Pink 'Girls Night In' For A Cause

I just love Ladies Nights, and when it's presented this lovely, AND for a great cause, it's all the better.  Once again Emily of White Room Events and Jennifer Sando worked together to share this beautiful party.  Emily hosted a ladies night for womens cancer awareness, and the styling of the event was nothing short of magical!

A gorgeous dessert table is full of pink treats and backed by a wall of fancy streamers. 

The seated table has an eclectic and slightly vintage look to it.  Various shade of pink in the flowers, table runner, and napkins make this table interesting to look at and a great place to linger after a meal.

What's a party without a photo booth area?!  More streamers are all that's needed to create a fun and whimsical backdrop for photos.  What a wonderful idea and great way to raise money for cancer.

This party would also be fantastic for bridal showers or milestone birthdays!

Photography - Jennifer Sando Photography

Styling - Emily of White Room Events

Desserts - Sweet Treats Cakes & Cupcakes

Pink Birdie Baby Shower

I am so excited to share this gorgeous pink birdie baby shower that Paula of Frog Prince Paperie recently hosted.  The look is sort of shabby chic-modern with a monochromatic color scheme that is soft and feminine.  Paula is so talented and every detail is thoughtful perfection...

Paula set up the party space in her large open great room with several tables set for buffet, dining, and activities.  Don't be afraid to move things around for the day to make room for your party.  

The dining tables are set simply with white dishes and lovely flower ball centerpieces made with foam balls, a flower punch, and corsage pins.  Bird-themed accessories round out the look.  A savory snack buffet was set up for this mid afternoon shower, with crudite displayed on a plant stand, and pita chips served in snack cups.  Mini quiche and fresh fruit rounded out the menu.  

For the beautiful dessert table Paula created an eye-catching backdrop with paper banner and an empty frame.  The color coordinating desserts were raspberry mousse, brownie truffles, petite fours, meringues, and cupcakes topped with gumpaste hydrangeas from Sweet Petal Bakery.  She adorned candy jars and a bird cage with beautiful hairbows and clips from Three Little Bows - such a great idea!     

The details continued as Paula set up a favor table, a place to write notes to the mom-to-be, displayed baby cloth 'cupcakes' from Babycakes Decor, and even decorated the entrance to the party.

  This baby shower is just gorgeous and I'm so glad to be able to share it with you.  You can find all the printables for this theme in Frog Prince Paperie's shop.

"Sugar And Spice" And Everything Is Nice!

This baby shower by Jennifer Birkhead of Jennifer Birkhead Design is adorable and uses one of my favorite color combinations.  Hot pink and orange always looks so vibrant and modern when paired together, and is perfect for this baby shower (she's having a girl) or a little girls birthday.   

One of my favorite elements to this party is the book shelf lined with rows of candy-filled jars.  She totally captured the "sweet shoppe" feel she was going for!  And of course they are done in shades of pink and orange.  You can see more details on Jennifer's blog.

Photography by Shoot4U

Beautiful & Bright Baby Shower

Photographers always seem to design the best parties!  It must be that "special eye" they have when they are behind the lens that aids them when designing their own event details.  Here is a recent baby shower from photographer Wendy Updegraff.  Gorgeous colors and thoughtful design make this shower special!

Beautiful hand-painted welcome sign coordinates with the table ribbon "runner."

Large monogram, "Z" for Zoe, covered with faux flowers.

Homemade sugar scrub placed in favor jars which double as place cards.

Backdrop to the buffet, made by Wendy's husband, decorated with ribbon streamers and photos.

Fantastic job Wendy!  Perfect for a bridal shower also!

A 'Modern Safari' Girls Gathering

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I'm excited to share this party with you as I think it is perfectly suited to any Ladies Night, Bridal Shower, or Birthday Party!  I actually did this for my own monthly ladies gathering Friday night.  The inspiration for 'Modern Safari' came from the fun cocktail napkins above, and was reinforced when I saw the pink and orange zebra print table by Amy Atlas.  

To help set the tone I purchase the pink zebra sheet set and used it for a runner and the dessert backdrop.  For the dinner table, I bought some safari animal home decor pieces and spray painted them white, then added adhesive gems for the eyes.  The monkey is supposed to hold a votive candle but I added water to the well and popped in a gerber daisy head.  For the centerpiece, I nestled some floral foam on top of the white vase and covered it with yellow daisies, topping it off with a few pink feathers.  Flowers from my yard, as well as moss balls from Social Couture finished the table. 

At each place setting I added a faux tropical leaf, small flower clipping and a Duet Truffle that I wrapped in coordinating tissue and ribbon.  I added a band of green paper and yellow zebra ribbon (Michael's $1 bin) across the plate and hung a cute pink cocktail elephant on each glass.  Seriously, everyone loved the hanging elephants and monkeys!

For dessert I made brownie pops, cream cheese tartlets, lemon bars (in zebra liners), and purchased iced cookies and candies.   I hung bud-vase vials with a single flower in each, as part of the backdrop.  These were a $1 find at Dollar Tree!  Faux palm leaves lined the tartlet plates.

Finally, a cocktail table was set up to serve a lemonade-Lemoncello mixture (YUM!).  I hung mosquito netting (I've had for years) above, and set the drinks inside a small 'suitcase' lined with white feathers.  My fuzzy round rug made the perfect "table cloth" with it's fur-like texture, and more cocktail monkeys were hung on the glasses.

I really love how this party turned out, and hope you find something here inspiring.  Thanks for letting me share.  Cheers!

You can see more on Flickr or Facebook.

Pink Elephant Dessert Table by Clau!

Claudia has done it again!  She designed this beautiful Pink Elephant Dessert Table for a Baby Shower.  I love the backdrop and all the cute details!  Go to Eye Candy Events for more photos of this great table!