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Ninja Party Decorations – New Designs on PPP

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Looking for some ninja birthday party ideas? You are in the right place! I am so excited to show you this brand new design!

Last week we celebrated my nephew’s 6th birthday. He is such a big boy now you know?, practicing martial arts and doing what most 6 years old do…fight with swords and pretend they’re bulletproof!

So, who else could design a black, red and white ninja birthday party suited for a ‘master’ like him? Auntie the crafty…

We started from scratch. I purchased beautiful ninjas clip art and designed the invitation. He is obsessed with the ‘katanas’ {the ninja stars} and nun-chucks so I made sure to purchase a design that included them.

The party was held at the place where he takes martial art classes. Just like for my little boy’s 2nd birthday party, we only had a short time to get set up and with only a small 6 ft table where we tried to squeeze all the goodies. It all turned out great! 
This time, I decided to get out of my comfort zone and instead of designing a long straight ‘Happy Birthday’ banner with ninja images here and there, I looked for some inspiration on Pinterest and found wonderful ideas.  I decided to stick to one in particular…Look for the credits at the end of the post. 🙂
Banner inspiration via thecrafftedsparrow
I thought about using a couple of  tri-fold project display boards to imitate a japanese room divider…While searching high and low on how to make the banner special, I landed at The Crafted Sparrow’s blog. Once I saw how she created this beautiful banner and hung it in front of a red fabric background, I changed my mind and put that tri-fold project display board to work in a much better way. 
I bought red cardstock {poster size} and covered the tri-fold board on both sides. Then, covered the creases with 3/8″ black grosgrain ribbon and hot glued each banner separate spacing them evenly on the center of the board. For the banners, I printed each letter on bright white cardstock and then cut the silhouette of each one of them. 
I have also bought one ‘pirate sword’ {I know, pirate?? it was all I could find at my local party supplies store} and I was planning just to prop it on the table over a red box …but then my background looked blah! so I decided to go purchase another one and we {grandma helps too!} ‘framed’ the banner with them. Before, we wrapped red and black grosgrain ribbon around the handles of each sword. 
Ninja Party Cupcake Toppers by PoshPaperParties
I made him simple 2.25″ round red and black cupcake toppers and used all of the ninja images I had available in the package including swords, nun-chucks and katanas. We went for plain vanilla white buttercream icing on chocolate cupcakes to match the decor.
and because we all LOVE cupcakes and buttercream icing, here is one more ‘sweet’ shot! 😉
For the bottle wrappers, I made a ‘black belt’ design that everyone loved for its impact and simplicity…
My nephew has a sweet tooth..{don’t they all?} so we bought a couple of glass containers and filled them with Cherry Twizzlers Nibs and mini marshmallows. To those jars I added a little 1.5″ inch ninja tag mounted on 1″ wide black satin ribbon.
We wanted to go for Chinese take out boxes for the favors but they wouldn’t fit some of the surprises my nephew had picked for his friends, so we went with red and black medium (9″) gift bags. I added contrasting ninja favor tags with red and black backgrounds.
And last but no least, a thank you note to his friends for sharing with him such as special day packed with fun and lots of ninja action! 
All Ninja Birthday Party Decorations designed and handcrafted by Posh Paper Parties with the exception of the Happy Birthday banner, inspiration drawn from The Crafted Sparrow blog.
Find these and more party ideas in my Etsy shop! All items seen on this post can be sold separate.
Thanks for looking, 

Caillou Birthday Party

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On Saturday July 21st our little boy turned 2! That same day we offered his birthday bash at The Little Gym. It was F-U-N!

Now, before I start sharing details with you, I have to say: this was WAY too much preparation for 90 minutes! That’s all you have. But knowing me, and always putting so much thought into every little detail, I had to do all these goodies for two grand reasons…One: My son LOVES Caillou! and the look on his face when he saw everything set up -and Caillou images all over the place- was worth all the effort I put into it.
Two: This is what I do, this is what I LOVE to do and I enjoyed every second of it.

I designed the invitation, inspired on all the Caillou party supplies sold online that I have bought two months before. Once I had all these goodies in my hands…

images via birthdayexpress.com

… I designed the invitation. Mostly inspired by the placemat and the image of Caillou with his hands up in the air from the cup…Cute!
Now, for the party goodies I made:

– 2 Happy Birthday Banners
– Food Tents
– Juice Bottle Labels
– Favor Tags
– Welcome Sign
– Centerpieces
– Cake Decoration (well, maybe 1/3 of it!)

*** UPDATE: please DO NOT contact me to via email or via comments looking to purchase Caillou themed decorations of any kind, as right now I am unable to sell any handmade items or distribute digital files. I made these decorations for my personal use only and the purpose of this post is to give you inspirations and ideas on party styling *****  Thanks!

