4th of July Disco Pool Party

Happy 4th of July 

**Oriental Trading was awesome and sent me product in exchange for styling a party**

This 4th of July add a little disco to your party.  Ok, so maybe you're thinking, where's the disco?  Maybe you're thinking, all I see is patriotic and sparkle.  That sequined lantern from Oriental Trading made me think disco when I saw it.  All that's missing is the music of  the Bee Gees and Donna Summer playing.  

Fill up the kiddie pool, set out some chairs for relaxing and don't forget the sunscreen.  You don't want your guests going home burnt. That's no fun. Trust me, I know. I'm a red head.

Kids love the sparkle too.

Fruit never lasts at my summer parties.   Stop at your local farmers market and pick up what's in season.  Your guests will love the taste of freshness. Before they enjoy a cookie of course.

Don't forget the party favors.  Bubbles, glowing rings and temporary tattoos are all inexpensive and fun party favors.

Oh you know I had to have cookies and cupcakes at my party. It's just not a party without them.  Maybe you have A/C in your house. I don't. So I picked up store bought cupcakes and cookies. I wasn't about to turn on my oven or stay up till midnight when the house cooled down to bake.  I added my tulle poms to dress up the cupcakes and I don't know many people who can resist Loft House Cookies.

This table linen totally looks disco to me. Boogie Fever... Got to boogie down- The Sylvers 

Poms available in many colours here 

Good times with friends is where it's at when it comes to throwing a 4th of July party.

Will you be throwing a 4th of July party?  Leave me a comment and let me know.

Shop this party:
Concept, styling and photography by- Fizzy Party
Patriotic pool, drink coasters,  sequin lantern, star kabobs,  golf ball cups, - Oriental Trading
Star garland- Fancy & Fold
Disco table linen, glitter 4, patriotic table linen- Joann  
Tulle poms - Fizzy Party

4th of July Pool Party

4th of July Disco Pool Party

**Thank you to Oriental Trading for sending me product in exchange for styling a party

Summer is here!   We've been roasting here in Portland. 🌞 Temps have been soaring to 90 degrees, which is hot for us.  All this hot weather calls for a pool party! What do you do when you don't have a pool?  You order one from Oriental Trading.  Than you invite a bunch of friends over to celebrate the 4th of July with you. 

Now if you've been following me long enough and I totally hope you have than you know I love glittery things.   So for this 4th of July party I added a little disco touch.  I scored that glittery 4 and disco table linen at Joann on a smoking sale. Always check the sale area when you're in a craft store. You never know what you may find. 

Being a HOT day I wanted to make sure my friends stayed hydrated so I filled a mini cooler with a variety of drinks.  I picked up some Bai ,  Coca-Cola , La Croix,  and a friend brought some festive Smirnoff Ice.

And here's a couple of my friends now enjoying a gorgeous afternoon at the 4th of July Disco Pool Party.  I love that my friends dress for the theme of my parties. It makes it so much more festive and of course it makes for great pictures. 😄

Come on in, the water feels great. 

You're totally going to want to come back later this week to see all the yummy treats I served. 

Want to throw your own 4th of July pool party? Let's go shopping:

Styling, photography by Fizzy Party 

Pool, sequin lantern- Oriental Trading 

Paper star garland- Fancy & Fold

Sequin fabric and glitter 4- Joann 

Flag tee and dress- Old Navy 

Wedding Sweet Heart Table

Love is Sweet Sweetheart Table 

** I was given product by Oriental Trading in exchange for styling this party. 

Now that you've got a drink from the bubbly bar let's take a seat and enjoy a delicious meal at this colourful wedding reception.  

So I had all these plans of renting two tables, 12 white wood chairs and all the flatware, plates and cups I would need to make the tables all pretty. I was going to set them up in the "park", aka my backyard.  But then I remembered it's Rose Festival weekend and always rains Rose Festival weekend. Scratch that idea. I still wanted to set up a table though.  So I set up a sweetheart table under our gazebo. 

My first sweetheart table. Yep my first. We didn't have one at our wedding.  We had a casual reception, just the way we liked it.  Buffet style.  We sat next to each other of course but we had no designated seats for any one.  How'd I do with my first sweetheart table?

I have to admit I'm loving these light pink peonies in the yellow flower box.  You may be thinking the red doesn't really go with the rest of the table but if you pop over here, you'll see that it's not out of place.  

I'm crushing over the champagne table linen from Party Crush Studio.    It's like a wedding dress for your table.  Those hearts in the centerpiece are marshmallows.  Fun huh? The theme for this wedding was candy after all. 

Are you getting married this year?  Leave me a comment and tell me about it. I'd love to talk weddings with you. 

Shop this sweetheart table-
Concept and styling by Fizzy Party
Table Linen- Party Crush Studio 
Wood Box and glass globes - Marry Me by Oriental Trading
Fondant lollipops- Harriet's House of Cakes  

Chargers, plates, flat ware, and glasses- Power of Love Rentals 

Wedding- Candy Inspired

Candy themed Wedding Inspiration 

** I was given product by Oriental Trading for this styled shoot. Full disclosure, I've been shopping at Oriental Trading long before they gave me product to use in this shoot. 

When Oriental Trading told me they had a wedding line I immediately had to check it out. I already love using their products for my parties so I had to see what the wedding line contained.  ooooh, I found SO much I could use for my parties.  So when they asked me to style something using their wedding line I was all over it. Let's take a look. 

This was my first mini wedding styled shoot and I had so. much. fun! After all, a wedding is just a big party.  For this shoot I chose Martha Stewarts fall 2017 unique color combination.  I love the POPs of yellow and pinky/mauve, the fresh green and of course my fav, red.  And the black anchors it all. 

