tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83318305663385170262024-03-14T02:26:25.893-04:00Creative Girl ProductionsCreative Girl Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788013078660852740noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8331830566338517026.post-75753933044977132822014-03-08T13:40:00.002-05:002014-03-08T13:40:49.778-05:00Head on over to SixLittleOsos.com<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;">I started this blog in order to record my adventures in party designing/planning. I, however, wanted to be able to include other topics regarding my everyday family life and not just parties. </span><br />
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Creative Girl Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788013078660852740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8331830566338517026.post-59707084527042424962013-06-20T21:02:00.002-04:002013-11-19T12:30:02.705-05:00Father's Day 2013 - Who's Your Daddy?<div style="text-align: center;">
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Happy Belated Father's Day to all the Daddies in the world! And all the Mommies playing the part as well!</div>
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This year's Father's Day was one for the books. My two oldest children are at an age where they can really join in on the creative process and I must say we had a blast planning a special day for the #1 Daddy in our lives. I didn't want to do anything that had already been done before so I had a serious brainstorming session with my children and we finally came up with and agreed on something. What if we do a "Who's Your Daddy" themed celebration? We could describe who Daddy is and what he means to us in a festive, celebratory kind of way. The wheels started churning in this little brain of mine and the inner party planner in me was all in. </div>
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So, we had the theme selected but my children weren't done just yet. They also wanted to create a special song for Daddy that coincided with the same theme. In other words, they wanted to pen a Who's Your Daddy song from scratch! Bless their brave little souls! I honestly thought that would be too big of a task to undertake. Me, a songwriter? Now I may have a self-proclaimed creative mind but I've never wandered into the realm of song writing before. All I can say is thank God for fearless children!</div>
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We had a small Bar-b-que, played a few outdoor games and presented him with the "Who's Your Daddy?" music video at the end of the day. I must say that it was so much fun creating this song with my children! It was truly a collaboration between the three of us and a labor of love. <br />
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Hey, you never know, we could make this music business a regular thing. Here's the link to the video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MuA0nTz2aU" target="_blank">Father's Day 2013 - Who's Your Daddy?</a><br />
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He absolutely loved it and we loved watching him enjoy it. </div>
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Salud (cheers) to a Happy Father's Day and creating memories that count!</div>
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Creative Girl Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788013078660852740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8331830566338517026.post-75815608520134766702013-05-26T22:43:00.001-04:002013-11-19T12:30:33.057-05:00My Dad's 55th Birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This year my dad had the fortunate opportunity of turning 55 years old; may God continue to bless him with many more. He's not one for much fanfare so, with the help of my mom, we put together a last minute celebration in his honor. The celebration would only include the immediate family so it really wasn't a big deal in terms of preparation and planning. My mom was in charge of the food menu while I, of course, was assigned to decoration and set-up duty. </div>
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Now, in case you haven't noticed yet, I'm a bit of a "theme freak"and planning and executing a detailed party requires time and a well thought out plan. In this case, however, I had about three days to come up with something. All I can say is thank God for my "craft stash" and my Cricut machine because those three days really turned into one considering my hectic life raising my four beautiful children.</div>
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So, here it goes. When in doubt and out of time just pick a color scheme and stick to the age.<br />
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See there!!! Nothing a few pinwheels, a memory board and desserts couldn't fix. A simple, yet appealing display. Oh yeah, and I was just dying to use this super cute cupcake ferris wheel that I brought from Amazing Savings.</div>
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I'm glad I could put a smile on your face if only for a moment, Dad. Happy Birthday!!</div>
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Creative Girl Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788013078660852740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8331830566338517026.post-61737389262080099822013-05-19T22:00:00.000-04:002014-02-11T11:10:10.246-05:00Call of Duty: Black Ops II - 13th Birthday Party!!!It's that time of year again! My son just turned 13 and you know it only get's harder and harder to please a growing teenager. So my options this year were very limited. Making the transition from pre-teen to an actual teenager is, apparently, a big deal these days! Who would've thought it! On that note, what could be cooler than a party based around your favorite video game? Hence, the birth of a Black Ops II party was born. My son's eyes became the size of golf balls upon this suggestion.<br />
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First up, is the invitation. We all know how I feel about invitations, right? Of course you do! You know that I know that its the first impression, the platform, the introduction of what's to come. That being said, here's what I came up with - along with cake and cupcake toppers:<br />
