34: the monster bash part one: the look

Get yourself ready for some seriously photo-intensive posts.  I can't help myself.  There are just too many good shots.  Just about all of them are from my good friend Christianne Ebel.  The few that aren't watermarked are mine.

So, since I have so much to show you, I decided to split it up into two posts.  One on "the look" of the day...mostly stuff I made/designed, not many people shots.  And one on the events of the day which is more a play-by-play of the day.

These first shots are the favor table I set up.  The "banner" on the wall is made from my wall dots, but I fused a letter on each one.

Next are some general decor shots of around the house.

We had some games for play at any time which included, stomping on monster "stilts", monster bowling, and this bean bag toss.

Of course there were prizes.  

Among the cutest were these little monster finger puppets and adorable buttons from Nifty Stuff Made by Voz on etsy.  Look at those cute sayings on the buttons: “I’m odd”, “I love books”, “I make art” and my favorite and the one I kept, “I eat cake”.

You can see all the prizes here.

Some of these were also in the pinata so it wasn't entirely candy filled.

There was a make a monster craft table for gluing together silly creations.

And coloring these cute monsters I found online.

We tried to put as many monsters as we could find all around the house.  Here is Aurora queen of all her monster subjects.

This watermelon monster is a complete knock off from mypapercrane.

And the sweet day was topped off with what my daughter calls "monster mish mash sundaes" (a favorite at Friendly's) instead of cake.

Can I just say how totally amazing it was having a professional photographer shoot the day?  A part of me misses having pictures that are my own, because I definitely have my own perspective, etc.  But it totally freed me up to enjoy the day and participate more.  Plus the results are gorgeous and I love that I'm actually in some of them (you'll see later) so I it accurately reflects the day.  I'm lucky to have such a friend like Christianne because she not only did it last minute, but for way less money than she charges and deserves.  

My husband agreed to spend the dough on this party with the agreement that we won't do it for every birthday, but I'm going to have a hard time going without it next year...

JT

Comments

[amylouwho]

Can't wait for the second installment. You clearly outdid yourself! I wish I had been there to play the bean bag toss! All those monsters everywhere, just adorable! I love the wall dots too. I'm going to tray my hand at making some. You are a creative genius.

[Stacey]

I knew it would be great...she looks so excited! Those are the best moments..to see your little ones face light up! Priceless!

Glad you had your friend to capture all the special moments!

[Amy @ parkcitygirl]

I agree her photos are great! What an amazing party :) Hope to see more people when you get the kinks worked out.

[holly*]

so awesome! looks like it was a total BLAST! i'm going to have to lift this and have a super rad monster party of my own!!!!

[Sarah]

That is so adorable, everything came out great! Most wonderful Queen of the Monsters, indeed!

So... I'd love to see your studio set up. I find with kids underfoot my space is just not the way it should be and am looking for ways to make myself a really great studio.

[Lyndi]

WOW you are the coolest Mum ever!!
your kids must be so excited to know you put in so much effort for them - amazing!!
also, Aurora is the name of one of my fave Foo Fighters song! i've never heard anyone called it before - brill name for a really cute little girl:)

[Brandi]

Wow...so adorable!!! You did such a great job. That`s one kids party that I wouldn`t have minded attending :)

[mary]

Oh that looks like a lot of fun! Love the monster shaped fruit bowl and monster ice cream sundaes - great ideas! Martha will be calling you!

[Keeley]

My 13-year old came in and looked over my shoulder as I was perusing your post.

"WOW! What's that?" he gasped, in response to your watermelon monster fruit salad. He had the same response to your ice cream monster.

I have to agree. Awesome. Totally awesome. =)

[gédane]

waouh it's fabulous birthday :o))

[ellen]

This is such an adorable birthday party. Makes me a little tired just to look at all that you did. Great job and very creative.

[Lisa G.]

SOOOOOO cute! The monster theme was such a clever idea and the photos look like should be in a magazine! The kids looked like they had so much fun too and either boys or girls would love it!

[julie j.]

Very cute party. I love the monster watermellon!

[Michelle @ Everyday Celebrating]

Not having it every year? It only comes once a year! Ya gotta!
It was fabulous!!!!

[Michelle @ Everyday Celebrating]

Not having it every year? It only comes once a year! Ya gotta!
It was fabulous!!!!