I cannot believe the amount of custom orders I have completed this past month. Everything from invitations, full party packages or customizing colors for packages that I currently have listed. Here are a few of the items that are newly listed in the shop.
Barbie Princess Pop star Invitation
Can you believe that Christmas is in two short weeks…eek?!?! I struggled a little bit this year creating the Holiday printables collection. At first I wanted to created a beautiful “Grown-Up” damask print with different tones of red but after making a few items I got stuck:( So I switched gears and went with a fun party set with red, green, pink and blue.
I love bell domes, it’s a great way to dress up your dessert table this year.
What’s a winter party without hot chocolate? I used the cupcake toppers as drink labels for the cups.
Yummy cupcakes and cookie lollipops.
How fun is the candy string of light? Here is the link to Hungry Happenings tutorial if you are interested.
Products & Credits:
505 Design+Paperie – Printable Christmas Collection, Photography & Styling
The Christmas Tree Shop– Square White Picture Frames
Dollar Tree – Glass Mugs
Meijers – Glass Bell Dome
Pier 1 – White Ruffled Cake Plate
Target – White Serving Plate, red twine, red& white twine, cookie lollipops
The Twinery – Green & White bakers twine
I recently styled my son’s Surfs Up Party to celebrate his 3rd birthday! Originally, we planned on a shark party ~ but I changed it last minute after seeing the adorable Surf Legend Collection at Gymboree. I love the blue, orange & brown color scheme and my friend happen to have a bin full of Hawaiian decorations left over from my Bachelorette Party {let’s just say we could not stop laughing when we opened the storage container;-) }
The surfboard backdrop inspiration came from Holly at Paisley Petal Events. My husband is not much of a handyman so cutting out surfboard shapes from plywood- as simple as it may have been – would be TOTALLY out of the question. Instead I created a mini version using a 20 x 30 photo print, foam board and the Centerpiece Circles (tutorial coming soon!).
I love making the sweets and treats for my little ones parties. This year I made cake pops, chocolate covered Oreos and shark bite donuts. I’m way to OCD to attempt the cupcakes so I left those to the professionals.
My sister stepped in to save the day after I COMPLETELY forgot to pick up the cookies from the bakery…OOPS. She did a great job considering it was an hour or two before the party.
Each little surfer received his/her own bag of goodies. They especially loved the shark snack container filled with Skittles (per the birthday boys request).
For dinner I served chicken kabobs and an assortment of yummy summer salads
The best part of the whole day was watching these two surfer dudes hang ten on the surf boards!
I am still in disbelief that I have a THREE year old and nearly 5 year old:(
I really don’t know where the time has gone but I am trying to enjoy every last second with both of them
If you are interested in having your own Surfs Up Party check out all the great items now available in the shop.
Party Styling & Printables : 505 Design+Paperie
Photography: Andary Studio
Our printable Barbie Mermaid Tale Inspired Package is one of the top selling collections in the shop right now. I custom designed the original party for Holly at Paisley Petal Events and the package has been a hit ever since. These sweet photos came from Darolyn who created the party for her daughter’s 6th birthday.
I love all the great details in this party, from the cocktail umbrella welcome sign to the sweet cupcakes with adorable flower details.
Interested in throwing your own Barbie Mermaid Tale Party? Check out our printable party decor
This wonderful party comes from my friend Autumn who claims to be “un-crafty”. When you see the photos of her sons birthday party I think you will disagree. She contacted me last fall to create some custom party decorations after searching high and low for Safari party decor.
Abrum’s Mom created the cupcake tower by covering square boxes & cardboard with wrapping paper
The table centerpieces were made with the same adorable wrapping paper, some moss and ferns
Animal print birthday banner
Hanging vines and wild animals decorations
The brand new Safari Party Printable Set is now available in the shop if you are interested.
As I was sifting through all the party photos I have yet to post, I realized that I skipped over my sweet nieces third birthday party – I’m such a bad Aunt. I had been wanting to create a cookies & milk party for some time so when my sister-in-law called me with the “Brookie’s Cookies & Milk” idea I was very excited to get started. She did such a good job putting everything together. From the homemade cake that looked like a giant chocolate chip cookie to the personalized aprons and cookie cutters that each kiddie received. The cookies in a jar gave my brother-in-law and sister-in-law quite the headache…but they did turn out delicious.
Printable Party Set: 505 Design+Paperie
Personalized Aprons: Amazon
Pink Paper Straws: ISAKAY Boutique
Clear Plastic Milk Jugs: Target
My little guy turned two over the summer and we celebrated with an oh-so-cute Golf Birthday Party. He is all boy and loves anything that includes a stick and ball, which made choosing the golf theme fairly easy. We had fun golfing games, snacks & treats and each little caddie even received there very own golf bag. The post was getting fairly large I decided to split it in two parts. Part one covers the favor and dessert table and part two will focus on the food and games. Enjoy!
Golf Pro Shop for the favor table
Each “Golf Pro” received his/her own set of golf clubs (thank you Target dollar section for saving the day!), a blue or green visor I purchased at Joann’s, practice golf balls and a water bottle to stay hydrated on the course.
