We got really excited when we spotted these EmersonMade party hats on Brooklyn Bride this week. So very sweet and just might be the perfect little party hat! We don’t see them for sale yet but we’ll surely be on the lookout.
Some of our other favorite links this week:
- A great looking iPhone app for little ones!
- A beautiful travel-inspired dessert table, chock-full of inspiration on Amy’s blog
- A birthday picnic by Melanie
- A really great elephant round-up – we love the animal parade pennant!
Happy Friday!
Lots of great inspiration to gather from these pretty photos by stylist Susanna Vento.
Nothing over-the-top, just lots of simple sweet details with pops of color – just how we like it!
[first spotted on the style files]
We thought we’d do a round-up of some of the great birthday candle options out there! Its a small detail but a fun and way to add a pop of color and do something a little different.
Sources:
Row 2: mini taper candles; twisted taper candles
Row 4 – they’re not candles but we do love these little party animal taper holders!
Row 5: beeswax candles; black and white striped candles
This week’s real party is a balloon party we spotted over on Brooke Reynold’s blog, Inchmark. We’re huge fans of her work and its no surprise we loved the most recent balloon party she threw for her 6 year-old son!
For the invitations Brooke rolled the invitations into a little tube and then slipped them into a helium filled balloon, along with a few pieces of confetti. Then attached a little tag that reads “Pop me!” to the balloon string. The invitations where then delivered to each friend’s doorstep (very fun!.
One of the main party activities was a balloon obstacle course. Read full details on Brooke’s blog.
For the cake, Brooke blew up little balloons (like the kind you use for water balloons) and tied them to skewers.
Favor bags were stenciled with a red 6 and held a few dot candies and a punch balloon. The kids used their bags to catch the candy from the “balloon pinata”.
Thanks Brooke for letting us share your balloon party – we love it!
We recently came across this Etsy shop and love the offerings. Wouldn’t this tablecloth be sweet for a party?
Melanie featured this in a post last week. This would make a fun party activity or gift.
As would this sweet hopscotch mat!
We love a little dress-up for every day, a party or as a party activity. With that in mind, we thought we’d round-up some of our favorite dress-up items for inspiration.
2. angel wings
3. woven play
5. woven play (on sale too! : )
6. pirate patch
And happy Friday to you! Before we leave for the weekend, here are some of our favorite things we spotted this week:
- HHH contributor Jordan Ferney is a genius! We love this balloon signage!
- Really great wallpaper for little ones
- Traffic jam bunting!
- A vintage ice cream party
Scrapbooking paper has come a long way and we love the great colors and patterns available now!
Take these from Two Peas in a Bucket. The possibilities for invitations, bunting, party hats, pennants, etc. are endless!
[via Paper Crave]
First we want to welcome Melanie Blodgett as a new contributing editor to Hip Hip Hooray! We’re really excited to have Melanie – we’ve been big fans of her blog, You’re My Fave. She’s got a great eye and is super talented and we’re looking forward to what she’ll share here on HHH.
Melanie is going to do a regular feature, Parties from the Bookshelf. We love the idea of seeking party inspiration from your child’s bookshelf. There are chances there’s a book that they can recite from memory (we’re looking at you Blue Hat, Green Hat!) and that they would be thrilled to see come to life. With a quick flip through the pages you can come up with a color scheme, decorations and activity ideas.
Here’s some inspiration by Melanie from If You Give a Moose a Muffin!
Fun, right? We’re so excited to have Melanie!
image sources:
tartan note cards, felt pine trees, tablescape from Lulu Blue
doorway puppet theater, muffins, Cardboard Safari
We’re excited to share with you the birthday party of Liz Banfield’s daughter, Charlotte. Liz is by far one of the most inspiring and talented photographer’s we know and we loved seeing her capture her daughter’s sweet party!
The scene: a “half” birthday for Charlotte. Charlotte’s actual birthday is the day after New Years…and since it’s not a great time of year to have a party, they decided to make it a tradition that her party will be in the summertime…so fun and clever!
Liz created a sweet atmosphere by using a lot of color and hand making a lot of the details. Party hats were crafted by tracing the pattern of a plain hat onto decorative paper. Hot glue, feather boa fringe and a feather on top, topped it all off! Simple but colorful invitations were from Target. To add a little more sweetnees, Liz filled jars with colorful candy.
The super cute garden cake was by Wuollet Bakery.
DIY party activity: Little friends gathered and made booklets about themselves using Kolo albums. Liz took a picture of each child and printed them up on the computer for the cover. They also took silly pictures with wigs and glasses for interior pictures of the book and then a second set of prints were cut out of everyone’s faces to make a chain of friends. The kids cut out paper to make “outfits” for themselves. And then scrunched up tissue paper to make flowers (we LOVE this!).
Liz used simple but festive tissue pom-pom (via Martha Stewart for Wal-Mart pom-pom kits) and tissue flowers to add a final touch.
Thank you, Liz, for sharing Charlotte’s half birthday with us!
Photography credit: Liz Banfield
We think this pennant card kit by Briones + Co. would make a great invitation! Just simply write the party details and ask guests to bring their pennant to the party to hang.
Simple, cute and festive!