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Below are cylinders I filled with gum balls which represent my attempt at recreating Flash Bangs from the actual game. For those not familiar with what Flash Bangs are (don't feel too bad, I didn't have a clue at first either), they are a type of grenade thrown at the enemy. So, when my son "approved" of them, my first thought was God Bless my sweet boy for humoring me and actually playing along with his Mommy. However, upon guest arrival, my son's friends also thought they resembled flash bangs and "approved" of them too. Score!!!!<br />
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Did I ever mention how much I love designer duct tape? It's truly the best thing since sliced bread! The different colors and designs give you endless possibilities for decorating your party. Here, I used them to spice the water bottles - a cute, cost effective option for coordinating your party and making it a little more festive. It's also a good alternative to making those detailed labels that often time requires using your printer and expensive ink. Love, love, love!<br />
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Finally, I close this post out with a video of the Harlem Shake that a few of the guest put together at the end of the party. Enjoy!</div>
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<br />Creative Girl Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788013078660852740noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8331830566338517026.post-90922753202338389392013-05-18T13:25:00.000-04:002013-11-19T12:22:00.769-05:00Here She Is!Making her debut today is Mommy's little Caterpillar!!!!<br />
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Normally, my husband and I would find out the gender of our baby during our doctor's visit and then let our family in on the news ourselves. That was the standard ritual for all three of the previous pregnancies. This time, however, we decided to make it a family affair and find out all at the same time. It was incredibly hard not opening the envelope the moment the doctor gave it to us but holding off and finding out at the same time as everyone else was well worth the wait. <br />
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As you can see in the video below, no one was more happier than my daughter and the grandmother to be. This video cracks me up every time I see it. I would show you more of the video but, honestly, it's about 8 minutes more of just them two screaming and falling on the ground. Mean while, please notice how my son runs off in disappointment. #pricelessmoments</div>
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For last year's Halloween fun, we decided to dress up as a Family of Nerds and that was soooo much fun! I whipped up some photo props for the day:</div>
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Then, as I stated in my previous post, <a href="http://www.creativegirlproductions.blogspot.com/2013/05/tiffany-blue-fuchsia-and-giraffe-print.html" target="_blank">Tiffany Blue, Fucsia, and Giraffe Print Baby Sprinkle</a>, I had fairly large Baby Showers for all three of my previous pregnancies. This time around, however, we decided to have a Baby Sprinkle on a much smaller scale and to be completely honest, I think we had the best time this last go round. It was more intimate and without the pressure of hosting a big party, we were actually able to enjoy ourselves more. I tell you, hindsight is always 20/20. If I knew then what I know now (insert the rest here). :-/</div>
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I am so happy we documented our last pregnancy this way. These pictures are truly timeless and will be awesome to look back on when my daughter becomes of age. Not to mention, we also had a blast doing so! My hope is that everyone can take the time to invest in capturing special moments like these in their own lives.<br />
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<span id="goog_1054340650"></span><span id="goog_1054340651"></span><br />Creative Girl Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788013078660852740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8331830566338517026.post-90942438178908642162013-05-13T15:36:00.001-04:002013-11-19T12:29:23.604-05:00Tiffany Blue, Fuchsia and Giraffe Print Baby SprinkleHello again guys! As I was saying in my previous post, last year was kind of hectic for me. I was gratefully pregnant with my fourth child and despite what my brain wanted, my body was not having it and it just kept on insisting that I take things super easy. So, in order to speed things up a bit, I dedicated my last post to recapping all the parties I did last year in one post. I had to if I ever wanted to try and get back on track for 2013 while keeping you guys up to date! Now for this year, I kicked it off with a Tiffany Blue, Fuchsia and Giraffe Print Baby Sprinkle! If you read my last post, you would know that I was having a girl as we found out in our gender reveal party!<br />
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Now, I had baby showers for my other three children and God forbid I entertain the idea of not having one for my forth child. I mean how could I explain that to my last born child later on in life? So, while some people may think it's a tacky thing to have sooo many baby showers, I consider it a celebration of life and wouldn't have had it any other way. However, this time I went with a low key baby "sprinkle" as opposed to a full blown baby shower. Lord knows I wouldn't have been able to pull it off without the help of my dear husband and best friend. I had the vision and they put it all together. So, for that I thank them deeply! Now, on to the party details. Here's the invite I came up with:<br />
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As a parting gift the guest got to pick from two different colored pink nail polishes which went in a nice pink chevron bag. :-)</div>
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The whole color scheme theme was created around these adorable Tiffany & Company inspired Infant Crib Shoes from Rock Kandy Kids (shown below) that my best friend put me on and I displayed them here next to the signs that read "Polish your nails Pink for Baby Emani."</div>
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Finally, here's the treats table with a paper plate backdrop and a baby giraffe to boot: :-)</div>
