Blog Party {In Flight's 3rd Anniversary}

 

Yay!!! We are 3!

  Time sure flies by and it's gone fast since my first post on In Flight
but it's been an amazing experience.  I'm happy to share inspired photo shoots and
great Wedding Features as well as party inspirations and real parties!
 

Today I want to celebrate with you with a BLOG PARTY!

 

Edible Details helped me celebrate with the cutest fondant owl topper

So, What's a blog party to me?  I party with you sharing new ideas, tweeting, pinning and
you in turn comment here, pin from here, like and share on social media, tweet links to
the party and ENTER to win prizes!

I had to pick a theme for this awesome party and if you know me, you know I LOVE woodland
and owls and pink and gold and peach and all kinds of pretty stuff...so here it goes!

 

 

green and coral cake, fondant topper tutorial, blackberry thyme champagne, chocolate owls,

 tassel garland, owl decor

 

 

pink and green woodland wreath, cupcake flags, latin coquito, gold petit fours, bird place cards,

 deer cake

 

 

stamped cookies, moss wreath, golden champagne cake pops

 

 

Snowy Woodland Inspiration

 

 

rustic succulent cake, bouquet, 'the woodland' drink, corsages, bridal hangers, owl toppers,

 elegant wreath, diy water bottle covers, pumpkin cupcakes

 

 

How do enter the party? USE THE RAFFLECOPTER FORM BELOW FOR FORMAL ENTRIES.
Please remember to follow and support the amazing vendors and sponsors of our Giveaways!

 

EXTRA chances to win: Visit Instagram and Share or Repost the Giveaway.
Use Twitter to Tweet a link to the party and ideas on Twitter or RT mine!
Comment on our Timeline or share any pictures or links from today's party from our Facebook Page!
Remember to TAG @inflightideas #inflightisthree
Public posts preferred! IF yours is private make sure to comment on mine letting me know you shared!
(On Facebook, you can set a particular post to public if desired)

 

 

 

PRIZES:  There's a total of 10 prizes and 3 will be given on social media. 1 each to Instagram,

Facebook and Twitter. So share, share, share!

also 1 Grand Prize is available AND is perfect for local friends!!

 

1 Tissue Paper Garland Kit from The Flair Exchange

WINNER - WENDY SYMONS ON FACEBOOK

 

1 set of 12 custom drinking straws with flags from Go Against The Grain

WINNER - Stacy Geva Haycock

 

1 set of Decorated Cookies from M.Y. Dulce Delights

(these are available only for order after January 4th, 2014)

WINNER - Jennifer Couch

 

1 set of Chocolate Covered Oreos from M.Y. Dulce Delights

(these are available only for order after January 4th, 2014)

WINNER - Claudia McGee

 

1 "hi" colorful 8" hoop from Vintage Sunshine

WINNER - Jen Razz

 

3 Complete Collection of Printables by Lauren Mckinsey

WINNER - Patricia Flores

 

1 $20 Gift Certificate from Skylar Raine Accesories 

WINNER - Wendy Baron Byde

 

2 Personalized Bridal Hangers from Delovely Details

WINNER - Casey Barreto

 

1 $10 Starbucks Gift Card Courtesy of In Flight

WINNER - @CASADECREWS ON INSTAGRAM

 

1 $25 Target Gift Card Courtesy of In Flight

WINNER - @CHRISTIEKNAPPER ON TWITTER

 

GRAND PRIZE: One NEST boxed celebration - A party supplies packed box for a party of 10,

custom theme of your choice.  Including planning list and inspiration board.

If local, winner would be elegible for a party dessert table instead for 10 people

including 5 dessert items and theme decor of your choice.

I HAVE PICKED 2 WINNERS BECAUSE I COULDN'T RESIST: ONE FOR A BOXED CELEBRATION AND ONE FOR A LOCAL PARTY...
Boxed Celebration Winner - Crystal King
Local Party Winner - Jerry and Julie Burris

 

Good Luck! Giveaway is actually open till Saturday Morning!

and thanks for stopping by =)

 

 

 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

 

 

 

 

 

Mickey and Minnie Wedding Anniversary

We had our first date at Disney in Orlando when we were in high school.  He held me by my jeans' pocket (that's right!) before he held my hand and called me his star (I still am!!). We married in a peach and white themed wedding with a 'Sealed with a Kiss' Precious Moments topper on our delicious cake. 20 years of marriage and 3 kids later (one starting college in the fall)....I decided that I wanted to celebrate not only our 20 years of marriage and family but also the details that brought us together on that first date and our wedding.  Disney, Mickey, Minnie, Peach Colors, Jeans Pockets, and a #sealedwithakissfor20years hashtag on my latest obsession....instagram! 

 

Hope you like it as much as I do!....oh and, he did too!

 

 

 

Our good friend Wendy Robinson baked us a beautiful cake and roses cookies to go with it! Thank you Wendy!

 Inspired by backgrounds of different patterns and embroidery hoops I decided on the mickey shape with just cutouts. I bought a tablecloth from MarthaCelebrations at JcPenney and added polka dot wrapping paper found at Marshalls that I also used as runner.

 For the cakepops, I was inspired on styling them as the greenery topiaries you often see through Disney but of course in our color scheme and patterns and Sweet Whimsy baked us the cutest cakepops for that. I painted tiny terra cotta pots to place them in and added the gold buttons with a sharpie. The topiary idea was also carried out on the gold minnie topiary on the table. 

The cupcakes sit on polka dotted ice cream cups I handpainted.

 

 

Ohh the toppers!....Lynlee at Lynlee's was super kind and wonderful to treat us to a special anniversary set including our 20 years, the castle with the star, churros cause who doesn't love churros at disney especially with chocolate sauce; wedding hat and tiara mickey and minnie and even some cute mylar balloons toppers! How cute is the mickey's hand making the heart!

