Birthday: {Little Red Riding Hood}

This party was a joy to plan and decorate!  I dream of having a girl so I can plan a party like this one. So when Jimena's mom asked me to coordinate and plan her little girl's first birthday, I immediately suggested Little Red Riding Hood, something unique, at least to our usual party themes.

We decided on a red, white, lime and chocolate color scheme and it was just perfect along with beautiful graphics from from ReviDevi via MyGrafico.  For the invitation I created a folding envelope with die cut trees and all of our characters peeking inside.

I partnered with my usual go-to vendors: the best in this area, by far!  These women understood my vision and executed my ideas to perfection.

The focal point was, of course, the dessert table, for which we created something different from the traditional a candy bar.  We included lots of sweet pastries, all of them local favorites such as "quesitos", cream rolls, strawberry pie, mini donuts, meringues, cake pops, coconut macaroons, mushroom sugar cookies, and may other mouthwatering desserts.  Vanilla cake pops were placed on a custom made moss covered stand surrounded by a tiny white picket fence.  The guests were able to take home some of these sweets in red polka dot paper baggies from Shop Sweet Lulu.

I asked my cake artist, Wanda González for not one, but three different cakes, each one a different flavor.  A cheese flavored cake (layered in red and white inside) decorated with fondant figurines inspired by the artwork we used as a theme.  Check out the wolf lurking behind the tree!  The second cake was an almond cake decorated in white fondant and red polka dots.  I created the little pennant birthday banner tied to striped straws from Shop Sweet Lulu.  The third cake was my favorite, a vanilla ruffle cake with meringue icing and lovely little mushrooms on top.  All three beautiful, all delicious!

I used white lattice and burlap as a backdrop to go along with the amazing balloon art from Johanna at GloboArte.  I had to have an apple tree, flowers, mushrooms and of course Little Red Riding Hood with her basket hiding behind a bush.

 

Burlap favor bags with lovely tags and ribbon were placed on a white wrought iron stand with enough shelf space for the birthday girl's gifts.  It was the perfect match for our amazing setup.  The birthday hat was particularly special since I hand made each of those yarn pom poms on the trim and, of course, the ribbon pom at the top.

Other items I created were the ribbon garland, tissue poms poms, dessert labels, cupcake toppers, water bottle labels, striped straw flags, floral centerpieces, signs.  I also created custom coloring pages and a beautiful tree made out of card stock as a centerpiece for the kid's table.   The kids had a blast at the coloring station, the bouncy house and finally they enjoyed a puppet show.

 

I am really proud of this party, everything turned out perfect, just as I imagined, and Jimena's mom was more that pleased, proving once more that this is what I love to do.  :)

Love,

Vendors:

Party styling, stationary and decorations: Partylicious
Digital Art: ReviDevi www.mygrafico.com
Balloon Art: Johanna Padín ~ GloboArte
Cakes: Wanda González
Cake Pops: Cake Pops by M
Sugar Cookies: Cookies by Peggy
Desserts: Chami's Sweets
Striped Straws, Polka Dot Paper bags: Shop Sweet Lulu
Grass Mats: Heart to Heart
White pedestal frames: IKEA
Photography: Partylicious

{Mauricio's Race Car 4th Birthday}

I'm really excited to share the photos of Mauricio's 4th Birthday! Since I became a party planner everyone expects me to throw amazing parties for my little boy. This year would be no exception. He is obsessed with cars. Not the movie, not NASCAR, but top of the line, exotic cars which he calls "race cars"! He literally can name any brand of vehicle there is, even I can't believe it sometimes. So since he loves his Hot Wheels, I envisioned a "race car" themed party featuring only one type of car -- a Porsche, along with my favorite color combo and chevron patterns. 

The invitation is one of my favorites so far. I found these amazing graphics from Baby Star Design and customized it to my boy's likes... a red car with his number 4. From this graphic I created an SVG file of the car to place on the invitation along with a checkered flag banner hanging from bakers twine. 

 I carried the checkerd flag pattern all along the party details, from the background to all paper details. Johanna from GloboArte created a checkered balloon background and two traffic lights on each side. I created the tissue pom poms from scratch and placed them on top. My favorite element of the background is the name banner I made out of silver rosettes that spelled my boy's name. 

The biggest surprises I got were the cake and the cookies. These two amazing women, Wanda and Peggy, managed to mimic the car design I sent them and did a great job with the cake topper and sugar cookies.. stunning! I created a mini flag Happy Birthday banner to complement the cake topper and rosette toppers for the cupcakes, along with chevron cupcake wrappers. 

We had lots of red, black, blue and orange candy: gumballs, sixlets, licorice wheels, sour cherry balls, silver kisses, Oreos, among many other favorites. I made Jell-O cups in three colors and placed a demitasse wooden spoon from Shop Sweet Lulu on each one. I decorated the spoons with checkered flag pattern duck tape I found at the Home Depot... everyone loved them! I also personalized red and black chevron paper takeout bags for the kids to fill with lots of candy. 

Other fabulous details were personalized water bottle labels, each with a paper straw and flag tied with bakers twine, a custom made Keep Calm and Race On poster (note the little car silhouette on top), and a picture of my boy with his favorite car. Our guests had Blue Vodka Lemonade, hummus with home made baguette chips, chickpea salad, chicken burritos, burgers and hot dogs and juice for the kids. The kids favor bags had a racing cap, bouncy balls, tattoos and candy, Hot Wheel cars for the boys, and custom made bead necklaces and bracelets for the girls. And of course, each one took home a lot of candy from our candy bar!

The best part? My sweet boy's happy little face... now THAT is priceless! 

Hope you enjoyed looking at these photos as much as I enjoyed taking them.  
Love,

Vendors: 

Cake & Cupcakes: Local Baker Wanda González
Sugar Cookies: Cookies by Peggy Pérez
Chevron bags, paper straws & demitasse wooden spoons: Shop Sweet Lulu www.shopsweetlulu.com
Candy: Economy Candy www.economycandy.com
Favors: Oriental Trading & WalMart
Photography: Partylicious facebook.com/partyliciousevents
Paper Products: Partylicious

These boy party ideas were also featured on Spaceships and Laser Beams.
- See more at: http://spaceshipsandlaserbeams.com/blog/2013/02/party-central/boy-party-ideas-add-yours-to-our-linky#sthash.UsIBWe1z.dpuf