Hollimade Gifts

On July 14 I threw a Barbie party for my best friend's little girl, Brooklyn.  At the beginning of the whole process I had all sorts of ideas on how this party would be PERFECT!  Well folks, every party is NEVER perfect!  The perfection literally stresses me out to the max, then the day of the party I look at everything and say, "I love to do this and at this point the party will happen no matter what!"  The show must go on....as they say.


At first, I was just going to "help" Stephanie with all of the decorations, however she and Brad asked me to plan the entire party instead (big shoes to fill people)!  It allowed me to really put time and effort into what I love and I can't thank them enough for that.  This experience has given me even more courage to conquer the party planning business...one party at a time!

I kept pinning items on Pinterest wondering if I would ever be able to make them happen.  I talked about making a life size Barbie box but the closer we got to the party the more unrealistic that became.  I kept wondering how I would make it look exactly like I had imagined in my mind.  If you don't know anything about me, I will enlighten you....if things don't look exactly how I have them planned in my mind...I have a tendency to drop them altogether! With decorations anyway (the rest of life is just too much craziness to control)!  As we got down to the wire my super great husband stepped in to help me and the results of the party were phenomenal. 

Together we were able to make Barbie plates, a banner for Brooklyn, cupcake toppers, confetti, table toppers, Barbie silhouettes, a Barbie Box, and the Barbie logo for decorations. I have included some pictures to show just how much fun everything was:



These were most all of the decorations we used!

Sweet Barbies!

The cupcakes and goodie bags

Close up of the goodie bags

Barbie logo table topper

Barbie Silhouettes

Barbie, Barbie, Barbie

Cupcake toppers

Confetti made by me

Plates (these were so much fun!)

The entire table 

Next up is my brother's Welcome Home from Marine Boot Camp party, then I will be full force on The Avengers themed party for my sweet nephew Brynden and the Minnie Mouse Party for Mia Mia!  They are the same weekend so wish me lots of luck!

Once again, thank you Stephanie and Brad for letting me plan Brooklyn's Barbie birthday. I had a blast and I hope you did too!  Stay tuned for next week....

P.S. still no name for the company!  After this last party my idea was....It's all for the Party!  Any thoughts?!

Tonight we pick up our girl from Aunt Steph and Uncle Keith's house.  She has had the best two days of sleepovers, and feels so big!  I can't believe that she is already old enough for sleepovers!

Rhylan loves Carson!

Rhy and her sweet boy cousins!

Meanwhile, Ryan and I have been home working, and packing.  Packing boxes, packing storage units and moving to my Mother in love's house for a few short months!  Talk about CRAZAY!

I am also trying to get my party business off the ground.  I have several engagements I am working on and I feel so blessed to be able to make money doing what I love with my free time!  I have toyed with some names and thought Once Upon a Party was the one, but it seems that someone else has a really cute blog with that title and does the same thing I do!  I want something original!  I am open to any ideas anyone can throw at me. 

Brooklyn's Barbie Party is going to be super awesome!  I have lots of cool things in store for the kids to do including crafts and dress up with a photo opportunity!  I think it's going to be a party to die for, but I am a little biased!

...pictures to come from the fun shindig!


Rhylan starts Kindergarten in less than two months and I am beyond thrilled, nervous, excited and any other emotions you could put out there!  She has grown so fast into an amazing little girl that I am so proud of, yet it makes me miss the little bitty baby that she once was.  However, this is not the time to dwell on that, we have adventures to take care of!  Rhy asked me the other day if she could work for my business when she gets older, melted my heart that girl!
 
I will leave you with some pictures, Rhy is getting bigger every week and I feel like each new picture is documenting her changes, which I wish I could do every second of every day.  My little diva is growing into a big diva faster than my mind can keep up.

This obviously isn't Rhy, but it is her handy work!

These poor dogs, they make the best of friends though!

Rhy helping her Mama at the grocery store!