August 29, 2014

 

Ice Cream Birthday

Ice Cream Birthday Party 

I'm pulling out this party from the archives. Meaning I went through my camera and said, hey! I never shared this party from 2 years ago. I told you, archives. 

I throw myself a birthday party every year. A few years ago it was at an old fashioned Ice Cream Parlor. My birthday is in April and in Oregon you're pretty much guaranteed rain. I kept the outdoor decor simple due to the weather and the fact that everyone would be inside for the party. 


Ice Cream Parlor

Ice Cream party centerpiece
Big thank you to my friend TheMistressT of Bubble Off Plumb for making me this banner. 
Ice Cream banner by Bubble Off Plumb
The birthday banner was already up when we arrived so we just rolled with it and set up a small vignette of the toys I use to play with as a child. The milk cans filled with flowers were there already too. 
Ice Cream Party 1970's toys
We set up a craft table with my baby clothes and pictures of me as a wee one.  I wanted guests to create a photo page using stickers and pens. 
Ice Cream Party photo book project
Some of the fun pages my friends and family created for me to add pictures too from the party. 
Ice Cream party photo project

We found this fun cut out in the storage area and set it up at the party for people to have fun with.  It was great to see how many adults got into this.  
Ice Cream Party prop

You can't have a birthday party in an ice cream parlor and not serve ice cream. This party was before I knew all about the world of printables. So I did it the old fashioned way and created these signs out of craft paper and stickers. 
Ice Cream toppings
I just had to make these for the party. My very first attempt at making cake pops. I'm serious. I had never made these before. Look how fabulous! If only all my other attempts turned out so fabulous. 
Ice Cream cone cake pops
Favor table! The kids loved the bubbles and the ice cream poppers. 
Ice Cream party favor table

Vendors 
Sweets banner- Bubble Off Plumb 
Ice cream topping signs, cake pops, and paper  ice cream cones on favor table - Fizzy Party 

August 25, 2014

 

Portland to Coast

The Mother of All Walking Relay's.  The Portland to Coast.

At 5:00 am on Friday, August 22, 2014 the 2 day long party began in downtown Portland, Oregon. 12 people, 2 vans, 2 days, 132 miles.

Portland to Coast start line

Party supplies. Bagels, bananas, grapes, water, granola mix, water, misters, licorice, water. 
Portland to Coast van supplies
Party vehicles abound. The Troll Patrol had quite the colourful party going on. 
Portland to Coast van
Ready for the beach party vehicle. 
Portland to Coast van
No one likes a cranky party guest so tents were provided by Dick's Sporting Goods  for us all to catch a few Z's before day two of the party. 
My team wasn't too into dressing up but I love seeing all the people in costumes having fun.  I'm one of those who dresses up whenever I do any running event. Like that's a surprise. 
1. and 2. Love the running skirts and light up tutu's at Race Junkie  3. I LOVE bats so this running skirt by Sew Krazy  is adorable and fun for this relay party. 4. How fun is this bright pink tutu from Tutuabell.

Many of the legs are walked in the dark in this relay so lots of people wear some sort of glowing item.  We had glow sticks we made into necklaces and bracelets.  One team had devil horns which made it super easy to spot your team mate. We saw lots of glow wigs, fun! And the Mini bow's were popular.  I think the mohawks are really fun but we didn't see any of those. 
Coolglow has a huge variety of items to light up your night time walk.


Party favor! and all I had to do was walk 2 legs of the relay. A  7.68 mile and a 6.11 mile. It was a fun 2 day party. 
Fizzy Party finisher of Portland to Coast

August 15, 2014

 

Ghouls Night Out

**SNEAK PEEK **
Ghouls Night Out by Fizzy Party

Get ready to get glammed up and join me for a Ghouls Night Out. 

You'll want to check in here regular for more sneak peeks and exciting news.

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Big thank you to the vendors who made this party happen:





August 11, 2014

 

Sunday Brunch

The Hydrangeas were a perfect backdrop to a Sunday brunch with friends. My friend Carole had us over for some delicious food and great conversation. How fun to be Going to a party instead of hosting. Now if I can just talk more of my friends into doing this, hint hint

Carole is a good cook so I was looking forward to this brunch. She made us baked french toast with pecans and this delicious crust less quiche. Spinach, eggs and dripping with extra cheese. I need to make me one of these.  No quiche pan? Do what Carole did and use a pie dish. 
With watermelon in season Carole served hers up with in season blueberries. Fresh fruit for brunch is a must!
I too brought watermelon but gourmet'd mine up. I added feta cheese and drizzled it with a balsamic reduction. I got all fancy. My friends loved it! They had never had watermelon this way. 
Thank you to my friend TheMistressT of Bubble Off Plumb for introducing me to this fancied up watermelon. 

Now go invite some friends to brunch before summer comes to an end and you can't dine outside anymore. 

August 6, 2014

 

Woo Hoo! Wednesday: Back to School

Woo Hoo! Wednesday Back to School Supplies for Adults. Why should kids get all the fun :)

It's back to school shopping time for all but a few of my friends and I. The new day planners are hitting the stores and although it's only August it has me thinking of which one I want for 2015. Why is this Woo Hoo! Wednesday material? Have you seen the price of these things?

This year I'm using the Whitney English Day Designer and I love it. The pages and community behind this planner have helped motivate me to bigger and better things. But for 2015 I'm thinking I want to try something new. 

Jessica, our super fun assistant last year told me she simply LOVES her Erin Condren planner. This planner is FULL of kinds of goodies.  A place for birthday's, recipes, goals and more.

Oooh, Kate Spade. I am adoring her items this summer. The gold polka dot planner is the one I'm leaning toward this year. It's fun, glamorous and makes me think BIG things!

I WISH I would have know about this planner by Ban.do before it sold out. SUPER, super cuuuute! Adorable stickers, fun sayings, to-do items to try for the weekend. Hoping they come back in stock because I'll snack one up in a hot minute.

Ha Ha! I Love the saying on the cover of this planner by ninjandninj. This is so what I need in a print on my office wall. Make it right above my computer cause you all know how Pinterest and Twitter can suck you right in. 
Which day planner do you use and like?

***UPDATE Aug 9, 2014**

I went with the Kate Spade Gold Polka Dot planner and I'm busy adding fun touches to its pages.