Sesame Street Party {Jackson's 1st Birthday}

Saturday, April 14th, we celebrated Jackson's First Birthday. Lisa and I have been planning this little soiree for quite sometime and finally it was all put together. You've probably seen Lisa's picture quite a few times on the blog, just because I've designed everything for her wedding, her birth announcements and now her son's first birthday party. It's been quite an honor being a part of this wonderful family's life. And the best part is that I've gained a new friend in Lisa, who loves parties as much as I do :)

So on with the details from the party....

First off, the invitations. We did a bi-folded 5x7 wide folded invitation, that had pictures of Jackson from throughout the year. I think it's always fun to incorporate the pictures from the year, just because babies change so much from the day they are born till they turn one.

To order this Sesame Street invitation, or any other custom inviations, contact us at info@invitationparlour.com or call us at 951-241-0417

Dessert Table. We designed the pennant banner & signs and labels to match the invite, for the various delicious dessert Lisa had. Colette's Events, designed the cake, chocolate elmo pops & cake pops....it was soooo cute, and delish!!

Lisa ordered a bunch of cute favors from etsy, including the sesame street frames, Elmo & Cookie monster pails, and the Zoe ponytail headbands. She also got the cute "Jackson" street sign there too.

Both Elmo & Cookie Monster came to the party to join in the fun.

Aww, look at that cute little smile.

Jackson really likes birthday cake :) mmmmm yum, yum, yum!!

Here is Jackson with his dad Nick, who, one is very handy, he made the second "Jackson Street" sign & two, makes the yummiest hamburger sliders!

And here is big sister Addy hanging out with Elmo

Here is Jackson with his mama, Lisa!

And here is my son, Aidan, who was one of the guests, dancing to the music :)

Vendor Credits:

Cake & desserts: Colette's Events
Invitation & Party stationary: www.invitationparlour.com
Photos: www.mycreativevision.com
Party Favors, hats/headbands, Sesame Street Sign: www.etsy.com

2012 Wedding Invitation Giveaway

Win FREE Wedding Invitations!

(Up to a $500 value at www.invitationparlour.com)

Entering to WIN is easy! Submit a story to info@invitationparlour.com about how you and your fiancé met, the proposal or what you think makes your relationship unique. The top 5 stories will be selected, then posted on Invitation Parlour’s Facebook fan page for the voting process. The story that gets the most votes will WIN a Grand Prize valued up to $500!

Grand Prize Winner:

Up to 100 wedding invitation sets, which include a
5x7 invitation, RSVP card, enclosure card,
printed on textured art cardstock and 2 white envelopes.

Second Prize Winner:

$100 gift card to www.invitationparlour.com

Third Prize Winner:

$50 gift card to www.invitationparlour.com


Qualified stories will be accepted between June 1, 2012 and June 31, 2012. Voting will begin on July 1, 2012, and the winner will be determined on July 15, 2012.

Voting Process:
We will post 5 stories on our facebook fan page, www.facebook.com/invitationparlour09. In order for fans to vote on your story, you must help us promote our page by asking them to check out or “like” our fan page. Participants must agree to let us use your name and share photos of our invitations in promotions, on our Facebook page, in our blog and/or website.

Valid for weddings between November 1, 2012 – December 31, 2013. Designs must be selected from the Invitation Parlour website, www.invitationparlour.com. Not valid on custom designs. Additional add-ons will be charged separately. No purchase necessary.


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Fly Away with the Captain - Vintage Planes Themed Party

Time really flies when you're having so much fun! Seanny and I had a really great time putting together Navin's 6th birthday party.

My son has been a plane enthusiast since he was 2 years old.  He's totally obsessed with planes and has his heart set on becoming a fighter pilot when he grows up.  When he was 4 years old, we threw him a Fighter Jet themed party so this time our challenge was to come up with another "airplane" theme.  

Have no fear, Navin is also into vintage WWII airplanes, so that's just what we did. His favorite plane from that era is the P-51 Mustang.

