Party Frosting: Sunday Showcase

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Sunday, July 1

Sunday Showcase - Real Parties!

Sunday Showcase - Celebrating "real" parties... submit yours today! (kim.partyfrosting at gmail.com)

Why I picked: Milestone birthday's are always hard for a theme... I love what Megan did - she picked a hobby of her mom's and an interest of hers and created a fantastic celebration!

"Fresh from the Garden"
Submitted by: Megan from Fowl Single File (girl has a good sense of humor!)
See entire party and writeup here (blog)

Her mom's 60th bday "Fresh from the Garden" - her mom enjoys gardening and she's a big fan of fresh produce. She chose the orange of a carrot as her main color and the garden section of the market as her main decorations....

Genius! ... she used fresh produce in super creative ways... with the leaves still in tack for her centerpieces...

....and cut off the bottoms to use as card holders! (see, it's a radish!)

an Easter time highlight idea on Party Frosting...she wrapped silverware to look like carrots...

In carrying out her theme, she put tons of fun "puns" - I think "free samples" is my favorite!

She made garden topped cupcakes... and incorporated her mom's birth year on the seed package! ingenious! (look at the "Est. 1952")

And lastly... sent the guests home with "Strawberry" rocks and strawberry gift boxes!

Sunday, June 10

Sunday Showcase! - Real Parties!

Sundays are now devoted to showcasing "real parties" - we all love drooling over the over-the-top professional parties that have products sponsored and professional photographers - but in the end, 95% of us aren't those people ;o)

So each week, will dedicate the blog to showcasing parties that hopefully will put a smile on your face and help us all remember what is most important in a party is the love that went into it and the fun the guests had, right?!

I think the best way to do it is pick the one that made me smile the most, fair I hope?!
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TOP PICK: Mady's Fancy Nancy Party!
submitted by: Melanna Heebner
see full party here: link

yes, she made those skirts!

Why my pick? Mady has been dreaming about this party since Christmas! My kind of kid! AND Melanna tackled so many awesome homemade projects - hats off to homemade!!!

Invitations: Handmade and hand "Fancied"! Super cute purse invites really set the tone!

Decor: Super girly and fancy setup perfect for this tea party! Lots of feather boas, banners and pink, of course!

The Fun!: This party was jammed packed with fun! From story reading, to dressed up special guests, pinatas, jewelry box decorating, fun dress up/photo ops...

The Food: This mamma really rocked it out! Crown sandwiches, fruit kabobs, shoe shaped cookies and yes, she made that cake!

Thanks everyone that sent in photos! If you would like to submit your party for consideration for next week's "Sunday Showcase" - email me photos and description to: kim.partyfrosting at gmail.com

rules: Homemade parties only! Lots of great party sites to highlight the professionals! (we heart them too!)

Sunday, June 3

Sunday Showcase - Real Parties!

1st sorry no Shopping Saturday! we live 2 miles from this weekend's NASCAR race and all of us locals bunker down and don't leave the house! lol

If you are just joining in, this is a new segment where I will showcase a full "real party" (no professional stylist, sponsored parties, etc - plenty of love for them!) If you would like me to consider your party, please send me a note/pics to kim.partyfrosting at gmail.com

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TOP PICK: Emma's Wizard of Oz!
submitted by: Michele Zeblisky
see full party here: link

Why my pick? 1st, hello?! did you see her pic below?! Hard to say no! ;o) Also, I love how her mom focused on lots of art and activities at the party and that ALWAYS gets my vote!

Decor: She started the party off right! Sign welcoming guests and chalk drawn "yellow brick road" leading into the house!

She set up a fun dessert table with great pops of color and mini figurines!

Food: She thought of clever names for all the food....

Isn't the cake adorable!? You don't have to eat everything on a cake... just think outside the box and the possibilities are endless!

The fun: Kids were given rainbows to decorate and plenty of themed games...

Favors: Store bought paper favor baskets made for a cute favor for guests!

invites & printables: Sparetime prints

paper baskets: Birthday Express

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Also give some love some other picks of the week!

no particular order

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Hannah's Neapolitan Party!
Submitted by Shayne Kessler

Lukas and Dash's joint Red Balloon Party!
Submitted by Deanna Iobbi

Sunday, May 27

NEW - Sunday Showcase! Real Parties

Not sure if you notice the post last Sunday - based on a lot of emails about party submissions, I wanted to devote a day a week to showcasing "real parties" - we all love drooling over the over-the-top professional parties that have products sponsored and professional photographers - but in the end, 95% of us aren't those people ;o)

So each week, will dedicate the blog to showcasing parties that hopefully will put a smile on your face and help us all remember what is most important in a party is the love that went into it and the fun the guests had, right?!

Something I didn't think about was how hard it would be to pick one party out of the submissions to hightlight! AGH! So I thought maybe the best way to do it was pick the one that made me smile the most, fair I hope?!

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TOP PICK: Sara's neice's rocking Diva Dance Party!
see full party here: link

Why my pick? I could TOTALLY imagine myself at that age bopping around and having the time of my life! We used to make up dance routines and perform... yes, I grew up to work in technology in an office job and I can't sing... but hey, it was fun when we were young enough to not care if we could sing or dance!

Decor: Lots of great touches - banners, jazzed up table and rocked out party stations!

The Fun: Seriously, wasn't this you at this age?! This group of pics totally sold me! Lots of dancing and each girl got to decorate her own rocking tee! (art activities always score high with me!)