{Featured Parties} A Vintage Schoolhouse Party

I am a total nerd and loved every minute of school so this party made me want to go back to elementary school!

Audrey (of Sweet Cheeks Tasty Treats) came to us with this amazing idea to have a Dick and Jane inspired Vintage Schoolhouse Party for her daughter's 1st birthday. We were THRILLED to take on the design job. Audrey gave us a bunch of inspiration with all of her visions for the party.
(Remember, Audrey created the adorable cake pops for Super P's party!? DELISH!)

We started by designing an invitation for her.... (Check out how she displayed this adorable photograph of sweet Harper with the invitation and an adorable fabric bunting garland)


We loved this theme so much that the Vintage School House Invitation is now available in our shop.
The dessert table could not be more inviting. The huge poms, fabulous fabric bunting and the CHALKBOARD backdrop!

Ok... just wait til you see THESE. Pencil Pops - She has a tutorial on her blog so be sure to check it out!

She added party logos on the top... I just LOVE how she found items in her set colorway and used it throughout the party! The color of the pencils and cake pops are PERFECT!Printable party labels...

Look at the BEAUTIFUL cakes that Audrey made! Beautiful work!
I love how she used vintage flashcard style signs throughout the party as well!
YUM - chocolate pretzels by Audrey!
LOVE the display of cookies with the adorable Sally topper.

I absolutely love the cute chair prop... and the yummy treats displayed on it!I can't get over the adorable chalkboard backdrop!

If that wasn't enough eye candy... then read on....
LOVING the backdrop with the framed vintage artwork over the beverage table.
Audrey found the hobnail milk glass at local thrift shops! (Score!)

MORE adorable Cake Pops made by Audrey! Apples! I want one! (Eat your fruits and veggies, right!?)

Precious paper straws with adorable flags....

I love this antique piece that Audrey added style to by putting bright colored poms on top, buntings and adorable school house materials on the shelves.

Creative! Table with chalkboard top for the kids to color on!

I love how Audrey mixed in SO many vintage classroom elements. She had a whole box of old school materials and they added the PERFECT detail to the party styling...

Just LOVE these alphabet letters....

Another look at the table with the favors as well....

Adorable bags that Audrey used for the favors - adorned with printable favor hangtags and party logos...
We designed these book plates for Audrey and I think they just add the perfect touch to Harper's library!
Look at the absolutely precious little birthday girl!!

Great job, Audrey. I know how much time you put into this party and Harper is a VERY lucky little girl. I am SO excited and impressed with how everything turned out!

Party Sources
Sweet Cheeks Tasty Treats Party Styling & Fabulous Desserts

KV Photography all party photos
Anders Ruff Custom Designs Invitations and coordinating party printables
Fort and Field Customized School house pennants, paper straws
Gatherings by Kate Ford Tissue Poms
Pretty Little Studio vintage style flashcards used for garland
Cross Creek Antiques large vintage chalkboard, serving pieces
Touch of Pink Customized Alphabet Crayons
Luxe Starling Vintage Party Dress

Bellasma Headband


Vintage School House Invitation is available in our shop. Coordinating package coming soon, too!

{Featured Parties} A Vintage Schoolhouse Party

{Featured Client Parties} A "Little Big Town" Birthday Party

Cindy of Red Velvet Events hired us to design some custom graphics for her son,
Holland's, birthday party.

She came to us with the cutest idea. She wanted to do a "Little Big Town" party with a focus on the Cozy Coupe ride. All of Holland's friends brought their own set of wheels to tour his "little big town" birthday party.

Here is the invitation style that we designed for Holland's party.
(available in the shop)

Here are some of the adorable photos from the party....

Holland riding around his little big town....


Some of Holland's friends riding around in their rides...

Some of the "stops" around Holland's town...

We designed party logos for Holland's birthday and Cindy used them as
cute stickers on the cups and around the party on the signage.

A photo of the table with food and the adorable cake!

How adorable is this cake?

Cute little Holland blowing out his candles....

Guests were given cute favors on the way out...

I love seeing new and unique themes....
The Little Big town was precious!

Thanks for sharing your adorable party, Cindy!

{Featured Client Parties} A "Little Big Town" Birthday Party

{PART THREE (of 3) - Super P Turns 3! A Vintage Pop Art Super Hero Party by Anders Ruff

Super P Turns 3
A Vintage Pop Art Super Hero Party
Part ONE - The Dessert Table (Thursday's post)
Part TWO - The Candy Bar and Favor Table (Monday's post)
Part THREE - The Action (Activities) (today's post)

SUPER excited to share more of the Pop Art Inspired Super Hero party...

I've shared the dessert table, the candy bar and the favor table.
Today I am sharing the "action" portion of the party.

When the children arrived, they were given a "Super Logo" with their initial on it. (It was a sticker that they would adhere to their shirt) I had considered appliqueing shirts for all the kids, but I quit w/ that idea after finishing Pierson's and Jeffrey's ;-) Stickers were MUCH easier and they would be useful for one of the games (later on I'll share)....

