Outer Space Birthday Parties

Both of my boys are obsessed with space… probably because their dad is too.  The movie Star Wars came out in 1977 when my husband was 7 years old, and the obsession began that year.  Today I have some super fun ideas for outer space birthday parties… for all YOUR space obsessed boys too!

From Catch My party, a super cute album of outer space birthday photos with a fabulous dessert buffet:

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From A Styled Fete, a “To The Moon and Back” party.  I love the different dessert items donut holes as meteorites and small candies as asteroids!

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From Life Frosting, an Astronaut Training party.  She includes some GREAT space shuttle party activity ideas:

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And from the Hostess blog, a super colorful BLAST OFF party!  Be sure to scroll down and get details on how to make some of the dessert items and the decorations!

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Teen Birthday Ideas

We talk a lot about adults… and little ones… but rarely do I post about the tweens/teens!  Today… we’ll fix that with some great ideas and inspiration!

First up, from Kara’s Party Ideas… a teen girl birthday party, with a Bunco theme!

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Another fabulous idea for this time of year… a teen pool party!  Check out the gallery of awesome pics from the Hostess blog… with a Hawaiian theme:

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For the fashionista party, how about edibleNail Polish Bites .. from luuux.com:  You will not believe how easy it is to make these – marshmallows, frosting and tootsie rolls!

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From Lollipops and Paper, check out the fab Glow in the Dark Sweet 16 party:  In a bit of self-promotion, Diva Entertains is now offering Glow In The Dark Grippy Socks!

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From Because Love is a Lifestyle, an entire DIY party… with homemade pizza, crafts and cake!  A great party doesn’t have to be a LOT of work…. just lots of fun!

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Sunflower Wedding and Party Themes

I love sunflowers as a wedding or party them.  They are so bright and cheerful and fun… check out some fab ideas and inspiration for incorporating a sunflower theme into your next event.

From CakeCentral.com, an amazing sunflower wedding cake:

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 Want to find more sunflower inspiration? Simply go to Google.com/Images and type in “sunflower wedding cakes”.

Check out the simple, yet lovely silk sunflower centerpiece from bridecraft.com She provides a terrific step by step photo tutorial.

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Craftionary has a great tutorial for making handmade nylon flowers – love these!

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From Sweet Sugarbelle, a DIY tutorial on making sunflower cookies – these would be great for party favors or a reception!

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And of course, we have an entire section devoted to Sunflowers in the Diva Entertains shop… check out some of our favorites:

Sunflower-Favors Sunflower Lottery Ticket Holders | Sunflower Favor Boxes | Sunflower Wedding Fans

When Life Hands You Lemons….

You make Lemonade, right?  I’ve got some SUPER fab lemon and lemon-related ideas for you today… just in time for Summer!

Check out the adorable Lemonade Stand Party, from The Frosted Petticoat:

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Ok, this is really a Pinkalicious party post from vixenMade, but oh my goodness… check out the lemonade stand, based on one of the Pinkalicious books.  From a recent posts – here’s how to make Pink Popcorn.

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An absolutely FAB lemon/lime cake… from a gallery on Catch My Party:

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And a recipe for Strawberry Lemonade popsicals, from Willow Bird Baking… because… yum!

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DIY Sesame Street Parties

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!!

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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!

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

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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.

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Ocean, Boat, and Nautical Party Ideas

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.

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

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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.

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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!

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DIY Graduation Ideas

It’s coming… that magical, wonderful day that all students look forward to each May or June… the last day of school!  My kids have literally 26 more school days left before they are done for the year, and you KNOW they are counting them down.  I don’t actually have any graduates this year, but that hasn’t stopped me from pinning and bookmarking lots of fun graduation party ideas.  Here are a few of them!

From the evite blog, graduation confetti throwers – easy, fun, and festive!

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Check out the very cool “Keys to Success” Graduation party inspiration from Celebrations at Home.  Love the shabby chic, Anthropologie inspired look!

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I’m not sure if all schools allow for decorating of the graduation cap, but check out these fun DIY ideas from the Daily Party Dish!  They could be done for after-parties, at the very least!

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If you have little ones graduating from kindergarten, these Blow Pop Graduation favors from Life in Wonderland would be super fun:

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For most unique, but BEST GIFT EVER, I nominate this idea from Your Homebased Mom She teaches you how to make a Money Lei!

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And not to toot our own horn or anything, but we do have some pretty fabulous Graduation Party Favors in the Diva Entertains shop

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Graduation Fans  ~  Graduation Hat Favors  ~  Graduation Cookie Pops

Theme Thursday: Zebra Print

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!

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

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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!

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Tea and Cupcakes

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?!

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

Baptism and Christening Party Ideas

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:

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From the Hostess blog, a Nautical Christening party.

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Also from the Hostess blog… a photo album full of lovely photos from an elegant baptism party:  You’ll want to scroll through all 23 picture – such wonderful little touches that make big impressions!

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And from a recent customer Carol, some GORGEOUS photos of one of Baptism cake toppers and her dessert table:

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