Monograms & Margaritas Theme

Momma Pea has a best friend that she's known for the last 16 years {yes, Freshman year of High School}. We call bff's of MPP, Chick Peas. This particular Chick Pea is getting married this year! It's a happy day in our lives not only because she finally found her King Pea, but because Momma Pea {me}, Sugar Pea & Sweet Pea {my daughters} are all in the wedding party. Naturally, I had to throw her a Bridal Shower that she's been dreaming of.

Snap Pea Imagining & Design's {our sister company}, Queen Pea Cassidy, did all of the photography for the shower. It was probably the best reunion ever since my Pea Pod could not make it to Disneyland last year {when we normally bring Queen Pea with us}, so we had not seen her in over a year. Sad, I know. Ok, enough 'PEA' puns...let's see the goods.

The theme: Monograms and Margaritas. The invite was fairly simple in a luxe shape with the colors for the University of Georgia {Chick Pea's favorite football team...well mine too...I did grow up there} and the Monogram of the soon-to-be couple "LHD". 

I first have to show you this gorgeous old battle home called "The Corry House" nestled in Union Point, Georgia. Erin was absolutely amazing at helping me with everything I needed to plan the shower from Texas. Including my first time ever hiring a caterer. Here's our group shot in front of the house.

These are the little touches I added to the shower. The frames are from Ikea - roughly $1.50 each. I put together a "Meet the Maids" table where I had each of the bridesmaids send me a few sentences about how she knows the bride and a little photo. The 5x7 frame was then a gift to each maid to say "Thank you" from Chick Pea.  The margarita glasses were a STEAL I found at "Aldi". If you don't have one, google them and find your closest one. Normally, glasses like that range from $12-25 for a box of 4. I got the last 14 boxes on their shelves for $2.89/box. Yes, you read that correctly. I don't throw parties to see how much money I can spend. If I hadn't found the actual glasses, then I would have done something else. {Prayer helps, too} Next to the Margarita glasses, are the give away prizes. We have people self-address an envelope and draw an envelope for people to win the prize. Plus, it helps the thank you notes get to the people on time! I didn't want the typical give away prizes, so I did a "Baking Bowl" {Inside the mixing bowl had a cake mix, some margarita flavored chocolate, an oven mitt, and icing}; a "Relax" basket {had soaps, salts and other things that were margarita scented.}; a movie popcorn bucket {that had popcorn, candy, and a "Wedding Planner" movie inside}; and finally there was a "Pasta Night Bowl" {where I got a colander, with pasta, sauce, and a hot pad}. These ideas, I found on Pinterest. This platter was her "guestbook" for the day. It had a monogram that Chick Pea's friend designed {that I tried recreating...paint isn't forgiving}. Everyone signed it. The Pins you see where people bake a sharpie on a $1 store mug, doesn't work. This is a specialized pen from Blick Arts called "Pebeo". I found this out from a pottery place in Vegas when I did my first plate for a friend that was having a baby. Inside the Margarita Glasses, was a personalize charm {picked out by Chick Pea and made by Misty's Mystical Jewelry}, a drink recipe from Chick printed on a specially designed paper from Etsy's Cupcake Express Shop, and tied off with red & black tulle. The other frame had Instagram information for those that had Instagram. It was for others to take photos, post on Instagram, and use the hashtag #dlhwed so Chick Pea can find her photos later!

For the Main centerpiece, Chick Pea found a special on Jane.com where there was a person selling these 18" monogram cut outs. She purchased it, I painted it, and then hung command hooks on the back upside down to hold the tulle. This polka dot paper was found at Hobby Lobby. Because it's an old battle home, I knew tape wouldn't really hold so I used command hooks and strips to put everything up. While the home is gorgeous, it's hard to throw a modern party in that setting. Command products = everyone's party friend.

