Hi Everyone!  I’m back to share this watercolor CAKE birthday Party from my daughter’s birthday last August.  I love the pale pink and peach colors of this party and it works perfect for anytime of year.  Hillary is soft, gentle and sweet so I wanted her 13th birthday party to reflect that  as well.  Hillary wanted to have a baking party for her birthday so I found a local cake artist that was willing to come to our home and teach the girls the basic in cake decorating and fondant.

I decorated our dining room with tons of balloons- thank goodness I had four kids to help me with this task.  The center piece was a runner of balloons and I made a faux chandelier out of pompoms, balloons and honeycomb balls.  Each girl had a mini cake from Cake Monkey Bakery in L.A. at her place setting and the birthday girl’s chair was wrapped with coordinating ribbon.

The dessert table feature a few cakes (of course!) from Sweet and Saucy- my favorite bakery.  Ask for Jenni if you order from them.  She always puts so much effort into bringing the vision in my head to life.  Since the girls were having SO much cake, I kept the other desserts to a minimum. Simple sugar cookies and macarons (both Hillary’s favorite) and then in keeping with the theme, cake pops and cake donuts.

I love this theme and party set up because it works for adults as well as kids.  Think 30th or 40th birthday.

Remember Hillary’s Birthday Party from last year?  See it here

Party Concept and Styling- Bloom Designs

Invitations, complete party kit, cake posters and all paper printables- Bloom Designs

tissue pom poms, straws, drink bottles, cupcake holders, utensil bags– Bloom Designs

Photography- Andrew Kitchen

Cakes and Macarons- Sweet and Saucy Shop

Sugar Cookies- The Cookie Craftsman

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Hi Everyone!  So glad to be back after a long winter break.  I have four new party themes to sharing with you over the next few weeks so make sure you are following us by email so you are notified of new posts.

Flamingo Party By Sugar and Cloth

So what’s new in party trends for 2017?  Balloon garlands are everywhere and I am completely smitten.

Kara Allen of Kara’s Party Ideas

By Ashley Thunder Events

Sincerely Jules

House That Lars Built

What makes these different from the balloons garlands of celebration past is tow things. One, these garlands are made up of balloons of various sizes and colors, and two, they are accessorized, if you will, with florals or greenery. Balloons definitely aren’t just for kids anymore.

A Charming Fete

You can find lots of DIY’s on the internet on how to but these together. Just google:) Which of these garlands is your favorite?  Pin your favorite one.

This year, I am going to be switching up our focus on this blog a bit.  I will be sharing more things that inspire me and thus will hopefully inspire you.  We will also continue sharing party ideas, recipes and entertaining tips. Everything to help your 2017 Bloom!

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Hi Everyone!  I am so excited to share my son’s Game Day Birthday Party with you.  This party was so hard to schedule.  Luke really wanted to take friends to the beach for the night but because of baseball schedules, it was ridiculously hard to plan.  Last minute we decided to have a few people from his team over to celebrate with that promise that I would take his friends to the beach for his “real” party (still hasn’t happened six months later-yikes!)

We threw this party together last minute but I love how it turned out.  Since it was Luke’s 10th birthday (a big one), I wanted the color scheme and many of the party details to match Luke’s twin Charlotte’s birthday. Black and white worked perfect for our sports themed party which I think all of Luke’s parties will forever be.  I’ve got to tell you it’s getting a bit hard to find fresh ideas for a sports party since I have done this one and this one.  Instead for this year, I focused more on the number 10 and carried that throughout the party rather than a particular sport.  I printed a dessert table backdrop with the number 10 and used it for a table runner as well. Play Ball Balloons from his last birthday and personalized gable boxes completed the table.

We decorated the rest of the party space with tons of honey comb balls and black and white photos of Luke and his friends playing sports throughout the years.

Desserts were pretty easy to find because they were all black and white.  I was even able to use Luke’s favorite Oreos and chocolate donuts which I just picked up at the market.  Dressed up store both Brine bites, white chocolate mousse, custom sugar cookies., and personalized milk jars filled out the table.  The center piece was a black and white cakes matching our theme. 

We also had a little snack table complete with sliders and chip shots to keep our players fueled.

 This party works great anytime of year.  All of the printables, invitations, tassels, balloons and straws are available in my shop.

Thanks everyone for sharing!

Jenny

• Party Concept- Bloom Designs OnlineParty Concept and Styling- Bloom Designs
• Invitations, complete party kit, and all paper printables- Bloom Designs
• backdrop, posters, straws, , balloons– Bloom Designs
• Sugar Cookies- The Cookie Craftsman

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Hi Everyone!  Yep, it’s about that time.  Try to make going back to school as festive as possible by hosting an “Off to a Good Start” Breakfast.  I did this last year for some neighborhood kids.  Pack things in disposable containers so it’s easy for guest to grab and go.  This is also a great theme for school staff on the first day of school, a PTA meeting, or even just at home to make the first day super special for your kids.

