A few weeks ago my sweet friend and business mentor Jackie Wonders welcomed her new little girl into the world. Karrie and Elizabeth of Posh Paperie threw this french baby shower. It was great fun to celebrate with them and the paper products were some of the most adorable I have ever seen! Congrats to you Jackie, see the rest of the shower design here.
Photography by Jackie Wonders.
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I spotted this Jr. librarian party that Celeste threw for her daughter and it looks perfectly adorable. She describes the party as, “loads of nerdy fun!”. Each child received a freezer stenciled canvas library bag as a favor and they played great games like, walk around the room with a book on your head. I love finding fresh party concepts that aren’t too cheesy for older kids.
Photos and concept by On hand + Modern.
PS. If you’d like to freezer stencil your own tote favors, Liz has a great tutorial.
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We spent the weekend with family celebrating my step-father’s 60th birthday. Age is such a grand party inspiration, don’t you think?!? It would be lovely to surround a parent with selections of aged cheeses and wine, to celebrate the goodness that comes from growing old at their next milestone birthday.
Photography by Jen Altman.
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Found this sweet party and fell in love with the simple touches of glitter for a birthday. A classy and festive solution for my thirtieth coming up soon.
Photos by the workroom, party hosted by Anabela.
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This is the second installation in the random series. I am taking random everyday objects and showing you their amazing, hidden, celebration potential. Completely random… fabulously fun!
Band-aids, although seemingly non-celebratory in nature can jump right into the party when styled right. Perfect for a last minute play date since we all have hundreds lying around. Also, a lively conversation starter at a casual evening get together. Have a little fun, your guests will be sure to smile.
Wrapped around kitchen skewers they become easy, go to tags, to decorate with. Flipped on their backs they leave a perfect spot for marking drinks. Hooray for the celebration of objects in our everyday!
Photos of the random series done by Carly Taylor.
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This creative birthday ritual pulls heavy on my mom heart strings, it is so sweet. Have your child stand in the same place every year, on the same day (their birthday!) and snap a quick photo. What a perfect way to mark milestones and build a keepsake to treasure.
Photos by Yolanda Edwards via Canadian Family.
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I have multiple celebrations coming up in the next month and I found these bright lovelies while searching for wrapping paper inspiration. The colorful ropes would look splendid atop simple craft paper, and the vintage ribbons make such a pretty design statement against a springtime gray.
PS. A huge hello to my SITS girls stopping by today. I’d love to hear what are you wrapping presents for this spring.
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The magical, make believe world of child’s mind can lend itself to the most enchanting of parties. Unicorns prancing around a living room floor, for example, transport us back to the days of dress up, knights and the whimsical world of a princess.
Carly, photographer extraordinaire, who you see around here often, has a baby girl who just turned one. To celebrate she threw a unicorn and tutu party, with loads of amazing details. It was a fabulously fun party to conceptualize with Carly. Sadly, the day of, a bridge closure prevented me from attending, but she did an amazing job styling and photographing it to share with you!
I lieu of birthday hats paper unicorn cones were made, the children adored a chance to pretend as they romped about the room wearing them. We found the perfect metallic unicorn balloon, which floated along with pretty paper poms above the tables.
The dessert table featured a rainbow cake made by Nichole, designed specifically in the pretty color palette. Taffy, rock candy and other goodies were offered to keep things sweet.
Ice cream cones dipped in white chocolate and made to look like horns were the perfect favors for guests. Wrapped up with gold they became a sweet treat to take home.
Thank for for sharing these beautiful party photos Carly!
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I’ve become quite smitten with these adorable napkins made from maps of London. Mapkins is what they are being called! A clever idea for a spring party or an evening at home when you’d prefer to be away.
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