scott turned forty this past march..

Most importantly, the birthday boy loved his party – and we had a fun time planning + executing it!

we were just featured for the swashbuckler party on hostess with the mostess!

we are just so excited to share this party with you! I LOVED getting to create this party for my boys HARRY + FRANKIE.. more deets below!

Frankie has been obsessed with pirates these days and all things ninja, that is why we went with the “swashbuckler” theme. I didn’t want to do the typical black and red pirate party theme since that is what everyone does, plus my tiny pirate loves blue and brown!

I tried to tie in some nautical elements because I wanted it to still have a fun and playful feel since I was combining my two boys birthdays! Frankie was turning 4 and Harry was turning 1. Since Harrison was only turning 1, I didn’t want the party to be too “old” for him, so I made sure to add in some whimsical elements.

For the invitation, the front had all the info and the back had all the pirates you see throughout the party! We had a tiny marine flag banner wrapped around the invite too, just to add a fun embellishment. The liner was my favorite!! A giant shark bite!

We had a giant gold X in front of the house for X marks the spot, and glitter pirate skulls with a twist!

I made tiny newspaper hats for them to give them a nautical feel. (We are actually selling these in our Etsy shop!)

My dad made a pirate mast, so that our “loot” table could look like a ship!! Each tiny pirate got to load up with jewels, costume pieces, and weapons!

Since the party was at 10 am, we had a variety of brunch items: a cereal bar ( Frankie’s favorite cereals), VG’s donuts, orange slices, rice krispie “boats”, clam cookies, and my favorite: hard tack! I read that pirate would have to eat the hard tack out of the barrels and the weevils would get all in their stale bread… and the pirates ate it anyways!!!
So, I just had to include it in our brunch set up!!! Oh, and obviously “pirates booty!” I had to get custom cups in gold, so it looked like our party was full of treasure!

We played walk the plank and each kid got a squishy shark if they made it across!!! We did a scavenger hunt throughout our neighborhood of gold coins that we hid for the kids to hunt out and find! I also set up a “bucket and ball toss” just something all the tiny little babies would be into, that way they had something to throw the balls into, and just hang out in the backyard We also had custom tattoos for the boys to put on… (and their mamas too!). (Also in the Etsy shop!!) My favorite one was “I love mom” haha!! Classic for these tiny pirates!!

And of course, my last and FAVORITE detail is when harry went FACE FIRST into his cake! haha! Gosh I love that kid.. and he LOVES food no doubt about it.

ALL of these photos ( except all the cuties on the plank..) were taken by the ever so talented jackie wonders..  Jackie Wonders Photography
I couldn’t thank her enough for capturing this sweet day!

We recently MOVED!

I am so excited to share Harrison’s baby dedication with you! It is just a simple sweet invite and treats for the family.

We dedicated Harrison at north coast Calvary chapel in front of all our family a few weeks ago. I just had a simple strawberry shortcake reception.. And in all the chaos I forgot to actually take a picture of the dessert.. Ha! Too many mouths to feed I guess!

We chose the verse “His compassions never fail..great is Your faithfulness” Lamentations 3:22-23. After having a miscarriage in between Frankie and Harry… I just treasured each moment of being pregnant with Harrison.. New life is such a gift! And God is always faithful.. So it just seemed like the perfect verse.

I went with a spring theme of mint and greens with a pop of red.. Since I kept seeing all the strawberry stands going up around my house!

The treat bags were for my nieces and nephews.. Silly putty is one of my favorite toys!

Hope you enjoyed this tiny party we had to celebrate Harrison and our commitment to The Lord as his parents!

” as for me and my house we will serve The Lord “ Joshua 24:15

We cannot believe our little frankie is already THREE!!! where does time go!? He is OBSESSED these days with batman.. so of course.. we had to make his crime-fighting dreams come true.. and create the ultimate batman party for him!! The invite was a front and back card.. with a bat signal envelope liner! Each bat was laser cut in black and yellow to tie on as the perfect party accessory.
The tiny cake is by sweet and saucy shop and the cookies too!

We made capes for each child.. so they were all zooming around “gotham {box}  city” as they feasted on treats and their sack lunches of pb sandwiches and goldfish! We also created custom cups so that each child could have a cup with a lid on it! it was perfect.. no spills.. and obviously the cutest cups to keep! The party finished off with a batman pinata.. and yellow light up balls fell out along with batman candy!

Each child got a cape and a sack lunch + of course their own “bat signal” light up wand.

Cookies and cake by sweet and saucy shop!

Best picture we could get out of this sugar-rushed three year old! ha!!

Loved making this honeycomb garland! it was so easy and made such a statement!!

Custom signage made the party!! The best part is.. you can keep it to use again for in their room!

Gotham city was made out of all our old packing boxes from Christmas!

Goodie bags!!

We loved everything about this invitation suite. Primarily because we LOVE the bride! Stephanie Uchima, of Preppy Chic Events, hired us to do her *own* wedding! We were honored and thrilled to create her dream stationery. Of course, she had a pretty set idea of what she wanted – and had the styling down to a “t”. For her destination wedding in Maui, she picked a clean color palette of white, navy and blush pink. We kept the invitations simple – thick cotton stock and navy ink – all tied together with a navy ribbon band and flat seal. We incorporated a “logo” for them (their initials with arrows crossing) that started with their save the date announcements and carried through the wedding invitations. The activities card was printed on a blush stock to give a pop of color. Thanks for allowing us to be a part of your special day, Stephanie!

you can view the entire thing HERE on style me pretty!

flroals: Brown Paper Designs, design and planning Green Ribbon Party Planning Co. rentals:  Found Vintage Rentals, photography by Katie Vowels for Annie McElwain i

We were so honored to participate in an amazing nautical themed photo shoot for “Destination I Do” with Wedding PR – and a dream team of vendors!

Navy, white and pops of pink were the color palette we had to work with. We kept things elegant and simple – and also added in a whale for an element of “surprise”!

We designed an invitation set (loved how the envelope liner for the RSVP card was just a thick diagonal stripe + the main envelope opened to display a fun pattern!), menus, place cards and drink “flags”.

we are also slightly obsessed with whales at the moment.. so just take a minute to admire him

to see the sneak peak and all the wonderful vendors click HERE