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Printable Party Decor from Paper & Cake — PrintCutParty!

So here’s an interesting idea. You go to Paper & Cake, buy some inexpensive, but cool party themed design files, download them, print them (or take them to your local Kinkos or Staples and have them print them for you), cut them out, tape them together, and voila! and you’ve got professional-looking partyware at a [...]

Jillian posted on July 29th, 2009
Filed under Birthday, Entertainment, Food & Drink, On a Budget, Party Planning and Ideas.
Tags: baby shower, Birthday, cupcakes, party

Forget the Cupcake Cake, What About A Twinkie Cake?

I consider myself a mild foodie, I shop at the farmer’s market almost weekly, and I go out of my way to avoid trans fats. However, my husband and I were recently in North Carolina visiting family and we went to a local Walmart, walked down the snack aisle and couldn’t resist the Hostess Cupcakes. [...]

Jillian posted on July 26th, 2009
Filed under Birthday, Entertainment, Food & Drink, Mitzvahs, On a Budget, Party Planning and Ideas, Quinceaneras, Sweet 16, Weddings.
Tags: Twinkie, wedding cake

Wedding Photographers with an Off-Kilter Style

I stumbled upon a link to Snap Photography, a photography company based in Calgary directed by the husband and wife team Mike and Ashley Kitchen, and fell in love with their work. I would describe their photos as having a raw emotionality mixed with a touch of off-kilter whimsy. What I do when I’m a [...]

Jillian posted on July 24th, 2009
Filed under Party Planning and Ideas, Weddings.
Tags: bride, groom, party, photographer, photos, Wedding

Win Your Own Fabulous $45,000 Quinceanera

For the second year in a row, Verizon Wireless is sponsoring a My Fabulous 15 Party contest to win “the Quince of your dreams.” This year’s party will be held October 3, and the prize includes transportation for up to ten guests to the party, a personal event planner, audio/visual screens, dinner for up to [...]

Jillian posted on July 22nd, 2009
Filed under Birthday, Party Planning and Ideas, Quinceaneras.
Tags: contest, quinceanera, Verizon

How to Throw The Unforgettable Unconventional Party

I was talking to LA based party planner, Suzanne Carvlin, also known as Suzanne The Party Girl. She specializes in throwing parties that are a little less conventional than your typical hotel ballroom wedding with rubber chicken. So I asked her some questions to get her expert advice on how to approach throwing a party [...]

Jillian posted on July 15th, 2009
Filed under Birthday, Entertainment, Food & Drink, Mitzvahs, On a Budget, Party Planning and Ideas, Quinceaneras, Sweet 16, Weddings.
Tags: "pop up" weddings, costumes, Marvimon, mobile food, mobile food truck, party, photo booth, Smogg Shoppe, Suzanne Carvlin, Suzanne The Party Girl, The Middle Class jug band, Wedding

Who Doesn’t Love a Lollipop?

I think I’m in a nostalgic mood. Today, my two-year-old daughter, pretending to be a doctor, gave me a shot, then offered me a pretend lollipop to make me feel better. Remember when all it took to make you feel better was a lollipop? Well, I found this cool site called the Sweet Lollipop Shop [...]

Jillian posted on July 14th, 2009
Filed under Birthday, Food & Drink, Mitzvahs, Party Favors, Party Planning and Ideas, Quinceaneras, Sweet 16, Weddings.
Tags: Birthday, custom, lollipop, shower, Wedding

Hula Hoops + Wedding = Fun!

I was just speaking to Keaton Koechli, VP of Operations at a company called Hoopnotica, which sells hula hoops and hula hoop related products for exercise, dance, and fun. Keaton told me that for her wedding, she had her company make custom hula hoops in her wedding colors, then put them out for her friends [...]

Jillian posted on July 8th, 2009
Filed under Entertainment, Party Planning and Ideas, Weddings.
Tags: Entertainment, Hoopnotica, hula hoop, Wedding

How to Save Money on Your Wedding — An Expert Chimes In

Again I wanted to blog about Liz Coopersmith, my friend and LA party planner, because she’s leading monthly workshops in LA, called the Recession Bride’s Workshop, to help brides and grooms save money while throwing their dream weddings. So I posed her some questions to get the skinny on what really matters and what doesn’t, [...]