Fancy Grace

I used to be an Event Planner.

I try to avoid it at all costs now, but sometimes the crazy in me takes over and I end up coordinating another party.

Event Planning is a very hard business.  Not only do you have to be extremely creative and able to make quick decisions, but you have to be ridiculously organized and handle stress well.

I got tired of trying to maintain my sanity with clients that wanted to nickel and dime me in the eleventh hour because they had a hard time seeing the value of my intangible product.

{Forget the fact that when all was said and done, I was making under minimum wage for the amount of hours that I would put into each event!}

I did love the planning though... my favorite part is taking a theme and infusing it into every element of the event.

The other day my friend Kristen posted some pictures on Facebook of her daughter's 4th birthday party.

I am never going to plan an event again... from now on, I am calling Kristen.

Take a look at Kristen's daughter's Fancy Grace Party:

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I mean talk about getting it down to every last detail!!!

And look at all the fun activity stations she has set up for the kids:

I can't imagine how much time she spent on the food alone:

I am hoping that she bought some of these items.

If everything here was homemade, I think Kristen might be hiding the fact that she has some kind of super powers.

Look... she even managed to have a picture of the birthday girl with the author of the Fancy Nancy series.

Look at the detailing on the centerpieces {which, yes... I am certain she made}.

And the best part is that even John {Kristen's husband, and one of our groomsmen} got in on the action.

If you live in Orange County and are looking for someone to help you plan your next event, don't call me... call Kristen Morgan.

Bowling Party Invitations

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For Beau’s last birthday he decided he wanted to have a party at a swanky new bowling alley in our area. I thought I would share with you the cute invites we made for his friends. They were super easy and fun, and got ooh’s and ahh’s from the recipients (well, let’s be honest… from their mothers, which is who I was trying to impress anyway, right?).

I purchased these adorable bowling pins from Little Sapling Toys. They come in sets of 6 or 10 pins, and work out to about $3.50 a piece (at the time of this posting).

I hand-delivered them in red paper lunch sacks, but you could always use a small padded envelope if you needed to mail them out.

They’re pretty self explanatory other than that!