Events | - Part 2

DIY Sesame Street Parties

May 7, 2013 1 Comment

Sesame Street is one of the most popular themes for baby and toddler birthday parties, of course… and I’ve found some great inspiration to help with those parties.

From the Hostess blog, a super colorful fun party Sesame Street post… love those Cookie Monster cupcakes!!

Click here to watch a tutorial to learn how to make cookie monster cupcakes. These are more involve than those pictured above but the tutorial is GREAT!.

From Crafty Creative Kathy, check out all her Sesame Street party DIY ideas… the street sign is so cute! Make sure you read through her post – she explains how to do everything!

From Smile Like You Mean It, a great post full of easy ideas… especially love the Cookie Monster bean bag game!

And check out the super cute Sesame Street fruit and veggie trays from The Produce Mom: Click through to see the ingredients for each tray.

Filed Under: Events, Kids Birthdays Tagged With: birthday, cookie monster cupcakes, diy sesame street, fruit trays, how to make, ideas, party, veggie tray

I love, love, LOVE cherry blossoms. Several years ago, I was able to go to Washington, DC in spring to SEE the gorgeous cherry blossoms of that area… and I’ve been in love ever since. Today, I’m bringing you some lovely cherry blossom PARTY ideas!

From Bump Smitten, an incredible baby shower, with a cherry blossom theme: The cherry blossom diaper cake is beautiful!

Click on over to Creations by Kara for a fab DIY Cherry Blossom tutorial! These beautiful faux cherry branches are oerfect for party decor… or anytime!

Martha Stewart has a great recipe for Spring Shower Almond Petite Fours, in cherry blossom theme! She includes the source for the lovely gum-paste cherry blossoms that grace each bite!

And while this isn’t specifically Cherry Blossom… I think the PINK Popcorn recipe from Cravings of a Lunatic would make a PERFECT snack at a Cherry Blossom themed event:

And finally, we offer some amazing cherry blossom favors in the Diva Entertains shop:

Filed Under: Baby Showers, Bridal Showers, Decor, Events Tagged With: baby shower, bridal shower, cake, cherry blossom, diaper cake, faux, favors, how to make, ideas, pink popcorn, recipe, theme, wedding

Ocean, Boat, and Nautical Party Ideas

April 30, 2013 1 Comment

I live in the desert, and I rarely make it to the coast, but I love, love, love to DREAM about the beach… the ocean… boats and crashing waves. I recently decided to “surf” the web (ok..groan) for nautical theme party ideas. Here are some of the great posts I found!

From 6th Street Design School, a fab post full of nautical party ideas! I especially love her “drink station”. And she lists all sources as well as several ‘how-to’ links.

I’ve posted a link to this one before, but you HAVE to check out the Nautical Christening post on the Hostess Blog:

Here’s a fun link to making life preserver cupcakes. You could also purchase white frosted donuts and add, with red frosting or piping gel, red stripes!

And another nautical party from the Hostess blog, this one with a more vintage feel. Octopus (octopi?) are so popular right now…Oh – and check out the Spaceshipslaserbeans shop for very cool printables used in this post.

And you need to click right on over to Diaper Style Memoirs – she has a FABulous post filled with amazing ideas for simple Nautical Party decor. LOVE the photo booth with props!

Filed Under: Birthdays, Decor, Events Tagged With: birthday, food, ideas, nautical, party, theme

Boy Baby Shower – Mustaches and Ties, Oh My!

April 24, 2013 Leave a Comment

I don’t know if you are aware… but mustaches and neck ties are the new “IT” thing when it comes to baby boy baby showers. I have found some super cute ideas for you with mustaches and neck ties… and blue, blue, blue!

Check out the super sweet pics in the “Little Man Baby Shower” photo album on the Hostess blog: There are 16 pics to scroll through.

I found cute printable mustaches from PaperSeed – she has them for cute novelty pics with baby, but you COULD use them as party favors or party “wearables” for your baby shower guests too! She has lots of fun mustache styles

Here’s another great round of pics and ideas for a Mustache Baby Shower, from the Frosted Petticoat:

And we can’t forget the ties, man! Look at the bow-tie pics from this “little man” baby shower, from Gabriela and Belle. They did some adorable necktie favors too!!

And a super cute photo album for a little gentleman baby shower, from the Hostess blog: 9 fun pics to scroll through!

Lastly, check out this Baby Shower Checklist from Parents.com – so helpful!

Filed Under: Baby Showers, Decor, Decorations, Events, Favors Tagged With: baby shower, boy, checklist, little man, mustaches, neckties, printable, ties

21st Birthday Party Ideas

April 16, 2013 Leave a Comment

21st birthdays are usually full of energy and a tiny (cough) bit of craziness, and I found some cute ideas and inspiration for making the event FAB!

From Pretty My party, a super cute idea playing off the “99 bottles of beer on the wall song”… 21 Pink Bottles of Beer on the Wall (and there is a LOT more to the post, so be sure to click on through!)

Looking for a fab 21st birthday cake? Check out the AMAZING.. AMAzING.. Vegas Gambling Cake, from Sandy’s Cakes (and while you are there, click around on her other posts – you will be stunned! Her archive is on the right side of the blog):

For an incredibly classy and elegant party idea, check out the Chanel Themed 21st birthday party from Celebrations At Home:

And from Dormify, a DIY post on how to make a 21st Birthday Bouquet… using a plastic sand bucket, some bedazzling, and.. well, mini bottles of alcohol.

