Thursday, March 15, 2012

My First Pinterest Party

So I've been bombarded with questions as to where I came up with the idea for my Pinterest Party-- and I can't take full credit. You see, a friend of mine posted on Facebook about a party she recently had; the guests came over to her house, created a few crafts and snacked on yummy food and snacks. Given my addiction to Pinterest, I KNEW I had to throw my very own Pinterest Party!

However, I don't have the house that is craft-making friendly for the 40+ guests I wanted to invite (translation= I need a bigger house).

Back to the drawing board.

And then (lucky me) I found another great idea via a different friend on Facebook: A Pinterest craft exchange, white elephant style!

Here's the concept: Each guest bring the necessary ingredients/ materials and directions to make said recipe/ craft. They were asked to have the items in a bag so we could then exchange them, white elephant style. It was a riot. There were a few gifts that were such big hits that they kept getting stolen by the girls, forcing the empty handed guest to go back to the well and pick an orphan gift.

Needless to say, each guest took home an unmade gift, that they may never have had the idea of making. It's sort of like trying on that dress in the window that you never thought would look good... and then BAM, instant purchase.

You get the idea.

As a little thank you to my girls for coming to the party, I made parting gifts! I couldn't making the darling  Cowgirl Cookies (compliments of the cake pop Queen, Bakerella)-- which I discovered on Pinterest. Let me be the first to tell you... making 36 mason jars of dry ingredients for cookies, AND labels, AND ribbon, AND fabric, AND cooking instructions-- well, it's not for the faint of heart. I had to do them in cycles to avoid complete burnout.

I was happy with the end result though. They turned out super cute. Here are a few pics of the process:

This is what I was busy doing during Superbowl Sunday while my hubby watched the game.

Directions to make the cookies... 

I recommend using double stick tape on the two pieces of fabric. Trust me on this. Otherwise, it's virtually impossible to get the ribbon over them.

Slowly getting there!
Cute, right?!
Gotta be mindful of the gals that have kids with nut allergies....
Diaper Changing Table baskets, turned party favor holders!

If you'd like to see some of the crafts the girls brought, you can check out my Pinterest Party Board. Also on the board, are all the foods I made for the day... all of which got RAVE reviews!

Here are a few other pics from the day!

Spiced Oyster Crackers
Chocolate Chip Caramel Pretzel Cookies 
Strawberry Cheescake Bites
Veggies in a baguette with "Comeback Sauce"


Mimosa bar
Yes. I'm fully aware now that I mispelled RasPberry
B.L.T. Bites: Make these before you die. You won't regret it... or the calories.
Bacon Wrapped Pineapple Bites
Glittered champagne flutes
Easter Bark Gift 
Crate, moss and herb garden gift (in baby Jack's swing)
Hope you got a glimpse of some of the details. Now, I'm in the midst of planning for our FAMOUS, nationally aired "CBS This Morning" show! I'll have half the amount of guests, twice the amount of food and 85x the amount of stress. Wish me luck, peeps!

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