Scooby Doo Themed Birthday Party

Birthday party requests don't come around as often as weddings do. So I admit that I have a personal project I took on recently. We'll call it "Project Scooby Doo." The challenge for me was taking Scooby Doo and interpreting him into something a little more refined. Here is what I came up with for a 4 year old birthday party. It was a little windy at the park, just in case you couldn't tell.



Try not to drool over the home-made treats of mini-cupcakes and chocolate dipped Oreos by Lisa Le.


Lisa was also responsible for making that awesome Scooby Doo cake and rice crispy pops!



This little personalization idea of the Scooby Doo fruit snacks were from Linda Ly of Grand Soirees. And they were a huge hit!


Doggy treat stations can't be complete without any meat.


And Scooby Doo MUST make an appearance!



Dough A Deer Donuts made this gorgeous contribution to the dessert table!
Trust me, there were no donuts left at the end of the party.


Activities for the kids included these stations:




The kids had a special lunch treat of Scooby Dooby Doo dog bone shaped sandwiches!


Hope this inspired you to dec' out your own kiddie party! Cheers!

Credits
Event Design and Styling: Floral Sense
Photography: D Park Photography
Desserts (cake, pops and cupcakes): Lisa Le
Mini Donuts: Dough A Deer Donuts
Linens: Fusion Linens

Holiday Wreath

You asked and I answered!

I had multiple requests for the Inspired Buyer event's demo that I teach an easy way to make a Holiday Wreath. But I'm gonna cheat and show you the finished product:


This is SO easy that I'm not even going to attach step-by-step pictures.

What you need:
1 Grapevine wreath
2 to 4 different plant and berry clippings that you like
(I chose sustainably grown materials of Liquid Amber leaves, Red Ilex berries, Seeded Eucalyptus and Yellow Solidaster)

What you do:
Start from a point in the wreath.
Clip 6 inch pieces off the plant and berry stems.
Insert the stems into the wreath until secure. Be sure to insert the stems in all the same direction.
Work your way around the wreath until you end where you started.

Viola! You have a holiday wreath!

And of course, this is a completely sustainable way to create a holiday wreath! Not only is the entire wreath decompostable, you can reuse the grapevine wreath for any holiday...including Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Do It Yourself Party Decorations with Tissue Paper

As promised, I will be starting a Do It Yourself label for anyone interested in DIY projects for your own events in which you don't want to hire in a designer. You might remember a while back in which we dec'd out a boy's birthday party with Cookie Monster fabulousness. The most sought out DIY request was the tissue ball so here it is for you. Keep in mind that you can do any size version of these playful tissue balls. The sample I have for you today is a mini version which can be wired onto anything you want to spice up. If you want to make them bigger, just use larger sheets of tissue paper and a pretty ribbon as the tie to hang.

1: Take any color wrapping tissue paper.


2: Cut into short rectangular pieces and stack. Depending on the desired density, go with 5 to 8 sheets of tissue paper. And the reason we need short rectangles instead of squares is because the length will be shortened by the f0lding and fluffing (you'll see what I'm talking about). This way, you'll get a round ball instead of a football shape.


3: Fold the stack in an accordion-like manner.



4: Fold the accordion in half.


5: Twist a wire at the center fold.


6: Pull apart the ends of the tissue paper and fluff along the way.


7: And viola! The perfect little pouf.


Wire it onto anything you want to decorate. Here's the branch we decorated for the Cookie Monster birthday party.


More DIY posts to come! Happy decorating!