The children were pointed in the direction of the London Style "telephone booth" (That I made from a refrigerator box!). There they would transform from their secret identity to their SUPER HERO identity. All of the children were given capes and masks... (Kid Kapers is the BEST - she makes custom capes and masks!) They also had their Super Hero Logo sticker on their shirt...

Even the girls got into it! I was so excited to see them all pretending as well!
They loved their pink get ups!

Here is my sweet Jeffrey coming out from his transformation.

Who knew a box could be so much entertainment?

Here is Adria's daughter..... (not sure where her super logo sticker went?)
Caryn's sweet girls...

All of the tables were pre-set with place settings for each child.
I had made boxed lunches and put them in a white gable box (from Nashville Wraps!)
I adhered a sticker with a city scape on it for the kids to color (think "classy" McDonalds happy meal haha!)
The "callout / conversation bubble" says "Don't forget to eat your veggies!" ;-)

I designed luggage tags for all of the kids with their name on them. Those would signify where the children were to sit.

Each place setting had a black/white polka dot melamine plate (perfectly coordinating - from TARGET!), a water bottle (with our printable wrapper on it), and a cute little pop bottle with candies in it (Thought "POP" would be a good logo to put on those... the kids LOVED them!) Also, red/yellow/blue markers were placed at the tables for the kids to color their lunch boxes....

I wrapped plastic silverware with black/white polkadot napkins from Target and sealed it with one of our printable party logos.

Up close of the water bottle / drink wrap...

Pierson had a special seat ;-) He got an awesome reusable lunch bag from Urban Harmonie Designs.

What was on the menu? HERO sandwiches, of course. Labeled, of course!
Little fruit cups were served and they had "MMM" and "YUM"stickers on them...(in our printable collection!)

Next up - the coloring wall / graffiti wall....
I designed a skyline with some personalized touches like the big Super P Logo and some cute call outs....

This 135" x 36" tall poster wrapped under my bar in my kitchen and the kids were to "Color the wall with their favorite super color"...
This kept the kids busy! What kid wouldn't want to color on the wall!?

By popular demand, we are now offering this customized printable coloring poster in our shop!
By the way, you can't really tell.... but I wrapped my bar. I wrapped the edge of the granite with an aqua grosgrain ribbon and then fit a piece of black/white polkadot wrapping paper to the top portion so that the bar would "coordinate" ;-)

Next up .... Pin the Super Logo on Pierson's Super P!
I drew a pop art graphic poster of Pierson (remember, over the candy bar?)....
The kids were blindfolded and given a super hero logo sticker (with their initial - like the one they wore on their shirt).... they had to pin their logo on Pierson's logo....

Some were closer than others! ;-)

We had a Photo Booth for the children to have their pictures taken. We made (DIY project) a fake barbell weight that the kids could pretend to be lifting over their heads. we also had handheld signs that said “Boom” and “Pow”. The backdrop was the polkadot/benday dot pattern that was repeated on the dessert table. We also had a printed “conversation bubble” that was on the backdrop and it said “Happy 3rd Birthday Super Pierson”.
We got some funny shots
(don't mind my ribbon stash at the top!) ;-)
Jeffrey being "SUPER".

I made a prop that was a barbell weight.... Jeffrey is SUPER strong!

Adria and I had to get in on the action before everyone arrived....

You'lll see that we had yellow/red/blue cardboard bricks that the kids enjoyed building walls and breaking through walls like a super hero.
We had the "boom" and "POW" signs printed at Sign Guy, as well as the big Super P emblems that were all over!

Adria's daughters....

Caryn's daughter....

Pierson was loving his mask and cape from Kid Kapers!

Super heros all over!

My boys before the party....

Super girls all over, too!

At cake time, we used plates that JoAnne of Oh Goodie Designs loaned me.
They were so SUPER!
That cake was just SO delish (Thanks, Mandie/ Got What It Cakes!)

Overall this was a SUPER party! Thanks to all of the fabulous dessert artists and vendors for their awesome products!

One of my fav shots.... ;-)

VENDOR CREDITS & RESOURCES:
– Event Styling, Graphic Design & Printables – Anders Ruff Custom Designs
– Photography – Becca Bond Photography

Party Props:
– Cupcake Wrappers – Bella Cupcake Couture
– Custom Capes and Masks – Kid Kapers
– Pop Art Eco Lunch Bags – Urban Harmonie Designs
– White Gable Boxes and Cello Bags – Nashville Wraps
– Label Material – OnlineLabels.com
– Sign Printing – Sign Guy
– Treat Bags – The Cupcake Social
– Popcorn and CB2 Pop Art Plates – Oh Goodie Designs
– Printable Party Elements: Tags, Labels, Favors, Invites, & More – Anders Ruff Custom Designs

Desserts:
– Custom Cake – Got What It Cakes
– Custom Cake Pops – Sweet Cheeks Tasty Treats
– Chocolate Covered Oreos – Sweeties by Kim
– Cake Pops – Dreamin N’ Details
– Fondant Cupcake Toppers – Two Sugar Babies
– Sugar Cookies – The Cookie Jar
– “3” Lollipops – Vintage Confections

{PART THREE (of 3) - Super P Turns 3! A Vintage Pop Art Super Hero Party by Anders Ruff