
Taco Cart: Taqueria El Tapatio
Food: Feast from the East

Link to the inspiration board

{Inspiration Board} Pink Princess Birthday

I styled a pink princess party for little Clara back in April. Before I share photos of the final party design with you I wanted to show you the inspiration board I created for the event. Clara's mom wanted a VERY pink party for her little girl. I decided multiple hues of pink with accents of white would be perfect for her. Here's the inspiration board I created for this pretty in pink princess theme.


1. Table design by Amy Atlas
2. Cake by Shannon Star
3. Cupcakes from Barbara Beery Kids Cooking
4. Ballerina dessert table by Lou and Jane at Homemade Parties
5. Pink and green dessert table by The Party Dress
6. Cake pops by Hostess with the Mostess
7. Marshmallow pops by Hostess with the Mostess
8. Cake from a dessert table by Casamenteiras via Save the Date for Cupcakes
9. Princess clipart by Baby Star Design
10. Princess tutu by Strawberrie Rose Couture
11. Pink pearl necklace by Miriam Haskell via 1stDibs

Happy Mother's Day

I hope everyone is enjoying spending time with or thinking of their mothers today, and of course enjoying being a mom if you are one!

With my mom and my two girls


With my mother in-law and grandmother in-law

{Event Recap} 2011 Twinkle Twice Star

This past Saturday I had the honor to design another food table for a cute little children's store in Burbank, California, Twinkle Twice. Twinkle Twice hosted a contest to find the "2011 Twinkle Twice Star" via their Facebook page. An adorable little boy named Andre won!

To celebrate there was a big event on Saturday to crown the winner, including a food table designed by yours truly!

I was so excited when Marta, the owner of Twinkle Twice, asked me to help her. I had gotten to work with her previously for the grand opening of the store (link to Twinkle Twice grand opening post) and was thrilled she enjoyed my work enough to hire me again.

For my last design I wanted to stay true to the Twinkle Twice logo and stuck to pastel colors. This time I wanted the table to be a bit more vivid and less girly, after all this was a celebration for a little boy! I played off of the "star" theme in the title Andre was receiving and designed an electronic invite for Marta to use on her Facebook page to inform all of her customers about the big day.


With the invitation design in mind, I designed matching printables and a large two-sided banner to run down the middle of the table. It was fun to create a design that would be in the center of a room instead of pushed up against a wall.



I even got to create a little trophy for Marta to award to Andre!


Custom water bottles


Candy dipped marshmallows


Popcorn in customized Twinkle Twice baggies




To-go goodies Marta handed out to all the kids


Marta with her family the night before the event!


And a few photos by Mia J Photography the day of the event