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One of my daughter's closest friends is in love with the movie Cars, so in honor of him, and in honor of all the other boys who love it, too, I thought would highlight these incredibly original and creative Cars birthday parties on our site.
I'd never seen anything like these fabulous paper lantern garlands Katie made for her My Little Sunshine 1st Birthday. So I asked her if she would do a quick tutorial on how she did it. And here it is!!
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We get a lot of princess parties on our site. In fact it's one of the most popular themes for girl birthdays. To give you some inspiration and ideas, I thought I'd showcase the different kinds of princess parties we've seen on our site, from the most traditional to the most unusual.
See what you think...
Are we the luckiest blog or what? Now Lindi from Love the Day has designed these gorgeous FREE Halloween party printables just for our readers!
There are cupcake toppers/party labels, water bottle labels, cupcake wrappers, and a large cobweb "welcome" sign! Now there's no excuse not to throw a Halloween party.
From Melangerie, comes this adorable "Dirty Laundry" Clothes Line Guest Book Kit, perfect for any bridal shower.
Guests get to air their bride-to-be's "dirty laundry" by jotting down stories, notes, and well wishes on cards shaped as t-shirts, tank tops, pants, and skirts, then hang them on a clothesline with mini clothespins. How cute!
I'm a sucker for beautiful packaging, so I was very excited to stumble upon the Packagery, a shop on Etsy. They sell everything for party favor packaging, from boxes to labels to tags to twine.
Here are some of my favorite items from their store: favor boxes, tags, ribbon, twist ties, library cards, and garlands.
This post is not actually a tip from a Catch My Party member, but a tip from two member, Melissa and Kellie of Icing Designs, a company that specializes in hand-illustrated and hand-glittered invitations, cards, cupcake flags and gift tags.
Melissa and Kellie have added some exquisite parties to our site, and they have a great party design blog where they post many DIY tutorials.
We've gotten some amazing construction-themed parties on our site. For the boy who loves building, trucks, and dirt this is the theme for him! Take a look at these parties for some serious inspiration...
Christina D's Dig In - A Construction 1st Birthday
My favorite kinds of parties always have a personal touch. So when I recently ran across these two grown up party ideas -- a "favorite things" party and a "cookie swap" party -- I had to post about them.
"Cookie Swap" Party
There are so many gorgeous wreaths on our site. What's great about a wreath is it sets the tone of the party from the minute you walk in the door. Plus, you can get really creative with them. Here are some made out of paper, vines, diapers, balloons, ribbons, and even extension cords and (one that's not exactly a wreath, but so pretty I had to add it).
Eleanor T's All in Due Time Couples Shower