I'm so excited to announce that On To Baby has featured Nicole's Bee-Day party on their blog! On To Baby is a sister site to Wedding Chicks that features all things baby such as lovely baby showers, inspiring nursery design, unforgettable first birthday parties, and more. Head on over and check it out, you will fall in love with the site, so adorable!
My good friends Aline and Dan asked me to design their daughter Natalia's christening invitations. Since this was going to be a grand affair, Aline wanted something that looked more formal with a little bit of bling. I found these beautiful pink swarovski crosses that became the inspiration for the rest of the design. I loved how they turned out and so did Aline. She said "you definitely can't find anything like this online!". That is precisely why I started custom designing invitations, I could never find an invitation that I fell in love with or matched the theme I was going for. I like the invitation design to act as a sneak peak of what's to come at the event. Aline and Dan, Natalia is absolutely precious. May god always bless your beautiful family.
The Design: The invitation was attached to the inside of a pink polkadot linen textured gate fold. The gate fold was wrapped with a soft pink silk ribbon. The inside had three layers, first a pink metallic card stock, then a matte grey card stock, and lastly the invitation on top. I added a pink swarovski crystal cross to the top of the invitation so that it was visible from the outside of the gatefold. Since there were many guests invited, I also designed a response postcard to make collecting the RSVP's easier. The invitation was inserted into a pink metallic envelope and a matching address label was wrapped around the side.
My friends Lia and Roman are blessed with two beautiful children, Karina and Gregory. I had taken pictures of Karina last year for her 3rd birthday, check out the photos here. Now that precious Gregory has come into the world, Lia wanted me to take photos of them together. I love photographing kids! They are all smiles (well, most of the time) and always so spontaneous.
Lia made all the adorable paper items and coordinated the kids outfits. It was a pleasure to spend the morning with these two cuties. Enjoy!
My neighbor and good friend Christine hired me to do the event design for her daughter Nicole's 2nd birthday party. She was open to any theme, so I put together an inspiration board with potential ideas for a backyard bumble bee themed party. She gave me the thumbs up and said "Taleen I trust you, go for it!".
The party took place in Christine's beautiful backyard, which was a perfect setting to execute the bumble bee theme. The color scheme was a mixture of soft yellow, grey, and white. I brought in a few elements to play off of the backyard theme such as steel pails and watering cans. I also wanted to decorate the space with home made paper goods and detailed signs. Even though this was a 2nd birthday celebration, most of the people in
attendance were adults, so I wanted the environment to be kid friendly as well as pleasing to the adult eye.
Thank you Christine and Alex for letting me create something special for Nicole! I had so much fun creating all the fun details for the party. A big thanks to Becca Martin from LoveLifeStudios for capturing the photos.
For more details on the design read below!
Photography: Becca Martin of LoveLifeStudios / Desserts: Sweet Tooth Confections / Rentals: Michael Hensley Party Rentals / Design.Florals.PaperGoods: Simple Little Details
Bee's
Corner: I created the Bee's Corner canopy to act as an exclusive space
where the kids could hang out and have fun. I purchased a mosquito net
and made a ribbon chandelier to hang from the top. We laid out a
blanket, pillows, and fun toys such as bubbles, books, and coloring
items for the kids to play with. Although Bee's Corner was supposed to
be a special space for the kids, it ended up being the highlight of the
party for the adults as well!
Drink Table: I hand made a paper circle garland to act as a backdrop for the drink table. I used a variety of
yellow and grey papers and thread grey and white twine through them to
make the garland. We had fresh lemonade for the kids that we served in
mason jars that reminded me of beehives. I wrapped a "Sip" tag around
the mason jars with grey and white twine to add a fun detail. We also
had yellow and white striped paper straws for the kids to "sip" the
lemonade. Since there were a lot of adults at the party, Christine also
wanted to serve wine. I made custom "Nicole" wine labels with Nicole's birth
date to wrap around the wine bottles.
Lunch Tables: The lunch
tables were covered in a simple white linen and had a white and yellow checkered runner. The first centerpiece was a steel
watering can filled with white and yellow mums, and the second was mason
jars wrapped with burlap and twine and filled with white mums. Each
person had their individual place setting, which was a steel pail that
held the fabric napkin, utensils, and lemonade. The white folding chairs
always go perfectly in a backyard setting. I made a special "Queen
Bee" sign for the birthday girl's chair since she was after all the queen of the
party!
Dessert Table: The dessert spread consisted of kettle corn,
cake pops, cupcakes, and cookies, YUM! A big thanks to Sweet Tooth Confection for making the delicious desserts. I made the paper wheel
backdrop for the dessert table using a variety of yellow and grey
papers. The kettle corn was displayed in paper cones and placed upright in a wooden container. The cupcakes were topped with bumble bee and
"yum" paper wheel cupcake toppers. I also attached "Buzzzzzzz" tags to
the sticks of the cake pops.
Favors: For the favors I made
circular scalloped tags that said "Thanks for Bee-ing sweet". I then
made two slits on the top and bottom of the tag and slipped the honey
sticks through them.
