Hip hop 80's Party

This year, my Husband wanted to celebrate his birthday with an actual party. He was turning the big 3-8! Of course, this made me very happy inside and out! I had the opportunity to plan and execute this event from beginning to end. So, first thing was first.....we had to pick a theme, date and time.  After giving him a few options to choose from, he settled in on an 80's themed hip-hop party.  In other words, he wanted to go the RUN DMC route. :-) I knew this party would have to be totally customized because there really aren't many store-bought decorations for such a theme. In addition, the challenge for me would be making this party manly enough for a Man yet appealing enough for the ladies. 

So, here we go.....

The first thing I worked on was the invite.  Invitations are so important because they set the stage and provide the first peek into what the party will be like.  I wanted to make sure I captured the moment in the invite and here's what I came up with:

I wanted an original graffiti background and I never realized how difficult it would be to locate one. :-/ Finally, I was able to find one by a subway station and the pictures turned out just as I envisioned them!

As for the party, we decided on a black, gold and white color scheme.

Next, was the cake. Coming up with an idea for a cake proved to be a little challenging at first. I didn't want to do an ordinary cake so I figured a speciality cake that tied into the theme was in order.  What better than an Adidas Sneaker and a Kangol hat?!? I found this amazing baker that goes by the name of KaKe Queen (www.kakequeen.com) who was able to make my ideas a reality!

Here's a picture of the dessert table.  I blew up a picture of my husband in black and white, added some blinged-out cupcake toppers, a few boom-box shaped cookies from Cookies By Design (www.cookiesbydesign.com) and chocolate truffles by Deserving Chocolates.

Next......what's a party without a photo-op station?!?!?  I brought a few props to make it fun and boy did the fake money look real! It turned out to be a great addition to the collection!

 

And that's all folks!!!

I want to end by saying that I had a super fun time planning and executing this event. Especially so because it was for my darling husband.  He had a blast and that made all the difference.

Here, I'll leave you with a few fun pics from the party:

Till next time friends!

Post Thanksgiving 2011

Happy Cyber Monday guys!!! It's post-thanksgiving and I'm happy to report that I survived this holiday weekend amongst family and crazy Black Friday shoppers! However, I'm on the fence about being happy or sad that I gained about 10 lbs. because of all the food I ate this weekend! Besides that, I hope everyone enjoyed their long holiday weekend! You only live once, right?

So, this year, I was in charge of a few things but the project I held dear to my heart was (drum roll please).....The Dessert Table! :-) Last week's blog gave you a glimpse of the theme I was working with and my little turkey made his grand debut.  Now, to show you how I pulled it all together.....Taaa-Daaa!!!     

Of course, I had to make cupcakes and chocolate covered marshmallow pops:

A Red Velvet Cake Roll: (hmmm.....yummy!)

I whipped up a simple, yet straight-to-the-point art piece and framed it:

And, finally,  I saved the cake for last.  If you recall from last week's blog, I mentioned that I would be attempting to make my very first fondant cake.  Well, as you can see below, that didn't work out so well.  (insert sad face here) Clearly, the cake below is not fondant. (insert crying face here)

Lord knows I tried but it just wasn't in the cards for me this time. So, I must keep trying and trying until victory is mine! Thank goodness my little turkey made up for that! (hehehe) Until then, I'll keep you posted on my progress.  There's always Christmas, right?

I hope you enjoyed! Until next week my friends!

All Set For Thanksgiving - 2011!

Happy Monday afternoon cyber-world! 

Thanksgiving 2011 is less than 3 days away! I hope everyone is psyched and ready to stuff their bellies with good food and spend some fun, quality time with loved ones.  I know I am!

So while I won't be hosting Thanksgiving Dinner this year, I designated myself responsible for the holiday sweets.  I really do enjoy baking and, besides, this gives me a reason to experiment (muaah hahahah....evil laugh)!

This year, I'll be baking my traditional standard cupcakes. I always have fun doing those, so that won't be an experiment.  What will be an experiment, however, is this fondant cake I have planned.  My very first fondant cake! Oh Lord, I get nervous just saying that. :-/ I have a Plan B just in case Plan A is a total disaster so I'll keep my fingers crossed.

In the mean time, I've cooked up these little goodies (cupcake toppers, cake topper, and banner) to add flare to my dessert table! What do you think?



Well guys, wish me luck and stay tuned! I hope it's not too disasterous. Hey....if all else fails, I'll use it as a smash cake for my little one.  At least I'll get some good pictures out of it!

Happy Thanksgiving friends from our family to yours!

It's a Mickey & Minnie Celebration!

Howdy Folks! Hope all is well in cyber world this week!

So, today I bring to you a Mickey & Minnie themed birthday celebration!  This party was thrown for my 8 year old daughter and my 2 year old son. My son is a huge M-i-c-k-e-y fan and my daughter is a fan of all things girlie. So, naturally, she agreed to share her birthday party with her baby brother if it meant adding Minnie to the equation. :-)

Now, planning a party for both a girl and a boy can be tricky. Not only do you have to make the party appealing to a boy but you also have to make the same party appealing to a girl.  There can't be too many "girlie" things going on or too many "boyish" things either. You have to have the right balance for both.  So I decided to go with a color scheme that would be right for both a girl and a boy.

My choice you ask? Red, white, and blue!

Now, I know your thinking it might seem more like a 4th of July celebration than it would a kids party, but there are so many different shades of red and blue that that's not the case.  Trust me! :-)

So, for the blue, I decided to go with turquoise and for the red I decided to go with a deep, bright red.  I decided on adding a white polka-dot theme to the red to make it a little more girlie.  The color scheme of a party really sets the mood so picking the right color scheme is very important.

The rest was pretty easy and fell right into place. All I had to do was decorate everything with Mickey and Minnie, right?  But before that, first things first: The invitation

and these cute size cards

had to be wrapped up in this envelope so the guest knew when and where to arrive!

As for the party, here's how it all came together:

I squared off the main table by using polka-dot bulletin board boarders for an added flare!

Here are a few more up close pictures:

Here's the banner I made and boy did my hand hurt when I was done!

And, now a days, what's a party without a Dessert or Candy Bar?  So here's my rendition of one with the guests of honor, Mickey & Minnie, sitting front and center: :-)

Here are lolly-pops I made in the shape of Mickey's head. I made them in red, baby blue, and yellow to match the colors of the party.

And, as if children didn't need any more sugar to make them bounce off the walls, I filled a few of these decorated containers with M&M's, Oreos, and gummy worms to make them really giddy! (hehe)

That's were this jumper comes into play!

Finally, here's a few more pictures from the party.  

Guest were welcomed to sign the birthday book with their warm wishes.

And here are the birthday honorees!

I hope you enjoyed because I'm already thinking of next year's theme! (hehehe)

Until next week friends!