P&C Real Life Party: Lemonade Dinner Party

I was actually a little surprised when Amber at A Little Bit Biased threw this FABULOUS dinner party. How did she find the time, what with all quilting she does? Here is what she had to say...

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Labor Day Festivities

Yesterday we had a lemonade stand at my house. Well, actually, it was a dinner with a lemonade stand theme. My mom loves to entertain and really wanted to try out this theme by Paper & Cake Printable Partyware. We first saw it over at karaspartyideas.blogspot.com and if you have not poked around on either of these two blogs then you are in for a treat.  Stop by (and be prepared to be amazed ~ the creative minds featured on there are high class!)

Anyways, my mom got the printable party kit online and went to town!

This was our dessert table, minus the lemonade ice-cream cones. The lemonade ice-cream I like to make is so simple!!! It's just one container of vanilla ice-cream (softened) and one container of thawed lemonade concentrate. Refreeze in (two) graham cracker crusts or back in the ice-cream container for cones. You can't see the delicious Carmel brownies that my brother & sister-in law brought or the darling containers that held the lemon zest popcorn very well, but trust me when I say that we had quite the assortment of goodies.

Dinner was great too, but somehow we got side-tracked and forgot to take pictures of the food (it's easy how that happens huh?)

On the menu was:

Spiced Chicken & Grape Skewers,

Fried Smashed Potatoes with Lemons,

Asparagus,

Watermelon,

(and unfortunately, we omitted our tweaked version of the  

Nordstrom Cafe Carmelized Walnut and Pear Salad

due to time, but everything was delicious!)

We had a great time playing Kooky Croquet and just being together as a family...

(Gigi and Grandpa)

(The three little munchkins...)

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P&C on Television

Last week, we had the opportunity to work with Amy Nichols a FABULOUS event planner. She was working on a segment for CBS5 in San Francisco, and asked us for some Pizza Party printables. Did I mention this was for television?

Anyway, here is some what she had to say:

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It is time for a make your own pizza party! This past Saturday, I had the honor of appearing on the CBS5 Eyewitness Morning news in San Francisco to present an idea on an economical kid's birthday party. For the segment, I decided to do a pizza party. My thought was it was good for kids of all ages, as parents can tailor the level of involvement based on the child's age. In addition, rather than having a ton of party games that can get competitive, I came up with activities that would suit kids of multiple ages playing together.

So let's get started with the ideas!

I suggested getting inexpensive aprons from Michaels and letting the kids decorate their aprons before they got started with assembling pizzas. I'd suggest using the craft line from Martha Stewart Crafts or iron-on transfers from Michaels (of course with adult supervision).

It's time to make some pizzas! It is a good idea to start with a pizza peel, especially if you're making several pizzas at the same time. I like this one from Williams-Sonoma, and its also eco-friendly.

To make the assembly part more fun for kids, I love these decor elements from Paper & Cake. I chose to use their tomato sauce label (love it!) and also their small mise-en-place labels for the ingredients. There are many more options from this line, and the collection is now available in Paper and Cake's etsy store!

 

A party wouldn't be complete without dessert, right? Well no kid is going to opt for fruit instead of a birthday cake, but that doesn't mean you can't make a fruit pizza to offer the kids too. The recipe for this fruit pizza comes from San Francisco Entertains, the new cookbook from the Junior League of San Francisco. The book will be available 10/20 and can be purchased here.

You can't let your guests leave empty-handed, so I suggest sending them home with these adorable pizza cookies -- in both "slices" and "whole pie" shapes. Too cute!  These are from Little Laura's Sweets. Laura will soon be launching her new line, Da*Lish. The cookies are topped with favor labels from Paper & Cake as well.

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You can see the tv segment here, and be SURE to check out Amy's blog for the rest of the Pizza Party segment details, and to leave comments - we love comments!

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As if that wasn't enough ~ more Halloween!

invitation, favor box and candle wraps

Halloween is one of our favorite holidays, yes, FAVORITE. That is why we have created this ultra elegant printable Halloween Party collection.

Imagine using this for your annual Halloween Dinner party, or a spooktacular grown up Costume Party. This classic damask pattern of black and orange has been applied to:

Invitation (Fits #10 Envelope)
Menu
Wine Bottle Labels
Napkin Rings
Candle Wrappers
Wine Glass Tags
Food Labels
Favor Box
Place Cards
Cupcake Pics
Cupcake Wrappers
Pennant Banner (Happy Halloween)
Patterned Paper


All of these items are formatted to be printed on 8.5 x 11" paper, either on your home color printer or the file can be sent to your local copy store. Wondering what kinds of tools you need? Each set does come with a list of tools and materials - but rest assured, scissors and scotch tape are all you need.

cupcake wrappers

menu, wine bottle label, wine glass tags and napkin wraps

Take a look in our new store today! Only $8.

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Cupcake Wrapper EXTRAVAGANZA!

Our Cupcake Wrappers have become so popular, we have decided to offer them on their own! All of our Cupcake Wrapper designs are versatile enough to use for any celebration.

Can't choose just one? We also have a "3 for $10" offer (just be sure to include your choice of 3 in the "message to seller").

• Black & Yellow Damask
• Pink & Green Camouflage
• Preppy Plaid
• Pool Day
• Bright Floral
• Bird and Roses
• Stripes & Flourishes
• Retro Hawaiian
• Ocean Life

These really are simple to put together (I promise!). After printing, follow these steps:

1. cut with scissors or an xacto knife
2. wrap around a baked, cooled, undecorated cupcake
3. secure in back with tape or double sided tape
4. using a pastry bag and tips, pipe on your frosting
5. or added customization, trim the top edge with your choice of deckled scissors

Cute, huh? Stop by our Etsy shop for yours, today.

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Bon Appétit

scrumptious cupcake picks!

Thank you all for being so patient in waiting for our "Bon Appétit" collection!

Desperate for beautiful recipe cards, we illustrated iconic spoons, knives and forks, to grace the front of our new 4x6 recipe cards. Not wanting the embellishment to stop there, this cutlery design has been applied to anything and everything you could dream up for your own dinner party.

the perfect party favor, more food to bring home

The "Bon Appétit" collection has so many gorgeous items to download and print at home, that we had to split them into two packages:

you will never iron another tablecloth - with these cute placemats

the Limited Edition package, 9 items for $5:

• 4x6” Pot Luck invitation
• recipe cards
• wine glass tags
• cupcake picks
• party food labels
• napkin rings
• thank you card
• custom envelope
• 8.5x11 weekly meal planner

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the Special Edition package, 19 items for $8:

• everything listed above PLUS
• jar labels
• hang tags
• favor box/to go box
• placemat
• coffee cup sleeve
• Bon Apétit note card
• custom envelope
• full size patterned paper
• the cutlery artwork saved as .png files for you to apply to extra printables as needed

better than Starbucks in every way!

Please stop by our Etsy Shop for your collection today!

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