What is the new hot color? Purple! In the last two months we have seen a slew of purple parties on our site... birthdays, showers, even Halloween parties.  Why, you might ask? Because purple's fresh and unexpected and a nice alternative to pink. Plus, it looks great with an accent color. See for yourself...

Corrie S's Everything Purple Baby Shower

So you're planning something elegant for Thanksgiving and wanted some FREE Thanksgiving printables to add polish to your table. Well, you are in luck! Lindi from Love the Day, who designed one of our adorable free Halloween printables collections, has now designed this FREE Thanksgiving printables collection just for us to give away! How cool is Lindi?!

There are place cards, food tent cards, food labels/candy labels, straw/cupcake flags, and thank you tags. Take a look at how stylish they are...

We've just designed a new Thanksgiving layout to better show off your Thanksgiving celebrations on our site! What do you think?

Also, a new FREE Thanksgiving printables collection will be up on Monday.

Nicole, who threw the lovely Magical Cornish Fairy Affair for her daughter, created these fabulous lollipop topiaries as part of her dessert table.

Kelli Britt from the Paper Dolls Shoppe, who designed one of our free Halloween printables collections, has now designed these adorable  FREE Thanksgiving printables just for us to give away. Thank you, Kelli!

How much panache would these printables add to your Thanksgiving table?! There is an invitation, party circles, place cards, thankful cards, a menu, and a "thankful" banner.

Here are some beautiful Strawberry Shortcake parties on our site. I love when people take a theme based on a popular character and make it there own.  Take a look at these creative ideas...

Jessica M's Vintage Strawberry Shortcake Party

Nicole W did something amazing at her Magical Cornish Fairy Affair. She added twinkle lights to her punch and water dispensers and made them glow!

I've never seen anything like this, so I had to ask Nicole how she pulled it off.  Here's what she said:

I had to showcase some of the photos we've seen on our site of the adorable kids in their Halloween costumes. How great are these?!  (Click on each photo to see what party they come from.)

One of my daughter's all-time favorite shows is Yo Gabba Gabba. For those of you who haven't seen it, it's a trip. It's got these giant characters who live in Gabba Land, a DJ puppet master named DJ Lance Rock, and A-list guest stars including Jack Black, Andy Samberg, Mya, Tony Hawk, Elijah Wood, and others.

What's great about Yo Gabba Gabba as a party theme is that it can work for a girl or a boy, it's got a wonderful color pallet, and there's awesome music.

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I'm loving Ticings, which are edible icing appliqués that can you can use on cupcakes, cakes, cookies, brownies, you name it. You just peel them off like little stickers and press them onto your dessert.