Graduation Party-Turquoise and Purple

Finally, the party we have all been waiting for! After months of planning, preparing, and hitting each other, we finally threw the best graduation party for the best baby sister ever. I'm still shocked that you have graduated from high school and that it is all over now, but I'm so excited for your future. It's crazy how time is going by so fast, but it just keeps getting better! I'm loving each party we are throwing more and more, especially when it is for someone so special. Everything about this graduation party was perfect. The colors, theme, decorations, people, music, and food were amazing. Thanks to everyone that made this day perfect for our sister. The colors were turquoise, purple, and some white. Check out the pictures below for more details!

The dance floor and favor/activity table.

Preparing the food table. On the right was the silverware and drinks display. 

We hung purple and turquoise streamers on top of the food table. Is that a cake? Check out the rest of the pictures for a closer shot.

Oh how I love this. I want this displayed all over my house forever and ever. Paper lanterns are amazing, in any color for any event! This made the dance floor so much more fun.

Just one more picture. I'm thinking of adding a new post of the 100 pictures I took of these.

Book centerpieces. No they are not edible, but one book was more than enough to eat!

 

We made notebook paper place cards. It's all about the details! We added this next to all of the food, sweets, favors, and activities.

First up, pizza, chips, dip, salads, and everything delicious

Crackers and cheese. Took a before and after shot to show the world that it was all gone just when I was taking the shot! I hope my sister sees this, then feels bad for me, then will call me because she made some more! Thanks sis, you shouldn't have.

My dad is a salad expert! Thanks for making all of these amazing salads!

Enough pizza, time for some sweets!

And here is the beautiful, neat, and delicious cake made by the talented Sukkar Cakes. A book, graduation cap, and a diploma. Check out her cakes on Facebook here!

We had to make and give out diplomas. What would a graduation party be without diplomas? Candy and chocolate. On the right are the "smart cookies" I made for all of the smart cookies that were invited.

One more picture of the cookies we made because they were amazing. 

Our graduation cupcakes that we made. Aren't these the best? Last year, we made the toppers as a separate sweet. We needed to get these graduates all the sugar they needed, so cupcakes it is!

The silverware display.

Placed the drinks in a basket.

 Here is the favor and activity table. Love love love it! 

Customized banner that we made. We used the graduates name with the word "congratulations". I never noticed how long that word was!

Favor #1: Sunglasses, since these graduates will need shades for a future so bright!

The time capsule. The graduate will not open this until she turns 23, in the year 2016. All of her friends and family wrote what they predict she will be doing at 23, and yes she will not know anything until she's 23. I'll be keeping this at my house for safety.

Time capsule instruction frame, and the torn pages we made for the guests to write on.

 Favors #2: Our homemade (as in our home) chocolate graduation cap and diploma lollipops! 

 A closer look *ran off to go eat mine*.

 Activity #1 (picture on the left): The necklace game. Everyone had to wear one of these during the party, and were not allowed to say the words written on the place card. If someone catches another person saying one of those words, they would take their necklace away! The winner for this activity and the rest to come would win one of the winner bags (picture on the right).

 Activity #2: The teachers name game. Every guest had a name placed on their back. Of course they didn't know the name, and they had to ask their friends for clues until they figured it out!

 Activity #3: Graduation cap autograph hat and bear.

 The frame I made for my little sister. 

 Activity #4: Time for some photos! This photobooth was perfect for the graduation party. We also made a banner that looked like a Polaroid, and said "Picture your future".

What is a photobooth without props? These are props that we made (the ones on the sticks). We also bought some funny bands. 

Photo props.

 Some of the awesome guests. Thanks everyone for coming and making this day a day to remember! And congratulations to all of you that graduated!

Congrats to All the Grads!

Here's a lei I would like to give to each and every one of you that has graduated this year! Congratulations to all of you that has worked so hard to reach where you are today. Hopefully your years to come will be filled with even more success, because you all deserve it! Graduating is one of the   greatest moments in life, and each and every graduate deserves to have a great party thrown just for them. A special congrats to one of the Time2Partay-ers who has graduated this year! I still can't believe my little sister is all grown up. We are so proud of you and are so excited for your future. I hope you liked this lei I made for you, I loved the look on your face when I gave it you! Congrats to the class of 2012!

Teacher Appreciation Gift: A Pencil Bouquet

This school year is almost over, and it just wouldn't be right if students don't show their teachers their nice side for once. Teachers are a gift, and students should thank them for the great year they have had together. This is a pencil bouquet that we made to show a teacher how much we appreciate everything she has done for us. Thank you!!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day! Moms are the people who are willing to sacrifice and do anything just to make their children happy. So why not show them how much we appreciate it? I do believe that every day is Mother's Day, and that we should always celebrate our moms. Here are some cute green and pink themed decorations that we did for Mother's Day.

 

Cupcake toppers

Love how the cupcake toppers turned out! These cupcakes were made by the very talented Sukkar Cakes, check out her Facebook page here for more yummy cakes and cupcakes.

Coffee Lover's Gift Basket

Warning: All coffee lovers should leave this post unless you're holding a cup of coffee in your hand right now! Where should I start from, should I mention how amazing this basket smelled (if only there was a scratch-and-sniff sticker on our blog somewhere)? Or how amazing this basket looked! This is a perfect gift for Mother's Day or any day. Check out the pictures below for all of the amazing things inside the basket.

 Heart shaped chocolate lollipops.

We customized a coffee mug and filled it up with chocolate covered raisins that look like coffee beans. On the mug is "Hands off the coffee and no one gets hurt". Yup that's right. We also added a tumbler.

 Cute kitchen timer.

 

Covered coffee jars with "Keep Calm and Make Coffee" labels.

Frame with coffee themed quotes and words, and a coffee bean candle!

Keychain 

"Thanks a Latte" card with a gift card inserted behind the coffee sleeve.

Simple & Meaningful Cards

I love cards. It's true that you will end up hiding them in some place you would never remember, but the excitement would be when you do accidentally find them (to all of you that have given me cards, this is not me speaking from personal experience)! I love cards, they are so simple and so meaningful. Here are some samples of the many cards to come!

The one above is a simple personalized card.

We made these cards to be tied onto balloons. Cute and simple idea, right?

"Getting Older Sucks!" Gift

This is such a fun gift idea to give to anyone on their birthday. Let's just say you know someone that's turning 40 and you want to remind them that it just sucks to get older. This is the best (and not so rude) way to send the message that ''turning 40 sucks"! We filled up a jar with the same amount of lollipops as their age, but since this was for a teenager we cheated and added him a lot more. Believe me, no one would be upset to get more candy :) .

Jars Filled With Love!

Here are two other ways we filled up jars with love. Like our older post (check it out here), we filled them up with Hershey Kisses, but the one on the left had a little surprise under all of that delicious chocolate! This could be customized for a mom on Mothers Day, a birthday, or simply to show someone you love them as much as you love chocolate.

 Once the chocolate has all been eaten, (oh the sadness), there was a little card that said "10 reasons why I love you". 

These were the heart shaped cards that were hiding at the bottom of the jar. You can fill them up with any beautiful reason for that special person (oh the happiness)!