Darling Dinos {Real Parties}

Here is a look into Aly's "Darling Dinos" 7th birthday party! 

Photography by my talented friend Maria of Studio Sister Photography. I can't explain how fantastic it was to have Maria snapping photos while I was over my head in party hosting. 7 energetic little girls can definitely be a handful! Thank you Maria!! 

Here are those dinos I painted, front and center! 

Adorable dino fondant toppers and sugar cookies by my favorite local baker Astonishing Cakes LLC

One of our activties, the dino dig.

Of course a party just isn't a party without my mini gable boxes, 

adorned with custom tags by D & P Celebrations.

The spread and fun custom backdrop! 

Before the girls arrived and while we were setting up.

 Wish I would have thought to take an "after" the party shot....

it was a disaster, but that means they had fun, right?!

A giant thank you goes out to my best friend and business partner Dawn for helping me with all of the small and big details! Dawn YOU are the BEST!!

Now for some BREAKING NEWS!!! Not only am I creating mini favor boxes aka "pretty LITTLE packages" and the cofounder and contributor to PSMIYO, I am happy to announce that I am the cofounder, designer and stylist for "D & P Celebrations"! You can see more of Aly's party over at "D & P Celebrations" where we share ALL of the details!! CLICK ON OVER NOW!!

Hugs as always,
Pam

7 days left to party prep!

More party prepping going on here. Check out my Dino decoration craft that I am blogging about over on PSMIYO today. It's not too scary!

Have a great weekend!
Pam

Planning a Dinosaur Party for a Girl!

It is that time of year again, time to start planning my daughter's summer birthday party. For those of you who have followed along the past few years know that two of my kids have birthdays right after the holidays in December and January. So when they were very little we decided we would have a family only party on their real birthday with dinner and cake, then in the summer throw a party with their friends.
This year, Aly has decided she wants a dinosaur themed party. She loves the thoughts of being a paleontologist, she wants to search for fossils and figure out what they are and where they came from. I love it!  This is going to be fun, leave it to my Aly to choose a theme out of the ordinary, well at least when it comes to your typical girls party themes!

We have decided on a color scheme (which is above, apple green, aqua, lilac and violet), a few patterns and have the invitations printed. OH and Aly has decided we must have Push Up Pops! Now the real work begins...putting it all together! You better believe I have my copy of "Push-up Pops" book by Courtney Dial Whitmore and my Amy Atlas' "Sweet Designs" book  on hand for inspiration!!

Stay tuned as I share my party planning experience, list of vendors, fun products and recipes over the next couple of weeks. It's going to be DINO-RIFFIC!! ha!!
Hugs,
Pam