Posts in the ‘Catch My Party – the site’ Category

Some of My Favorite Parties of the Year!

These parties are in no particular order. They are all beautiful, inspiring, interesting, and they make me gasp, even for a moment.  Thank you everyone for adding them to our main site. What a year it’s been!

Linda V’s Ava’s Tea Party in the Park

Anne P’s Around the World Party

Brittany S’s Super Mario Bros Party

Nicole W’s A Magical Cornish Fairy Affair

Kristy’s Super Grover Rave

Jenni B’s Viva Las Vegas Party

Lisa M’s Classic Boys Campout Party

Erika H’s Indian Dance Party

Dawn M’s Old School Hip Hop 2nd Birthday

Emily W’s Oh-So-Girly 1st Birthday

Jane R’s Top Secret Military Mission Party

Lisa W’s Paris’s “Frida Kahlo” Party

Cari’s Camp Four Birthday

Trish D’s Lumberjack & Jill Wedding Shower

Kate A’s Pinkies Out Tea Party

Amanda P’s Star Wars Lego Party

Leanne A’s Sienna’s 6th Birthday Party

Kallie Brynn B’s 25th Birthday Fiesta

Suzanne C’s 30 Years 30 Wishes Party

Christine K’s Caitlyn’s Mad Science Birthday Party

Joanne W’s Peace Love and Lollipops Party

Anneliese S’s Fiesta Forty Party

Pamela S’s Shabby Chic Fairy Party

Katie M’s Morgan + KTs Picnic Engagement Party

Can’t wait to see what you do next year…

Share and Enjoy:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • MySpace
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • email

New Dessert Table Category in the Photo Showcase

We’ve just added “dessert table” to the showcase section on everyone’s party page. When you’re adding a new party (or editing an old one), please drag a photo of your gorgeous dessert table into the “dessert table” box.

This way it’s easier for me to show off all your lovely dessert tables in my blog, and for people to browse through them in the “browse photos” section of the site.

Also, please let me know what you think and if there are any other categories we should be adding.

Share and Enjoy:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • MySpace
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • email

Our New Christmas Party Page Layout!

We’ve just designed our new Christmas layout to decorate your Christmas parties. We wanted something simple with snowflakes and ornaments. You like?

Share and Enjoy:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • MySpace
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • email

Our New Thanksgiving Party Page Layout

We’ve just designed a new Thanksgiving layout to better show off your Thanksgiving celebrations on our site! What do you think?

Also, a new FREE Thanksgiving printables collection will be up on Monday.

And we will be adding a new Christmas layout soon too… so stay tuned!

Share and Enjoy:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • MySpace
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • email

Tell Us Which is Your Favorite Party and Win a $50 CSN Gift Certificate!

The generous folks at CSN Stores have given us a $50 gift certificate to give away. For those of you who don’t know, CSN sells everything for your home, from kitchenware, to hardware, to toys, and to even console tables.

Some of my favorite $50 items…

Cuisinart Power Advantage 7-Speed Hand Mixer

Lenox Dinnerware Botanical Vase


Learning Resources Pretend and Play Teaching Cash Register

Leatherman Fuse/Monarch 200 Combo

Marquis by Waterford Vintage Champagne Flutes (Set of 4)

To enter to win, all you have to do is leave a comment with a link to your favorite party on our site (a party that isn’t your own, of course. :) ). That’s it! We thought we’d make this one easy, plus we’re really interested in seeing what you choose.

We’ll pick the winner at random on Wednesday, October 27nd at 10:00pm (PDT).  Any entries after that won’t be considered, sorry.  This giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents only.  We will use random.org to generate our winner.

Share and Enjoy:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • MySpace
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • email

NEW FEATURE — A New “Party Inspiration and Theme” Page (Plus our Top 10 Theme List)!

I’m so excited to announce a new page on our site called party inspirations and themes.

It’s just a big list o’ themes, but if you click on one, you’ll see all the parties on our site with that theme.

Now it should be even easier to find inspiration for your next party. Check it out here!

And if you want to see the top 10 themes on our site for girl birthdays, boy birthdays, grown up birthdays, baby showers, and bridal showers, you can find them listed on our browse parties page right below the search box on the right.

