Pancakes & Pajamas Birthday Party Inspiration - Adorable Party Photos!

I am so excited to share these AWESOME party photos with you of an adorable pancakes and pajamas breakfast theme birthday party for siblings, Atticus and Nash. Sherry contacted me last month about my Pancakes & PJs invitations, and asked if I could customize my invitation design to be in her primary color scheme and make it work for a sibling party. I was happy to customize this for her so she could have the perfect invitation for her little boys' special day! I also helped her with some coordinating party circle tags and matching thank you notes before the party too. As you will see in the photos she shares below, Sherry did a fantastic job turning this cute theme into an colorful and fun, breakfast birthday event for her boys!

The invitation I designed for her:

You can find this invite in my shop here:

(Stay tuned this week for another post that features tons of other color schemes and formats for my Pancakes & Pajama party invites!)

Sherry welcomed guests to the party with this fantastic balloon wreath she made herself. Great job!

Fabulous stacks of rainbow pancakes! Love it!

More rainbow pancake fabulousness...

Bacon & Eggs treats (chocolate covered pretzels!!)

A close up of the bacon & eggs because do you love this as much as I do?? Adorable!

Everyone's favorite - chocolate milk in cute bottles

Sugar cookies made to look like pancakes! So perfect... (Cookies from Ruth's Sweete Justice in Oklahoma City)

The party room - loving the bright colors and the balloon lanterns hanging are awesome!

Cute and colorful cupcakes, from Target!

Topping bar for the pancakes! Love this idea and tons of fun for the kids!

The kids' craft was making Fruit Loop cereal necklaces!

Birthday boy with his craft!!

Birthday Boys Atticus & Nash enjoying their party and friends!

As favors, the guests received the book "If You Give A Pig A Pancake" along with treats including Yohoo chocolate drink boxes! So cute!

Thank you Sherry for sharing your lovely photos! I know these will be a huge inspiration to so many people planning an adorable pancake and pajamas party! Happy 4th & 2nd Birthday to Atticus & Nash!

Invitation Design: Inkberry Cards
Cookies: Ruth's Sweete Justice, Oklahoma City
Cupcakes: Target
Photos: Sherry Sage

Totally Cute & Yummy Father's Day Cookies from SugarBelle's baking blog!

Love these father's day cookies from http://sweetsugarbelle.blogspot.com/

I've seen lots of cute father's day tie theme cookies recently, but these are definitely at the top of my list as my favorites. Lots of fun to make and you can get step by step instructions, including how to make an easy stencil for the ties on The Sweet Adventures of SugarBelle's baking blog right here! I recently found her blog and keep going back to it for tons of cookie ideas and instructions. I just love it!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Father's Day!

Cute Ideas for a Sweet Watermelon Party!

Since my watermelon birthday invitations are two of my most popular designs in the spring and summer, I thought you all might like to see a little inspiration board with some of my favorite watermelon party theme items! There are so many cute ideas out there for an adorable watermelon theme party or summer picnic. And the colors pink, red, lime and dark green look great together! Perfect bright, summer colors! You will also see one of my newest designs featured in the bottom right corner - a new watermelon party invitation for those would do not want a photo invitation. Both invitations are available in a red/green watermelon color scheme as well. Hope you like it! Happy summer party planning!

Watermelon Party Inspiration Board Links & Credits:

watermelon invitations:

http://www.inkberrycards.com/wafibisupiin.html

watermelon cake:

http://www.womansday.com/Recipes/Watermelon-Cake-Recipe

watermelon dress:

http://www.colormehappyboutique.com/bonnie-jean-pink-watermelon-seersucker-sun-dress-toddler-girls-2t-4t.html

fabulous watermelon cupcakes:

http://www.mybakingdom.com/2010/08/my-new-favorite-cupcake-watermelon.html

polka dot cupcake liners:

http://www.shopsweetlulu.com/product/watermelon-cupcake-liner-mix

watermelon headband:

http://www.beautifulbowsboutique.com/item_100/Watermelon-Seeds-Hair-Bow-or-Headband.htm

popsicles:

http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/watermelon-pops-113172.aspx

 

PS: stay tuned for a TON of new designs to be added - 76 in total as of right now and counting!! PHEW! That's a lot of new designs to add but I can't wait for you to see them all.

