Comments on: Let’s Get this Party (planning) Started! http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/2009/12/31/lets-get-this-party-planning-started/ spy into my little life Tue, 22 May 2012 20:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Betsy http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/2009/12/31/lets-get-this-party-planning-started/comment-page-1/#comment-26711 Betsy Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:58:50 +0000 http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/?p=2069#comment-26711 First time visiting and I loved your birthday invite design. What a delight! First time visiting and I loved your birthday invite design. What a delight!

]]> By: Michie http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/2009/12/31/lets-get-this-party-planning-started/comment-page-1/#comment-26680 Michie Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:10:56 +0000 http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/?p=2069#comment-26680 I spent 20 minutes in line at the post office to get stamps for our Save the Dates... you know... our WEDDING... and all they had were those Simpsons stamps! I love the Simpsons and if I were sending anything other than wedding stuff, I would have totally gotten them. Anyway. What's up with the post office having crappy stamp options? I spent 20 minutes in line at the post office to get stamps for our Save the Dates… you know… our WEDDING… and all they had were those Simpsons stamps! I love the Simpsons and if I were sending anything other than wedding stuff, I would have totally gotten them.

Anyway. What’s up with the post office having crappy stamp options?

]]> By: Jennifer http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/2009/12/31/lets-get-this-party-planning-started/comment-page-1/#comment-26668 Jennifer Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:08:29 +0000 http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/?p=2069#comment-26668 My daughter's second birthday was rainbow-themed. I made a rainbow cake (chocolate inside) with cotton candy clouds: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenandchuck/2541395599/ And rainbow cupcakes: inside: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenandchuck/2511685050/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenandchuck/2510855179/in/photostream/ outside: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenandchuck/2542172028/in/photostream/ And rainbow jello: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenandchuck/2542883471/ And then we saw disco rainbows in our brains as we had seizures thanks to the artificial colors. It was pretty awesome. Just some ideas to share with you, though you are MUCH more creative than I, so can't wait to see what you come up with. My daughter’s second birthday was rainbow-themed.

I made a rainbow cake (chocolate inside) with cotton candy clouds:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenandchuck/2541395599/

And rainbow cupcakes:
inside: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenandchuck/2511685050/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenandchuck/2510855179/in/photostream/
outside: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenandchuck/2542172028/in/photostream/

And rainbow jello:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenandchuck/2542883471/

And then we saw disco rainbows in our brains as we had seizures thanks to the artificial colors. It was pretty awesome.

Just some ideas to share with you, though you are MUCH more creative than I, so can’t wait to see what you come up with.

]]> By: Tammy http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/2009/12/31/lets-get-this-party-planning-started/comment-page-1/#comment-26619 Tammy Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:19:44 +0000 http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/?p=2069#comment-26619 What about making plantable seed paper either for a craft (might be too tricky for little kids) or as party favors? http://www.davidsuzuki.org/files/NC/newsletter/dec08/plantable_seed_paper.pdf What about making plantable seed paper either for a craft (might be too tricky for little kids) or as party favors? http://www.davidsuzuki.org/files/NC/newsletter/dec08/plantable_seed_paper.pdf

]]> By: elz http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/2009/12/31/lets-get-this-party-planning-started/comment-page-1/#comment-26569 elz Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:01:17 +0000 http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/?p=2069#comment-26569 I just thought of a decoration idea. I think I saw it on Jordan's blog? You basically sew streamers together. It is very easy and you could make a rainbow without too much effort, or just sew different color streamers together. Much longer lasting than regular streamers and cheap cheap cheapery cheap! You also HAVE to make tissue paper flower poms. They are ridiculously easy to make and have a huge impact. I just thought of a decoration idea. I think I saw it on Jordan’s blog? You basically sew streamers together. It is very easy and you could make a rainbow without too much effort, or just sew different color streamers together. Much longer lasting than regular streamers and cheap cheap cheapery cheap! You also HAVE to make tissue paper flower poms. They are ridiculously easy to make and have a huge impact.

]]> By: Meemo http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/2009/12/31/lets-get-this-party-planning-started/comment-page-1/#comment-26536 Meemo Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:36:41 +0000 http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/?p=2069#comment-26536 I love the invites. Can't wait to see how the party turns out. You have a true talent that could make you lots of moola. I wish I could just get the invites out in time as I usually end up having to do phone invites because I never get it together in time. You are a birthday planning genius. I can only imagine a wedding you'd throw. I love the invites. Can’t wait to see how the party turns out. You have a true talent that could make you lots of moola. I wish I could just get the invites out in time as I usually end up having to do phone invites because I never get it together in time. You are a birthday planning genius. I can only imagine a wedding you’d throw.

