{Giveaway} Fabulous Summer Love Giveaway!!!

UPDATE!!

We have a winner!

Comment #143 - Rebecka Lozano

Congratulations!

Please email stefanie@annaandblue.com for info to claim your prizes.

We have a fabulous giveaway in store for you this week.  I had such a wonderful time putting together the birthday party for my girls this summer and it could not have come to together so beautifully without the help of some incredibly talented and creative ladies.   To celebrate, we have a Summer Love giveaway inspired by the Aloha Party and now you have a chance to win goodies from all the vendors!! This giveaway is filled with lots of fun!  One lucky winner will be able to create a birthday party for their special someone! 

Check out the goodies!

 

 

 

Here are all of the vendor links listed below their names:

anna and blue paperie

Facebook

Etsy Shop

Blog

Cookies Are My Canvas

Facebook

Blog and Shop

DK Designs

Facebook  

Shop

Blog

Looking 4 Lilly

Facebook

Shop

Blog

Modern Frills

Facebook

Shop

Blog

Shop Sweet Lulu

Facebook

Shop

Two Sugar Babies

Facebook

Shop

Blog

Who wants to WIN?? Here's how to enter:

1.  {REQUIRED} Are you a fan of anna and blue paperie on Facebook? If not, become one here and "like" our page! If you are a new fan, please say hello on my Facebook wall. Then come back here and let me know that you did.

2. {REQUIRED} Become a fan of each vendor on Facebook.  Feel free to leave some LOVE on their page letting them know you're coming from the anna and blue paperie Summer Love giveaway! Leave a comment telling us that "liked" all the pages. 

3. For 3 entries, post about the Summer LOVE giveaway in your status while "TAGGING anna and blue paperie". Come back here and comment that you did.

4. For one entry, take a look at all of the shops.  Leave a comment here letting us know your favorite three products.
 

5. For an extra entry, subscribe to the vendors' blogs and leave us a comment here that you did.

Please leave a separate comment for each entry! In order to be chosen as the winner, you MUST leave your contact info. Please leave your email so that I have a way of contacting you if you are the winner.

NOTE:  YOU have ONE week to explore the shops, fan pages, blogs, etc. Take your time. Enjoy. Dream about how you will celebrate this Summer LOVE!

Winner will be chosen on Monday, September 19, 2011 at 10:00pm (cst) Any entries after this time will be void. Winner will be selected using random.org.

Hula Girls Adorable Aloha Party Attire

When I originally posted on my blog that I was dreaming of putting together a luau  inspired birthday party for Annabelle and Madeleine, sweet Kristina at Modern Frills contacted me that she would love to create tank tops for the birthday girls.  I was elated to say the least.  I worked with Kristina last year when she designed the most adorable Hello Kitty tank tops for Annabelle and Madeleine's birthday party.  I absolutely fell in love with her creations and have been the biggest fan ever since.  

I emailed Kristina the color palette that I was planning to use for the party and she created the most fabulous rosette tanks tops.  The fabrics were so adorable and in the perfect colors for the party!  And with each top that Kristina makes, she adds the cutest signature heart on the back.

Kristina offers unique appliqued birthday shirts, personalized tees with a sweet and modern twist in her Etsy shop HERE.

Every little girl loves their hair accessories especially if you are the guests of honor at a luau party.   Kristina at Looking 4 Lilly created the most stunning hair accessories for the birthday girls.  When they arrived in the mail, they just made me smile from ear to ear.  The clippies were so beautiful and you would have thought that both Kristinas sat side by side creating the products for the girls because they matched perfectly. 

Kristina was ever so sweet to make a clippie for me so that I could join in on the fun.

Kristina offers adorable gifts and accessories for girls and ladies including headbands, hair clips, jewelry and more in her Etsy shop HERE.

Aloha Summer Party Details & FREE Printable!

The party decor for the Aloha Summer birthday party didn't start at the dessert table but rather at the front door.  I made a colorful wreath using a Styrofoam ring and placed cocktail umbrellas all around it. Then, I added a matching ribbon and hung it on our front door. The guests were welcomed with leis and hula skirts to wear.   

I made hair clips from a flower bouquet I purchased at a dollar store that I added to tree branches I found from our yard which made the perfect centerpiece for our family room.  Girls chose their favorite flower clip to go along with their aloha accessories.

