Top Party Planning Mom Blogs

Moms are always planning birthday parties or other events for their children.  Moms also communicate with other moms: setting up play dates, sharing ideas, etc.  Some moms have even created blogs about party planning and party ideas. We’ve compiled a list of thoughtful, parent bloggers who’ll spark your own creative, party planning ideas.

Top Party Planning Moms’ Blogs

• One Charming Party—These party planning moms find ways to include kids in St. Patrick’s Day decorating– as well as create a few fun activities (like a clover hunt) during a St. Paddy’s Day party you might host.  They post craft ideas, also, specific to the various holidays.
• Party Planning Mom—while it seems as though the holidays slowed down the posting for this party planner, the blog offers cute ideas for occasions such as back-to-school and adoption showers.  She offers recipes as well as party and craft ideas, plus pictures to illustrate along the way.  The best part?  This party planning mom shops and plans on a budget!  Surprisingly, this one isn’t on the list from www.circleofmoms.com.
• Hostess with the Mostess—this is a blog to which multiple moms contribute.  Made up of quite a few different moms, Hostess with the Mostess brings together the best ideas from the best party planning moms.  This is also the blog that ranked number one on the list put together by www.circleofmoms.com.
• Pen N’ Paperflowers—the mom behind Pen N’ Paperflowers contributes to another party planning mom blog (previously mentioned) called Hostess with the Mostess.  Jess invites her readers to contribute their own ideas to her blog and to a list she’s created called Promise ME.  Promise ME is a list of promises she has made to herself of things she will do—everything from going vegan for a month to buying a new toe ring to having a real tea party with her daughters.  She also adds a section to her posts called “Keeping it Real,” which include her personal confessions about the tools, products, and reasoning behind the posts.
• Kara’s Party Ideas focuses mainly on children’s birthday parties, but this blog offers a huge range of themes.  Some of the posts on this blog highlight the simplicity of solid-colored decorations and put more of a creative spin on the baking, cooking, and favors.
• Catch My Party is more than just a blog.  This site is a place where moms can come for do-it-yourself ideas, printables (to use for invitations, for favor labels, or for other types of labels) and to share their own blog posts!
• Bird’s Party Blog offers ideas for even the silliest of holidays—like a leap year party! They also host a “monthly link party,” which allows their guests to link to other posts that they found inspirational and creative.

It’s Time for You to Show Off!

While this list is by no means exhaustive, it’s a quick highlight of some of the best party planning moms’ blogs available on the internet.  It’s time for you to get creative.  Granted, not everyone has enough time to put together a party completely from scratch and design all their own invitations, favors, and a large portion of the decorations, so where do you go to get started?  Pick a theme, pick a few colors, get the decorations and tableware you know you’ll need, then let your creative juices flow with some fun, edible favors and a few creative snack ideas for your party.  Even the best party planning mom needs a little help getting started with her planning and decorating.  Once you get going, show your friends and family what you’re capable of and share your blog with us!

Fun New Ideas for Girls’ Birthday Parties

Girls just want to have fun! Celebrate your favorite gal’s birthday with bright decorations in themes she’ll love. Our red polka dot party pack creates a fantastic party theme on its own or as a base for other decorations. The red and white polka dot pattern creates a festive, retro look that works perfectly with a 1950′s theme or a tea party. Choose birthday party supplies and  theme decorations to transform these sweet decorations to fit the birthday girl’s interests.

Our new sock monkey party supplies are an adorable choice for a little girl or a nostalgic teen girl’s party. The cute sock monkeys on the party plates, napkins, and cups exclaim, “Go bannanas!” The sock monkey tableware coordinates wonderfully with a polka dot personalized banner, streamers, and balloons. For a fun and memorable party activity buy the supplies for guests to make their own sock monkeys. All you’ll need are socks, buttons, felt, polyfil stuffing, needles, thread, and some patience.There are also plenty of kits available at craft stores. Girls will love this kitschy activity and taking their new friends home as party favors. For themed food, serve banana splits!

Birthday, birthday, birthday, ohh birthday! For older girls, our Justin Bieber Kit will be a smash! The purple and silver party decorations feature Bieber’s face on the plates, napkins, cups, and invitations. Put on some music for dancing or fire up the karaoke machine and let the girls sing the hits themselves. Hand out inflatable microphones for the guests to use. We also have a Justin Bieber standee for taking pictures with.

