Monsters I.N.C.

The doors for imagination are open!

After a busy year, I did not have a lot of time to plan my kid’s birthday party – and I am not proud of that even an inch.  

To make things easier, we decided to go with a commercial theme: “Monster I.N.C.”. The idea came up when we went to Dallas Children’s Museum – they had an amazing room with PIXAR themes, to show how they create and produce movies.

 Our big guy, Sullivan, was represented by chocolate truffles, while the little one, Mike Wazowski, was Oreo cake pop.

Boo and her costume were an amazing chocolate truffle with Nutella.

As giveaways, we had little Sullivan and Mike stuffed toys. Kids’ doors were sugar cookies on sticks. We also had a 3-D cookie for Boo’s door. Laugh and scream pills were chocolate M&Ms. Scream Containers on kids’ tables were Pringles.

To personalize this event, the artist Maria Palito from Party Mazing, designed a backdrop with my kids’ names and also other items such as placemats, food tags and water labels.

My daughter helped me to decorate the cake and also our brigadeiros.

As usual, I prepared a kids’ table. I found many items online, but my daughter gave her touch with an amazing draw of Sullivan and Mike that I am keeping in my office now.

That was fast and we worked pretty hard, but it was so nice to see that they were having fun. Time flies but no matter how old you are… “Mommy loves you to the Moon and Back!”

Project: @partiesbypaula

Dessert & Cake: @partiesbypaula

Visual Identity: @partymazing

Pictures: Candi Noble

Astronauts

As Neil Armstrong said “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”. My son loves Space and everything related to this subject from Black Holes to galaxies.

After visiting Nasa in Houston, he was sure that the theme for his upcoming birthday would be Astronauts.

As the Universe is huge and creativity in infinite, we chose IDEA LABS to board all his friends on this amazing adventure.

The place was cute with many science activities related to the theme. I used the blackboard on the Happy Birthday room, to create a Space backdrop with starts and balloons.

With felt, I made an astronaut, his spaceship and an alien U.F.O.. The were so cute that my friend’s son from Brazil wanted it and I had to sew another one for his birthday as well.  

On the dessert table, we had Nasa Rovers honey loafs; planet chocolate truffles; Nutella and Chocolate astronauts and aliens.

Astronauts macarons and planets brigadeiros also made this adventure sweeter.

A big kids table was prepared for our little astronauts with Nasa ice-cream and other amazing finger foods.

For giveaways, we had a cute book about (guess what?) astronauts.

Hope you enjoy these pictures and if you have a little princess at home, here is the link to our Cinderella party.

Project & Decor: @partiesbypaula

Dessert & Cake: @partiesbypaula

Venue: IDEA LABS

Photos: Candi Noble

Cinderella...

Once upon a time, I had a little girl… That moment I knew that one day I would produce a Princess Theme party.

My daughter loves Cinderella. All the magic story with castle, fairy good mother and amazing animals that helped this princess, touched my daughter’s little heart (btw, if you have the contact of those amazing helpers, please share with me 😊 ).

To create our “Once upon a time” day, we decided to celebrate her birthday at My Party Place, where our princesses celebrated one more year of my loved daughter with a beautiful tea party table and many cute desserts.

Krista Trevor from The Pretty Party Studio did an amazing job with invitations and stationery.

The cake was Cinderella’s carriage filled with chocolate. Mice, fair good mother and Cinderella were chocolates with amazing Nutella cream. Macarons were magic pumpkins near our cute honey loaf castle and clock to remember that midnight was close.

I want to share with you these beautiful photos and also, if you have a little astronaut at home, here is the link for our Astronaut Party. Dreams do come true!

Project & Decor: @partiesbypaula

Dessert & Cake: @partiesbypaula

Visual Identity: The Pretty Party Studio

Venue: My Party Palace

Photos: Candi Noble

School Bash

When Action Day Primary Plus invited me to prepare their 50 Years Celebration, I was very excited!

