Create A Party Greeting Station {DIY Decorating}

I had the pleasure of being an Ambassador over the Summer for The Flair Exchange. In the last Ambassador kit, I received the new "Poolside" Hexagon Honeycomb Garland  and coordinating "Peace, Love & Party" balloons. I love these colors and again I can't say enough good things about the quality of The Flair Exchange's products. Seriously love!! 

Typically when we have guests over for dinner there isn't really a need for party decorations, but I thought I would mix things up a bit. Since I had these great new decorations on hand,  I thought it would be fun to decorate a greeting station by my front door to welcome dinner guests with a dessert hors d'oeuvre when they entered the house.

  Astonishing Cakes designed and created these amazing cakepops that not only started a conversation, but were delicious too! Plus every meal should start with dessert...right?!  

I feel that every party, big or small should end with a little favor. So, I filled plain white Alto favor boxes decorated with a little hexagon tag I created with candy for guests to grab as they walked out the door.  Party success without a bunch of hassle. 

DFTBA, 

Pamela

Here are links to a few more projects I created using The Flair Exchange's products:

A Little Celebration

The Fault In Our Stars Movie Premiere Party

Coffee Cake & Pretty Parties

Dinosaurs, Purple, Green and Aqua...12 days to go...

Planning a dinosaur party for a girl isn't the easiest, but I have been working with some fabulous vendors who are making this party planning experience the best! Look at who is contributing to our girlie dinosaur party!

Ella Jane Crafts
Puddle Bug Designs
Fancy That

Glitter Daisy Shop

Astonishing Cakes LLC
Ribbon Revelry
Studio Sister Photography
PSMIYO

Now for a couple of sneak peeks, I don't want to give everything away!

The invitation I created, which will coordinate with PSMIYO's "Darling Dino" printable collection (coming soon).

A bunch of fabric goodies by Ella Jane Crafts, some of which she custom made for me...so thrilled!!

Both of these goodies I found in Target's dollar spot. The metal buckets will be for a project and the plastic "watering can" will be favor containers. I grabbed the watering cans a month ago when they were on clearance for only .33 cents each!! Great deal for a multi purpose favor container!

Now to start putting all of these goodies and the ones coming in the mail together to create a fun filled party. Only 12 more days to do so, I can't wait!!

Have a fabulous day!
Hugs,
Pam

A different sort of pom pom {Tutorial Tuesday}

I am sure you have all seen a million tutorials on making tissue paper pom poms, as these light weight decorations are everywhere! Well mine are just a tad bit different. I wanted small pom poms or should I say "pom" since it's really just half of one. A half a pom pom that I could use to decorate my mini boxes, bottles, gift bags, napkins...you name it! (see I used them on the wine bottle and my mini cupcake box in the photo above)
OK OK I know there have already been half pom poms which do just this, but mine are made out of something a little different...wax paper. Think about it, wax paper slips a little bit and has a nice weight to it, plus when you krinkle it you get a fabulous white pattern, not to mention the lovely shine to it.
So here we go...mini half pom poms made from wax paper.


Supplies you will need:
4 pieces of wax paper cut to 3"x 5"
Approximately 6" of bakers twine (mine is from The Twinery)
Scissors

Step 1

Stack your four sheets of wax paper and taking your short side folding it about a half and inch over on top of itself back and forth, creating a fan.

Step 2

Tie a knot around the center of your fan, leaving two tales.

Step 3 

With sharp scissors cut the ends of your fan either into points or rounded ends. I felt that the pointy ends made the pom poms look a bit like Carnations.

Step 4

On one side of your knot, start peeling your wax paper layers upward towards the knot. Be careful, while the wax paper is forgiving it can still rip. Take your time and work the paper upward, layer by layer. 

 

Step 5

Same process on the other end of your fan, pull each layer up toward the knot (center of your pom pom). Once all of your layers have been separated, you can fluff...scrunch...play with your pom pom a bit until it looks like a flower.

Step 6

Repeat all steps and make a ton of these sweet looking flower pom poms.

Give them a try and see what you think. Now if only they made wax paper in different colors!