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The Sprinkle was a success and both Daddy and I were very pleased with the outcome! :-) I hope you enjoyed as much as we did! Until next time my friends!</div>
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Howdy folks!!! It's been a long while!! A little over a year ago I had just finished posting the blog about my Husband's 80's Hip-Hop party which by the way was an apparent hit on the web! For this I want to thank everyone who has commented or emailed me regarding the party. I'm happy to help anytime I can so please feel free to comment or email me with any questions.<br />
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As you know, life has a tendency of throwing us curve balls when we're least expecting them so my apologies for my long hiatus but here's my attempt at giving a recap of all my creative endeavors in the past year. The wheel never stops, ya know! I hope you enjoy!<br />
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1. My son's 12th birthday. The theme: "Racing into the Wonder Years." <br />
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2. Next, I styled a dear friend's baby shower. The theme: Safari!<br />
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3. Birthday Party No. 2. Theme: Spongebob Party!</div>
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It's a Girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>
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Phew....that was a mouthful! Hopefully that'll provide you with some inspirations for any of your upcoming shingdigz. I'll be posting a few more parties under a separate post. :-)</div>
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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. </div>
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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:<br />
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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!<br />
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As for the party, we decided on a black, gold and white color scheme.<br />
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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 (<a href="http://www.kakequeen.com/" target="_blank">www.kakequeen.com</a>) who was able to make my ideas a reality!<br />
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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 (<a href="http://www.cookiesbydesign.com/" target="_blank">www.cookiesbydesign.com</a>) and chocolate truffles by Deserving Chocolates.</div>
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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!</div>
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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. <br />
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Here, I'll leave you with a few fun pics from the party:<br />
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Creative Girl Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788013078660852740noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8331830566338517026.post-30242006729596220252011-11-28T10:35:00.004-05:002011-11-28T10:42:54.008-05:00Post Thanksgiving 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">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?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">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!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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I whipped up a simple, yet straight-to-the-point art piece and framed it:<br />
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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) <br />
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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!<br />
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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)!<br />
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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.<br />
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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?<br />
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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. :-)<br />
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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. <br />
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My choice you ask? Red, white, and blue! <br />
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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! :-)<br />
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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. <br />
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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<br />
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As for the party, here's how it all came together:<br />
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I squared off the main table by using polka-dot bulletin board boarders for an added flare!<br />
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Here's the banner I made and boy did my hand hurt when I was done!<br />
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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: :-)</div>
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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.</div>
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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)</div>
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That's were this jumper comes into play!</div>
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Guest were welcomed to sign the birthday book with their warm wishes.</div>
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This week, I would like to share with you a college graduation party put together for a student graduating with a teaching degree. It was a long time coming, so we wanted to make sure it was special. When thinking of a theme, the first thing to pop into mind was an apple theme. After all, what is more symbolic of a teacher than an apple, right? </div>