I created the backdrop for the dessert table with a tan table cloth I had and pinned it to the window frame with thumb tacks (my husband wasn’t too happy about that one…opps!) I used 12” white tissue paper balls that I purchased from Devra Party and hung them by grosgrain ribbon.
I wanted to use items on the dessert table that went along with the theme so I racked my brain for some golf terms. The sign over the table was “Caddie’s Sweet Spot” (sweet spot refers to the center point of the face of the club).
There was a “water hazard” ~ blue jell-o jigglers, “wormburners” (which is the term for a ball that skims the grass) ~ chocolate pudding pack topped with crumbled Oreos and gummy worms plus a sand trap of “doughnut hole in one” ~ made with powder sugar doughnuts and crumbled graham crackers for the sand.
I also made cake pops that resembled golf balls ~ some like a lollipop and others with a golf flag and the number two for the birthday boy. The kids had a few candy choices and a small bag to fill so they could bring treats home.
“Wormburners” – Chocolate pudding cups topped with crushed oreos and gummy worms
Green Grass Cupcakes, with white gumball and printable golf flags.
Thank you so much to everyone who helped make this party amazing, I couldn’t have done it without you.
Vendor List:
Photography: Andary Studio
Party Printables: Printable Studio by 505 Design, Inc
Golf Club Sets: Target Dollar Section
Foam Visors: Joann’s
Green & White Tissue Balls: Devra Party
Green Polka Dot Balloons: Paws Attraction Boutique
Cupcakes – My super talented sister
Interested in hosting your own Golf Themed Party – Check out the Golf Pro Printable set now available in the shop.
More details coming soon….
I am very excited to share our brand new Printable Halloween Collection. When I sat down to create this Halloween Party set I wanted to make sure it included all the things you would need to celebrate this spooktaculor holiday. Weather you are having a monstrous Halloween bash or a fun play date, this set has you covered! A big thanks to Monica at Andary Studio , she did an amazing job capturing all the photos.
I backed the Enter {at your own risk} party sign with some black sparkly cardstock and bright purple cutout spider web cardstock paper.
I filled my kids toy storage container with all the party goodies. These little cubbies are great for kid friendly parties because everything is at there level.
Black and white spider web ribbon wrapped around a water bottle and topped with our printable drink label.
Top: Letter panel Happy Halloween Banner
Bottom Left: White Gable Box wrapped with layers of ribbon and cupcake toppers in cans filled with M&M’s
Bottom right: Centerpiece Circle in a simple white container
Yummy gourmet candy apples topped off with our cupcake topper.
{Check back this week for the delicious tutorial}
Full Printable Halloween Collection
Party Printables & Styling: Five O’ Five Design+Paperie
Photography: Andary Studio
Spider Web Ribbon: Michael’s
White Gable Box: Oriental Trading
Hopefully my ideas inspire you for your next Halloween Party.
I love when my customers share how they used our printable party packages. These amazing pirate party photos came from Cassidy who created the event for her nephew’s birthday.
I love the Parrot, doesn’t it look real?
Delicious Red Velvet Cupcakes
Sweet Salt Water and Black Striped Straws
“Pirate Gold” – Cheese Cubes with our Mini Pirate Flags
“Pirate Jewels” – Fruit Kabob
“Cannon Balls” – Grapes on a Sword
I love how she strung the Welcome Sign on a rope between the pirate bunting banner.
Treasure chest complete with gold coins, fish net, a parrot and a ships wheel.
Such an amazing party, I love all the little details that she used throughout the whole party. Her nephew is one lucky little guy to have such a talented and creative Aunt.
Thanks for sharing Cassidy, hopefully we can work together again.
Pirate Party Printable – Printable Studio by 505 Design, Inc
Parrot – partycheap.com
36″ balloons – msrballoons.com
At the party a friend ask if I had any ideas for her son’s baseball themed first birthday party, of coarse I do! She really liked the customized banner and food labels so we came up with this.
The baseball themed banner will be available at the end of next week along with 4 other new party designs!
Here is a brief bio of how this all started. I’m Cathy creative artist and owner of 505 Design+Paperie, my online shop that specializes in printable party decor for any occasion.
I started out way back when in web site design, graduated college with a degree I will probably never use, and worked my way through a career in marketing & advertising. It wasn’t until the birth of my sweet little angel baby that I discovered my true passion for design.
Creating birth announcements and invitations really wasn’t too far off from my day job; in fact the only real difference was the excitement I had every time I received a new order. Business was good and it was the perfect little venture in-between all those late night feedings and early morning wake up calls.
Then baby no.2 came along and I had to close up shop. Between the 20+ hours I put in at my day job, the 150+ hours I put towards my family, there was just no time left for my passion. It was only when I started planning for my sons first birthday party that I found my true labor of love and myself again.
My goal for 505 Design+Paperie is to offer irresistible designs at affordable pricing. I hope you enjoy my shop as much as I enjoyed designing the items it in.
Here are a few images from my sons party. Enjoy!