We used a simple red, white and black color scheme.  Breakfast included good start granola, glazed donut muffins, mini fruit cups, cinnamon roll sticks, and cereals all of which was prepared the night before.  This is a must for me because I am not at all a morning person.  The only thing that had to be prepared that day was the homemade  oatmeal.

It’s definitely a traditional we will continue each year!

You can download the FREE PRINTABLES BY CLICKING HERE

Fruit cups, chevron straws, milk bottles, wooden sticks, mini wooden spoons, muffin cups, and bakers twine available in my shop.

HAVE A FABULOUS WEEKEND!

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Hi Everyone- Recently I had the pleasure of designing some printable for a baby shower hosted by Nicole Stoner of Nicole’s Guide to Style.  I am so excited to share the photos from the event with you.  Nicole did an amazing job of styling this Bow and Bow Tie Baby Shower.  I love the chic black and white color theme, simple bow graphic and the sweet dessert table. Nicole did a wonderful job putting a new unique twist on this popular theme.

Nicole writes:

This past Saturday my mom and I hosted a baby shower for one of my close friends who is due in just a few weeks! They are waiting to find out if baby is a boy or girl on the big day so the theme was black + white “Bow or Bow Tie”… I had all the ladies wear blue or pink to the shower to cast their vote for what the little one will be!

The dessert table included my favorite Oreo Cake (So easy and delicious), cupcakes, cake pops, party popcorn and sugar cookies.

Make sure to visit Nicole on Instagram and on her blog! I know you will love her style.

VENDORS

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Donut Graduation Party by Bloom Designs

Hey Everyone!  I have had a crazy month- 3 parties in four weeks.  Yes I am completely exhausted but the celebrations were so much fun and worth the effort.  This Donut You Forget About Me Graduation Party was just this past weekend.  I hosted it with a dear friend for our daughters’ who are graduation from eight grade.    The mood of the party was supposed to be relaxed, pretty and fun- just like our girls.  We tried to achieve that with beautiful decorations in shades of pink and pretty calligraphy while inserting silly signs at all our food tables.  This theme would also work great for a moving away party or any end of year gather.

We hired a taco cart for the main meal and offered all the fixing at the “Taco Bout A Party” Table.  Guest also built their own nachos at the “Nacho Average Graduate” Table which was filled with homemade quest and lots of different toppings.

Everyone’s favorite table was of course the “Donut You Forget About Me” where we served several different varieties of donuts.  I have love that song from Breakfast Club since I was in school.  My daughter actually thought I was completely nuts when I suggested this theme last year but I think it turned out super cute.  We tried to order as many varieties as possible with pink topping. We also colored our own sprinkles which we gave to the donut store to make sure the colors matched the party better.

My favorite detail from the party was the frames that decorated the fireplace.  We filled them with a photo of the girls over the years making sure that each graduate attending was in at least one.  It was really heartwarming to see how even though the girls are only 14, they have had a long history with so many of their friends.

We were so blessed to celebrate with family, longtime friends some of whom have watched the girls grow up the past 10+ years and new friend who already feel like old. We are so happy for this group of sweet kids!  Can’t wait to see what they do in high school.

All the signs from this Donut Graduation Party can be found in my ETSY shop along with tassels, balloons and straws.

Pink Dress can be found here

XO,

Jenny

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Batter Up! Hey everyone- today I am editing the photos from Luke’s 10th birthday party  Can’t wait to share them next week.  I always love how his parties turn out especially this Modern Baseball Party from his 9th birthday.  I thought I would share this party again since it’s the perfect time of year for this theme. Luke is all about the game.  He lives it and so do his friends.   They play hard and rough so I wanted it to be more graphic and urban than most All American Baseball Parties you usually see.  This turned one of the easiest parties I have every styled. It just flowed.  I started with a red, black and white color scheme- one of my all time favorites and incorporated a lot of wood elements (think bats). I also knew I wanted to use a lot of baseball terms so I created this really fun background paper which I used though out the design.

When I was growing up, my Dad played recreation league baseball for dozens of year. He always kept every single trophy he got.  It really touched me and Luke when he let me use some of them for the party.  One of them was actually from 1973.  To make fit into the party, I simply spray painted them all red.  I LOVE the effect. I used most of them for the table centerpiece.  I had a runner made out of our graphics and embellished paper plates with the #9.  I again incorporated the wood element by using wooden cutlery in mini black and white bags and each boy got a “Game Ball” tube and a mini juice container to complete their setting. A custom Play Ball balloon was tied to each chair.

The dessert table was framed by two 36 inch balloons and featured Baseball Cake Pops by Cake Poppin, Root Root Root Beer, Crackerjacks, mini Chocolate covered Oreos decorated like baseballs and my favorite- Bunt Cakes. Edible Details made the most perfect fondant baseball gloves that topped the cake and cupcakes. I filled kraft cups with “Baseball Batter” which was chocolate brownie pudding parfaits and made mini baseball donuts.  Oreo Sliders and baseball sugar cookies cut out to spell Luke’s name finished the table.

