I am pleased to share with you our second finalist in the Imperfect Party Challenge. Make sure you read up on the rules here before you vote.
Autumn from Design Dump shared her daughter’s Chinese themed birthday party. I loved so much that this whole party came together because of an impulsive purchase of a handful of clearance purses from Target two years ago. My kind of inspiration!
The invitations were hand created with an embossed pagoda that set the stage for the day.
The room was set up with the food table as the focal point, which was fitting since the food looked simply amazing.
Fortune cookies dipped in sugar, rice crispy sushi rolls and strawberry sorbet were a few of the scrumptious choices. The food flags were all made at home using a computer translator- Autumn was hopeful the words came out correctly and didn’t say something inappropriate;) The cake was topped with a Chinese symbol that says, “happy birthday”- printed off the computer, enlarged, cut out of cardboard and glittered. It is beautiful!
The room was set up around the food with lanterns and poms above and balloons to play with below. Every item presented was labeled to match the party theme, even the water bottles and fruit skewers. The theme carried on even outside where there was a Chinese take-out box pinata to bust open for goodies.
Each guest went home with one of the lovely clearence purses filled with goodies like these personalized chop-stix and fan.
Autumn shared that the thing that drove her crazy about this party was that, “we chose to have it at home‚Äö?Ѭ?in the house we are currently renting which has the ugliest wood bookcases and fireplace that were directly behind where the table was set up!” As a renter myself, I completely understand feeling strapped by this design dilemma. However, the party looked amazing anyway and the black curtains do wonders- Great solution.
Thanks for sharing with us Autumn. Vote by commenting below if you would like Autumn to win the challenge.
blessings.
thanks for the mention victoria!
what a fabulous prize…best of luck to all of the other finalists.
autumn
design*dump
This party is flawless! Love the color scheme of magenta, green, black and gold!
I love this party! Awesome, fun details and a cool theme
Her inspiration for the party was fabulous. Who doesn’t love to see the rewards from a good clearance item! I love the little details that were put into this party, from the chopsticks to the food flags. Impressive to say the least!
Beautiful party! I love it!
this is such a cute idea–so out of the box and creative! i’m sure the kids got a kick out of the goodie “bags”, and i love the “sushi”. this gets my vote!
I love the Chinese themed party!!!
This party rocks…I’m borrowing all the ideas for my girlie’s next birthday!
Love this! Consider this my vote!
Adorable theme and fantastic colours!
Very creative indeed!
What incredible talent and vision! I am in awe, I wish I were 8 years old and could experience a party like this. You have my vote!
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I love the Chinese theme and the food looks amazing — I’d love it if she did a guest post on some of the recipes. Well done!
This Chinese Themed party is amazing. The food the colors, everything was right on. I think I might have to copy some of these ideas for my daughter’s birthday. Way to go, love it!
love this party, so cute!!
The Chinese theme party is incredible! The invitations alone blew me away!
Great party theme! Not too grown up but not too juvenile! Perfect!
This party was AMAZING! Every detail was thought of and created with love! It was so pretty, smart and fun! I loved it!:)
Rice krispie sushi rolls??!! You are brilliant!!!
So much attention to detail! That’s the kind of party I would dream about giving.
I love everything about this party – the colours, the paper lanterns, and most especially the rice krispie sushi rolls.
I would love to do this party theme for my daughter’s 15th bday. It is beautiful. Beautiful party Autumn
Love the party theme! The “sushi” rice krispies wrapped in fruit roll ups are genious! What fun ideas!
Love the details of this party! So pretty. Your daughter must have been so tickled.
Rachel
Love this party! Those globes are genius.
The is PPP Perfect Party Pick! ditto on the rice krispy treats. What a create party theme!
Love this party! Wish I had a little girl. Each detail is so thought out and clever. Loved the chopsticks, the sushi, and the colors! FUN
love the sushi rolls!
I went to the party. The food tasted as good as it looked!
great job Autumn…I’m not surprised
Autumn knows how to throw such a creative party & her blog is filled with beautiful pics & great ideas. Check it daily! Go Autumn! NG
LOVE IT!
Great job! Looks like an exciting take on a great party!
I love everything about this party! The colors, the theme, the desserts, etc. So fantastic!
I heart Autumn’s work! She totally deserves to win!!!
Love all the creative and fun ideas used in this party! It looks like it was a lot of fun!
I love the Chinese inspired party!
So unique… and sophisticated for a small child’s birthday party. Love it!
Autumn is so so so talented and deserves to win!! She i so creative and I love reading her blog!
Holy cow! This is gorgeous!
I love Autumn’s blog. She always has such great ideas!
Kelly
How incredibly original and beautiful! Janell
very nice – love it!
I love this! I wish I was half as creative as Autumn!
What an amazing theme! Very creative!
I’m surprised Ive never seen rice crispie sushi….I don’t know that I would eat it with fruit roll ups but it looks cool anyways!
Love the color scheme too, classy for a young lady!
LOVE this party!!! I may just have to steal the idea
I love how beautifully colorful this theme is!
love this idea!
This is beautiful! I especially love the detailed invitations, the rice krispie “sushi,” and the personalized chopsticks!
Gorg! Love the rice crispy treats!
fabulous ideas! the food alone is so inspirational!
Love the chinese party theme. The rice crispy treat are so cute.
I loved the balance between adult and child. The colors and theme,food and design were bekoning to bothe age groups. Absolutely loved it. Wish I could have seen it in person. Good job!
This one gets my vote!!! It makes me think of Gilmore Girls and that makes me smile!
Great idea! Love the sushi rice crispy treats and the color scheme. I might have to use this someday!
I’m so loving this party!! It makes me wish I had a little girl. It’s so clever!!
Hi. I TOTALLY LOVED your party. As a mom to an Asian Daughter we are certainly going to have a few Chinese themed parties. Yours was definately and INSPIRATION. LOVE the lanterns and sushi, oh and just everything else too! Thanks. Stephe
Gorgeous birthday party! Love it!!!
I love your party ideas…my 6yr old has decided to have a chinese-themed party and i was looking for ideas that weren’t tacky and I love yours!!!! I make alot of stuff including invitations and yours are gorgeous!!!