"Love" Themed Party in Pink

My very special friend Julianna Love turned 5 on Valentine's Day. This year she requested her party to be girls only with lots of pink! With the help of some incredible vendors (see the end of the post for a full list) and the Chevron Pink collection by Birthday Express, I was able to put together a dessert table for her party using lots of pink/gold and special "love" accents. 

Party Theme: Party in Pink!

Party Colors: Ombre Pink with gold accents

Dessert Table: Brushed metallic gold cake with a fondant crown of roses, marshmallow pops topped with gold crowns, sugar cookies, strawberry taffy, and red raspberry cupcakes. 

Party Activities: Stations were set up to make DIY Love Bugs, glitter tattoos, manicures, and hair accessories. 

My Incredible Party Vendors:

Brushed gold cake, cupcakes, and marshmallow pops: Samantha's Sweets

Castle and heart shaped LOVE sugar cookies: Frog Prince Cake and Cookie Design

Five, Crown, and LOVE (Square) Cookies: Semi Sweet Confections 

Chevron Fondant Cupcake Toppers and Fondant Gold Crowns: Fondant Fantasy

Fondant Crown of Roses Cake Topper: Kima's Konfections

Tulle Cupcake Toppers: Fizzy Party 

LOVE Glitter Banner: Made By A Princess

Pink Ombre Party Collection, favors, and tags: Birthday Express

Styling: Jenny Dixon, Craft That Party

Photography: Allison Duda of A. Joy Photography

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Craft That Party is a proud partner with Birthday Express 
and as so recieves products for inclusion of products

Disney Planes Party

I have a fabulous party to share with you today by Allison Duda of A. Joy Photography. Alli is terrific at taking popular character themes and making them into crafty, DIY parties for her three kids.

Party Theme: Disney Planes
Color Scheme: Orange, Turquoise, and White
Party Highlights: Pin the propeller on the plane, paper airplane garland, airplane cookies with a chocolate "5" tail

Party Vendors:

Disney Planes party supplies: Birthday Express

Airplane Cookies: Schoolhouse Bakery

Styling and Photography: Allison Duda of A. Joy Photography

Crafty Mom Labels from Lovable Labels and Special Discount

Did you make any New Year's resolutions?  Top on my list this year is to get organized. One of my favorite ways to do this is with labels. So excited to see that Lovable Labels now has a whole section for Crafty Moms!

Good news, you can get 10% off your entire purchase with Coupon Code: JennyDLB1

Valentine Craft: Love Bugs

Yesterday I shared this fun Valentine DIY over on Tori Spelling's site, ediTORIal. Here's the full tutorial in case you missed it!

Love Bugs are a quick and easy craft to make with the kids for Valentine's Day! There is no right or wrong way to make them- just pull out your craft supplies and get creative with stickers, pipe cleaners, hearts, googly eyes, feathers, or any other materials you might have on hand. 

Directions: 

1. Make yarn pom-poms. I love the 1-3.8 inch Clover Pom-Pom Maker. You can also make pom-poms using forks or cardboard (as seen on Tori's tulle ball tutorial). Trim off any long pieces of yarn with scissors. 

2. Use tacky glue to attach googly eyes, pipe cleaner antennas, tails, feathers, noses, etc...

3. Add feet by gluing mini pom-poms or a foam heart sticker to the bottom of the yarn pom-pom. 

4. Attach your own love note and give to someone special! Think of all the fun ways to give them away- stick a love bug to a card or gift, place inside a box filled with chocolate kisses, or slip one in a lunch box as a Valentine's Day surprise!

Special thanks to my friend Kristy of The Purple Pug for the crafty inspiration and pom-pom advice. She throws the best Monster Love Raves ever. 

Another special thanks to Jenny Cherif and all the other fabulous Birthday Express in-house designers for creating the love bug labels and love flags!

Black Friday/Cyber Monday SALE at Lovable Labels

A sample product was gifted from Loveable Labels in exchange for sharing this fabulous Cyber Monday promotion with Craft That Party readers. Opinions expressed here are my own. #spon #lovablelabels 

Quick Halloween Treat: Scary Mountain Mix

Need a quick treat to bring to a Halloween party this weekend?  Try making Scary Mountain Mix! I bought a few black cauldrons at the Dollar Store and filled them with the mix. Instant cute party treat!

DIRECTIONS

Mix the following in a big bowl…

• 1 pkg. 10 oz. mini pretzels
• 5 c. Cheerios
• 5 c. Corn Chex
• 2 c. salted peanuts
• 1 lb. plain M&M’s
• 2 bags of candy corn

Microwave the following for 4 minutes on half power (stir halfway)

• 2 10oz. pkgs. vanilla chips
• 3 Tbsp. vegetable oil

Pour liquid over dry mixture. Mix well. Spread in an even layer to dry on cookie sheets covered with waxed paper. Break up into chunks. Store in an air tight container.

Front Porch Halloween Makeover

You've seen my Eat, Drink, and Be Scary party, now take a peek at how I decorated my front porch for the shindig. Hello spooky old tree, Skully the Skeleton, 5 foot spider web, and ghosts. 

Here's the before...

And here's the after...

Special thanks to Birthday Express & Costume Express for all the Halloween decorations!