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A Hong Kong Thanksgiving

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, full of family, food and love. I was able to skype with some of my family and feel their love, half way across the globe.

In case you were wondering what Thanksgiving looks like in Hong Kong, I thought I’d share a few pictures {taken by the lovely Kim, who also organized this event.} Also, the finished pumpkin seeds!

Kim was nice enough to work with a restaurant to offer a set menu, then invited 25 or so of her closest friends. It was a great to see old friends and meet new ones, especially so early on into my Hong Kong adventure.

Around 7:30 we gathered and had some cocktails…

The table looked great– 

Oh! What’s that? Is that our little favor?? I think they turned out nicely. 

Once we sat down, we had a choice of appetizers– shrimp, soup or crab cakes. 

Then a buffet with turkey or roast beef {or both} with all the fixings.

Then we finished with pecan or apple pie {sadly, no pictures of that!}.

All and all it was a wonderful {and filling} Thanksgiving meal! Thanks Kim!

{Ask-A-Planner will be back next week, with a great question! I can’t wait!} 

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Thanksgiving Fun with Patterned Paper

If you are like me, you save every little scrap of patterned paper left overs. Firstly– because that stuff is expensive! Secondly –because that project that needs just the tiniest touch of pattern to liven it up is right around the corner.

That project turns out to be Thanksgiving. The dinner table already has so much going on, with all the plates, glasses, food and condiments. Just a little touch of a pattern {or contrasting patterns} can make a table come together. So I love these ideas from Hello! Lucky for how to use it. I wouldn’t use all of them all at once {not with my scrap pieces, anyway!} but 1 or 2 could kick up the style on your T-day table.

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How To: Balloon Backdrop

Happy Labor Day everyone!

I’ve received a lot of questions lately about this background from the Unicorn Princess Party a few months ago. So I thought I would put together a how-to post of how to make one for yourself! {perfect for Labor Day, no?}

Ok, to be honest, this was one of my husband’s tasks for the party, so I had to ask him the finer details to make sure I got them right for you. :)

I knew this was going behind a 6 foot table, so that is how wide our backdrop would be. I measured the length {and a little more} for the streamers and we taped those up first {there was a white board behind, so tape was the best option for us}.

Now for the balloons… we used a bike pump to blow them all up. We used 3 per color block area to create the stripe effect, but if you can used more {like Design Mom did here}. We also mixed in some polka dotted ones to add some texture. {Note: I would not suggest using helium, as I imagine it would be harder to manage in this next step of tying them together}

Now for the fun part— use a needle {very carefully!} and thread heavy twine through the end of tied balloon {you know, not the part with air}. Make sure you thread your 3 {or 4} of the same color in a line, then thread the next group of colors. {Design Mom used a slightly different method of tying the colors together first– use which ever works best for you.}

Once all of your balloons are on the twine, situate and tighten the like colors together. Once you are happy with how they are arranged, it’s time to hang your balloon backdrop! It’s pretty light– I think we used pushpins. 

Now it’s time to enjoy your beautiful backdrop! If you try it– I’d love to see some pictures! xox0

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DIY Polka Dot Tablecloth

Taking a quick break from the day- of the party, here’s a quick DIY of the tablecloths from Charlee’s 5th birthday. Even though this element was the biggest thorn in my side– the other design from the party took so much longer than I expected. But they all made such a statement in the room. I’m so glad I did them. I might even try these polka dot ones again. {ya know– in a few weeks…}

Instructions

1. We don’t have a lot of room in our little apartment, so we had to lay out the tablecloth folded in half. We taped together strips of paper to go in the middle of the fold, because the paint would seep through.

2. I layed out bowls, painted on the bottom, to figure out the pattern. They were close to the size of my circles, so it gave me a good idea of what it would like. I wanted it to be a bit random, but still get across the rainbow concept.

3. I created stencils {used some thick, ugly paper I had on hand}, then used them to paint my circles, one color at a time. I went through 3-4 stencils per color.

4. I waited until one side dried (2-3 hours) then flipped it over and repeated steps 1-3.

 

 

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Loving Me a Gold Christmas Party

Just a little party I am dreaming about…

Love these decorations:

With this backdrop for photos.

Using these glasses for merriment.

Sprinkle these across an all white table.

But add gold silverware and escort cards.

What do you think? Would you come to my party? xoxo

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Rainbow Chevron Dessert Table

Last week I decided I needed to exercise my creative muscle, so put together a party for fun. I might be crazy, but I enjoyed doing it, and got to sample some ideas for the little girls birthday party I am working on.

I had some drama with my centerpiece, so I ended up stacking the colored cupcakes in a vase. It turned out kinda fun!

I made the cupcakes, cake balls, and little paper boxes to hold the popcorn.

I tried out 2 different place settings– with sprinkles and with skittles.

I added flags to the top of the hats with washi tape.

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