Stylish Kids’ Parties Book & Giveaway!

I am so very excit­ed to be shar­ing details of the brand-spankin’ new book Styl­ish Kids’ Par­ties  by Kel­ly Lyden from The Par­ty Dress and WH Host­ess! I have been so inspired by Kel­ly’s par­ties and prod­ucts and was incred­i­bly hon­ored to have con­tributed to The Par­ty Dress Mag­a­zine in past issues, inclu­sive of my East­er Bun­ny Egg Hunt and Ahoy, Baby! par­ties. When I heard she was writ­ing a book about plan­ning and throw­ing kids’ cel­e­bra­tions, I was absolute­ly ecstatic!

In addi­tion to shar­ing more details regard­ing the book’s over­all con­tents, I’m thrilled to pro­vide you with a sneak peek of the Baby Chic Baby Show­er chap­ter {which inci­den­tal­ly also fea­tures some of my fon­dant work}, along with a super fun giveaway!

Stylish Kids’ Parties

Blog­ger and sta­tionery design­er, Kel­ly Lyden, makes it a snap to plan, design and exe­cute fes­tive kids’ par­ties that wow adults and thrill lit­tle ones! Filled with 12 cre­ative and col­or­ful par­ty ideas, her debut book, Styl­ish Kids’ Par­ties  shows you how to con­fi­dent­ly tack­le par­ty prepa­ra­tion by using col­or palettes and themes that car­ry through–from invi­ta­tions and dec­o­ra­tions to par­ty favors and treats. Com­plete with DIY tips, recipes, projects, themed activ­i­ties and tem­plates, you’ll love these par­ty ideas for boys and girls, first birth­day cel­e­bra­tions, baby show­ers and hol­i­day gatherings.

Inside you’ll find:

*Ideas for 12 themed par­ties that inspire a child’s imagination.
*Beau­ti­ful and cost-effec­tive DIY projects, dec­o­ra­tions and recipes.
*Instruc­tions and ideas for games, activ­i­ties and mem­o­ry-mak­ing opportunities.
*Bonus tem­plates for quick invi­ta­tions, par­ty favors, gift tags and more.
*Pho­tog­ra­phy and par­ty sug­ges­tions to help fuel your creativity.

Excerpt from Chapter 1: Baby Chic Baby Shower

The antic­i­pa­tion of a new baby is one of life’s great­est joys and deserves to be cel­e­brat­ed in style. Although there are many pop­u­lar themes for mod­ern baby show­ers, I believe you can throw a chic par­ty that reflects the mama-to-be’s design aes­thet­ic, as well as incor­po­rate clas­sic baby icons.

When it came time to throw my sister’s baby show­er, I decid­ed to do just that. I used a fresh col­or palette of aqua blue and coral, mixed with a touch of shim­mer and clas­sic baby items: rat­tles, baby blocks and storks. With a few sim­ple do-it-your­self craft projects, one spec­tac­u­lar dessert table and the per­fect bal­ance of mod­ern and clas­sic ideas, this par­ty has ideas that you could incor­po­rate into any baby show­er, includ­ing my recipe for Cake Pop Rattles!

I want­ed to cre­ate a stun­ning dessert table that would not only serves as a beau­ti­ful focal point for the par­ty, but also offer guests sweet treats to enjoy at the par­ty or to bring home with them. I find that bite-size desserts are best, so guests can try more than one, so I includ­ed mini lemon tarts, cake pops and brown­ie bites, per­son­al­ized sug­ar cook­ies and cup­cakes topped with dar­ling fon­dant top­pers with tiny baby shoes on them.

Styl­ish Kids’ Par­ties  is cur­rent­ly avail­able for pur­chase at WH Host­ess {signed copy}, Ama­zon and Barnes & Noble.

And be sure to also fol­low Kel­ly on Face­book and Insta­gram for fur­ther updates!

Giveaway:

Enter to win a copy of the book, along with a dar­ling par­ty pack­age to include:

*1 Signed copy of Styl­ish Kids’ Parties

*12 Food tent cards from WH Hostess

*1 Set of pas­tel cup­cake liners

*12 Mint green & white pol­ka dot paper straws with flags

*Open to the US only. Give­away begins on 2/7 and ends on 2/14.

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Merci Beaucoup!

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