Phineas and Ferb Inspired Birthday

Last month, my little guy celebrated his 6th birthday.  And of course, he is the king of character parties. I think he knows his sister does parties like rocks, and buttons, so he goes the complete opposite direction of unique and different.  So, what I do I do, attempt to make it unique and different:)  Phineas and Ferb and all the gang were the characters of choice for this year's celebration.  I put a spin on them by dressing them up in lots of orange, turquoise and black.  Add in lots of pattern and you've got quite the celebration on your hands!

The little guests were greeted with a tattoo bar until everyone arrived.  And then it was party on, with fun games like "Candace's You're so Busted Balloon Pop"(all the kids had a balloon tied around their ankle and the object was to pop everyone else balloon, but save their own), "Pin the Tail on Perry the Platypus" (you know, the classic), Baljeet's Blindman's Buff and "Where's Agent P? (we had lots of little Agent P images hidden in the room and each child had to find five).

A sundae bar and cupcakes rounded out the party, with each of the little guests going home with a Phineas pez dispenser, themed notebook, and puzzle.

He's doesn't ham it up...at all.  And don't mind Perry's discoloration in the background..nothing like running out of colored ink the day of the party.

Credits:

Custom paperie and photography: Party Pretty Design

Phineas and Ferb signs, buckets, puzzles and stickers: Target

Phineas and Ferb notebooks: Wal-Mart

Phineas Pez Dispensers:  Dollar Tree

Pin the Tail on Perry:  DisneyFamily.com

Rustic Modern Breakfast

When a friend approached me about designing a fundraising breakfast for a local philanthropy I was honored and excited all the same time.  To give back to society is an important part of my life and to be able to do it through one of my designs brings me much joy.  The Youth Mentoring Initiative is a local community funded program that provides mentors to high school students.  This was their first fundraising breakfast and it was a successful one at that.  The theme of the breakfast was a spin on the family tree, and while it is the branches of this tree that most can look up to, those without a strong family tree need a "Mentoring Tree".  The Mentoring Tree, along with YMI's bright logo colors of lemon yellow, lime green and sky blue inspired this design.  I took lots of rustic, natural concepts and  coupled them with bright mod patterns and prints.  I loved, loved, loved how it all pulled together.  Thanks YMI for allowing me to be a small part of your amazing program.

 A big part of the breakfast was an activity where guests had to write mentor qualities and characteristics on the leaves.  These leaves were then attached to the centerpiece trees.  And yes, I made them use pencils because they went so nicely with my design:)  

Special thanks to ReviDevi with MyGrafico for working with me to create some of the printables for this design.  Click here to buy the printable party pack inspired by this event design.

Credits:

Styling, select paperie, and photography: Party Pretty Design
Trail Mix favor tags: Green Dot Circles by Revidevi via MyGrafico
Napkin wraps, Welcome Table table scatters, menu embellishments: Oh La La Trees by Revidevi via MyGrafico