Resuming…

Beforehand, I want to say that I am not the best photographer out there, neither I have the greatest camera, and on top of that, the light wasn’t good at the venue. The walls are yellow and they soaked up the natural light…. and I picked yellow tablecloths nonetheless! So, my apologies for the not-so-good pics. Here we go:

First, the Welcome Sign. This is the only picture with natural light of course, it was outside hanging on the front door…

This is a simple Happy Birthday banner. Initially I thought I would put it as a background for the main table, but behind that table there was a window – bummer!- so I opted for a wall on the side of the room. Here is where the yellow soaks up my natural light!.

Here is a zoom…

This is the main table (with the outside view background). I put a second banner over the skirt. In case you’re wondering, I use foam mounting tabs to hold everything up on the wall and on the table skirt, it works great!
These are the kids’ tables…

Every time I go to Target, my first stop is the Dollar Spot. I am always stocking up on tin buckets… I am obsessed with them! They are cute, cheap and they are multi-use. So, I used them for the centerpieces… just like in last year’s party and weighed them down with crayons.

Last year I labeled water bottles…This year – thanks to my girlfriend whose little boy’s birthday party I helped to decorate – I took the idea from her and labeled also Apple Juice bottles – duh!- last year I gave the kids juice in pouches that I couldn’t label.
Here is a picture of the whole label in all colors. 
Going back to the main table, these are the favors. I bought mini totes in all matching colors, except I could not find red so I used hot pink instead for the little girls. I was upset I couldn’t find red…that’s how quirky I am! But, girls love pink so at the end it was all good! 
Here is a zoom of the favor tags…
Now, moving onto…the cake! I searched high and low for Caillou birthday cakes ideas and I found beautiful ones on Pinterest, many very professional made with rolled fondant…but I think that kids are not too ‘fond’ of it -no pun intended! – Instead, buttercream icing is a go! So, I went to my local bakery at the grocery store and I ordered a simple yellow cake with all primary colors icing, specifying that I wanted green on top (to simulate grass in a park) and no writings on top. The decorator called me that morning to double check with me about the “no writing, no words, no happy birthday on top” note I left on the order. And then she asked me again when I went to pick it up! I had a better plan: 
I bought these Caillou figurines in a backpack and I placed them on the cake. My personal touch were the balloon candles and the little “Happy 2nd Birthday Logan” banner that Rosie and Leo are holding…It’s my favorite thing of the whole party decor! 🙂
…and because it’s my favorite part, here are more pictures 🙂
This sight made my son smile BIG time!
So, everyone knows I can’t bake, but I was in the mood for some mini cupcakes with primary colors icing, so I went and asked my friend Betty Crocker to give me a hand and the night before, I iced 48 of these babies myself with these wonderful Wilton Ready-To-Use Icing. They are… imperfectly perfect! The only reason why I did not use cupcake toppers was because they don’t fit inside this particular cupcake stand that I love because it lends itself for some cute decorations.
Here is zoom of the Caillou image on top…
This is one of the bucket tins holding colorful mini Rainbow Spiral Lollipops. I had two tins, one on each side of the main table…
I found personalized latex balloons and paired them with the foil balloons. Swoon!
My girlfriend made these brazilian sweets called Beijinhos (Little Kisses) and they are made of coconut and condensed milk…I ate them all! 🙂 Here you can see a sample of the food tents.
Another food tent -with better light – this picture is terrible…yikes! I was in a hurry.
and finally, a bonus pic of me and my little man…
After 60 minutes of ” serious fun ” inside the Gym itself, the kids came inside the party room, ate pizza, draw on the reverse of the activity placemats, we sang happy birthday and ate cake. We had a full house! All the kids that were invited attended and that makes all the hours of hard work worth the effort. Everyone, kids and adults had a great time!
Thanks for stopping by!
This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. For more information, please read my Affiliate Disclosure page.
*** UPDATE: please DO NOT contact me to via email or via comments looking to purchase Caillou themed decorations of any kind as right now I am unable to sell any handmade items or distribute digital files. I made these decorations for my personal use only and the purpose of this post is to give you inspiration and ideas on party styling *****  Thanks for your understanding!

It’s good to be back! – More Party Ideas –

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Wow! It’s been way too long since the last time I posted on the blog. Had a very rough start of the year, my daddy got sick and sadly passed away last month. Tough times, yes, but life moves forward…After all, he gave me these hands and the skills to be more creative each day…so let’s keep moving!

So, here we are trying to balance home work, office work, housewife chores, OCN’s Etsy shop and raising a toddler just shy of turning terrible twos two.


I am back in track { I think } and preparing 4 party packages all due before July 21st including my own boy’s 2nd birthday bash. Here is a sneak peek on what I’ve been working on, hope you enjoy it…. 


It’s good to be back! 

Hello Kitty Zipper Pulls


Caillou Birthday Party Invitation

Thanks for stopping by!

Baby’s First Birthday Design Ideas {by real mamas!}

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For the last three months, high chair banners have been the number one seller on my Etsy shop. And I have so much fun designing and handcrafting them! But, I can’t take all the credit because it’s the mommies who have this birthday theme in mind, they convo me with their ideas and I make them come to life. From watermelons to blueberries or simple polka dots…All of them make my heart sing.

Here are some pictures of the projects…Get inspired!