See what’s popular and why!

We’d love to hear what you think of our new page — things you like, things you don’t like, or any suggestions you may have.

We’re always looking for ways to make our site better, so we really value what you have to say.  Please email me at jillian@catchmyparty.com.

Share and Enjoy:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • MySpace
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • email

I Had a Photo Shoot

Now that Catch My Party is off and running, I thought it was time I got some half-way-decent photos taken of me. There are so many places I need to add a photo (like our own site), and I never seem to have one I like.

While my husband is wonderful in many ways, he takes the most unflattering photographs.

So enter photographer Tamar Levine.  I met Tamar when she tutored me in Photoshop about a year ago.  She’s young, hip (but not too hip), and approachable.

I thought, if I was going to get my picture taken, I needed it be by someone who was going to make me feel comfortable.  And Tamar was just the person.  She was fun, supportive, easy to work with, and she even gave me some important tips on how to look my best in photos (“chin up, chin up”).  By the end of the shoot, I felt like such a natural.  I even wondered if I’d missed my calling as a supermodel.

Here are some of the photos she took of me at the photo shoot.  (I love saying photo shoot, by the way.)

While Tamar is best known for her fashion photography, she also loves shooting portrait and engagement photos.

Here are some of her fashion photographs…

And here are some of her gorgeous wedding and engagement photos…


She will be shooting my daughter’s next birthday, so be on the look out for that in March.

And if you live in Los Angeles and are looking for a creative, down-to-earth photographer, who takes beautiful photos, and might make you (delusionally) think you could be a supermodel, Tamar Levine is your woman.

Share and Enjoy:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • MySpace
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • email

TRENDS: Summer Parties on Catch My Party

As summer winds down, I thought it would be fun to revisit some of our most memorable beach and pool parties of the year.  Enjoy!

Lindsey M’s Girly Gecko Birthday Party

Lisa R’s Carnival Party

Sarah Y’s Popsicle Party

Katie I’s Flip Flop Fabulous Party

Christina C’s Splish Splash Party

Maureen A’s Blue and Green Pool Party


Jen C’s Brinley’s 2nd Birthday

Lisa R’s Hannah’s Flip-Flopped Party

Claudia S’s Surf’s Up Party

Tonya B’s Splish Splash Soiree

Hope you’ve had a wonderful summer!

Share and Enjoy:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • MySpace
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • email

Cakes on Catch My Party

I thought I’d post a few of the amazing cakes we’ve seen on our site.  Take a look at these…

From Kristy L’s Alexa Cate’s 2nd Birthday Party

From Anne P’s Milk & Cookies Party

From Laura L’s Chanel Inspired Bridal Shower

From Meredith E’s Welcome Lainey Jayne Baby Shower

From Kate P’s Bailey’s Farm Party

And more to come…

Share and Enjoy:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • MySpace
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • email

Our Le Creuset Giveaway Winner… Ann Marie B.

The winner of our Le Creuset dish giveaway is…

Ann Marie B. who is a friend on Facebook.  Congrats, Ann Marie!

And thank you to everyone who entered our first giveaway!

Share and Enjoy:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • MySpace
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • email
Sweets & Treats Boutique
JW Illustrations
Bird's Party Printables
The Trendy Butterfly
All That's Pretty
Great Graphics
party invitations
party invitations
Squared Party Printables
Party Plan-It Designs
miss ruby sue
Sassy Alice Designs
Azaria Designs
Sarah Hope Designs
love party printables
Gift Baskets
Party by Fonz
Wanessa Carolina Creations
Fancy That
Taffie Wishes
24k Packaging
Green Apple Paperie
Green Party Goods
Your Blissful Day
Stitchinnetka
cupcake express
Party Like Paula
Creative Little Stars
delightfulprints
Plates & Napkins Party Supplies
bunny prints birthdays
Wedding Party Favor
paperlicious - paper that rocks
Pip Events
DimplePrints
Confetti Prints
Cutie Patootie Creations
Enchanting Details Event Planning
just SUGAR COAT IT!
MJ Paperie