I styled our console table in our foyer by adding a welcome sign to greet the guests and it also served as the place to hold the favors for the party guests.

  I placed white frames with pictures of the girls on the table.  Using a flower punch, I punched flowers from papers in the birthday party colors and used "pop stickers" to add them to the frame.  To add a fun touch, I embellished each flower with a piece of candy.

I found beach pails for a dollar each at Michaels that made for the perfect containers to hold the loot for the favors.  The dollar store also had packages of bubbles for a dollar and I thought they would be cute to wrap the bottle wrappers around them from the Aloha printable collection.  At the store, I also found water squirt toys that I placed in the pails.  

Included in the favor pails were Christina from Cookies Are My Canvas' beautiful cookies. The favors were adorned with the Aloha Summer favor tags that I made using my favorite craft punch.

Last but not least, I added flowers that I made from tissue paper.  They were super easy to make and they turned out beautifully.  Tutorial coming soon!

Activities for the party consisted of coloring hibiscus flowers and beach themed coloring pages, a paper leis craft station (tutorial coming soon), hula lessons and a tiki piñata. 

 I am excited to share with you a free printable from the Aloha Summer birthday party.

Download your free Aloha printable HERE.

The Aloha banner can be cut as squares or cut into circles, add a lollipop stick and ribbon and you can use as a cake topper or table decorations. 

Enjoy!

Aloha Summer Birthday Party - Part One

Creating this party was so much fun and seeing everything come together was truly party PARADISE.  Thanks so much to everyone who helped to make the party a hit!

I will be adding more posts that will give all of the details from the party including the dessert table, kid's tables, favor table, Annabelle and Madeleine's attire, tutorials and more!  In addition, there will be amazing giveaways from fabulous vendors who helped to create this beautiful party.  You are going to love what I have in store.  We're just getting started...so STAY TUNED!

So many more details to share!!!

In the meantime, I would like to say thanks SO much to these amazing ladies:

Jenn {Hostess with the Mostess}: party inspiration, candy kabobs, DIY wreath

Amy {Amy Atlas}: dessert table inspiration

Kim {The Tomkat Studio}: party inspiration, flower branches

Christina {Cookies Are My Canvas}: amazing custom flower and Aloha cookies

Kristina {Modern Frills} adorable rosette tanks

Diane {DK Designs} gorgeous cake flowers

Charynn {Two Sugar Babies}: beautiful flower fondant toppers

Kristina {Looking 4 Lilly} Annabelle & Madeleine's colorful flower clippies
Jessie {Shop Sweet Lulu} celebration candles, candy cups, stripy straws

...and last but not least many thanks to my sweet hubby, who helped me for hours making the layered birthday cake and for being so supportive!

The Aloha Summer printable collection is now in my shop!

The printable collection includes:

1.  Invitation

2.  Banner

3. Wrappers

4.  Blank Gift Tags/Labels (4)

5.  Blank Tents/place cards (4)

6.  2 Inch Party Decor

7.  2 Inch Favor Tags

8.  Cake Toppers/table decor

9.  Party Sign

Text can be customized. Please email me for info. 

The Aloha Summer collection is now in my shop HERE.

{Party Inspiration} Aloha Summer Celebration

I have been thinking about a theme for Annabelle and Madeleine's birthday party ever since we celebrated their Hello Kitty party that I created for them last year.  I am not kidding when I say that.  So many different ideas have come into my head this past year.  The girls have had their input as well.  Their ideas seemed to change as quickly as the ones that I thought of. Their birthdays are three weeks apart and we decided to have another joint party for them this year.  

Annabelle is starting Kindergarten in a few short months (I CANNOT believe it!  Where has the time gone??) I want to incorporate their favorite colors.  Warm and inviting colors of yellow, orange and fuchsia.  A color palette that cheers for celebration!

When I came across this picture of these gorgeous hibiscus flowers created by Diane of DK Designs, I fell in LOVE.  It has become the focal point when looking for ideas for the birthday party.

 Image via Pottery Barn Kids

Image via Layer Cake Shop

 

Image via Dell Cove Spices

 

Image via Jelly Belly

Image via Martha Stewart

Image via Amy Atlas

Image via Beau-Coup

I look forward to sharing ideas with you over the next few weeks and would love to receive your ideas as well as this will become a new collection for the shop.