I love this ice cream in a jar party favor idea from Style Me Pretty.  Things like this is why I love the summer so much!!!! SOO cute. check out the tutorial here!!

I LOVE this lace photo back drop from Martha Stewart found HERE. What a fun idea for a wedding, or anniversary party...or any party for that matter. And the pics are a great favor too!!

Little Miss Chef Party!

I am SO in love with this super creative party theme by Bee in our Bonnet!  This cooking party is so adorable, and my inner 5 year old is totally jealous.  I love the aprons she made as favors.  Great Idea!!!! Find it HERE!

Sail Boat Party, Matey!!

Last weekend Lawson Beau turned 1!  His party turned out amazing.  I can't take credit for all of it, unfortunately, only some of it.  We had a FANTASTIC time crafting and preparing for this party.  It was so worth it, it was adorable and so fun! Here is some of what we did!!

The smash cake was made out of one of those giant cup cake pans with a fondant sail boat on top.  I did a tutorial on the cup cake stand HERE. The banner was cut out with a cricut and hot glued on to ribbon. She made origami sail boats and put life savers in them for treats for the tables, and also gold fish.

She made a "say ahoy to our little boy" box as a keep sake for everyone to write notes to him and she'll keep it until his graduation day.  there was a fishing net under the food.  Anchors hanging outside. She made him a sailor shirt, and gave sweedish fish as the favors. They had slip and slide and baby pools for kids to play on. The list goes on.  I loved this party I think it was soo cute, Thanks Taylor for letting me be a part of you and LBG's special day!!

Well isn't this cute as a button!!

I'm totally in love with this "cute as a button" baby shower done by Brandy from Home Sweet Home. Check out the chocolate button favors tutorial found HERE! SOO CUTE!!

Seriously Genious!

I'm dying over how cute this is!! What a great idea.  It is, after all, all about the presentation!  Check out the tutorial HERE by The Decorated Cookie.  I dont drink tea, but how fun would this be for Cookies and Milk, or Hot Chocolate.  Yay.  Actually I found a really cute Cookie first birthday party not long ago that this would go GREAT with. You can find that HERE. Wouldn't a cute dollar store coffee mug with a rim full of these cookies make an amazing party favor for this party?? SO IN LOVE!

Garden Baby Shower

This summery garden baby shower is so fun, bright, and beautiful I have just fallen in love with it.  I LOVE summer, and being a Florida girl who moved to Canada, you can imagine how much I anticipate it every year.  I wish summer could be the theme of my entire life, but I suppose I could deal with just the theme of a baby shower. ESP. when its this CUTE!! Check it out HERE by Ashley at Little Miss Mama!

I absolutely LOVE the mason jar glasses!

And this food looks sooo beautiful and delish. its making me hungry!

Sweet as Candy!!

Katherine threw this ADORABLE Candy Land themed birthday party for her sons 5th birthday. She made a REAL candy land in her home. I can't get over how cute it is.  My favorite part is the Toothbrush Party Favors.  Check it out HERE!

ready for take off!

Man, I'm on a roll tonight!! Amazing parties just keep finding me.  Check out this adorable airplane themed party by Amy Atlas HERE. I LOVE the runway table. SOOO CUTE!

Lady bug Birthday!!

Seriously, not many things get cuter than this Lady Bug themed Birthday by Nichole.  It is SO thought out and put together!! What a dedicated mother..and party planner! Check it out for ideas and explanations HERE! SO CUTE!

mmmmMMMmm....

I love this idea from Polka Dot Birthday!! How fun are Cookie Pops?? These could be changed up and made appropriate for ANY occasion!! I can't wait to make some.  Find the tutorial HERE!

Candy skewers!! It doesn't get any better than that!

Heartland Paper shows you how to make these ADORABLE Candy skewer baby shower favors HERE. Aren't they the cutest?

Who could you be?

What a fun activity for a child's birthday party!  AND if you have a polaroid these picture would make a GREAT party favor. This Blessed Nest shows you how to make a face cut-out screen Here! I love this!

Easy, and Fun!

Theres nothing like hand made favors for any event!  It tells your guests that you really appreciate them, and it saves you tons!! Sarah from Truly Smitten shows us how to make elegant candles HERE.

Where it all began!

When my daughter turned one I was SO excited to throw her a birthday party. I had never thrown a party before, of any kind, let alone one for kids.  It was kind of intimedating, but I was determined it was going to be amazing for her. Even though it is impossible, I wanted to make it so special she would remember it for years to come! lol, delusional mother or what?  Anyways, not having ANY idea what I was doing, or being aware of all of the wonderful things available online, I was pretty limited to my own imagination. I think it turned out pretty good for what it was, however.

I had her party at the local Pet Land.  They do a great little animal presentation.  It was a lot of fun and not very expensive.  Plus NO CLEAN UP!  Always a great bonus. 

I got the vine for the banner at Walmart, and traced and cut out "Happy Birthday" out of felt paper in animal prints.

I found little painted animal shapes at michaels for $0.39 a piece. (which made me VERY excited) so I hot glued them to a little piece of wood so they would stand up straight and placed them around the room, on tables, around the food and cake, etc.

The cake was two-layers. Bottom layer was chocolate, top was vanilla. I used fondant for the first time. It really wasnt as hard as I thought it would be. But my cakes have def. improved since this one.

I painted little wooden letters from Michaels pink and hot glued them to tooth picks for the letters. and the palm trees were $0.35 just like the animals!  The hot pink ribbon around the bottom is to cover my fondant "inexpertise".

I got some super cute safari fabric at Walmart for cheap so I bought a yard and made a little placemat for thecake to sit on.

I found little sun hats at the dollar store instead of the typical paper party hats. I sewed on animals that I cut out of the left over safari fabric and hot glued hemp around them to make "safari hats"!

For snacks I had dips and veggie trays for the adults.  For the kids there was animal crackers in animal print boxes, and PB&J sandwhiches cut out with animal shaped cookie cutters.

The favors were small bags with animal pictures on them. Each had a play dough with animal playdough press, animal stickers, and animal figurine. All found at the dollar store.

Even though I had no idea what I was doing, and had no direction..this party was a BLAST!  Plus this is where I realized that there is nothing more that I love to do than to plan and host parties!!