The Food was AMAZING. Chick Pea's third love {behind future King and her furbabies} is Mexican food. I wanted to keep it small with "tapas" sized things. Erin's recommendation was a local caterer who does this as a side job with her mom. Lauren is awesome. They did beyond what I expected and she was amazing at communication. You can reach her through Erin! The black bean cakes and mini chicken quesadillas were my favorites. Everyone loved everything though and Chick Pea lived off of the leftovers for about a week after. Chick Pea is a flexitarian so we had to make sure there was plenty for her to eat. It's SO much easier in Mexican food. While planning this shower though, my goal is to throw another shower that does Italian tapas sized food! How to serve Margaritas in bulk without machines? Well, you make the mixes, then put out the tiny cups with the tequila in them. This helps too with if someone likes theirs a little stronger. The dessert buffet was just perfect. Bee's Knees Bakery & Gifts in Athens did the cake pops. If it weren't for them, my table would have been incomplete. Additionally on the table, I got the "LHD" dishes that had red and white Lindt truffles in them, red and chocolate twizzlers {yes CHOCOLATE}, red dipped pretzel rods, and key lime tartlets {Chick Pea's favorite}.

Here's an up close of the Margarita Glass shaped Cake pops and the rest were monogramed, plus the little dishes I found {via Pinterest} on The Wedding Outlet

Lastly, because the wedding party is so big, these are the bridesmaids who were able to attend this shower {minus one because she had to leave}. I am so proud of my bestie and cannot wait for the big day! More Peas, Please did some stuff for the wedding so hold on to see....

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Hawaiian Themed Birthday Party

Sugar Pea has always loved everything hula and plumeria. She has always been in love with "Lilo & Stitch", watched intently at hula performances, and even now loves that we have our very own hula dancer at church! This was her second birthday party in Vegas. We were only missing her one Aunt. That is an awesome turn out. 

I had these high visions of doing those pineapple palm trees that failed miserably the morning of the party. We did however have amazing food from L&L Hawaiian BBQ and the cake pops were made by Caked in Vegas. They got me on the cake pop band wagon because I do not like to waste cupcakes. Inevitably, you have guests {especially parents} that claim to be on a diet so they don't want a big piece of cake or a whole cupcake. The photography was by the amazing Vik Chohan Photography. He did a few other things for me - loved them all. 

Here's my Sugar Pea on the day of her party! I made the grass skirt inspired tutu, found the bathing suit at Gymboree, and tossed up her hair with a plumeria flower. She had a special pink Lei with pink sparkles in it, plus her very on cupcake.

The cake pops were shaped and sculpted like crabs, turtles, flip flops, flowers and some plain water. Caked also decorated this platter for me so I didn't have to! {The cupcakes behind were gluten free for my good friend's family that came. I made those - they're simple!}

I made all of the above {paper wise}, The sand pails were decorated with each child's name and a flower for the girls with a surfboard for the boys. The "Aloha" banner was used as the basis for our group photos. The Umbrella wreath took me about 3 hours to do - but was worth it. Then I hung some lanterns over my island where we served the food.

This is my family {minus my sister}. It is the first time we've all been together in such a long time. They got to meet Sweet Pea {I'm holding} for the first time. We had such a good time celebrating Sugar Pea turning 2!

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Cowboy Themed Birthday

When my baby nephew turned 1 {December 2012}, The Pea Family flew in from Las Vegas to celebrate his birthday along with Hanukkah in Texas with the family...and we threw in Sweet Pea's dedication too. It was a BUSY weekend. My nephew is 3 months older than Sweet Pea so we had quite a bit of catching up to do because my baby baby nephew was about to be born {and actually was} two weeks after Sweet Pea's Cinderella themed First birthday.

At the time, my very pregnant sister-in-law, took on a big task to make her own cupcakes for his party. I believe there were 4 dozen {three different kinds} and my brother-in-law made all of the food. It had been about 5 months since we had seen them all so of course I went a little picture crazy.

Here's the Birthday Boy!! He was wearing his boots, jeans, and plaid shirt!

Here you will see the high chair banner I made, along with the "Wild Wild One" banner, 13 month banner, favor bag cut outs and the hanging horse {in the middle of the balloons}. I also made the food tents {on the table the night before}.

Some of the table treats here: S'mores pops, S'mores flavored cupcakes & my nephew's cake - all made by my Sister-in-Law and all yummy!!

He had NO issue with his cake!! He loved it! I loved the cow print balloons - in addition to how cute my nephew is!!

