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Hungry Caterpillar party by Maria

February 7, 2011

One of our favorite books, The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, was the inspiration for a birthday party we recently helped design and thought we would share some of the ideas from the fun festivities that were prefect for the young (and young at heart). We started with a color palette inspired by the book [...]

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parties from the bookshelf: polar express!

December 9, 2010

Taking inspiration from the beloved children’s classic, The Polar Express, seemed fitting for this time of year. Kids would love spending the day in the snow (or at the reindeer petting zoo!) then coming inside for a big cup of cocoa topped with whipped cream. A cute take home item would be a little wooden [...]

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Thanksgiving Kids Table

November 17, 2010

Today we’re bringing you a little behind-the-scenes from Maria of Ritzy Bee’s feature in this month’s Southern Living magazine.  Maria’s feature was about her ideal Thanksgiving table, including a kid’s table.  And here it is! The thought behind this table was to make it fun, simple and festive.  I simply took some vintage chairs, a [...]

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parties from the bookshelf

November 4, 2010

Using You Can’t Take a Balloon Into the Metropolitan Museum as party inspiration provides the perfect excuse to fill your space with big round yellow balloons!  Not that you needed an excuse.  Add some traditional NY street flair, a few easels and paint kits and a security guard repeating the phrase, “No flash,” and you’ve [...]

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food on a stick

August 13, 2010

Have you seen the great story that Sweet Paul did for Parents Magazine?  Food on a stick! Great for everyday and for parties.  Check out more images here. And in other things we’ve loved this week…. An epic rainbow party! (thanks Chelsea for sharing this one with us!) A paper flower tree tutorial Jordan’s flag [...]