party

Can you believe it's November already? The fun thing about the holiday season is that even though all the actual holidays are on certain dates, the whole month is dedicated to celebrating that holiday. Now that Halloween is officially over, all the store decorations will slowly transform to celebrate Thanksgiving. The little elves don't only work on Christmas ya know? :) As the little guy's birthday draws closer, I'm already racking my brain trying to pick a theme and plan a party in my head.

That's how much some children love to go to school! I remember I used to get so excited at the end of the summer, and the night before school started I'd put in all my new pencils, eraser, ruler in my new pencil case and I'd have a hard time falling asleep because I couldn't wait to go to school the next morning! This classroom-themed party would be right up my alley. Lots of ideas for decorations and projects: think blackboards, books, pencils, apples and favor lunch boxes filled with school-related goodies!

I've always believed that simple designs done right are the most beautiful. These cakes made by Hello Naomi portray that message loud and clear. Her cake designs are clean and modern, simple and under-stated yet very very sweet. I'm sad that she's in Australia or I would so love for her to design our next birthday cake. I love the soft colors she uses and she's obviously an expert at magically transforming fondant to whatever she desires.

I am in love with the details of this ice cream party by Sarah (of Style Me Gorgeous) for her 2 year old son Max. And I can't wait to throw an ice cream party now. This would be a great baby shower theme too, so since the little guy's birthday is in the winter, I may have to throw one of these for one my pregnant friends!

We got to go to two birthday parties this past weekend. I'm surrounded by wonderfully talented friends who plan the best parties for their children, we had a blast! I helped a good friend come up with her 2 year old's party layout, and she implemented the idea so well it exceeded my expectations! Instead of having the usual focal table against a wall, we wanted to do something a little different. The idea was to create a road-map in a town full of stores and to make food/dishes that pertained to each store or landmark.