Here is the Pea Family at the party. Those are tights with "boots" printed on them. Perfect for the occasion! 

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Airplane Themed Birthday

My nephews are so sweet. They don't really interact with us a lot...they're shy...but it's all good! That doesn't stop this Auntie from helping their mommy throw an awesome party. She had big ideas for this little pea's first birthday. My Sister-in-law found a bunch of ideas on Pinterest and I recreated the majority of them. The only thing I didn't do was the cupcake toppers. 

His invites were like an airline ticket jacket with boarding passes. Each boarding pass had the individual names of each guest. It was super cute. A little tip: it is EXTREMELY expensive to print these specific invites at a place like Kinko's {through my experience, it's only about $20 cheaper to print things at Staples}. Literally for 20 invites, it was around $80 {with my 40% discount}... that didn't include time to cut, glue and postage. So basically if you do a file and are printing invites, you may want to do it yourself at home, or look at our invites for an alternative choice. 

My nephew was NOT a fan of the cake. No matter how many different times mommy and daddy tried to get him to eat it. Sugar Pea was not a fan of cake for the longest either!!

Here's my Nephew! The birthday boy loves his balloons!

My Niece was a great sport. That's my husband and Brother-in-Law who built the bag screen {which was moved for the "baggage claim suit case"}. More Peas, Please {also known as myself} did the signs and all of the decor.

What you see above is the background with planes and clouds as well as a sign that says "Baggage Check". The rest of the signs with the 13 month banner were made by yours truly. The bathroom sign was a favorite of mine. Clocks with each time zone {including the home city of the birthday boy}. The favor bags were a MPP creation.

This is all the food! The cake and cupcakes were made at WalMart. The Refule station had a blue punch, plus a little something for the adults {mini alcohols} and the runway for "In-Flight Snacks" made by my Brother-in-law! The high chair banner was fun to make!

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Tangled Themed Birthday

Sweet Pea had quite the second birthday celebration! If you haven't seen her Cinderella Themed first birthday, make sure you check out the blog post. We went with a Rapunzel inspired theme from "Tangled". To date, I think we are nearing on 4,579 views of the movie. So we know it by heart for sure!

To start, I do not currently have a photo of her invite. However, it did look like a lantern {from the movie} with the sun on it and a pink number "2". They were super cute. One day, they will be up on the shop! For now, let's take a look at the party's details. Photography by the wonderful Sarah Tucker Photography.

Here's Sweet Pea's outfit that I found on Etsy at Rayanna's Bowtique

We also decided for this party {because I am not a party game person - I love for my guests to build relationships and interact} that we would hire a princess actress. It was the best money I've spent. She was so awesome!! Both Sugar and Sweet Pea were so excited to see her! The last time they did see her was at Disneyland for our annual "Christmas" trip. 

She did a dance time with them, had them do a Treasure Hunt around our house, and even painted their hands/faces.

 Here's where Sweet Pea ran out the door and brought her into the house!

Here you will find the banners I made and hang from the ceiling {along with the crepe paper wall}. Also the Snuggly Duckling Sign {I bought the file from Etsy}. It was SUPER pricy to print and I just mounted it to foam core, had it hanging outside. The favors for this party were some Pascal bowls I found at the Disney Outlet {on clearance}, the pink thing was an artist's pallet shaped chalk I had made from Etsy's shop "Chalking on Sunshine", plus a hairbrush, a duck {snuggly duckling reference} and other little things. 

The food: The cake & cake pops were made by NV Cupcakes and I seriously cried at the cake. People that don't live in a small version of a city have no idea how hard it is to find bakeries or companies that you can just run to - I know! We lived in Las Vegas where it wasn't finding a shop, but finding one I didn't pay almost $5 a cake pop! Maximus guarding his apples. I did the paintbrushes from rice krispy treats, stuck with the wooden "handle" {Hobby Lobby} and then dipped in colored chocolates. The last thing I did was a toddler table. Sometimes the parents are worried about their kids grabbing and eating things off the big table. So we set out goldfish, pretzels, turkey, cheese cubes and crackers along with applesauce packets - best thing! It was a hit!

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