New! Pink & Green Monkey Birthday - Photo Thank You Note

I am loving this new photo thank you note that I recently designed for a customer, who celebrated her daughter's second birthday with the cutest pink and green monkey theme party! I worked with Jessi on the invitation design and matching party items before the party, so when she contacted me recently to design a matching thank you note that would feature her absolutely adorable birthday photos, I was thrilled to do so. I designed the thank you note in a matching color scheme and design to that of the invitation and other party items, and featured three of Jessi's perfect photos - I mean really, her little girl's birthday outfit could not be more perfect for the party theme, or this thank you note design! So cute, and I'm so happy I could design this for Jessi not only to send to her family and friends, but to have as great keepsake for the scrapbooks!

Photo thank you notes are very popular as a memorable way to say thank you to family, friends and party guests and showcase your favorite party day photos! I have designed quite a few of these in recent months in many themes, all of which will be available in my shops very soon. But Jessi's monkey theme version was just too cute to hold on to, so I had to share it right away before I make the rest available.  :)

You can find this design in my shop, available as DIY or on cardstock, here: http://www.inkberrycards.com/mogipigrphth.html.

On another note, how do you like my new product image layout? All of Inkberry's products are changing over to this format so look for the new format and a couple other exciting little changes to our product offerings and website coming very, very soon!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!
Jenn

Congrats again to all of Pingg's Top Designers for April!

Wow, how exciting to be in the Pingg Top 4 again, this time for the month of April! Congrats to all the top designers, who you can read more about here: http://www.pingg.com/blog/2011/05/april-top-designers-staff-picks/. :)

Adam + Megan: A Beautiful Fall Wedding - Paper Goods by Inkerry Cards, Photography by Clary Pfeiffer

Everyone who knows me or has worked with me knows I love custom designs. The chance to create something outside of my day-to-day designs and help bring something to life that the customer is envisioning is one of my very favorite things. So when I was asked by bride-to-be Megan to help design the paper goods for her upcoming wedding, I was more than excited to help. Megan and Adam were getting married in the Fall and her co-worker who I had designed for in the past, referred her to me to help her pull together all of the paper designs she was needing for her big day. I was more than excited to design the menu, program, place cards, table numbers, candy buffet sign and labels, and out-of-town welcome box stickers for this amazing event. Megan had great ideas for what she was looking for in her paper goods and I was delighted to work with her to help bring them to life. More on the paper in a moment... the wedding day details first. :)

Adam & Megan's wedding ceremony was held at the beautiful Shrine of St. Joseph in St. Louis, and the reception followed at the amazing Palladium St. Louis. Megan's theme included a modern Fall leaf design as an accent throughout the day, seen everywhere from the arrangements, the reception decor, the cake and even the lighting on the dance floor. Megan mixed beautiful and warm fall colors with accents of vibrant colors of deep eggplant and rich purple, and the end result was nothing short of amazing! When Megan sent me the photos from the wedding day, I was so in love with everything I saw! The photos are absolutely gorgeous, photographed by the wonderfully talented Clary Pfeiffer of Clary Pfeiffer Photography. Clary's amazing photographs truly tell the story of how absolutely beautiful and full of love Adam and Megan's wedding day really was. So while I of course want to share the photos of the paper products I loved designing, I also must share some of my other favorite photos from Clary that truly capture the beauty of Megan & Adam's spectacular wedding day.

CREDITS:
all photos:  Clary Pfieffer Photography
flowers: Tina Barrera
coordinator: Bride's Vision
cake: Lubley's Bakery
ceremony: Shrine of St. Joseph 
reception: Palladium St. Louis   
paper goods: Inkberry Cards
 

First and foremost, the lovely couple, Megan and Adam:

 The wedding day paper goods we loved designing:

Love is Sweet - Candy Buffet Sign

Love is Sweet - Candy Buffet Sign and Bag Labels

The Menu

The menu again, in a place setting.

Place cards - Megan had her calligrapher write the names and they look perfect!

The ceremony program - Inkberry designed, Megan did a great job putting together!!

  

Reception tables and place settings - beautiful!!

Table decor, table numbers

Table decor, table numbers

 

And now for more wedding day loveliness and beautiful photography by Clary Pfeiffer that I had to share:

Absolutely love these colors!

 

Love the shoes...

and of course the shoes with the dress... beautiful!!

The awesome cake.

The happy newlyweds again, Megan and Adam. So sweet!

 

I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I did! You can read more about Adam and Megan's wedding and see more gorgeous photos on Clary's blog too!

Happy Spring!

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Spring is here and we are loving it. Have you seen our Spring and Easter photo cards? Check them out in our shop here and let us know which is your favorite!

Spring & Easter 2011 Holiday Photo Cards by Inkberry Cards

Have a great week!!