For more birthday party ideas and designs, visit my Etsy shop here!
Have a wonderful weekend!

The Birthday Party as promised.

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So finally the big day came and it’s been a little over a week since then.
{*sigh*} I just don’t know where does time go…
Logan turned one almost two weeks ago and it’s amazing how he has turned into this independent {so he thinks} little man. He climbs over furniture, climbs the stairs {I’m always behind him, no worries}, says Dada a little more often than Mama…{isn’t that nice?}and waves bye-bye….and today he finally let go of the furniture to wave bye-bye and gave three steps towards his daddy when he said: ‘Ok buddy, give me a kiss I gotta go to work’…It was so amazing we both {yes daddy too!} had tears in our eyes. Our little baby is growing up so quickly! 
Well without further ado, here you have the pics. I’m very proud of the turnout, everyone had fun and loved the decorations {that I made =) }. Thanks for looking!
Birthday Boy!

Center Table {with lots of snacks, cupcakes and candy!}

Kids Table {they had bubbles, crayolas, noise makers, balloons}

Enough space for the kids to play {I love the room}

Loved this cupcake stand {cupcake toppers and food tents made by me!}

I am so glad everyone had fun {see the bubbles? lovely!}

Logan wasn’t too happy at the beginning {can you tell?}

And then he found….drumroll….a cupcake! {this is the only cute family portrait}

He was so into the sugary buttercream that didn’t even care about the hat {that I made! LOL}
I loved that my neighborhood bakery has this deal: you buy the cake for baby’s first birthday and you get a little “smash cake” for free! I love the idea, it was the best part of the party! Here are the pics:
The “real” cake {yellow cake with chocolate pudding and buttercream frosting}
Smash Cake time! {is this for real?}
hmmm let’s see what we have here…

Yummy! {it is for real!}

I just love it! {btw frosting stains came right out in one wash}
I am very happy to share this with you because you have been my faithful readers since day one, when Logan was only three months and I would sit and share with you all his little milestones…and now look at him!
Please feel free to contact me and ask me any questions about the party and the decor. We are all here to help!
Love always,

Away But Thinking of You! {Thank You!}

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Hi there! to all my dear readers. Yes, I know I ‘ve been absent and you miss me! 😉 I miss you too! I have been trying to be all those things I say I am on my profile description… A mommy, a wife, a crafter, a cook, an amateur designer…and believe me it is tough!

My little baby is turning 1! a week from today and we will have his Birthday Party on the 23rd. So, mommy {the crafter} is hand making most of the party decor and today she made this:

Personalized Water Bottle Label
The best thing about it is that every time I make a new project {whether is a label, a banner or a tag } I just take a quick picture and list the item on my Etsy shop.
I am a little nervous because even though I have been working on everything for the party…I feel like I have nothing…and it’s all because the food and the cake and the drinks…all that comes last. So, I feel like my table is empty! {*sigh*}
I just want to thank you all for your visits, your lovely comments and your patience because I know I haven’t been posting much but I am sure you all understand. I can’t wait to post pictures from the party and share them with all of you!
Have a wonderful day! 

Treasury List {Baby’s First Birthday High Chair Banner}

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I have some exciting news! This past weekend I did my first sale {and then two more!} on my Etsy Shop and not only I had the pleasure to design some high chair banners for three little girls who are turning one on July { just like my little boy} but one of the designs – Watermelons for Sophia – was featured on a Treasury List named Summer Watermelon.

The Treasury on Etsy is a member-curated shopping gallery where this member choose items they like {or LOVE} and feature them in a public list.

 This makes me very happy because I am doing two wonderful things: crafts and designing for babies. I am working on an order of  Ladybugs and another one of Pink Lemonade! I love all these summer themes! I would be posting pictures of them soon! Please, do not forget to visit me and Like us on Facebook.
To see the featured banner please click here.
 Thank you for stopping by!
XOXO

Birthday Party Invitation {Sneak Peek}

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HAPPY SUMMER! 
It’s June 21st, the first day of summer {even though here in SFL feels like summer from about two months now * phew* it-is-hot! }…but today also my little boy is turning 11 months…Oh my God! time REALLY flies when you become a mother! So, I just wanted to share with you the invitation I made for my baby’s first birthday party. 
Remember my post Latest Finds for Baby ? I decided to go with the orange, blue and white theme for his party. I went back and forth with the idea but I finally decided to use just colors and patterns instead of a character like a car, a bear or an owl…Not that I have anything against it but, just colors and patterns made it easier for me and I can let my imagination go a little further, and it allows me to mix and match.
So these are some of the patterned papers I am using to make banners, favors and labels.
and this is the party invitation…I made some changes {privacy stuff}. I designed it myself and I WROTE the rhyme! so if you like it, feel free to copy it as long as you give me some credit and some love like coming back to my blog, liking my Facebook Page, visiting my Etsy Shop and spreading the voice within your family and friends.

I am going to sell these invitations on my Etsy Shop, I’m in the process of designing them right now, so make sure to keep coming back to check my latest creations!
Thank you all and have a wonderful day and a safe SUMMER!