I love Cake Wrecks.  It says on their blog, “When professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong.”  And boy do they…
Here are some of my favorite cake disasters:

This blog is right up there with another one of my favorites.

I first learned about the online invitation site, Cocodot, from watching the Techcrunch 50 conference, an event put on by the tech blog, TechCrunch, highlighting some of the newest technology startups.
I thought Cocodot’s invitations looked cool, but what hooked me was the free trial.  After having used Evite so many times, I wasn’t going to [...]

One of Lainey’s friends brought rocket balloons to her party and they were such a huge hit, I had to write about them.
Rocket balloons are really simple.  They’re just colorful long balloons and a hand pump.
You use the pump to blow up the balloons.  Then you let the balloons go and they fly super high [...]

The party went off without a hitch!!  Lainey had a great time, we had a great time.  It was a lot of work, but well worth it.  Here are some pictures to show you what it looked like.
Setting up before the party.  Everything was in Lainey’s favorite colors — pink and purple.  The day couldn’t [...]

I came across this blog post and thought this was a great way to throw a party without having to pay for it.
Instead of an official Sweet 16, with invitations, food, and the lot, this guy sent out a text,  said that he was having his Sweet 16th birthday at a certain local skating rink [...]

So Lainey’s 3rd birthday party is this Sunday and I’m excited.  Even for this “nothing special” party at a local park for 25 kids and 35 adults, it’s amazing the number of lists I have going, and the amount of time I’ve spent planning instead of blogging.
Now that it’s all set, here are the details… [...]

So the invitations to my daughter’s party are out.  The responses are trickling in.  While my intention was to keep it small, I don’t think I’m going to be successful.  Now I’m planning on about 30 kids, 45 adults.  That’s a lot of mouths to feed.  So for my menu…
45 inch sandwiches from Bay Cities [...]

Every time I plan a party, I’m always amazed at how many details there are and how much work the whole thing is.
For my daughter’s 3rd birthday party, my goal is to create a hip, fun, and relatively simple shindig, with low stress.  A tall order, I know, but here’s how I’m thinking of doing [...]

I was just talking to Sharon Chase, otherwise known as Princess Sharon.  Sharon throws high-end princess, fairy, rockstar, and spa parties for girls, teens, and adults in the Boston area.
What got me interested in Sharon is how one-of-a-kind her parties are.  In fact, I’ve never seen anything like it.
For her Musical Princess Tea Party, Sharon [...]

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 [...]