On a different note, I have been added to the Circle of Moms "Top 25 Party Plannin Moms". I love to plan parties for my children, my friends and even their friends, so I have added a vote button on the top left of my blog. If you feel that my little ol' blog is worthy I would love your vote daily until April 11th!! While I know this is simply a popularity contest it would still be a fabulous honor to actually be in the top 25!!

Have a wonderful day friends!
Hugs,
Pam

The Boo Crew's Halloween Party for Adults

Today I am thrilled to show you the Boo Crew's Halloween Party for the older crowd. Whether you are throwing a party for Teens or an Adult crowd, these party supplies would be perfect!

Just like the Children's party I posted yesterday, I brought together extremely creative woman (we call ourselves the Boo Crew) and with their products and a few of my own, I styled this display. While this display is much smaller then the Children's party it still packs a spooky punch!  I hope it inspires you to create a fabulous party this Halloween.

Photography by Sadie Days Photography

Ally from Girly Gatherings made cookies to match Blush Printables Tags.

Cupcake Picks by Go Against The Grain, cupcake wrappers by Party Starters, Caramel Apple Cupcakes by Red Velvet Stefanie

Invitation and Tags created by Blush Printables

Tags by Blush Printables & Test Tubes by Martha Stewart

Mini Favor Bags with Moon and Tree design by Party Starters

Cookies by Ally from Girly Gathering

Cupcake Picks & Straw Flags by Go Against The Grain

Labels by Blush Printables

I had so much fun printing out Blush Printables' Vintage Gothic collection to make the framed invitation, the tags for the test tubes and the labels on the bottles of Raspberry Lemonade and upcycled Starbucks bottles.  The cookies from Ally were so spooky, my boys LOVED them! The Caramel Apple kits from Red Velvet Stefanie were everyone's favorite... I loved baking these and decorating them with OMG the best vanilla icecream frosting! SO good! Last but certainly not least my favorite little touch on this table the picks and straws created by Go Against the Grain. Extremely elegant, but fit in so perfectly with this display!  In case you were wondering, YES I did make those mini favor bags, which are now available in my Party Starters shop!

Once again here is the 2010 Boo Crew and a list of their sites and what they contributed!

1. Jen from Blush Printables: made Adult and Children's Invitations, Children's cupcake picks, tags on bottles & test tubes from the adult table.
2. Sandy from Sandy's Baking Memories: Made the children's table cookies, with names on them and Halloween Shapes
3. Charlotte from The Paper Cupcake: Made the Stickers, water bottle labels for the Children's table
4. Brandi from Tweedle Dee Designs  Made the tutus
5. Kristy from The Purple Pug:  Made the 3 Big Circle "flags" on the Children's table (the ghost, bat and candy corn)
6. Tammy from Milk & Cookeez:  Made the rock candy soap sticks (children's table)
7. Nicole from Two Savvy Sisters : Made the Children's table banner that said "Happy Halloween"
8. Genevieve from Celebrate Today The Super Chick Way: Made the "Kandy Kones"
9. Amy from Tiny Giraffe: Made the "BOO" wood blocks
10. Laurel from Go Against The Grain : Made the cupcake flags and straws that were on the Adult table.
11. Ally from Girlie Gatherings : Made the Adult table cookies that matched the tags and invitation by Jen.
12. Elizabeth from StixNPops : Made the marshmallow creatures on the sticks
13. Stefanie from Red Velvet Stefanie: Sent the cupcake mixes to make Blue Velvet  & Caramel Apple cupcakes
14. Tommie from Oh My Gluesticks : Made the little pop tent signs that said "Witches' Brew", "Creepy Cupcakes" etc. Also made the image that was printed on the kids t-shirts. 
15. Bonnie Bubb from Sadie Days Photography: Photographer 
16. Pamela Smerker from Party Starters: Project coordinator, Party Stylist, Candy Corn Favor Boxes, Cupcake Wrappers, Candy Bar wrappers, Mini favor bags.

A huge shout out once again to my friend and newest Party Starters team player, Dawn for helping me the day of the shoot. I couldn't have done it without her help!! Thanks Dawn!!!

Thank you so much for stopping in and checking out our party. It was really such a blast to put together, I can't wait to do it again!! 
Hugs,
Pam