Paper Airplanes Birthday

I love packing a party and taking it up on the road with us...

for my son's 9th birthday, he didn't want to have a big party but rather spend a weekend away with just the 5 of us; we relaxed, we celebrated, we had fun and ..... we still had a party!

Here's how we celebrated, with a theme very familiar to him at the moment; he is into paper airplanes, and if you follow my blog since last year you already know he is a little traveler at heart.

  So here we go taking off....flying!

He picked the colors himself: mustard yellow, royal blue and a bit of orange

Kori at Paper & Pigtails was so wonderful to customize her Paper Airplane Printable Collection with Joel's preferred colors. 

And the amazingly creative Brittany of Edible Details matched the design perfectly with edible toppers!

 Check out the incredibly looking cookies by Bee's Knees Creative; I'm so excited about Renee's work matching the design of the labels as well with the different cookies and clouds even!

My good friend Wendy Robinson, painted Paper Airplanes on serving plates for us...so cute!

Tile cookies by Ollie Tolly's Naturally Sweet Treats, I love those!

Travel supplies for favors, and at Joel's request.....Orange Milk!

I challenged myself into making oreo pops with paper airplanes on top...loved how they came out!

Our wonderful cake and cupcakes are from Rosa's Catering, and Regina did such a great job creating a cake we had sketched for her using different shapes.  Joel sent her 2 designs and had her choose 1 for his cake which he did not see until we picked up the cake.  Regina combined the two designs and I love the paper airplane on top...he loved it too!

He wrote on the labels himself, including his favorite cookies...Chocolate Covered Oreos by Sweet Temptations. 

Janet also worked with us to match the cookies to his color palette and he liked this 'Happy Birthday' design because "it's cursive'!

Joel helped plan his dessert table and made the paper airplanes for decor himself...

Angilyn at Simple Tastes made the cutest tiny paper airplanes to go on her lollipop favors for us...

I know you want to know about the stunning...Custom Tassel Garland by Carmen at The Flair Exchange! ; find them here!

Happy May Birthday to my baby boy! We had a great weekend...

Credits and Links:

Blue Paper Plates, Paper Straws, Plastic Bottles and Cupcake Liners ~ Shop Sweet Lulu

Thanks!

to Paper & Pigtails, Edible Details, Sweet Temptations, Bee's Knees Creative, Simple Tastes,

 The Flair Exchange, Ollie Tolly's Naturally Sweet Treats, Regina Long at Rosa's Catering and my friend, Wendy Robinson!!

A Traveler's Party -Part Three and Last-

SOUVENIRS 

{ A favors table }

 

Globe Chocolate Pops ~ Bradley's in Knoxville

Book Plates ~ Bradley's in Knoxville

Favor Cones or I should say...the famous Kones!!! ~ Posh Party Pretties by Celebrate TODAY

Travel Card from Earmark ~ Party Circles Printables by Paper & Pigtails

Gift Tags by Susan's Greetings

Balls from Michael's

Notepads from Target

BIRTHDAY CAKE!

{ and cookies }

Truly Scrumptious Cookies

 

Fondant Toppers by Edible Details

Cake and Cupcakes from Magpies in Knoxville

I like the simple look of the table...

cookies, cupcakes and Oreo cakesters were served along his yummy Chocolate Cake.

You can also visit the posts for -Part One- and -Part Two-

A Traveler's Party -Part Two-

"TRAVELING AROUND THE WORLD"

France

{ Sweets and Painting Activity }

 

It is extremely difficult to maintain desserts at an outside party on a hot summer day, nevertheless....I tried!  Cakepops got a little melted and they started looking like real paint but I think the idea came across and I had extras inside!...Painting in France ladies and gents!  With CAKEPOPS!!  I was inspired by Terri's Treasures' Cakepops created for Paper and Cake's Art Party Printables {which is a must see} and I created the look using our party's color palette.

 

Our entire table featuring an art/painting theme with petit fours and macarons from our local French Market.

Macarons from The French Market

Again, using only our color palette!

 

All painting materials from Michael's

USA

{ Kids Lunch }

 

American Apple Pie 

 

Snack Boxes from Paper & Pigtails

 

Hot dogs! 

Bag toppers by Simple Tastes ~ Travel Handmade labels by In Flight

Peanut Butter Sandwiches!

The adults had a choice of burgers and bbq pork sandwiches inside!! (Sorry kids)

4th of July Activities worked great on our USA table

Handmade banner that adorned our USA table 

Germany

{ Drinks Table and Game }

Drinks were coordinated to represent the color of the Germany Flag

For game we played Koffer Packen which translates to The Suitcase Game which I found at eHow.com. "The children sit in a circle and create a song by adding their own individual phrases to the existing phrase. The child who starts the game sings the sentence, "I packed my suitcase and place a book inside." Then, the child sitting to the left of the starter must sing the sentence and add his own phrase'...and so on

Mexico

{ Cookies }

 

Maracas and Mexican Hats Cookies from Lori's Place

Mexican Fortune Cookies from Oh Goodie Designs 

( so cute, they look like mini tacos )

This fiesta banners from Paper and Cake can be personalized, Love them!

 

Italy

{ "Pizzas" and Mustaches }

Mustaches props and Pizza Cake

Pizza Cake Recipe from Taste of Home via Pizzazzerie's April Fools Post

Japan

{ Sushi }

Candy sushi complete with chopsticks

 

Handmade Airplane and Maps Garland I created for between the tables.

Make sure you visit A Traveler's Party -Part Three and Last- for the 'Souvenirs and Gift Table' and my son's Birthday Cake Table with the cutest edible fondant toppers COMING UP THIS AFTERNOON!

If you missed -Part One- for the Check In and Guest Tables, here it is!

Thanks for stopping by and again a BIG thank you to all the amazing vendors I work with, you're all incredibly creative!


 ~ Mayra