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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

{Real Parties} Blush and Bashful

Well, with a lot of coaxing, I finally did it... I think?? You see, I'm not very computer savvy so please excuse the appearances until I can learn a bit more about 'blinging out' my page.

So, the point of my blog will be to share my love of any celebration, big or small.  My goal is obviously to post the end product but I also want to share the steps and instructions along the way.  Wish me luck!!

The first party I want to share with you is a shower I planned for my best friend's niece Lauren.  My best friend of (dare I say) 22 years, Susan Hart, asked me to plan a shower that was pink and whimsical...

In order to make this vision a reality, the party literally started at the front door.


To greet guests…yards of tulle, a feather boa wrapped 'I' and a tray of sparkling pink champagne with paper butterflies perched upon each glass.




My inspiration for this shower came from recently learning how to make tu-tus. I was looking for a cute homemade gift I could give to some of my friends kids and discovered a great tu-tu tutorial on Mommy blessings blog. From there, I wanted to make tu-tus for everything… hence the giant tu-tu on the sweets table.
The idea of the onesie garland makes for great shower décor as well as a perfect shower gift. All I did was design a graphic that matches the décor of the shower. Printed it out onto iron-on transfer paper (don't forget to flip the design before you print). Cut out the design and iron onto each onsie.


One of my favorite activities of the shower was the photo booth. Each guest was instructed to get gussied up in tiaras, necklaces, cocktail rings and boas and have their picture taken with Lauren, the mommy-to-be. I think the photo booth really helped the guests to let loose, as did the mom-to-be.

Along with the photo booth, a wish tree was made from simply spray painting a branch that I cut from one of Susan's trees. Each guest was instructed to write a 'pearl of wisdom' for the mommy to be.


One of the games I planned was 'don't say baby'. I'm sure many of you have played a variation of this game with a clothes pin or a diaper pin. This one was played with a handmade corsage that I made to keep in the pink and girly theme.

Guests left with favors of homemade brown sugar scrub (which smells divine).

I want to thank Melanie of Scout for capturing the moment with her incredible photography and of course to my best friend Susan Hart for giving me this opportunity. 

Stay tuned for a tutorial on the onsie garland!

14 comments:

  1. I'm so excited for you! You do such beautiful work!

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  2. Donna you are extremely talented. Your attention to details, Organization skills, well put together ideas and great taste makes you a perfect party planner. I will let my friends know about Fabulous Fetes. Having a facebook page to like and share with my friends will be really nice. Most of all your great warm affectionate personality makes you endearing.

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  3. Really pretty! LOVE the Steel Magnolias reference! :)

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  4. This is just BEAUTIFUL. I am going to "borrow" some of your ideas for my daughter's fourth birthday party (giving you the credit of course ;-) I was wondering though how you made the skirt for the table? Do you know what length tulle you purchased? It seems like if you purchased a typical bolt it would not be long enough. Did you tweak it at all? Thanks for any insight you may offer.

    Kristina

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    1. Hi! I'd love to make a similar skirt for my daughter's party as well. If you don't mind sharing, what width tulle did you use? Do you remember how many yards it took? This was a gorgeous shower!

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  5. Just to let you know, I found these photo's on P is for Party and pinned the photo to Pinterest, over 915 people have repinned it and everyday I get another message that someone else has pinned it! One person asked how to do the pom poms or how you made them, are you willing to share that information?

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  6. I'd be happy to share that information, thanks for asking. I will put together a tutorial and post it next week! Thanks so much for the information, I noticed that most of the pictures of the tutu tableskirt link back to p is for party. I had no idea it got that many hits. I owe a lot to Christi at p is for party: )

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  7. yes i love your tutu table skirt i was wondering how you made it... it looks amazing I'm trying to do something similar for a party that i am throwing as well

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  8. This is all absolutely lovely! I want to do something similar for my daughter's first birthday. How did you hang all the tulle on the walls, ceiling, outside doorway, etc.?

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    1. I just tied ribbon around the tulle, then used that as the 'hanger'. I used command strips to hang it all up. As long as you choose the proper strips (it should tell you the weight it will hold on the package) then you're good to go. On the outside, I used tacks and small finishing nails on the top of the door pane so the nails are hidden. Hope that helps! Please send pics, I'd love to post them!

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  9. I want to know how many hards did you get to make your tulle table?? I was planning to di that for my friends baby shower.

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  10. Such a cute party! I saw that you responded to a request for a tutorial on how to make the pom poms, but I can't find it anywhere. Can you help me?! I would love to make those giant balls of pink fun for my daughter's birthday party!:)

    Thanks,
    Amy

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  11. Hello! The Mommy's Blessings Blog is no longer active, any chance you could help me out with how you did the tulle table skirt? How thick of strips did you cut? Thank you!

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