]]> By: tracy http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/2009/12/31/lets-get-this-party-planning-started/comment-page-1/#comment-26534 tracy Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:35:37 +0000 http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/?p=2069#comment-26534 i made a cute craft where we colored, cut out and glued a leprechan body to a cup (that was filled w soil & grass seed) then had a little hat taped to a popsicle stick that stuck into the soil. when the grass grew it was his hair. lol! i can picture this for your crafty craft. btw...i LOVE the seed theme. i made a cute craft where we colored, cut out and glued a leprechan body to a cup (that was filled w soil & grass seed) then had a little hat taped to a popsicle stick that stuck into the soil. when the grass grew it was his hair. lol! i can picture this for your crafty craft.
btw…i LOVE the seed theme.

]]> By: Janna http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/2009/12/31/lets-get-this-party-planning-started/comment-page-1/#comment-26533 Janna Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:03:43 +0000 http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/?p=2069#comment-26533 I agree with the rainbow cake idea. SO cute! You could also serve all colors of fruit on plates side by side to create a rainbow affect- strawberries, oranges, mango or pineapple, kiwi, blueberries, blackberries... same idea goes for veggies. :) You could have a candy station with rainbow colored jelly beans, candy sticks, bumble gum balls and let the guest scoop some into a bag for their favors. For activities, seed or flower planting is a great idea! You could get little terra cotta pots and paint each one a color from the rainbow and have ribbon and fun adornments for them to decorate their pots. Then have pansies (since they're durable or something similar) and potting soil for the kids to plant. You could make cute little plant stakes for each guest with their name and the type of flower they are planting made with your mad graphic design skillz and attached to a popsicle stick they can stick into the soil after the flower is planted. It could even have directions for caring for their new flower on the back. You are so creative I know the party will be awesome and I love the invitations!!! I hope I can be as creative with Clara's birthday parties as you are with Bug's! I've got 11 months to figure something fantastic out. Any ideas for a first birthday in December? I agree with the rainbow cake idea. SO cute!
You could also serve all colors of fruit on plates side by side to create a rainbow affect- strawberries, oranges, mango or pineapple, kiwi, blueberries, blackberries… same idea goes for veggies. :)

You could have a candy station with rainbow colored jelly beans, candy sticks, bumble gum balls and let the guest scoop some into a bag for their favors.

For activities, seed or flower planting is a great idea! You could get little terra cotta pots and paint each one a color from the rainbow and have ribbon and fun adornments for them to decorate their pots. Then have pansies (since they’re durable or something similar) and potting soil for the kids to plant. You could make cute little plant stakes for each guest with their name and the type of flower they are planting made with your mad graphic design skillz and attached to a popsicle stick they can stick into the soil after the flower is planted. It could even have directions for caring for their new flower on the back.

You are so creative I know the party will be awesome and I love the invitations!!! I hope I can be as creative with Clara’s birthday parties as you are with Bug’s! I’ve got 11 months to figure something fantastic out. Any ideas for a first birthday in December?

]]> By: Jummy http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/2009/12/31/lets-get-this-party-planning-started/comment-page-1/#comment-26532 Jummy Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:52:09 +0000 http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/?p=2069#comment-26532 Those invitations are absolutely beautiful! Those invitations are absolutely beautiful!

]]> By: Lady in a Smalltown http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/2009/12/31/lets-get-this-party-planning-started/comment-page-1/#comment-26531 Lady in a Smalltown Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:06:09 +0000 http://secret-agent-josephine.com/blog/?p=2069#comment-26531 OH, and one more thing. When I was in college my friends and I made a rainbow cake like none I have seen on anyone else's blog. We divided the cake batter into 3 bowls and made them purple, green, and orange and split the frosting and dyed it red, yellow, and blue. Then we layered with purple on the bottom and red frosting on the outside. It did kind of look like a rainbow when we cut it. I wish I had pictures, but alas this was a time before digital cameras and I don't know where the hard copies are. OH, and one more thing. When I was in college my friends and I made a rainbow cake like none I have seen on anyone else’s blog. We divided the cake batter into 3 bowls and made them purple, green, and orange and split the frosting and dyed it red, yellow, and blue. Then we layered with purple on the bottom and red frosting on the outside. It did kind of look like a rainbow when we cut it.

I wish I had pictures, but alas this was a time before digital cameras and I don’t know where the hard copies are.

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