Don’t forget party favors! Shindigz offers a huge selection of girls’ party favors and personalized party favors to match any party theme. Fill a purse favor bag with cute favors such as lipstick pens, cupcake lipgloss, and Hello Kitty temporary tattoos. For a custom option, create personalized compacts or personalized lip balm. Guests will love the cute keepsakes.

Check out all of our girl birthday party supplies for more ideas and tons of supplies to create a party she’ll remember for years to come.

Princess Ideas for Her Girls Birthday Party

She’ll Always Be Your Princess!

“Yes, my Lady, your company eagerly awaits you and desires your presence!” Age matters not, because girls love to be treated like princesses. Whether they are gallantly riding horses in open meadows and fields, dancing merrily while hoping to meet prince charming or dining elegantly in serene surroundings, a princess party is the ultimate foundation for dozens of girl’s birthday party ideas.

Planning the Perfect Princess Party

Princesses have their own personalities, preferences and desires. Before anything else can be accomplished, the perfect theme, one that will please her grace beyond measure, should be determined, so that all party decoration supplies coordinate together.

Personalized invitations, menus, table decorations, activities, birthday party games and matching party favors will each add a touch of style and flair to the grand and wonderful celebration. Every detail should be considered including lighting decorations, balloons and even gift wrap supplies.

Decorating for a Princess Party

Begin by layering sheer, shimmering gossamer fabric all over the room, designing special photo corners, tying bows around chairs, covering unsightly areas and creating a soft and welcoming ambience for your majesty.

Determine the menu and how to present your offerings. Buffet style banquets are excellent for more casual and social events, while barbecues work well for outside gatherings. Princess parties needn’t always be formal. However, the elegance of hosting a sit-down meal should be happily considered as well. Consider the classic girl’s tea party, for example.

Use garland, balloons and ribbon freely, hanging it from light fixtures, draping it over curtains and swaying it in archways and doorways. Separate party events like eating, dancing and games, allowing guests the courtesy of enjoying whatever they are doing, at any given time.

Hosting the Ultimate Girl’s Birthday Party

It’s the little things that make all the difference, when planning a girl’s birthday party. Choosing the right colors, selecting her favorite foods, presenting the “to die for” cake and playing the perfect music all contribute to the overall success of hosting a girl’s birthday party every princess will love. Girls have a way of lighting up the room when they look and feel like princesses, which is why every girl deserves to be treated like royalty on her birthday.

Need a few more girls princess party ideas?  Check out these tips:

Create A Fantasy Football Party

Fantasy Football party supplies

The NFL playoffs are here! Time to wrap up Fantasy Football play with a party!

Start planning your party with football party supplies that your team picks. Here are the top 5 “must-haves” for your party:

• Use NFL football party supplies as table decorations and for those wings and meatballs you’re serving.
• Fill the room with football wearables like gold football beads. Add some football favors too.
• Treat your fellow fantasy owners to a little dessert with football candy bars.
• Make sure you have a camera to catch everyone participating in football party activities like silly pictures, finger football, and flip cup.
• Hang a couple football party banners to set the party scene.

Not into throwing a fantasy football party because your team or players are not in the playoffs?  You can always go Tebowing and hop on the Denver bandwagon with some Tim Tebow party supplies!

Countdown to Midnight — Party Games & Activities for Each Hour

We’ve put together a collection of party games and activities to keep a group entertained ’til midnight, perfect for a New Year’s party (but not just for New Year’s!).

Though we’re writing today mostly with adults in mind, these ideas can be adapted for teens and even younger party people who get to stay up late.

7 p.m. Guests are arriving. You’ll need some ice-breakers! Start the laughter and conversation right away by displaying a photo stand-in that goes with your theme: hula dancers for a luau theme, red carpet entrance for a Hollywood event, and so on. Station a designated photographer near the stand-in for hilarious keepsakes.

Another party trend that’s gaining traction lately is “Bring Your Own Appetizer.” If you try this, let guests know in advance that you’re going “potluck” in this area and how many servings of a favorite appetizer each person should bring. A natural complement to this is a “Make Your Own” bar for champagne cocktails or martinis. People will naturally share their recipes, concoctions and pleasure at trying something new.

Other must-haves for Hour One: catering party trays, Easy Carry appetizer plates and new Party Time martini glasses from Party Tableware.

8 p.m. Begin a scavenger hunt, road rally or geocaching activity. Arrange for designated drivers or alternative transportation if you’ve served liquor; or if it’s a teen party, set ground rules about traveling in groups.

