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Sunday, November 7, 2010

Children's Halloween Party

You can experiment, test, and make a mess when mad scientists gather for a fun Halloween party! We had a belated Halloween party today with a focus on science fun!

 The tablescape
 Snacks

 Jello petri dishes with gummy specimans
Test tubes held chocolate sauce, sprinkles, marshmellows and worms for our ice cream sundae concoctions!
Tray of supplies for our science experiments.
 
Colorful milk fun!
 Instant snow eruption

 Most other photos of the party include children which I'd prefer not to post. Other experiments incuded oobleck, gak, soap souffle and mento gysers! It was a messy, hands on and fun two hours.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Halloween decorations

One of my favorite decorations was the marquee film poster we created. We purchased a vintage movie poster and adhered it to a large piece of black foam core board. I cut pieces to frame the poster and then cut holes for the lights. I used Christmas ball shaped bulb lights which I secured through each hole. It looked great once it was lit up!

Vintage Horror Film Inspired Halloween Party - Food

The menu incorporated many vintage horror films!  Here's the menu and photos of the courses.

A Vintage Horror Film Festival ~ Menu

Previews
“The Mummy’s Tomb”
Baked Brie with
Raspberry Sauce & Crackers
“The Brain Eaters”
Shrimp with Roasted Red Peppers
“The Body Snatchers”
Chicken Drum Sticks





Opening Credits
“Creature from the Black Lagoon”
Split Pea Soup and Bread Fingers
“The Deadly Mantis”
Salad with Beets and
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds


Feature Presentation
“Dracula”
Leg of Lamb with Roasted Vegetables
“The Invisible Man”
Airy Popovers

Concession Stand
“The Blob”
Caramel Corn
“Flying Saucers vs. Earth”
Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
“Bride of Frankenstein”
Almond Joy Cake

Rum and Coke
Grown Up Icee

Vintage Horror Film Inspired Halloween Party

Our annual Halloween party was this week and it was a wonderful evening! Our theme this year was "Vintage Horror Films" and we played it up through the decorations and menu. It was a seated dinner for eight. Here are my favorite shots of the decorations - check the next post for food and menu.

Invitations with film strips for details and vintage movie poster card.
 "Concesssion stand" inspired desserts

 The table:
 Movie theater poster place cards and menu on plate
 Marquee style movie poster
 Decorations - the boxes in the glass jar are favors with homemade chocolates

Sunday, June 13, 2010

More photos from the Strawberry Birthday picnic


More photos from party - see previous post for more details.

Dessert table and favors.

Strawberry frosted cupcakes and individual Strawberry Shortcakes in jam jars

Favors: Berry boxes with raffia and frosted shortbread cookies shaped as strawberries - Yum!

Birthday hat


Strawberry Birthday Picnic

It's a "berry" merry happy Birthday bash!

We celebrated three June birthdays with a evening strawberry themed picnic. Here are the details in picture form.
First, the guest's of honor ... the Birthday boys and girl.


The drinks and appetizers.

Dinner: Mini sliders, strawberry chicken salad croissants, sweet potato fries and assorted sides
Chocolate lollipops and handmade coordinating napkins.
A sneak peak at the sweets.
More pictures coming tomorrow.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Spring Tablescape

I started work on a table scape for the Maddycake Muse Easter Tablescape contest - didn't have time to complete it as I would have liked, but decided to post what I did finish.

I went with a spring theme with a focus on things that mean spring to me - warmer weather when you can play outside again, sidewalk chalk, jump rope, bubbles, flowers and of course Easter eggs!
For the table cloth, I used a plain white cloth and painted spring shapes with blackboard paint. For the mock-up, I doodled on the shapes with sidewalk chalk, but for a party it would be fun to leave black and then allow young guests to decorate their "placemat" when they arrived.
Each place gets a fun straw cup, a divided plate ready for tasty treats, a pinwheel, springy head gear and favor bag.
Each favor bag was full of things to play with in the warmer spring weather - jumprope, sidewalk walk and a lollipop.
The table is decorated with decorative pails, bunny mascot, eggs, more chalk for doodling, flowers and spring toys.
With more time, I'd add more to the table, height to the buckets and a fun garland of felt butterflies and pendants. Maybe I'll get to it this week ... Despite the snowy forecast, Happy spring! Hopefully the weather will soon match the indoor decorations!

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Mardi Gras Dinner Party

Despite a day's delay because of snow, we had a wonderful dinner party to celebrate Mardi Gras! The color scheme was purple, green and gold with lots of masks, beads and harlequin diamonds. We enjoyed a variety of Lousiana favorites including dirty rice, hush puppies, gumbo and King's cake.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Valentine's Bash


A friend and I hosted a Valentine's Bash for our single friends. We played a few games of Laser Tag and then returned to my place for Chocolate Fondue. It was a fun celebration! I decorated with lots of pink, red and of course hearts. The table cloth is actually a shower curtain from the Target Valentine's collection. I think that their fabric shower curtains make great table cloths as the material is nice and the designs often larger than the small prints on their holiday table clothes. Invitations is from Tiny Prints, http://www.tinyprints.com/.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Mardi Gras Dinner Party invites

Mardi Gras is this Tuesday and I'm excited to be celebrating the evening with a dinner party for some close friends. I sent invitations with a taste of the colors and icons of the festival. I wanted to include masks but was worried about them getting crushed in the mail - searching the shelves at Staples, I found the perfect thing ... video cassette mailing boxes. They are the perfect height for the mask and a nice size for an invitation. Each box included a card with party details and mask attached, a strand of mardi gras beads and a few themed tatoos.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Valentine's Day "BASH"

I was inspired by this great Valentine's Day invite at Tiny Prints to throw a Anti-Valentine's Party for us single girls who have to suffer through months of red roses, hearts and gushyness everywhere we go :o)! We're going to celebrate, with what else, but laser tag and then chocolate - the perfect antidote to Valentine's hype.

Left collage of lollipops from http://www.creativehostess.co.uk/, invitation from http://www.tinyprints.com/, candy favors from http://www.marthastewart.com/, chocolate fondue from http://www.celebratewithstyle.com/