This May was my mom's 60th birthday and I knew that I wanted to make it super special for her. I wanted to attempt to throw her a surprise party. However, she and I are super close and I thought that there was NO way possible that I could actually pull that off! I wanted to come up with the perfect theme too. That's when I thought about doing a Kate Spade themed party.
A few years ago, we threw her a cruise ship themed birthday party. You can find out more about that party by checking out the blog post here.
First things first, I created a board on Pinterest to pin different ideas and recipes. I created it as a private board though, since I was throwing her a surprise party. (I've changed the settings now. So, feel free to check out the board if you want!)
Then, I created the invitations. A lot of Kate Spade themed things have black and white stripes. Like so:
But, I love the look of navy and white stripes and came up with this design. Blue is her favorite color and I also had a lot of navy blue things left from our wedding. ;)
I just loved how the invitations turned out! (I've obviously removed some of the information from the invitations before I added it to this blog.) I created the invitations in Photoshop and found the precious downloadable flowers on Pinterest. Here's the link to download these pretties for yourself - http://dlolleyshelp.blogspot.com/2016/02/free-watercolor-flowers.html
After the invitations went out, I knew that I wanted to stay with that same color scheme and theme. (Ha! That rhymes!)
Here's a taste of the inspiration that I had for the party -
The day of the party, she still had no clue! Thank goodness! She was very surprised that we had pulled this off for her.
Bucket of napkin flower buds.
I literally think this is one of the cutest napkin ideas ever! I found the idea here and just had to try it. It is SO easy. Simply use a decorative bucket or bowl. Roll the napkins and tuck them in the bucket and then stick fake greenery behind the napkins. Easy and totally precious!
I wish I had taken more pictures with my actual camera instead of my phone, but I didn't have time while all of the festivities were happening. Thank goodness my sweet aunt captured most of these during the party.
I also should have taken pictures of the food. However, I did snap these while I was cooking and thought I would give you the recipes for an easy caprese salad and my aunt's broccoli salad.
Easy Caprese Salad
Broccoli Salad
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