Wow! You guys made judging tough this year! I’m so glad I called in the pros to help. There were more than twice the entrants than we had last year. They were all amazing. I’m so excited to see so many of you taking delight in doing something memorable for the ones you love! Your […]
Valentine’s Days Past: Clever parties and dates
January 28, 2011 by 3 Comments
I had hoped to be announcing the finalists for the Party Party today, but you all gave us so many great parties to take in, that we are going to need a few more days. I hope you can be patient with us. And while not every party will be a finalist, they all are […]
A "Sing"-ular Sensation — Karaoke Birthday Party
January 21, 2011 by 7 Comments
Since we are still partying around here, I thought I should share another party I was involved in recently. In the middle of the chaos that is December, my neighbor contacted me for help with her daughter’s 9th b-day party. She’s good at event planning, but wanted some insanity thrown into the mix. (Yes, she […]
The 3rd Annual Blogiversary PARTY Party
January 15, 2011 by 12 Comments
Welcome to the party! Imagine I’m greeting you at the door in a fabulously enviable outfit, with my hair and make-up salon-fresh. The party music is going and the place smells like cake with out a speck of dust in sight. Immediately, your eye is drawn to my amazing decorations and perfectly-styled spread of every […]
Blogoversary Party Party Prizes
January 14, 2011 by 6 Comments
Announcing the fabulous party prizes for the Party Party, all designed to assist you in more party madness in the future! The top 5 vote getters will each receive prizes (yea!). And here’s what you might win, if you link up a party (Party begins tomorrow, and runs through next week).1st Place— This is a biggie! It’s […]
The Fairy Party
November 18, 2010 by 53 Comments
The following is a tale…a tale of a Fairy themed birthday party for little fairies and gnomes, in a magical woodland meadow full of fun food, a toadstool cake, and more. You’ll want to read the whole story… Once upon a time… a little girl wanted to have a fairy birthday party. So her mother […]
The Robot Party Table & Hello Hanna Giveaway
September 23, 2010 by 23 Comments
I’m going to try and break-down some of the details of the robot party for you post by post, and share some of my sources. There is other insanity going on to blog about, so let me know how in-depth you’d like me to go and what details you want, so I can make sure […]
Robot Design Academy
September 21, 2010 by 46 Comments
Welcome to the Robot Design Academy and the birthday party of my six-year-old son! Here’s a question for you? Which takes longer, throwing the party or blogging about it? Ok throwing it does, but blogging about it is a close second. To keep this post from being any longer than it is already going to […]
Boy Birthdays Revisited–Part 2
September 4, 2010 by 3 Comments
(cont. from yesterday) No. 3–Trenton’s Truck PartyThis is where we started inviting friends, and things got serious. Well,…seriously fun! Here are a few images from the day. You can read the full report here: No. 4 – The Rocking Rocket Birthday Overall, this may have been one of the best parties I’ve done. The rocket […]
Inspiring Invitations
August 26, 2010 by 9 Comments
I was recently asked by a reader to re-create this Nancy Drew invitation for her daughter’s birthday. I originally designed this invitation for my daughter’s 7th birthday and posted about it here. This isn’t the first time I’ve had this request from a reader. I’ve done 4 or 5 of these invitations for little aspiring sleuths and […]
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