Where do I begin? With the design of the invitations of course, but you already knew that! (If you are interested in ordering this invitation, contact us at info@invitationparlour.com for more information.)

We also designed matching address labels and thank you cards to go with this party.

Ideas started flowing once we had the design down. (Drum roll please...)  I present to you, our centerpiece table!

Here are the details for our treat table:

The entire table was decorated with the help of our wonderful girlfriends. We hung about eight

(15-inch) vintage planes from the ceiling and printed our own clouds backdrop. We made mini-airplanes out of tootsie rolls and gum sticks. We even made use of Navin's aircraft carrier and I made the runway. The treats on the table included home-made red velvet cupcakes, cake pops, jelly beans, chocolate bark, and lots of fun goodies found via Oriental Trading Co. We even gave out US Army lanyards, dog tag keychains, and pencils.

We also created name badges for all of the kids. We had about 26 kids at this party. All the kids were very excited to find their names on the table and proudly wore their badges. Navin was their Captain and they were his Lieutenants. As a surprise to Navin, we framed 10 of his drawings and displayed them like an art gallery. It put a smile on his face each time someone gave him a "high five" for his drawings. I bought the supplies to make the name badges at Staples. For the picture frames, I found them at the Dollar Tree store, what a steal! I highly recommend going there to look for favors and supplies.

But wait, I'm not done yet! I've got one more trick up my sleeve for our guests! I wanted to do something fun to get both kids and adults excited. Seanny and I came up with a "Pilot's License" photo prop. We made oversized licenses so that our guests could stick their head in a frame and make their own "Pilot's License". The result, our guests had a BLAST, as you can see in the photo collage below.

In conclusion, guests of all ages had one high-flying time!! As for our Captain Navin, he is one happy pilot! 

Photo taken by
Creative Vision Photography
www.mycreativevision.com

Check out other kid's party invitations at http://www.invitationparlour.com/birthdayinvitations.php. For a limited time only, enter SPRING2012 discount code for 15% off your entire order at check out. 

 ~ Justina

New Shower Invitations & Spring Sale!

Happy Spring everyone! It is time for the friends and bridesmaids to start planning those wedding showers for the Summer brides, and we are happy to show you some of our newest designs at www.invitationparlour.com Plus now we are having our Spring Sale, use the code SPRING2012 at checkout and get 15% off. Happy planning!!

Bright Florals

Chevron Stripes

Photo Save the Date Cards & Magnets

Yay, we finally have our photo save the date cards & magnets available on our website to order. Go and check them out, www.invitationparlour.com

Here are a few of the designs.

Vintage Polaroid

Modern Lines

And if you wanted any of the designs from the original Save the Date section, changed to a design with photos added to it, just email us at info@invitationparlour.com  or call us at 951-241-0417, we can definitely help you do that.

Thanks for check us out, have a wonderful day!

2012 Spring & Summer Color Ideas

Planning a spring and summer wedding? Here's some inspiration for color ideas. 

Color sets the tone of any event. It determines the color of the bridesmaid dresses, flowers, decor and of course the stationary design. 

Here's Pantone's fashion color report for 2012.

Kim and Daniel {Real Wedding}

On February 5th, 2012 Kim and Daniel were married, at the San Diego Marina aboard a yacht. They kept the wedding small and intimate, with only about 30 guests, but the details for the wedding were not overlooked, and everything was elegant and beautifully done. 

Kim's wedding colors were tiffany blue, silver and off white. We chose to print the invitations on a shimmery pearl-like paper to give it that extra elegant touch. Other items she had were custom address labels, place cards, menus and thank you cards. You can order this Classic Peonies Design at www.invitationparlour.com, call us at 951-241-0417 or email at info@invitationparlour.com for any questions.

Some of the other details Kim had, that I loved, were the cute bow ties on the favor boxes and the cute flower pins that were placed on the lady's place cards, made by Pink Clouds Designs

Here's some more details and pictures from the wedding. Photos were taken by Eric Kieu Photography

Congratulations Kim and Daniel, may your life together be filled with love and happiness!!