Brown & Green 75th Birthday Celebration

A few snapshots from a party I designed for Mrs. Castillo's Surprise 75th Birthday Celebration. With springtime in the air, I couldn't resist using lots of fresh flowers. Beautiful ivory roses and green button bums were used in the cake and centerpieces that I created. The party was hosted by her three fabulous daughters and was so much fun to work on. Lots of great food, beautiful weather and wonderful guests!

Flower Girl

My little girl came home from school and noticed some tutus I have been working on for my sister-in-law's upcoming wedding and insisted on trying hers on right away! Along with the gorgeous tutus, I also made floral pomanders for the flowers girls. I originally planned to make them out of fresh flowers the evening before the wedding, but decided that silk flowers would probably be best for the little munchkins since it would be so much lighter for them to hold. There will be a total of four adorable flower girls and I'm really excited to see them prance down the aisle! I can't wait for the big day to come...only a few more weeks to go.

Bridal Shower Love

A beautiful celebration to shower a very special bride-to-be with tons of love and warm wishes as she prepares to say "I Do".

Hawaiian Luau

Aloha and welcome to Chloe Ann's Hawaiian Luau 3rd Birthday Bash! For this event, Chloe's mommy, who is originally from Hawaii wanted a very classic, almost vintage island-inspired look for the party. During one of my shopping trips, I came across a beautiful island print fabric which became the inspiration for the entire party decor. I wanted the party to have a very natural and relaxed feel to it, but with an elegant touch of course =) I think everything turned out beautifully! Here are some photos from the event...


I had my sweet hubby cut several leaves from our Bird of Paradise and palm trees from our backyard to make this arrangement. I couldn't allow myself to cut anything off my real Plumeria tree (it's so hard to grow in Southern California), so instead of using the real thing, I found this lovely silk Plumeria branch at Michael's (for only $7.99) and to my delight, everyone thought it was real! Filled the bottom of the glass vase (also from Michael's $11.99) with tiny river rocks, added a natural sinamay ribbon and some fresh orchids to finish off the look.

Freshly cut palm leaves and palm leaf print paper lanterns added to the island feel of the party.

I found these adorable matching outfits from Motu Hawaii, a local Hawaiian shop. If you're in the Pacific Beach/Mission Bay area, you've gotta stop by and check them out...they carry a lot of authentic items (www.motuhawaii.com)

I found this gorgeous island print fabric at Walmart ($5 per yard, you'll need about 3 yards for a 6ft. long table) and made it into a beautiful overlay for the guest tables.

The best centerpieces are the ones that you can eat! =) Centerpiece consist of fresh pineapples, mangos, coconuts and bananas and centered beautifully between two tabletop tiki torches.

Fresh Plumeria and Hibiscus blooms adorns the gorgeous birthday cake.

Island-inspired goodies: chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies, chocolate covered macaroons, fried sweet plantain chips and bite size taro filled sesame balls.

Straw hats, hibiscus hair clips and tropical leis for the guests.

Custom water bottles (the adorable hula girl clip art reminded me of the sweet birthday girl)


A surprise hula performance for the guests to enjoy...

The adorable birthday girl, Chloe Ann =)

Pirate Adventure

Ahoy Mateys! Captain Dylan celebrates turning 8 with a pirate adventure party! This event was a last minute request and being that I only had a little over 24 hours to put this together, I think it turned out quite adorable and the kids had an absolute blast!

Twilight Party

A Twilight party to celebrate Alyssa's 12th Birthday...Go Team Edward! :)

I Love Pink!

I just love it when the color scheme I'm working with is pink...it always makes me smile! :)