Filed Under: Birthdays, Events Tagged With: 21 birthday, alcohol, bouquets, cakes, what to do for a

Bridal Shower Games

April 11, 2013 1 Comment

Do you like to play games at baby or bridal showers? I have to admit that my least favorite part of a shower is usually the “game” portion of the event. Not sure why…… Nevertheless, I have been on the look-out for some EASY, FAB, and did I mention FUN games for showers. Found a few.. and here they are!

From Jane’s Girl Designs, printable bridal shower games.

You can get the answers to all the games here

From Craftaholics Anonymous, “Staches and Tiaras” a question-and-answer game, with more FREE download/printables to make it easy to prepare. She provides some great bridal shower game questions and I’m sure it will prompt more of your own! And the mustache and tiara printables are SO CUTE!

Abby over at Normal Activities has some FAB game ideas, including this ice-breaker door prize game, “Who Has the Groom”

In case you miss it in the post, here’s the free printable for the tux cut-out. Many games in Abby’s post!

And from Sweet and Sour Showers, a cute “memory” game idea: Well – actually there are several games in this post – all fun!

Have you planned a wedding or baby shower with games? We’d love to hear YOUR ideas… send an email or leave a comment and share!

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Thanks to Gloria for her creative use of our shoe place card holders at the recent party she hosted.

Filed Under: Bridal Showers, DIY Diva, Events Tagged With: bridal shower games, easy, free, fun, funny, ideas, printable, questions

DIY Puppet Theater Time!

April 9, 2013 Leave a Comment

My kids LOVE puppets! They turn stuffed animals into puppets, they make sock puppets, and my middle son is the king of paper puppets. (If it can be made with construction paper, glue sticks, and tape… he’s made it!) Well, I got to thinking how fun it might be to create a birthday party around puppets, including a puppet theater for the kids to use. You KNOW I found some great ideas for how to construct them, and here they are…

From Molly Moo, a cute shoebox finger puppet theater… love this for the little ones!

From Tip Junkie, a super simple, but FAB idea for using a project display board and turning it into a Puppet Theater. We are definitely making one of these for our house!

Something we haven’t done, but will be doing soon… shadow puppets! Check out this tutorial for making a Shadow Puppet Theater, from inner child fun: So easy and so fun!

If you are SUPER ambitious, here is an amazing tutorial for making a wooden tabletop puppet theater, from Prudent Baby:

And in case you don’t want to make one of your own, here is a great idea from Cool Spaces for Kids on etsy… a doorway puppet theater!

Filed Under: DIY Diva, Events, Kids Birthdays Tagged With: DIY, finger, hand, how to make, puppet, puppets, shadow puppet theater, sock, theater

Theme Thursday: Zebra Print

March 28, 2013 Leave a Comment

As a theme, and as an accent, we’ve posted about Zebra Print before, but it’s so, so popular, we just have to share again (and again).

From Jessicakes, check out this Zebra birthday cake

From DesignDazzle, a Black, Pink, and White Zebra Party: Make sure you scroll through all her pictures – such inspiration and ideas!

From Girly Gatherings, a Girls Night Out Dessert Table, in all-out Zebra theme:

Want to make your own zebra birthday cake? This how to make a zebra cake video tutorial is *fantastic*. And you can easily purchase fondant from a craft store, a bakery or use this marshmallow fondant recipe to make your own!

If you are just interested in making the cake batter in a zebra stripe – view this short zebra stripe cake tutorial.

And thanks to Cindy V. for these photo’s from the Fab bridal shower she gave. Thanks for letting Diva Entertains be a part of it!

Filed Under: Events, Theme Thursday Tagged With: birthday, cake, how to make, ideas, party, print, theme, zebra, zebra cake

Tea and Cupcakes

March 27, 2013 Leave a Comment

Today’s post was inspired by one of our recent customers, Kimberly. Here is what she had to say about the party planning:

I found the perfect invitation for what I had in mind (Tea & Cupcakes), you’ll see it attached and was looking for a decoration theme that would tie it in together. That’s where your cupcake sticker came into the scene. It was perfect. It was a cupcake. It was pink and brown and I loved that I was able to personalize it. The sticker was used to put on the back of the shower favors which happen to be cookie cutters in the shape of the letters that spell LOVE. Once I had the cupcake sticker in mind I was able to pull everything else together, the colors were pink and brown, as well as what decorations I had. I was even able to find a similar cupcake to your sticker in the form of a wall decal (great website call Wall Monkeys) large sized that we put on the wall. The cupcakes I ordered from the bakery were brown with pink frosting as well…the rest of the deserts we made ourselves.

Thanks to Kimberly for these pictures of the Tea & Cupcakes shower that she hosted for her sister. Didn’t she do a FAB job?!

Want to learn how to decorate your swirl cupcakes like a pro? Follow this tutorial from Lora Lee Lewis.

Filed Under: Baby Showers, Decor, Events Tagged With: baby, bridal, cupcakes, party, pink and brown, shower, tea

Baptism and Christening Party Ideas

March 26, 2013 Leave a Comment

We have been selling a LOT of baptism and christening favors lately, and that got me searching for party planning ideas for those events! I found some GREAT inspiration and DIY for you!

From Kara’s Party Ideas, a Hot Air Balloon theme Christening Party: