{Product Review} Vintage Couture

March 21, 2011

We were thrilled when we were asked to do a review of an amazing line of children's clothing called Vintage Couture formerly known as My Vintage Baby. We knew whatever we would be reviewing it was going to be fantastic and chic!

If you are not familiar with this line, let us share a little bit about this amazing line of children's clothing.

'Vintage Couture creates specialty brands of high end clothing across a multitude of diversified segments with the goal of making each brand a globally recognized fashion industry leader in quality and design. Vintage Couture is also committed to leveraging their brands to create and support innovative approaches in raising funds for organizations that are also committed to making a difference in people's lives.

Vintage Couture, Inc. is committed to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and their goal of finding a cure for this awful disease. A percentage of profits from the sales of Vintage Couture clothing is donated to JDRF. In addition, at every opportunity, either product collateral or interviews of Vintage Couture celebrity spokesperson Trista Sutter, they are raising awareness of this disease and the need for others to get involved in finding a cure.'

Photography by Racz Photography

Our little fashionistas, for the day, got to model the super comfy cotton 'Ditsy Dot Dress and 2 Piece Set. Vintage Couture's exclusive Ditsy Dots fabric is bright, fun and full of energy! Their cotton knit is soft and comfy for those hot summer days. We just love that the inspiration behind this comes from the big gumballs we all loved as kids. (Stay tuned for some savvy bubble gum inspiration soon!)
Colors include: punches of pink, whitest white, and touches of teal.

Photography by Racz Photography

For the Dress:

It is made from the softest knit cotton and adorned with bright pink ruffled polka dot trim. The elastic empire waist makes for a perfect fit, giving the dress lots of room to twirl around in!

Photography by Racz Photography

For the 2 piece Set:

This soft cotton knit two piece set is just as sassy as it is sweet! This set has ruffles galore, bling touches found on the flower neckline and crop leggings with grow tab waist.

Both the dress and 2 piece set were truly a perfect fit and were made from high quality cotton. We were so surprised just how soft each piece was. As Mom's we think it is always important when purchasing clothing to know that it will be something that is of good quality but also something that is comfortable. The girl's really enjoyed wearing these Ditsy Dot Vintage Couture pieces. If you are interested in ordering from Vintage Couture, you can order from a consultant in your area. You can find a consultant by going to: Find a DSR and then clicking on the Consultant’s website.

Thank You Vintage Couture for this great opportunity!

Smiles~

Amy & Bri

The Fashionistas!!

{Feature Friday} Goldilocks & Three Bears Birthday Party

March 11, 2011

We are so excited to feature this positively precious Goldilocks & Three Bears Birthday Party submitted to us by our wonderfully talented friend Paula of Frog Prince Paperie. In fact, this party was so amazing that it got the recognition it deserved and was first featured on Amy Atlas yesterday! Congratulations Paula! So step in to a Classic Fairytale as told by Paula herself.....

I founded my business on a fairytale party (the frog prince), and it only seemed fitting that for my son's second birthday, another fairy tale should be the theme. Guests were invited to our Goldilocks and the Three Bears party with a Goldilocks board book with a bookplate/invitation on the inside cover sent "Bear Mail."

I attempted to create a feeling of being in the bear family house at baby bear's birthday. I used painted bead board as a backdrop with silhouettes of mama bear, papa bear and baby bear. Tiny sewn paper bunting added a birthday feel to the backdrop. The base table linens was sewn together patchwork gingham - casual, but mama bear's best! I topped this with a monogrammed white cloth.

The blocks were custom made by Laugh Loud Smile Big to match the party and spell out Brennan's name. (So to make my daughter happy, they also spell Madeline!)

The kids ate all their goodies and lunches at a four-poster twin bed I converted into a kid-sized table. Party favors were porcelain bowls and wooden spoons personalized with each child's name and a small teddy bear nestled in the bowl.



