Karo's Fun Land: 2013

Super Mario Fifth Birthday Party

I'm so thrilled to finally share this cute party I styled for a client who requested a Super Mario theme for her son Luis 5th birthday back in July. This theme has been in my to ten parties to style, and I couldn't be more happy creating all of the fun details for this Super Mario party!

I first worked on the backdrop which I did with twisted streams, 3D clouds and the Super Mario printed images from the party printable. Then, I continued to work around the same backdrop colors throughout the sweets table. The party printables were also custom designed with the same colors I was working with, and specific details .. My friend Erika did such a fabulous job designing this Super Mario printables , and I had the best time working with her for the first time! Be sure to visit her new Etsy Shop

I love to display treats in fun and creative ways so, I decided to use PVC stands to hold the piranha plant pops who by the way were made by Luis' mom.. She's such a creative mom!!

The juice jars also looked adorable with the Mario mustaches and hats.. I'm sure the kids had a ball with those!

But the show stopper of the entire party were the Super Mario cakepops!! These pops from Jazzy's Cakepops were absolutely AMAZING!!

Sugar cookies with toppers by the always talented Missy of Sugared Up

There were also many more Power Up treats for the super kiddos to enjoy..

Mario mustaches were also used on the straws, because what's a Super Mario party without mustache straws?

To offset all of the sweets, we made sure to have plenty of water on hand... Power Up Water that is!

I absolutely love every time I have to style a party with fun colors, yummy treats and beautiful party printables!! I want to thank to all the talented ladies who worked with me on this fabulous project and specially to Luis' mom Lucy for letting me be a part of such a spacial day!!

VENDORS CREDIT

Party Printable Adorable Prints by EP
Super Mario Toppers Sugared Up
Super Mario Piranha Plant Pops Lucy Edible Delights
Mario Cake Pops Jazzy's Cake Pops

Legos First Birthday Party

Back in May I had the honor of styling this fabulous and colorful Lego party for my client Michelle's son Adrian. And I'm thrilled to finally be able to share it with you.

I love when moms came to me with a theme in mind for their little ones celebration. In this case Michelle choose a Lego theme since Adrian loves to play with them.

To star, I decided to use Leelaaloo lego printables, and styled the dessert table around them. I absolutely love all the festive and colorful touches that this printables gave to the table.

One of my favorite elements from this party was definitely the backdrop... Best part, it was super easy to make!! I simply taped together 4 big cardboard boards, and glued colored cardstock paper sheets on it.... finally, I added white circles on the sheets to make them look like legos..

I also loved using the polka dot buckets to display the waters and pops... They worked so well with the theme and looked super cute too!!

For the dessert table, I displayed fun an colorful treats like lego rice krispies, jellos, oreo pops, and fruits as well as packed treats for the kiddos to take home.

I enjoyed so much styling this party for such a sweet and adorable boy!!

I'm so happy to have been a part of little Adrian firts birthday. And I'm so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with his mom Michelle.

- Party Printables - LeeLaaLoo

Summer Splash $1200 Giveaway!!!!

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Stars and Stripes 4th of July Party + Free Printables

Are you planning a little 4th of July get together with friends and family? If so, you're probably locking up those last details for hosting your own soiree or barbecue. If you are into details like us, you'll surely appreciate this dessert table I styled using Mimis Dollhouse 4th of July free printables. Printables can turn a simple party into an extraordinary event. If you are hosting your own party give this a try and bring all those details together!!