Scavenger hunts do not need to be outdoors and could take place in a mall or museum. Also, items and landmarks on the list can be photographed instead of captured, which widens the possibilities.

If you do have an outdoor venue for a nighttime hunt, set out small LED lights and glow party favors for participants to find, just for fun.

Other products to consider for Hour Two: New LED Fairy Berries in Themed Lights.

9 p.m. Change the pace a little with cards, mad libs or bingo. Make them theme-related if possible, for example play blackjack or roulette for a casino theme, or create customized bingo cards to match a holiday theme with the help of online resources.

More considerations for Hour Three: Casino dealers’ vests and green visors and personalized photo playing card cases from Casino Party Favors.

10 p.m. Play “Guess the Celebrity.” Write down the names of celebrities on sticky notes, one name per sheet. To play, place a sticky note on a player’s forehead so that he or she cannot read it but everyone else can. The player must ask yes-or-no questions of the rest of the participants. If you like, you could place limits on each person’s time for guessing, or on the number of questions each player can ask. Reward successful players who guess their celebrities with party beads, Hollywood-style trophies or winners’ medals from Party Favors.

11p.m. Many people enjoy ringing in the New Year outdoors around a fireplace or bonfire. If this is not your scene (or it’s not New Year’s) pull out a trivia game for indoor play. From Pirates to Princesses, it is possible to find trivia games, questions and quizzes online for virtually any party theme you can name.

At any rate, we think a winter party nearing midnight calls for a soup buffet and really good bread to top off the night, no matter what the activity!

Other products to check out for Hour Five: Noir mugs from Personalized Party Supplies, party serving sets from Tableware/Catering.

Thanksgiving Weekend 2011 Offers, Deals and Contests!

We’ve put together so many offers, deals, specials and contests for Thanksgiving Weekend, we had to make a list! Shindigz is the place to save this Holiday Season with hundreds of sale items for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Facebook contests, Twitter contests and so much more!

Pre-Black Friday Clearance Sale

11/23/11 through 11/28/11

We’ve hand selected 100 Holiday decoration and party supply items and slashed their prices up to 90% off! From napkins and tableware to Hanukkah decor and New Year’s Favors, our Pre-Black Friday clearance store is where the party starts! No coupon codes required!

Black Friday 75% off Personalized Banners Offer

11/25/11 through 11/27/11

Coupon Code: WSH79D

It’s our best seller. It’s personalized. It’s unique. And it’s on sale for just $3.75 for Black Friday! Our 18×34 inch personalized custom banners are perfect for any occasion. Christmas parties, Hanukkah, New Year’s Eve, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Birthdays, Anniversaries, School events, office news and the list goes on! This is the time to stock up on these banners for all of your 2012 events! As always, you can upload your own photos, logos and artwork. You can customize the colors, the layouts, the designs and even the font! Best of all, you can use this coupon code over and over and over again from Black Friday through Cyber Monday! Order as many times as your little Holiday Heart desires!

$250 Gift Certificate Facebook Giveaway – Best Thanksgiving Photos

11/23/11 through 11/25/11

Post your Thanksgiving photos on our Facebook page for a chance to win a $250 Shindigz Gift Certificate! We want to see your turkey, your table setting, the boys watching the game, the girls baking pies, your family playing poker, your kids doing crafts and any other holiday traditions you would like to share! Just post the photos on our Facebook page between 11/23/11 and 11/25/11 for a chance to win! We will randomly choose a winner and post it on Cyber Monday morning!

$100 Gift Certificate Facebook Giveaway – Best Black Friday Shopping Photos

11/25/11 – 11/27/11

Post your Black Friday shopping photos for a chance to win a $100 Shindigz Gift Certificate! We know that Black Friday can get CrAzY! Show us photos of the lines you stood in, the insane checkout, the bags and bags and bags of loot you came home with or just you and your friends enjoying lunch! Then just post your photos to our Facebook page! We’ll choose one winner at random and announce the winning name Cyber Monday morning on our Facebook page!

Cyber Monday Clearance Sale

11/28/11

The deals don’t stop after Black Friday! We’ve got a Cyber Monday Clearance Sale to keep the savings rolling! This store features over 100 Holiday items including candles, balloons, pretzel molds, centerpieces and New Year’s party supplies all slashed up to 90% off! This sale begins at 12:01 am on Cyber Monday morning and ends at Midnight Cyber Monday night! Don’t miss the chance to throw your holiday parties for up to 90% off!