August Giveaway {Three Little Monkeys Studio}

I'm happy to announce our August Giveaway Sponsored by Three Little Monkeys Studio!

I've seen Gretchen's work and recent parties that she has designed and hosted and I'm delighted with the delicate and beautiful details that goes into her designs and parties shown on her blog.  I'll let you see that for yourselves...

Gretchen is sponsoring our Giveway this month with a $40 Gift Credit to her design shop on Etsy, Three Little Monkeys Studio and I am excited to see one of my readers win!

The prize:

How to enter:

Enter using Rafflecopter below. 1 winner will be chosen.  Giveaway ends on August 15th at Midnight EST.  Winner has 48 hours to reply and claim their prize by email or a new winner will be chosen. Thanks for entering and good luck!!

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HAVE A HAPPY AUGUST!

Thank you Three Little Monkeys Studio for sponsoring our Giveaway this month!

Neon Inspired 17th Birthday

My oldest daughter wanted to celebrate her birthday neon style this year...I thought the perfect printable collection to go along with the party could only be the one and only, Glow in the Dark by Piggy Bank Parties!

The kids celebrated by watching an outdoor movie on lounge chairs and blankets and we served grilled hot dogs and chips.  After the desserts, which were served inside; they went back out for smores.  They had a great time and my baby girl enjoyed herself with friends and wearing her glow in the dark buttlerfly mask.

Walmart even has glow in the dark straws, LED balloons and masks besides the usual necklaces and bracelets.....cool!

We served a little bit of Tiana's favorites as chocolate cupcakes and chocolate chip cookies along with some neon/colorful treats like the lemonheads and sour strips.  She made the chocolate cakepops herself as that is something she does much better than me around here.... {she usually is my baking right hand}

Happy Birthday Baby Girl, you are growing up tooooo fast!

Credits:

Party Printables: Piggy Bank Parties

Mini Chocolate Lovers Cupcakes: Magpies

Neon Supplies: Walmart



Introducing our Contest's Sponsors! ~ Eye Candy Event Details

The winner of our Dessert Table Contest will be receiving a credit for $50 to Eye Candy Event Details! 

This fabulous Design Shop is owned by Laura Londergan, who I recently had the pleasure to meet on our Children's Party Network' Party Girls Rock Memphis Event! And let me tell you, she ROCKS! 

Thank you Laura for sponsoring our Contest!!

Make sure to find out about all that's happening over at Eye Candy Event Details by following on the blog, facebook, and twitter

Laura's Work

Green Designer Challenge

Fabulous!!

Make you think about entering our Contest doesn't it?  There is after all over $500 in prizes!!



Meet our Judges ~ Kori Clark of Paper & Pigtails

Meet the sweet Kori of Paper & Pigtails.

She is not only one of our fabulous judges but also a prize sponsor. For the winner of our contest, there is a $45 value credit to her shop for a Printable Party Set from one of her really cute collections on the shop.

About Kori:

"My name is Kori and I live in sunny Florida where I share my home with my sweet husband, two excited toddlers, and two large dogs who shed a bit too much. My computer is my life line and I have been using it to illustrate original graphics for over 10 years.  It was love at first digital illustration, and I graduated in digital arts. Since that time I have worked corporately and then had the opportunity to stay home and try to make this a full time gig, with freelance work. In spring of 2010 I launched Paper & Pigtails to concentrate on party designs!"

Kori's Work:

I love her work, I can relate to a lot of the colors and the themes that Kori uses and I'm lucky to have had Kori worked on some custom party supplies for me using my blog's logo to create party circles and a beautiful banner.  Kori also created our Free Father's Day Printable Circles.

Her work has been featured on Phyllis Hoffman Celebrate Magazine {which you can find here and here } and HGTV.com among others.

Kori's Parties:

Check out all the handmade goodness and creativity on her beautiful parties, her kids are some lucky little ones!!

I heart Kori!

Find Kori and follow her along in Paper & Pigtails' Blog, Facebook and Twitter.

Get inspired and enter our Dessert Table Contest!



Kiki's Delivery Service {An Anniversary Feature}

Tomorrow is our 1st Anniversary and I want to celebrate with a styled dessert table featuring one of my girls' favorite characters....Kiki

Kiki is from the movie Kiki's Delivery Service, a Japanese animated movie. She is a little witch in training who together with her cat Gigi, leaves home to find herself and who she is to become.  Is a sweet movie, and the songs are so inspiring.   I had so much fun asking my kids for the things that should be included in the shoot and they wanted to make sure I included the famous clock tower and blimp from the movie, the breads from the bakery she worked at; and pancakes.... 

I wanted to show Kiki in a mystic and secret way, the way that would inspire you to learn about her but not really give you it all.  I want to inspire you to go and learn about Kiki and this fabulous movie while not showing you the real Kiki in the shoot....that is the beauty of the silhouette.  Pen n' Paper flowers created a beautiful silhouette of Kiki for us.

I won't go on any further, because I want you to enjoy the pictures....

Credits:

• Custom Silhouette and Party Printables ~ Pen n' Paperflowers
• Cake ~ Rosa's Catering
• Cookies ~ OllieTollys Naturally Sweet Treats
• Cupcake and Bundt Cakes Toppers ~ Edible Details

Thank you to all my beautiful, talented and creative vendors for working with my inspiration!

Mayra