{Real Parties} New York, New York!

One of my all time favorite cities is New York. I love it anytime of year. I've been in the beautiful spring and fall weather, I've been in a heat wave and my most memorable, yet I still loved it, was while I was 7 months pregnant during a blizzard.

While a client and I were brainstorming themes for her mother's 75th birthday, we came up with this New York themed birthday party:

Guests were greeted with fresh apple cider

 

 

the birthday girl, Cecelia loves the musical Hello Dolly,
so I personalized her "Broadway" a little bit by making a Hello Cecelia Poster

 

I 'heart' NY sign in board

Cecelia grew up going to Brooklyn Dodgers games, so I
added a make your own sundae bar complete with the baseball
helmets to eat out of

 

 

Everyone loves a photo op, so rather than doing a traditional photo booth,

I decided I wanted it to look like guests were actually in NYC so I made a

'NYC taxi' photo frame. It turned out to be a big hit

 

If you've ever been to NYC you know that at the entrance of Central Park are local

artist set up, ready to draw a personal portrait. So naturally, I needed to make this happen.

Part activity, part favor, each guest sat in "Central Park" where they had a caricature done.

Mikey J, our local artist did a phenomenal job.

 

I wish I had taken a better picture of the huge Central Park gate that you

can kind of see in the background...

Lastly, I had an idea of making the Brooklyn Bridge to hold the cupcakes. Thankfully,

my dad came to my rescue and made this incredible bridge for me!!  Thank you so much to my mom, dad,

aunts and cousin for helping me with this party...who knew it would turn into a family affair

 

Happy 75th Birthday Cecelia!! Wishing you many more to come!

{Real Parties} Happy Fall Y'all Recipe Swap

I can't believe the last time I posted was way back in March...

It's now October, my favorite season!

As I've mentioned before, in my neighborhood, we try to get together once a month at a designated house. I offered to host October. I've done a chocolate party, and a cupcakes and cocktails night, but I thought I would try something different so I hosted a recipe swap. I hope I'm not alone in saying this but, I feel like I tend to make the same things for dinner night after night...anyone? anyone?

Anyway, I asked people to make their favorite go-to recipe and bring it along with copies of the recipe for each neighbor. It turned out to be really fun trying out all the food and now I am armed with a bunch of new recipes to try out!

Here are some pictures from that night...thanks to my neighbor Kareena for always being the designated photographer!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Fall Y'all!

 

{Real Parties} Calling All Superheroes!!

So I know you've seen many Superhero parties but this one is special to me because it was requested by a 4 year old girl.

During the initial call about the party, I was envisioning a pink super girl and wonder woman party. Her mother quickly reassured me that the pink superheros idea was not going to cut it, Rhea wanted the real thing. As much as she loves her nails painted, she also loves watching all the Superhero movies with her dad.  She just puts a whole new spin on 'you go girl'!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Candy Bar

 

 



 

 

 

 

Photo Booth Props

 

Face Painting Station

 

Mask Making Station

 

Wow, clearly, someone is an artist!

 

 

Happy 4th Birthday Rhea!

Photography by: Sofia Sohail Studio

{Real Parties} Video Game Party

This is a fun theme for all ages. A neighbor recently had a video game party for her son's 8th birthday complete with a Rolling Video Game Truck!!  How fun is that!?!

 

In most cases the truck can pull right up to the house so the kids or adults can play as a group.

 

 

The truck also has 2 additional screens perfect for gaming or for sporting events to watch the big game!

Look how spacious!

 

The birthday boy, Mavav's favorite video game is Super Mario, so I make the cake to look like a Wii.

 

And matching cupcakes!

If you're in the Washington DC area, I highly suggest booking Rolling Video Games for your next party!