costume party paper suite.

this is a party i meant to post last month, but kept forgetting. these girls are sisters whose birthdays fall very close together, and right around halloween. their mom decided to make great use of those costumes that take so much time and effort and are {usually} only worn for a matter of hours. she picked this invitation {so cute for a children's party, don't you think?}



in addition to the invitation, we also created personalized note cards for the girls. i think it's important to teach children from an early age the importance of thank you cards. i'm always so excited to come across a mom who feels the same way. both of the girls are pretty young, so we created a fill-in-the-blank card to help them learn the importance, but creating less work for both girls {and mom} as they are still learning to write and spell. i loved how they turned out.

happy halloween!

happy halloween from jack & myself! have fun with those kiddos. here's to lots of treats & very few tricks.

bubble. bubble. toil & trouble.

this invitation makes me want to live in a historic home, and deck it out with creepy cobwebs, bubbling cauldrons filled with green witches brew, and dry ice creating a swampy fog. what are your plans for halloween this year?

bewitching.

with halloween just around the corner, i started looking through some of my previous designs for inspiration. i think this invitation is one of my all-time favorites. i like that it's not over-flowing with orange and black, but it's definitely still halloween-y. what do you plan to do this year for halloween? will you deck out your home for trick-or-treaters? will you host a costume party for the adults?

happy friday!

if you don't already know, i love following amy atlas. she designs the greatest dessert tables. i love everything she creates. after posting about the pink sweet sixteen party earlier this week {was that just yesterday??}, i died when i saw her featured party in my google reader today.

you have to check it out. pink-o-ween!! it looks like it was guest submission by pizzazzerie {courtney also always has such great ideas -- as you'll quickly see from the submission below}.

image taken from the blog of amy atlas

your skin will be crawling and you'll go batty over some of these incredible details! how can it be that halloween is just around the corner?

toil & trouble.

believe it or not, halloween is just around the corner! as i began thinking of new ideas, i remembered one of my favorite invitations from last year.



mallie & kennedy have birthdays that fall very close to halloween. last year their mom & dad decided it would be fun to combine their birthdays with the halloween season. everyone was invited to dress up in their favorite costume and join the girls to celebrate. guests loved the idea and the event was a huge success. the kids loved having the opportunity to wear their costumes more than once.

what do you do for halloween? do you just take the kiddos trick-or-treating? do you have a fun party with cocktails and creepy hors d'ouevres? i want to hear your ideas for this year's halloween!