HELLO KITTY PARTY

Every year, my good friend throws a birthday party for herself. Though it's really more of a party for her friends then herself.

She always has a cute theme, a lovely lunch, darling decorations and she also provides all the items for everyone to either scrapbook or make cards.

As if that is not enough, she sends everyone home with goodie bags filled to the brim with all sorts of fun items.




This year her theme was HELLO KITTY. She has always loved HELLO KITTY and even though most of her friends wanted her to pick another theme, she was true to herself and went with what she loved.




She starts planning and purchasing items for her parties up to a year in advance.

She found the cute little HELLO KITTY heads at Easter time. You know how they now have different type of plastic eggs in many shapes now? Well she picked up the HELLO KITTY eggs and used them to put pink and white bubble gum in them.

She made the darling place cards. The place card holders were sold at TJ Maxx at Christmas time. I loved these! My favorite part of the whole party was the place cards and holders.

She used little pony tail bands with HELLO KITTY on them as her her napkin rings.

The first of several "favors" for us to take home were packed inside the little pink bag at each place setting.

The pink flowers were perfect for this theme. They were so perfect looking I thought they were silk at first.

Pink has always been her favorite color so it came as no surprise to see she went with the pink HELLO KITTY theme rather then the red one.

Even her snacks were pink. Pink candy, pink and white cookies, pink lemon aide.



She had little displays all around her house. I have to admit, while I wasn't a big HELLO KITTY fan before this party, I really did find everything to be darling.



No matter what her party theme is, she will dress up her stuffed monkey. I have no idea how she finds a little outfit for every theme, but she does.

I made the cupcakes for her party. They were banana cupcakes with cream cheese icing and of course they were topped with little HELLO KITTIES!



After we ate, we moved into the other room where all the crafting would be done. Everyone had their own set up with kits for card making, rubber stamp sets, candy to munch on and everything you would need for hours of crafting.

Everyone had a great time. We had a lot of laughs and as always, it was wonderful spending time with friends.

Happy Birthday Sandra, I had a blast!

IT WAS A YEAR OF PARTIES!

I thought it would be fun to join in the party that Cindy over at Romantic Homes is hosting. She has asked us to go through our photos and posts and do a review of 2009.

In doing so, I noticed 2009 was filled with parties, parties and more parties.

So, my review is going to be of all the fun parties I've thrown this year.


The first party of 2009 was Trinity's birthday party. Every year it's a different theme.

For her 8th birthday it was all about horses!

We went to a local petting zoo and had a BBQ, played games, opened presents and rode on the train. The high light was when all the kids got to ride on a horse.

For some, it was the first time they had been on a horse before.

It was a fun time and, per Trinity, "a birthday she will never forget".

It's almost time for her birthday party this year. Wow! She is almost 9 years old. Growing up so fast. The theme this year is going to be MAGIC!


The next party was a baby shower for a friend. The theme was "Welcome to the Nest Little One".

Of course that meant birds and nests were the main theme of the decor.

Since she was having a little boy (her 4th boy) the color was blue and brown.

My favorite thing of the whole shower was the cupcakes! Little bird nests with baby birds popping up. You can see them here.


Then came the darling Alice in Wonderland birthday party for my sister, Patty.

This was a surprise party. She didn't have a clue what we were up to. It was just our family as she made me promise not to have a big party for her.

However, the decorations were so cute. Thanks to Donna at Party Wishes. This is one of her parties you can rent. If you have not been to her blog you must go see it. She has the best parties in town!


Summer time was a great reason to throw a FUN IN THE SUN party for Trinity and a few of her girlfriends.

They ate, played water games, jumped on the trampoline as they squirted the hose and had a fun time.

We decided to have more of these smaller parties with just three or so friends over so she can have some quality time with her friends.

Our next girlfriend party is going to be a Barbie theme.


The annual Halloween party, I throw for Trinity, was a big hit this year. It was all about Pirates!

We had food, games, crafts, tattoos and so much fun! All the kids said they loved going to Trinity's parties because they have such a good time.

I'm already in the planning mode for this years Halloween party.


After all the fun with the kids on Halloween, I wanted to have a little party for adults. So I had a Witches Lunch.

It was nice to sit down and enjoy some time with my sisters and friend and it was decided we all want to do this every year.

The year closed up with a Christmas Cookie party for Trinity and a few of her friends.

Each girl got to make and decorate their own cookies to take home.

We had dinner, baked cookies and the girls all won awards for their cookies.

Next Christmas we are going to make Gingerbread Houses.

So that's about how my life is, if I'm not throwing a party, I'm planning one.

I have several in the works right now. Of course there is Trinity's Birthday party coming up in Jan. Then I am having a small Valentine's Day lunch for my friends and sisters, maybe a St. Patrick's Day tea party, an Academy Award party, a New York theme birthday party for my sister, Maureen, a Barbie party, a flip flop summer party, the annual Halloween party, a Witches lunch and a Gingerbread House party.

Oh my! I'm tired already.

The year 2009 was a good year. I hope 2010 is even better.

Now be sure to go to Romantic Homes and see everyone's end of the year reviews.

Happy New Year!