Lalaloopsy Doll + Sewing Birthday Party

This adorable LALALOOPSY DOLL + SEWING BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Beth Kruse of Beth Kruse Custom Creations. I love her take on a party theme centered around the ever popular, Lalaloopsy doll!

Beth said-- "My daughter really likes the Lalaloopsy dolls and I loved incorporating so many of the handmade details they have into a party.

For the invite, I drew inspiration from the outfit my daughter’s doll Misty Misterious always wears.

I saw a cake on Pinterest that had a giant fondant Lalaloopsy doll on top. That's a little outside of my decorating comfort zone, so I thought I could recreate the bottom half and add my own twist on top. {to see the original check out my pinterest board}. It's not perfect, but it's really important to me to make my own cakes.

For the cookie suckers, I used this recipe but followed these directions.

For the drink cup labels, there were 2 versions that will be available in my shop- this pink and then one with the multi colored scallop polka dot background from the printed banner.

The favors included: a button barrette, Lalaloopsy pencil toppers {found at target}, and a bag of color coordinating candie."


Vendors:

Printables- Beth Kruse Custom Creations
Cupcake liners- The Sugar Diva
favor bags/invite envelopes- Endless Inkabilities

 

 

St. Patrick's Day Birthday Party

It's hard to believe that it's already March! With St. Patrick's Day right around the corner, I'm excited to showcase this adorable ST. PATRICK'S DAY BIRTHDAY PARTY submitted by Tammy Mitchell of Tammy Mitchell Designs.

Here's what Tammy had to say about the party- “Growing up, St. Patrick’s Day was NOT a big holiday in our house. It was more or less a day that we just made sure that we wore something green so we didn’t get pinched. Well, fast forward to today and things have changed a little in our house. Now St. Patrick’s Day is a much celebrated and anticipated day thanks to the fact that my sweet little girl was born on this special day. A little girl who’s favorite colors are usually all pink, light pink and hot pink (yes, they are all different colors of the rainbow…did you know?) turns to a green fiend from February 15th to March 17th. When we wander through stores and she sees all the green, she fully believes that it is all in honor of her special day. It is too cute. I know that there will come a time that she no longer believes this, so I have to live it up while I can. I completely feed into her obsession and belief that the world is celebrating with her. Who wouldn’t want to feel like that? I'm so excited to share this party with you and hope you will be inspired to have a little green celebration of your own this year! :)”

Vendors-

Printables: Pink Peppermint Prints         

Photography: Tammy Mitchell Photography

 

$100 Bloom Designs Giveaway!

*UPDATE* This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to comment #13, Caycee! Thanks to all who entered!!

My next fabulous giveaway comes from Jenny Rauli of Bloom Designs Online!

Enter to win a $100 gift card towards party printables or t-shirts in the Bloom Designs Etsy Shop!

Bloom Designs offers wonderful party supplies, party printables, customized birthday and special occasion t-shirts, party packaging and more! 

The Bloom Designs Blog is also filled with holiday ideas, party planning tips and ways to make each day a bit more personal.

 Scroll to the bottom of this post to see how to enter to win the $100 Bloom Designs gift card!

Party supplies & packaging...

Party printables...

Lovely personalized t-shirts...

HOW TO ENTER THE $100 BLOOM DESIGNS GIVEAWAY:
Each person can leave up to 6 separate comments if they do each of the following tasks. One task= One comment. All entries will be verified.

1. Visit the Bloom Designs Blog and sign up to be a ‘person in bloom’, then come back & leave a comment saying you did so.

2. Like Bloom Designs on Facebook and come back and leave a comment saying you did so.

3. Follow Bloom Designs on Pinterest and come back and leave a comment saying you did so.

4. Visit Bloom Designs on Etsy.  Come back and post a comment about what you liked.

Extra Entries:

5. Share a link to this giveaway on your Blog and come back and leave a comment saying you did so.

6. Share a link to this giveaway on Facebook and come back and leave a comment saying you did so.

Good luck! Giveaway ends on Tuesday, February 28th at 11:59 pm.

$100 Invitation Giveaway- Lepenn Designs

*UPDATE* This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to comment #5, V-n-J!! Thanks to all of you who entered!

Are you ready for another wonderful giveaway?! My readers have a chance to win a $100 CUSTOM INVITATION DESIGN SHOP CREDIT or a $50 SHOP CREDIT FOR ANY READY-TO-ORDER DESIGN from Lepenn Designs! Lepenn Designs is a custom invitation and event design studio specializing in personalized details that bring your event to life! Are you planning a wedding, baby shower, party, or other special event? Lepenn Designs will customize the perfect invitation {and more} just for you.

Coordinating paper decor is also available to help brand your event whether you choose to purchase custom or ready-to-order invitations. These items include game booklets, table signs, candy table labels, candy bar wrappers, menu cards, favors, printed napkins, signage, thank you cards and more!

Hours upon hours are poured into each custom stationery suite in order to make sure every piece that leaves the studio is simply FABULOUS!  All of the fine details are customized personally for each individual client.  Lepenn Designs is there to help guide you through the Paper Portion of your special event while making it as stress free as possible.  Feel free to let your imagination run wild with all the details you can imagine and they will take care of the rest! They want to make your guests receive more than just a piece of paper!

But that's not it! You can get 15% off your order from their store's ready-to-order collection by using discount code KARA at checkout!

Scroll to the bottom of the post to enter the giveaway...

Photos taken by Nicole Haley Photography

HOW TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY:

You can each leave 4 separate comments if you do all of the below- increasing your chances of winning! All entries will be verified. Please leave your email address if it isn't available via your profile.

1- Check out Lepenn Designs and look around, then come back to this post and leave a comment below saying what your favorite design / invitation was.

2- Follow Lepenn Designs on Facebook and leave a comment on their wall. Then come back here and leave a comment saying you did so.

3- Tweet or Facebook about the giveaway {with a link} and come back and leave a comment saying you did so.

4- Subscribe to Kara's Party Ideas via email here and come back and leave a comment saying you did so.

And don't forget, you can get 15% off your order from Lepenn Designs ready-to-order collection by using discount code KARA at checkout!

Good luck! Giveaway ends Tuesday, January 31st at 11:59pm.