 

 

At the place setting I styled 'minnie bows' on the napkins, painted chargers, and placed rose cookies on gold handpainted ice cream cups on each place setting with a small crafted topper. For drinks we had green apple soda and as a background I painted a block color wreath with flowers and a gold mickey. For centerpiece I also spray painted a plastic mickey and minnie and I found the cutest sentiment necklace on our last trip to Downtown Disney this Summer.

 

 

My daughters had the idea of having the labels on chalkboard coasters and we bought some chalkboard coasters at Michael's but painted them with chalkboard paint from Martha Stewart's Crafts and we had the most awesome labels! I use chalk marker on those. Stay tuned for a tutorial!

 

 

For his gift, I crafted a little bag with a jean pocket from scrapbook paper and added a number topper by Tag Me Chic. I was inspired on Jeans Pocket Crafts I found on Pinterest but didn't want to actually break some jeans so I decided on paper!

 

Fabulous Vendors Credits

 

Cake Topper, Anniversary Sign,
Flag Straws and Embossed Chevron Bags by Vanessa Grant Events

Cake Stand by Sweet Display

Tassel Garland by The Flair Exchange

Cakepops by Sweet Whimsy Shop

Mickey and Minnie Cookies
and Heart Cookies by KJ Cookies

Champagne Macarons by Dana's Bakery

Tiered Cookies and Petit Fours by The Sweetery

Initial and Striped Fabric Bags by Go Against The Grain

Gold Glittered 20 by Letters from A to Z

Striped Mint Cups and Chocolate Baskets by Shop Sweet Lulu

Fondant Toppers by Lynlee's
 
Number Topper by Tag Me Chic

Styling by In Flight Celebrations



Special Thanks to Lynlee!

 

 

 



A Peach Palette Mickey and Minnie Inspiration

 

I'd like to share with you my inspiration for a Mickey and Minnie, peachy, lovely celebration. It is something I'm working on...and will share with you more later.

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

Sources:

1. Mickey and Minnie Wedding Cake

(I apologize in advance cause I'm loving this cake but it's hard to find a proper credit for it)

2. Peach Palette Bouquet

3. Cupcakes

4. Floral Cake

5. Flair Exchange Garland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Tropical Anniversary

Here it is! 

I had shared with all of you my inspiration for this party

which meant a lot to me because it was my Anniversary Party with the hubby. 

Now, here's the post with bright colorful inspiration just in the time to end the Summer with a tropical twist!

Inspired by bright colors, tropical flavors and happiness!

Mixing patterns with fabric and paper...

I started with a Free Printable Invitation from HGTV created by Kori Clark at Paper & Pigtails...

Some of the food at the party included Ropa Vieja with Chimichurri (Shredded Beef Cuban Style with Argentinian Sauce on top) , Mini Pina Colada and Pear Mojito Drinks.  The Coco Rico pictured is a Coconut flavored soda from Puerto Rico.

My friend Wendy was so wonderful to bake not one but two cakes for us,

we had Mango Coconut Cake and Dulce De Leche Cake (Caramel!).

The Mango Coconut Cake was topped beautifully with this couple wooden peg from Jenny at Crossing the Bugger Dixon Line who did such a phenomenal job at illustrating the real us.

My daughter Melanie painted a wooden base for the peg toppers using the party colors.

The second cake and Dulce de Leche flavor (Caramel) was topped with a very cute edible cockatoo couple from Love & Sugar Kisses who also made the hibiscus flowers for both cakes.  I added a little touch of the patterns with flags on top.

Here's a close up to some of the desserts...

Macarons to match the party perfectly and inspired on my Pinterest Board - Color, were created by The Confectionista's Kitchen; as well as cakepops in coconut, orange and lime flavors. The edible fondant flowers embellishing the macarons are by Edible Details.

my favorite homemade creation when I was little, Mantecaditos!

I wanted color and I wanted mason jars and Lisa at Sugarlily Cookie Co. created just that! I love her mason jar cookies.  And it goes perfectly with the mason jars I painted for vases for the table....

My daughter Tiana baked two different cupcake recipes, we had Lemon Creme Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing and Vanilla Cupcakes with a Dark Chocolate Surprise (icing with chocolate shavings inside).  For the cupcakes I was inspired to make flowers with green cupcake liners and topped with fondant flowers from Edible Details.  I was inspired by a post on Pizzazzerie that featured some colorful embellished cupcakes from Eventity Inc.

This fabric was one of my first purchases for the party and I enjoyed coming up with a great idea to use it....a background!  The biggest piece is mounted on a wooden board with the green frame on top and then for the sides I covered two canvas boards on the same fabric and added the tissue decor to go along with the colors.  On the tables, I used this quatrefoil pattern green runner and tablecloth from Target and on the dessert table you might notice I added yellow confetti pieces by punching scalloped circles of a yellow cardstock, that was to add the yellow on the table itself.  Theres painted mason jars with fresh flowers and the candles on the sides are just a great statement to add to the table.  My two cockatoo figurines from Hobby Lobby were also a big part of the inspiration in the beginning and I love the rustic look on them. 

Aren't these cute?!!  Heather at Chickabug customized her Quatrefoil Printable Collection with my colors and also created these flags for us!  Straws from Bake It Pretty.

The guests took home some of the goodies including these delicious Dulce De Leche Caramels, on these boxes from Pamela Smerker Designs that by now you must know that I enjoy using very much because I love her designs!

We had a great anniversary party celebrating our 19 years and a beautiful family.  I'm so thankful to all the vendors that worked to make this great for us as well as our friends for celebrating with us!

Love bird cage cookies by Sugarlily Cookie Co.

Photo by Noelle Bell Photography

Linking to My Insanity's 5th Annual Party