Real Parties: Indoor Garden Party

 Our challenge for this event was to make a huge church fellowship hall feel small and intimate, and completely different than usual…all with a tiny budget.  Martha’s pom poms really gave the room a pop of color, and the string lights and fountain in the middle of the room made it feel as if we were in an outdoor courtyard. 

We created little garden vignettes throughout the room to fill up space, and create areas where people could congregate.

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Garden Party Favors: Seed Packets

 Seed packets are the perfect low-cost favor for a summer garden party.  There are so many fun ways to design and present them.  We originally planned on making these for our volunteer indoor garden dinner, but unfortunately we ran out of time and energy….sometimes it happens.

 

 

Once Wed, Brooklyn Bride, Ritzy Bee, Martha Stewart

These two templates are downloadable here  and here

 

the inspiration

Last weekend we helped out with a “Servant’s Heart” dinner banquet at my church to honor all of the hard working volunteers that give so much of their time and effort.  So of course, we wanted to make this an extra special event to celebrate all these extra special people. We wanted to do a garden themed dinner, like a “thank you for the seeds you’ve sown”, sorta thing.  But we don’t have a garden, all we have is a gigantic hall so we decided to bring the garden indoors with lots of lush plants, garden benches and outdoor lights. We took our some of our inspiration from the cover of this bridal magazine. 

Pictures coming soon!

Awesome M-day downloads

I thought I was done for today, but I wouldn’t want anyone to miss these awesome downloads. Download at  Blah, Blah, Blahg.

From Baca Creative

From Twig & Thistle

Happy Mom’s Day

This downloadable card from Ambrosia Girl makes me laugh.  Happy day to all mothers out there!

Last Minute Mother’s Day Gift: Spas for a Cause

If you live in California, here’s a great last minute Mother’s day gift.  With $65 you can get your mom 4 spa services, which includes a donation to a nonprofit group.   Well, actually, this is blatant self promotion, since my church is currently fundraising for a couples retreat.  But, what mom would’nt want 4 days of pampering?  And, for all you last minute daughters out there, I’m also including a downloadable spa certificate (see below), which you can print out and include with the online documents.  You can attach them to a #10 cardstock & envelope for the full package.  Check out the participating spas near you.  Oh yeah, and if you do, add me as the referrer (April Tello)

   

momsday certificate spa

Imprintables does it again

While I was over at Imprintables yesterday finishing up my post on their Bumble Bee Birthday party, I came across another great party.  In fact they have lost of great party ideas, and affordable invites & gift tags to go with every theme. I especially love the sail away set, what a cute party.

 

Bumble Bee Birthday

Very sweet bumble bee birthday party from Imprintables.

Circus Party Invites

These are the awesome invites that go along with Armelle’s Circus Party below. 

Here’s another cute circus option from My Favorite Color is Shiny.

 

and lastly, a great list of some free carnival fonts from iDIY.

Real Parties: Circus Birthday

I seriously love circus/carnival parties, they’re so fun and colorful - and there are so many different ways to do a carnival themed party.  This party from Armelle, uses some fun vintage details, and the ticket labels are so cute.  She even got her husband to learn how to make balloon animals, isn’t he sweet?

Lots more photos and details here.