I printed a few famous baseball quotes for the snack and party favor table.  The boys treated themselves, to fun baseball treats like,  peanuts, licorice, sunflower seeds, Babe Ruth bars and Big League Chew. Mini kraft rippled cups with raspberries added the perfect pop of color.  For party favors I had mini custom wooden bats made with our party logo.

As a surprise, we took the boys to a Dodger Game.  Luke even got a birthday wish from the Dodgers.

When we got home we ended the party with a smash cake for Luke, a tradition from his first birthday.  As always, Luke slide right in head first.

The invitation, party kit, quotes and other elements of this Modern Baseball Party are available Bloom Designs Online

XO,

Jenny

CREDITS

Party Styling- Bloom Designs Online

Play Ball Balloons, Rippled Cups, Tassle, drink containers, straws- Bloom Designs

Photography- Andy Kitchen Photography

Cake pops- Cake Poppin

Chocolate Covered Oreo Baseballs- Cake Poppin

Fondant baseballs and gloves- Edible Details

Cookies- Flourish Sweet Shop

Custom Bats- Logo Print

Table Runners- Print My Picture Online

XO,

Jenny

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Hey Everyone!  This has been a crazy spring for me.  I have three parties coming up in the next five week. Needless to say there are lots of fun thing blooming here.  No doubt some of you have parties coming up too.  Start the party off right with printed invitations.  They really make a difference! (personalized stamps don’t hurt either)  It sets the mood for the party and gets your guest excited.

Whether its a birthday

or graduation,

you can find it in BLOOM! Follow us in weeks to come on instagram and see how we styled both of these parties!

XO,

Jenny

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Anyone else have spring fever?  I am do and since I am currently working on my sweet Charlotte’s tenth!!! birthday, I thought this the perfect time to share her Bloom Flower Party that I styled two summers ago.  Obviously, this party theme is very close to my heart.  I have wanted to style a Bloom Flower Party for a long time and since Charlotte loves pink, she was happy to have this birthday party theme as long as she could have a cotton candy machine.  Done!

I wanted the party to be simple, clean and modern. I choose a mint, blush and raspberry color scheme and kept all the décor, invitation and printables very basic. Since the party was towards the end of summer, I was worried about what fresh flowers would be available, so I decided to use only paper flowers.  Luckily, I have a Silhouette Machine that helped me cut out tons of flowers. My favorite part of the party was the clear balloon that I filled with flower confetti.  We used lots of tissue paper pom poms to make the flower centerpieces and backdrop for the dessert table.

The focal point of the dessert table was a simple white cake that I decorated with a gingham ribbon and paper flowers.  Other sweet treats included cake pops, macarons, sugar cookies, jar of milk and cupcakes all fancied up with fondant flowers.

Lunch was served under a sign that read “bloom where you are planted”- one of my favorite sayings.  The girls ate petal pasta, garden greens, blossom bread and petal punch and then had some fun painting-a-posey, making flower vases and decorating flower boxes. They loved making their own cotton candy. The girls got to pick their own party favor off of a cart from Ikea that I sprayed to match the party.

The girls painted posey pictures, made flower vase and flower boxes and spun their own cotton candy.  After Charlotte blew out her smash cake, Everyone left with a sweet little box of treats.

Photo Invitation also available here.  Can’t wait until everything is in bloom again.  Charlotte’s next birthday is just three months away now- let the party planning begin!

XO,

Jenny

Photo Invitation also available here

Party Concept and Styling- Bloom Designs

Invitations, Bloom Where You Are Planted Sign, and all paper printables- Bloom Designs

Photography- Andy Kitchen Photography

tissue pom poms, snack cups, balloon, straws, drink bottles – Bloom Designs

Cake pops and macarons- Sweets and Celebrations

Cupcake toppers, macaron flowers and milk glass flowers- Edible Details

Sugar Cookies- Bambella Cookies

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Hi Everyone! Today we are sharing a super simple way to dress up a party using basic paper plates. These Easy DIY Fruit Plates are perfect for a fiesta, feeling fruity party or watermelon party but you can really do something creative to a paper plate to fit any party theme. Use the birthday girl’s or boy’s age and add a number to a plate or the first initial of their name or a silhouette that fits the party theme. I usually add something to our plate at each party I host. It’s just a nice easy personal touch.

To make the plates, you need adhesive vinyl, paper plates and a Circuit or Silhouette Machine. Don’t have one of these amazing machines? (You should get one) No worries. You can use a paper punch or simple trace and hand cut your image. It will just take a little bit more time and effort on your part.

Open the Silhouette or Circuit program on your computer. Upload the image you want cut. Duplicate the image so you can cut multiples at once. Cut the image on the color vinyl of your choice. Peel and stick to your plates.

For these fruit plates, I used a simple tear drop shape to represent seeds. I have lots of images in my easy store that you can buy already done (seeds, giraffes, poodles, rattles, horses).  Hop on over and take a look.
XO,
Jenny

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