Good Afternoon Ya'll!
In an effort to blog more, I am going to be doing a few different things. This post will be showcasing another party like my last one. Since I am on contact and work with a lot of different party stylists, I thought it would be nice to showcase some of them a week times a week. I will also for November highlighting some Thanksgiving related printables/items from party folks. This blog will be evolving into something a little more than a place to showcase my work, it will be a place to go for all things cake related whether its new products, printables for cucpakes/cakes or parties!
This post will showcase the work of Holli who is the Founder of HoneyBash based out of Washington. HoneyBash is a printable shop where you can purchase different printables for your party. Everyone knows the printables help tie the party together! Holli also do party styling and I will be showcasing her Mermaid Abby Party. Here is what Holli had to say about her Mermaid Abby Party:
When the Mother of my daughter’s best friend asked me to
plan her daughter, Abby’s 4th birthday party, well of course I
jumped at the opportunity. I know Abby
loves mermaids, so immediately I knew we would be using the printables from my
“Under the Sea Mermaid” collection. When
planning a party, I always start with an inspirational piece, a theme or in
this case a color palette to compliment the obvious theme. Abby loves pink and the color blue was the
obvious choice to set the tone of the party.
I wanted to create something that had movement and was
sophisticated yet adorable enough for a bunch of 4 year olds to get lost in
their own imaginations. Immediately I
knew I wanted to create a sweets buffet and I was just looking for a reason to
repurpose my old hutch. With just one
coat of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint I was able to achieve that aged beach look I
was looking for. Because this hutch was chalked full of sweets, I strongly
advise to always offer a treat bag, or in this case a treat box which I adorned
with a simple starfish, for the kiddos to take home. I also handmade white chocolate shells, which
I already had the molds from my own wedding and I handmade the white chocolate
blue “under the sea” lollipops from simple molds I found at Party City. A
couple of my favorite finds were the gorgeous French meringues and the
turquoise foil wrapped honey mint chocolate disks I found at Trader Joes. I found a ton of fun candy from yours truly,
Kara’s Party Ideas and I picked up the rest of the candies in the Easter sale
section at Target.
When planning an event, I always like to hand make something
special for the guest of honor to keep.
I learned how to make paper medallions at my monthly girls craft night,
hosted by the amazing and talented Melaine Thompson of My Sweet Savannah….so I
simply embellished with a starfish, “wish” carnival tags, painted pink matting
and a simple Ikea frame. What a sweet
way for the birthday girl to remember her 4th birthday. I also painted and glittered a cardboard
crown from Hobby Lobby and topped it all off with this handmade blue ribbon
garland, mixed with multiple colors and textures, to add that movement I was
looking for.
One of my favorite aspects of this whole party was the
gorgeous, gorgeous ruffled table cloth, designed to mimic the colors of the
ocean, made by my dear friend Uriah Gentry.
To vertically flank the food table, I created length with these handmade
tulle and tissue poms, mixed in with blue paper lanterns. With this party, I tried my hand at many DIY
projects (for all you DIY’ers) and tried to repurpose my printables for
multiple uses. These beautiful blue
glitter vases are actually pickle jars, which I painted the insides with Modge
Podge and topped off with Martha Stewart fine glitter I had on hand. My bottle wraps were used for these Starbucks
glass jars (yes I drank them all), and were wrapped around pretty ruffled pink
ribbon. And I just adore these cute
little seahorses I cut on my Cricut, which wrap around these paper straws
perfectly.
The cake table may be one of my favorite elements of this
party…so simple, yet delicious. The cake
was made by my favorite local bakery.
Miss Aspen, of Oven Monkey Bakery, always sends me out the door with a
smile on my face. In this case, she
mimicked the design on my printables to top the cake off perfectly. Abby’s Mom and I made these yummy pink ombre
cupcakes and I found these amazing candelabras at a garage sale to display them
on. Since my straws were already in a
happy place with the cute seahorses, I used the paper straw flags to create
this simple flag garland. I love this
effect and could be so cute used as cake bunting as well. Now these tricky little medallions were
harder than they look (hint: measurements must be perfect). I found this fun little tutorial on The
Tomkat Studio blog.
Each girl was sent home with a full candy bag, mermaid
bubbles (wrapped in the “Under the Sea” bottle wraps) and sweet flower
soaps. Abby is already planning her 5th
birthday party, time to start planning!
xoxo,
Holli Fedewa
Party Styling – Holli of HoneyBash
Paper Lanterns – Target, www.target.com
Jello glass containers – Kara’s Party Ideas
Glitter jars, birthday medallion, ribbon swag, paper straw
bunting, tulle and tissue poms, sea urchin pink lanterns – Holli of HoneyBash
Stay tuned to see what I have for you tomorrow!!
Peace & Blessings