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With than in mind, I thought it would be a cute idea to have the invitation reflect a Principal's Hall Pass and I designated red and black as the colors for the party. So to keep with the apple theme, I stamped the outside of the invitation with a big red apple and had the Sender's label reflect that the invitation was coming from The Principal's Office to tie together with the invitation. Here is a picture of the invitation and envelope:</div>
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When putting it all together, I had to think of what else would be symbolic of teachers? So I wrapped up a few books and tied them up with a cute ribbon and stuck a cut-out in there for added cuteness. Voila!</div>
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And what about these personalized pencils from one of my fave stores - <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/" target="_blank">Oriental Trading Company</a>? They served as cute decoration and served as take home favors too. They were very reasonably priced as well, which is always a plus!<a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><br />
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So the rest is history my friends! It was a wonderful event and one that was fun to plan too! I really love themed parties! Until next week!</div>
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So, aside from seeing the normal goons and goblins walking around over the weekend in preparation for Halloween parties all around town, there was another monster that reared its ugly head and caught many by surprise. What monster might that be, you ask? The 2011 October Winter SNOW Storm which packed as good a punch as any snowstorm in the middle of January! Snow in October was never heard of in the history of mankind until this past weekend! Not in New Jersey, at least, or all of the eastern seaboard for that matter! Some were hit with as much as 19 inches, a State of Emergency was declared by our Governor, and plans were ruined for many more. It's not the worse we've seen but it definitely came as a shock to many.<br />
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That being said, Mother Nature cooperated just enough to let us enjoy at least one party over the weekend (one that I put together too, might I add....hehehehe). This party would be titled: Monsters, Mummies, & Eyes, Oh my! It contained all of that and more. Here is a picture:<br />
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Now, for a breakdown. Up first are the delicious red velvet cupcakes displayed behind a "Boo" collage;<br />
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A tree dubbed "The Eyes are Watching" ;-)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I scored a beautiful, free Subway Art from <a href="http://eyecandyeventdetails.blogspot.com/2011/09/free-download-subway-art-chevron.html">Eye Candy Event Details</a> and framed it. It displayed just lovely!</div><br />
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Scary but edible, yummy Witch Fingers!<br />
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The children needed something to wash down the witch fingers with so, of course, what better than toxic green juice slurped through skeleton straws to do the job?!?!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I found these cute lollipops at Gertrude Hawk Chocolates, stuck them in a mummy vase and surrounded them with purple gum balls. They were a hit!</div><br />
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And, of course - Eyes, Oh My!<br />
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As if there weren't enough sweets, here is the pumpkin cake making it's yummy debut!<br />
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And last but not least, what is a Halloween party without fun crafts and toss games?!?!<br />
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First on the list was picking out a suitable theme. The guidelines - something quick, easy, and within budget. The first theme to pop into mind was a Happy "Bee"-Day Party! It met all the guidelines: quick, easy, and within budget. Besides that, I had been secretly dying for a reason to put together such a cute party! ((heehee)) <br />
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So, I started with making a few party signs and cupcake toppers.<br />
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And ended with putting it all together for the final product:<br />
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</div>Another challenge I faced was making the cupcakes! So, here's my rendition of Bumble Bee cupcakes. I found the cutest sun-flowery (is that a word?!?!?) cupcake holders from Michaels and thought they would be perfect for the occasion.<br />
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Next - the very modest but cute treat table:<br />
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Lastly, I thought that sprucing up the chocolate donuts with a little bit of Wilton Sparkle Gel would be an inexpensive, cute way to bedazzle what would otherwise be just plain donuts.<br />
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So that does it! And, despite the fact that this party was done on very short notice and with a very small budget, it was done with a very big heart and I enjoyed every minute of it! Thank you to the Isa family for giving me the opportunity to be a part of their event!<br />
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<span id="goog_744402660"></span><span id="goog_744402661"></span>Creative Girl Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788013078660852740noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8331830566338517026.post-33420507939894224982011-10-18T12:08:00.000-04:002011-10-18T12:27:00.269-04:00Testing, Testing....1, 2, 3!Hello World, we're live! I'm excited to start this new journey with you into the blogging world! As such, my wish is to consistently update my blog with some of my creative adventures, inspirations I find along the way, and last but not least, make new friends and communicate with old ones too. As a Mommy of three, I know this will pose somewhat of a challenge but I look forward to it. Afterall, they say it's not really work if you enjoy doing it.....and that I do! So to start things off, I thought I would show you the Logo I came up with for my Blog. It was so much fun creating....I hope you like it!<br />
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