Roadster Racer 3rd Birthday Party

For my son's 3rd birthday this year, we decided to do a Mickey Roadster Racers themed party.

I was superrrrr excited for this party, as it was the very first party where we'd have kids his own age at (some friends' kids plus kids from his preschool).

He is obsessed with cars, Mickey, and more cars, so it was a no-brainer of a party theme.

Luckily, our dollar store actually had a lot of Mickey Roadster items, plus with the help of various online places (and my own graphic design skills) we decked out the house in Roadster fashion.

We had crafts (such as "Decorate a race car" and "create your own (foam) toolbox"),
 games, and more (besides food/beverages). 

We had cake pops and our awesome cake made by our go-to cake gal Jacki: https://www.facebook.com/Cakesandmorebyjacki/

I promise, eventually I'll get around to putting up the printables I made, for access to those who want them on here- but I'm kind of behind on this here blogo- so it may be a bit. haha.

Our DIY "Car Wash" in the hallway was a hit. The kids LOVED running through it. Thank you streamers.

We had little race tracks we brought out for the kids to race with later in the party.

Mini Tire Toss.

The favors- car boxes!'

Thanks also to Oriental Trading Co. for some adorable car stuff!

The kids had a blast. Even though it was chilly and we couldn't really go outside much, the kids seemed to enjoy themselves.

(inside the favor boxes)

Since this was mostly a kid-friendly party, we ended up ordering pizza, besides the rest of the food/sweets. It was a smart choice honestly- since everyone seemed to like it.

 (The Aftermath of the party. eek!)

(After I cleaned up, the balloons stayed in the house- for more toddler fun!)

He had a blast and we still have parts of the car decor up in our house (and the party was a while ago!). haha.

-M

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Nifty 50s New Years Party

For New Year's Eve we always like to have fun parties. With a little one, it always is challenging, so we decided to do a mini- party this year. So Nifty 50s theme it was! Nifty 50s New Years!

We got our beloved cake gal Jacki (https://www.facebook.com/Cakesandmorebyjacki/ ) made the awesome cookies and cake pops! So adorable!

It wasn't as big as our normal shin-digs on New Years, but that's alright. That's what we get for having a munchkin who wants to be apart of the party- he takes over. lol.

We listened to the oldies and drank soda-pop and spiked punch for a fun countdown to new years!

Happy New Years!
-M

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A Suits and Sparkles New Years Eve Party (and Fab Desserts Table!)

Suits and Sparkles New Year's Eve Party

 New Years Eve parties are always a huge deal in my house- my hubs and I- as it is my hubs' favorite holiday. 

This year we decided to host a "Suits and Sparkles" themed New Years Eve Party this year. There was so many sparkles, your eyes started to bling out towards the end of the night (lol!).

Dessert Table

I was determined to do a fancy dessert table, so after much research on Pinterest, I ended up creating the setup below (and above) using our buffet table, many DIY cakestands, a Trifle bowl I got for Christmas, a cool mirror my hubs got from work, as well as 2 star shaped bowls and 3 serving trays I got at the after-Christmas sale at Michael's.

Chocolate-Covered Strawberries in "suits."

Moscato Cupcakes (Recipe can be found here: by us!) Cupcake circles from: Living Locurto

Moscato Cupcakes 

Chocolate-Dipped Pretzel Rods

More Chocolate-Covered Strawberries (in suits)

Caramel-Banana Trifle (Based off this recipe: My Kind of Cooking)

Vanilla Cake Pops (Made with my brand new cake pop maker: Babycakes CO-12 cake pop maker)

Sparkle 2014 Banner on the mirror (made of paper and glitter) with Silver Sparkle Leaf Vine (got the vine on sale from Michael's after-Christmas sale for $3.50!)

Cheers! (on the chalkboard wall)

Banner (downloaded from: Today's Creative Blog)

The full Look!

 New Year's Resolution Photo-booth Wall

I will spare the blogging world from seeing the many intoxicated friends of mine, but we did have a blast ringing in the new year. I also made a "photo booth wall" with some left over wrapping paper and numbers cut from my Cricut. Funny enough, my hubs decided to help me by putting the paper up when I was cooking, and he didn't notice the funny edge (end/start of the roll of wrapping paper with the white and color squares) to the paper showing right below the #2 (boo!). oh well! 

I also used a mini Dry-erase board for people to photograph themselves with their New Year's Resolution. My friends had a blast with that part. lol.

My resolution...

Like my "Little Mermaid" sparkle dress? lol. I got it at the Goodwill for $6!

 Balloon Countdown Wall

 We also did a balloon countdown- when you heard the balloon pop on the hour, you take a drink/shot. It was a fun way to countdown the new year with our buds.

 

Outside Decor

 I stuck tea lights (fake ones that changed color and a few actual candles when I ran out of the fake ones) in mason jars and lined our walkway with them. A few of the jars I had leftover from the big NAC gala, so they had gold glitter on the bottom (fit perfectly with the night's theme). 

I also made some cutouts on my Cricut and put them in my big lightbox for a sign outside. (Got the lightbox on sale when the Borders near us went out of business and were selling everything- everyone always loves it!)

One of my friends brought Sparklers for us to play with at midnight. So much fun!

 Other Food

We also had other food besides the dessert table. My hubs made his famous Buffalo Chicken Dip, but I didn't photograph it- as it was eaten so quick! We also had peach jello shots (also not shown) which were perfect for the on-the-hour countdown.

Can you tell the cheese and crackers went fast!?

Countdown Sugar cookies! (Happy new year printable from: Living Locurto)

More cookies

Bowtie Pasta Salad (to continue with the suits part of the theme) and food label signs from: Living Locurto

The food spread

 Other Decor

I put some silver and gold ornaments in these candleholder jars. Also included this Subway Art printable I framed (from: Eighteen 25)

Paper lantern I bought at Celtic Fest

Gold foil wrapped mints and some other dollar store items to go with the theme.

Party hats, crowns, beads, glow stick necklaces and noise makers/horns in trays on our coffee table for guests.

The bar cart I dressed up with a string of LED blue snowflake lights, banner (from: Today's Creative Blog) and had plastic champagne glasses with sparkle (sadly you can't tell in the picture) swizzle sticks a friend gave me.

 

This side table was for all the utensils and plates/bowls. I also framed a printable (from: The 36th Avenue)

 So did you have a fun New Years Eve? What all did you do to celebrate? Did you have/go to a party or have more of a relaxing night at home? I'd love to hear what everyone else did around the world on the big countdown night. ;)

Wendy relaxed before the party started, but once the commotion of people started getting loud, she headed upstairs. lol

We had a fun night and I'm glad I can share the festivities with you all!

Have a Happy New Year and cheers to a good 2014!

-M

Sources for printables:
Printable Banner: Today's Creative Blog 
Cupcake Circles, Happy New Year small sign, Striped Food Labels: Living Locurto
Subway Art Printable: Eighteen 25
Chalkboard style Printable: The 36th Avenue

Sources for some of the recipes:
Caramel Banana Trifle: My Kind of Cooking
Buffalo Chicken Dip: Hungry Role-Player (my hubs)
Moscato Cupcakes: Hubs and I ;)
Cake Pops: Made with Vanilla Cake mix and Vanilla Candy melts in Babycakes Cake Pop maker

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