I used dark woods in crates, trays and tiny dollhouse chairs to display desserts that might find their way into a bear celebration: baked porridge topped with maple frosting and cinnamon, marzipan acorns, honey cupcakes, chocolate covered bear pops, bear sugar cookies, and all natural lollipops.

Allyson Jane provided the sugar cookies, and I baked the rest, save the cake! The cake was special; grandma flew in just for the party and made the cake for the birthday boy. Mama bear probably didn't deal in fondant or cake tips, so we left it very homemade with love looking and topped it with a little mini bunting and wooden bear.

Since we were entertaining 10 two year olds beginning at 10:30am, I also made a snack bar for the kids with berries (candy), mushrooms (cracker sticks with mushroom tops), twigs (pretzel sticks) and brown bears (teddy grahams.) Little boxes were set out at kid height so they could see what was in all the glass jars and help themselves.

There were also photo props for the kids to be silly with and have their picture taken.

Thank You Paula for letting us share this amazing day with all our readers. Your son's Birthday was yet another Classic Fairytale created by one fantastic Mama Bear! We look forward to reading more!

Smiles~

Amy & Bri

Credits:

Paperie and styling: Frog Prince Paperie

Photography: John McLaughlin and Paula Biggs

Sugar Cookies: Allyson Jane

Name Blocks: Laugh Loud Smile Big

Party hats: Southern Belle's Charm

Monogrammed birthday boy jon jon - 2 Manic Mommies Embroidery

{Feature Friday} Spaceships and Laser Beams Snakes and Snails Brunch Time Dessert Table

March 4, 2011

This Fun Friday Feature was sent to us by Stephanie of Spaceships and Laser Beams You may remember we featured their truly classic 'Vintage Car Collection' back in October. We just love their newest birthday collection, 'Snakes and Snails'. Stephanie created this spectacular "brunch time" dessert table.

Spaceships and Laserbeams is a one of a kind printable site that they only sell boys/gender neutral supplies. Stephanie mentioned that she gets so many comments about people not thinking that boys parties can be as beautiful as girls parties. So Stephanie wanted to do something to show that this isn't the case. And WOW!! did she prove those wrong!!!! In addition, the Snakes and Snails theme is for the younger set. The thought behind this table was to be able to show how you could have a sweets table for the brunch-time party first birthday party. Typically, there are more adults than kids at first birthdays so Stephanie thought it would be a great option. The birthday details could also be easily swapped out for a baby shower.




We just love how the pinwheels are carried from the backdrop to the table and placed in the sweet cinnamon rolls.


Yummy Carrot muffins in Grass Cupcake Wrappers

Food Labels always add fun and color to your table.

Cake bunting is a huge party trend and their coordinating party circles make it easy to create this as a your cake topper.

These adorable party hats can be dressed up with coordinating colors of ric-rac and scraps of fabric.

A great party favor are these green apples with 'Thank You' tags attached with twine. Simple & Sweet.

Here are some Savvy Things about this Collection and Spaceships and Laserbeams

Spaceships & Laser Beams is an Etsy collective of friends. They sell DIY printable party supplies just for boys. They like to say "Consider us a no princess zone. The 'Snakes and Snails' collection, like all collections, was created by a professional graphic designer
All of the beautiful illustrations are 100% original and drawn by hand, they won't be found anywhere else
Each piece in the Snakes and Snails Collection can be purchased individually or as part of a Party Kit
Spaceships & Laser Beams believe that happy childhoods are about making every day feel special, 5% of all sales goes to the YMCA Strong Kids Campaign -- to help young boys grow in to strong young men.

Visit their Etsy Shop or follow them on Facebook. You can also follow at www.spaceshipsandlaserbeams.com/blog.

Credits:

Spaceships and Laser Beams team -

Jodene (Printable Design)

Mike (Photography)

Stephanie (Set-up)

Cinnamon Buns provided by Goodness Bakeshop (goodnessbakeshop.com)

Thank You So Much Stephanie for sharing your Amazing talents and Adorable Collection!!

You truly are one of a kind!

Smiles~

Amy & Bri