When I saw the amazing pictures that Amy of Amy L.B. Photography posted on Facebook for her son’s 6th birthday pirate party, I knew I had to share them with you here!  I first saw Amy’s talent when her Fairyland Safari party was featured on the Totful Memories blog and even more recently her Dinosaur Rawr party was featured on HWTM – wow!!

Amy made everything herself.  And when I say everything, I mean EVERYTHING (with help of her wonderful husband) including the cake, decorations, favors, food etc.  Just take a look for yourself at the fabulousness she captured beautifully!

A great party starts with a fun invitation!  The invitation and all party printables were created by the talented Ashley at Cupcake Express.

The dessert table included a fondant cake that Amy made herself as the centerpiece, along with cupcakes, red velvet cake pop cones, pirate marshmallow pops and jello ships.

The main eating table was beautifully decorated and guests enjoyed pigs in a blanket to eat along with pink lemonade and chocolate milk served in glasses embellished with burlap and party printables – darling!!

Activities included searching for a treasure filled with gold coins and skull & crossbone crayons, breaking a pinata Amy made, playing and having a water balloon fight in the cardboard ships Amy’s husband created, a photobooth for kids to take some silly pictures and some fun pirate crafts as well – wow!!

Darling printable bags filled with fun little toys were given to each guest as a party favor.

More amazing decorations and a beautifully decorated chair for the birthday boy to open his presents in.  I’m certain Gavin and all of his friends had an AMAZING time at the party!  Thanks for letting us share, Amy!!

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We’re coming to the end of baseball season here at our house…playoffs are now starting for my boys.  I wanted to share this vintage baseball themed birthday party that my friend Toni created for her boys – it’s a perfect party theme for anyone with boys who love baseball, or use some of these ideas to throw an end-of-the-season party for your team!

The party was held at a local park with a baseball diamond (of course!) so Toni put the dessert/candy table in front of the baseball diamond fence. Vintage letters were used to spell out the boys’ names along with a bunch of pictures all hung with clothespins to create a simple but wonderful backdrop…genius!

Using wooden boxes, crates and baskets from her home were great (and free!) for holding various vintage candies and baseball snacks such as Cracker Jack, peanuts, sunflower seeds, taffy, licorice wheels, cotton candy, rock candy and bubble gum.

The use of mason jars, burlap and jute also give the table the vintage look she was going for. And did you notice all of the tiny baseball bats tied to the candy jars – they are just the perfect touch!

At the center of the sweets table was a fun homemade cake with a darling bunting and baseball in the middle – so cute!

Additional food and drinks were displayed on a table under the pavilion at the park which was decorated with these fabulous “junk banners” as Toni calls them. You basically just take anything related to the theme and/or colors of your party and sew them onto a very long piece of ribbon or ric-rac. Simple, inexpensive and totally dresses up the party area!

I love how she used an old window frame to display pictures of the boys for all the guests to see.

The classic Coca Cola crate and galvanized storage container for holding drinks definitely keep with the vintage theme of the party.

I just love this picture of the boys in their matching baseball shirts…they’re ready to play a game of baseball! Which is exactly what guests did after eating and having dessert…a great activity for a large group of people and everyone had a really fun time!

Thanks for letting me share your wonderful vintage baseball party, Toni. As always, you did a fabulous job!  And yes, it’s the same friend that created the darling Monster Party and Graduation Dessert table – she’s AMAZING!!

Vendors:

Party Styling: Toni at Missionary Munchies

Photography: Posh Photography

Vintage baseball labels: Michelle at The Glitzy Pear

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I guarantee that if you have little boys, they will ask for a Star Wars party at some point in their lives!  My boys have both been totally into Star Wars in years past and this fabulous party sent to us by Debbie at Wants and Wishes Design will surely please those Star Wars lovin’ boys out there!

Debbie used “Christmas icicles” to create the feeling of outer space, with matter, particles and rocks swirling around in space – genius!  At the last minute she decided the backdrop needed a little something more, so she used a silver balloon and drew a Death Star onto it and hung it on the backdrop with a piece of tape – very smart and inexpensive too!

Debbie is a master at coming up with the most creative desserts at her parties and this one is no exception.  I also love that she chose desserts that won’t break the bank…most things can be bought at your local grocery store!  Here are the details as Debbie describes the party she threw for her nephews:

“We made mini “Death Star” chocolate pies and used these really cool slanted dishes from Crate and Barrel to display them in. For my wookie cookies…. I searched long and hard for something I thought would be wookieish… I think I found the best solution… Little Debbie’s Star Crunch cookies. This makes for an easy favor. I placed 2 into each favor. Since Star Wars is good vs evil {and we all dressed up and split between the 2 sides} I had good and evil for every treat so they could continue the acting out and battling each other. I made Stormtropper marshmallow pops that were very easy with simple shapes. We had donuts with dark matter sprinkles, Smuggler’s Delight (powder filled donuts) and Princess Leia cinnamon rolls.”

And no dessert table is complete without yummy chocolate cupcakes and candy bars wrapped in the fun printables, right?!

Lightsabors are a “must have” at any Star Wars party!  Debbie wanted something that actually glowed so she found little glow in the dark “sticks” in red, green and blue along with coordinating red and blue airheads for them to eat.  She didn’t want something sweet to drink with all of the other sweets she was serving, so water bottles were wrapped in matching labels for the boys to drink.

I love the boys all dressed up in their costumes ready to battle!

Thanks so much Debbie for sharing your party with our readers!  For more details of the party, visit Debbie’s blog post HERE.

I hope you all have found some really fun ideas for your next Star Wars party and Debbie’s party printables will make your event even better.  You can purchase them in her Etsy shop HERE.  May the force be with you!

Event styling & printables:  Wants and Wishes Design

Etsy shop:  Wants and Wishes Design

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