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 [...]
Posted under Birthday, Birthday themes, Entertainment, Kid's birthday, On a Budget, Party Ideas, Party planning by Jillian - Thursday, March 18, 2010
Tags: Entertainment, kids party, Rocket balloons
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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 [...]
Posted under Birthday, Birthday themes, Catch My Party - the site, Entertainment, Food, Kid's birthday, Party Favors, Party Ideas, Party planning by Jillian - Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Tags: dance party, Kid's birthday, party beads, santa monica, Susie Cakes
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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 [...]
Posted under Birthday, Birthday themes, Entertainment, Food, Invitations, On a Budget, Party Ideas, Party Style, Party planning by Jillian - Friday, March 12, 2010
Tags: roller skating party, teens
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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… [...]
Posted under Birthday, Birthday themes, Catch My Party - the site, Entertainment, Food, On a Budget, Party Favors, Party Ideas, Party Style, Party planning by Jillian - Thursday, March 11, 2010
Tags: bay cities, kids birthday party, Rosti, santa monica, Silly Putty, Wikki Stix
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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 [...]
Posted under Birthday, Birthday themes, Entertainment, Food, Invitations, On a Budget, Party Ideas, Party Style, Party planning by Jillian - Monday, February 22, 2010
Tags: bay cities, Birthday themes, kid birthday, santa monica
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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 [...]
Posted under Birthday, Birthday themes, Entertainment, Food, Invitations, On a Budget, Party Ideas, Party Style, Party planning by Jillian - Friday, February 19, 2010
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I love this… an entire blog dedicated to people throwing Twilight-themed and New Moon-themed parties. It was started by Tara who was turning 30, wanted to throw a Twilight-themed dinner party, couldn’t find a lot of ideas on the web, so she started her own blog.
Some pictures from her Twilight-themed 30th birthday party.
And some other [...]
Posted under Party Ideas, Party Style, Party planning by Jillian - Thursday, January 21, 2010
Tags: new moon party ideas, new moon party invitations, twilight, twilight party, twilight party decorations, twilight party favors, Twilight party ideas, twilight party invitations, twilight party supplies, twilight theme
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I was just talking to Christine Long-Plotkin, who recently added her wedding photos to our site. She got married in November 2009 in Los Angeles, and threw a $30k wedding on a budget of $13k.
How did she do it? With a “can do” spirit, by finding people who were willing to work within her [...]
Posted under Dress, Entertainment, Food, On a Budget, Party Ideas, Party Style, Party planning, Wedding ideas, Weddings by Jillian - Monday, January 11, 2010
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So many of the parties I write about are big parties, so it was fun talking to party planner Chris Nease, owner of Celebrations at Home in Richmond, Virginia, about some of the smaller events she throws, and the creative things she comes up with to make her parties special.
She just put together a candy [...]
Posted under Entertainment, Food, On a Budget, Party Ideas, Party Style, Party planning by Jillian - Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Tags: candy bar, Chris Nease, dessert bar, holiday party, On a Budget
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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 [...]
Posted under Birthday, Entertainment, Food, On a Budget, Party Ideas, Party Style, Party planning by Jillian - Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Tags: baby shower, Birthday, cupcakes, party, theme
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