I'm not a fancy pants wedding kind of person.  While I love the look of those types of weddings they just aren't me.  I'm more of a wedding as just a big fun party kind of person.  The colors I was using as inspiration made me think of candy so I chose that as my theme.  I sent the colors to Kiss Me Kate Studio,  told her I was going with a candy theme and asked her to create an invitation and RSVP card for me. She nailed it. The font and candy say fun but she also captured the wedding feel.    

For this styled shoot I wasn't re-creating the whole wedding, just parts of it. I skipped the ceremony part and went straight for the reception.  The morning started out drizzly and I thought we were going to have to shoot indoors. But when Photography Hill arrived the sun came out and we moved everything outside. Woo Hoo!!!

I wanted to create a fun little station for guests to grab drinks and a treat after dancing the day away.  A bubbly bar  with drinks for adults, Coppola Blanc de Blanc in fun little handy cans and Fentiman's for the kids and those that don't care for alcohol.   The octopus is not only fun but it draws people over to the bubbly bar and is one of the inspiration colors, yellow.

The Coppola comes with little straws but the Fentiman's does not. So I tied paper straws to the Fentiman's.  The straws pull in the red from the inspiration colors while the ribbon pulls in the pink and the table pulls in the black. The bottles and cans also pull in the inspiration colors.

Besides working up a thirst dancing the day/night away you might also want a little treat.  Popsicles are great for summer or warm fall weddings.  Lickety Pops is a local company here in Portland.  Their refreshing flavors will surely be a treat for your guests.  This is their raspberry thyme flavor and yes, it is delish.

Be sure to come back by for more inspiration and to see the sweetheart and dessert table.
Leave me a comment! Myself and the vendors I used would LOVE to hear your thoughts.

**This styled shoot used product sent to me by Marry Me by Oriental Trading.

Concept and styling by Fizzy Party
Photography by Photography Hill
Invitation and RSVP card by Kiss Me Kate Studio
Sequin table linen by Party Crush Studio
Fondant lollipops by Harriet's House of Cakes  
Octopus chandelier by Chandelier by NK 
Bubbly Bar sign by Marry Me by Oriental Trading 
Cake Plate from Power of Love Rentals
Heart straws from Sweets and Treats Boutique
Popsicles from Lickety

Best Friends Party - Part Two

Welcome to part two of the BFF party 

** I was given product by Oriental Trading in exchange for styling this party. I've totally been shopping there for years before I was even a blogger. Seriously. 

If you missed part one of the BFF party I'll wait while you pop over and check it out.  

Welcome back.  Let's get this party started. 

This last weekend I rocked my inner Kate Spade with this BFF party for two of my friends who helped my man take care of our sick kitty while I was at a conference back in April.

I surprised my friends with some seriously glamorous and tasty macarons from Sprinkle Made and a gift bag full of little goodies. Cute socks, unicorn lip gloss, duck shaped bath sponge, face mask and foot mask.

Caramel macarons. So delicious.  And pretty.

BFF's are special so I treated them to a little cute can of champagne that happened to match the party colors.

Can you believe these macarons?! Bakers seriously impress me with their skills. This is why I save myself time and stress and just order treats for my parties.  Unless it's cupcakes. I make those myself.

The celebrations continued with cookies I ordered from Creating Awesomenessity.  Every time I order cookies from her she nails it!

Take home treats.

Concept, styling and photography- Fizzy Party
Black & White stripped table runner and pink bags- Oriental Trading
Macarons- Sprinkle Made
Cookies- Creating Awesomenessity
Circle garland, BFF cake topper and paper flowers- Fancy & Fold
Cake stand- Borrowed from B. Lovely Events
Party poppers borrowed from - Cupcake Wishes and Birthday Dreams
Gold sequin table linen- Joann Crafts  


Related: Best Friends Party 

Best Friends Day

National Best Friends Day

** I was provided product by Oriental Trading in exchange for styling a party.  

June 8 is National Best Friends Day.  Let your friends know how much they mean to you by throwing a mini party for them. Whether you take them to lunch, throw a BBQ or go all out with a party set up like I did, your friends will appreciate it.

This year I wanted to let two of my friends know how much I appreciate them.  These two friends helped my husband with our sick kitty while I was at a conference back in April.  They came over after work every day the week I was gone.

The party ended up being a little Kate Spade inspired with the black and white stripes, gold and pink.  The inspiration for the party was actually inspired by some plates I saw on Oriental Trading. 

Yep, you can totally see my in the reflection of the vase, hee hee 

These are the plates that inspired this party.  I also got these great premium gold forks that I added pink glitter polka dots too.  I added the pink glitter dots using those little bottles of glitter glue you find at craft stores.  I like to add extra little details like this to plastic silverware.  It makes it look not so plastic.

What's a little girlfriends get together without champagne.  These little cans of Sofia champagne were the perfect color, just the right serving size and just plain cute and fun.

I thanked my friends with delicious caramel macarons from Sprinkle Made.  I also treated them to special cookies but you'll have to come back later this week to see those. 😉

Thank you to all of you who are inspired by the parties I throw, who comment on my social media channels and who come by and visit my blog. 💖

Now go shop this party and treat your friends to a thank you party. They'll be blown away with appreciation.  And be sure to share those pictures with me. I love to see your parties.  Share them here.

Concept, styling and photography by Fizzy Party
Black and white strip backdrop and table runner, Yay plates, gold forks, gold vases, pink bags, jumbo balloons- Oriental Trading
Gold circle garland, pink paper roses and BFF cake topper- Fancy and Fold
Gold sequin table linen-  Joann Crafts
 Black cake stand borrowed from B. Lovely Events
Party poppers borrowed from Cupcake Wishes and Birthday Dreams
Macarons- Sprinkle Made  


Related: Best Friends Party Part Two