Category Archives: Parties

Party // airplane party invitations

May 16, 2011

back in april, we threw my little ezra an airplane party for his fourth birthday.

before you think i’m nuts for throwing a party when my newborn wasn’t even quite two weeks old, i actually had this party in mind for a year now. so i had slowly been buying things and making things for the party for a while.  that really made it nice to put it all together the day of the party.  ezra had been asking me when his party was for the last six months, so i knew i had to pull through despite just having thomas.  and, it was a success!  the little man had a blast!

i make these “boarding passes” in photoshop after these cute invitations i saw over at hip hip hooray, via little frills.  i also ordered some airmail envelopes from amazon to put the invites in, i thought it was a cute way to incorporate the airplane theme.

it was fun to put the party details on the boarding pass invites, including the departure date of the party, arrival time, destination, food service, etc.

i’ll be sharing more from the party soon, so stay tuned.

{see more of the airplane party here.}

{all photos by me}

airplane party inspiration …

January 25, 2011

my little ezra’s 4th birthday is coming up right around the same time our new little baby boy is due.
i have been trying to get ahead and ready for his party in advance, because i anticipate that it will be a bit of a crazy time.  he has been so excited for his party, and asking me about when his birthday is everyday the past few months, so i still want to try to pull off a fun little party for him even though things will be a bit crazy with the new baby.

we ventured off to our local airplane air force museum a few weeks ago, to play and to look for a little inspiration.

we loved this blue and yellow airplane.  i saw it, and was sold on the color scheme.  i always like to have a color scheme when planning parties, because i feel like it is so much easier to get all the accessories together that way.

i also love the old school / vintage air force logos on all the vintage airplanes.  i am definitely going to be incorporating it into some of the party decorations.

and, of course these two had a blast running around wild…

DIY: christmas place cards / name cards…

December 9, 2010

i made another little christmas craft- some fun place cards for your holiday table.  although, you can use them for more than just christmas.
we usually have a fun brunch christmas morning with our little family after we open presents.  so, i thought it would be fun to add our own little place cards to spruce up the table a little bit.  but, these would be great idea for your christmas parties that are sure to be coming up! {p.s.- do you spy my holiday garland in these pictures?}

DIY christmas name / place cards  {here is a little run down on how i made them}:

  • i was able to use my new die cut machine, from lifestyle crafts.  i used the nesting circles die to cut out the middle music sheet paper, then i used the nesting scalloped circles to cut out the gold poster paper scalloped paper. {all from their new basics release}
  • i then printed out on white textured cardstock our names in the font that i liked, then cut out the names into strips.  
  • i then glued the music sheet circle to the gold scallop, then bent/folded the name strips twice on each end so they were more 3-d and glued on the ends to the rest.
  • the finishing touch was a cute little mini-clothes pin that i picked up at the craft store.
  • i chose to put them in little succulent plant pots that i already had {inspired by this post}, but really, you could place them just about anywhere.

i hope this helps with your holiday planning!