The party would take place at La Riconada Country Club – a beautiful club at Los Gatos, California.  I had already produced an event for one of the owners, so that I knew that they have great taste and open minds to new ideas.

My first insight was to produce something colorful to represent all the ages that kids attended to the school: from daycare to kindergarten. The idea was to bring school elements such as paintbrushes, pencils, rules, toys to life as décor and also as decorated desserts.

The backdrop was designed by Lili N Class. She created a chalkboard backdrop with many drawings that resemble school life and childhood. She also designed all the food tags with delicate details on the back (something that I love about her work, is her detailed oriented style).

Over the dessert table we created an enchanted world of learning through paintbrush cake pops displayed either in a rainbow or in colored painting box, and chocolate Crayons.

Edible cake books with Nutella filling, were distributed over a real book. They had traditional covers such as The Little Prince, ABC and Numbers.

In order to bring the ludic atmosphere to this event, we made Radio Flyer wagons and their toys as little cakes. Crayola crayon boxes were also mini cakes.

Cookies also had their own personality: some of them shaped like notebook with kids drawings, and other ones no less elaborated were pencils, rules, school bags, apples, pencil and the Action Day logo.

The Action Day Logo was also represented in little red fruit truffles wearing school t-shirt

Two cakes – one with two stores and other one as a fairy tale book – were served to the guests during this special night.

In addition, we also had Amarula and Tequila Brigadeiros, ahcoolic version of this chocolate ball.

Lemon and Dark chocolate truffles were dressed with Truffilio truffle wrappers and were displayed in beautiful trays and in a Radio Flyer wagon.

Macarons were also served for the guests: either shaped like an apple or in little party favor boxes with  Action Day`s logo.

To create a beautiful finishing to the dessert table, we decided to go with a colorful balloon garland that my dear Lili N Class put together. In this case, we do not have little kids in the party so the balloon garland brought the ludic atmosphere to the décor with charm and style. She also made a backdrop for photos .

As I always loved to learn, it was a pleasure to prepare a beautiful event to celebrate life and learn.

Cheers to great minds!

Project: @partiesbypaula

Visual Identity & Stationary : @liliniclass

Decor & Desserts & Cake: @partiesbypaula

Photos: RDT Studio & Design ( www.rdt-studio.com )

Truffle Wrappers: @truffilio

Star Wars

When we decided to celebrate our twin’s 6th birthday with Star Wars theme, we had in mind cute books that my husband bought for the twins. The books pictured Darth Vader doing his best to look after his twins Luke and Leia.

Almost everything was ready when the Pandemic hit US in 2020 and we had to postpone the party. As an issue always brings an opportunity, I used my little free time to watch the Star Wars movies and get familiar with all spaceships and movie characters.

To bring this party to life, I invited my friend Carolina – from Mint Event Design – to decorate the kid’s table and create a beautiful balloon arc.

BB8 and Tie Fighter were chocolate truffles; Storm Trooper and Darth Vader were chocolate & Nutella. Macarons and brigadeiros were also dressed up for the event. A honey loaf scenario displayed Dart Vader and the twins – using royal icing, I draw the same mat they had in their first room back in California.

The cake was so extraordinary that people from other parties came to see and take pictures: it had a small projector inside so our R2D2 was displaying Leia’s message like in the real movie.

Hope you enjoy the pictures and “May the Force be with you”.

Project: @partiesbypaula

Dessert & Cake: @partiesbypaula

Visual Identity: @partymazing

Decor: @MintEventDesign

Halloween Brunch

Halloween is always so much fun! Kids and many parents wearing costumes and having fun on the streets.

For this year, I joined my friend Maria Palito from Party Mazing to create this cute table for my kids – they are always expecting a Halloween surprise!

Between Boos and witches, these “printables” bring a nice touch to any Halloween Morning and were my inspiration for the color pallet and decorated cookies.

The desserts decided to join the party and wear their costumes too: “bem-casados” - a very traditional Brazilian mini cake with caramel inside – are flying around with their little brooms. White “brigadeiros” put their witch hats and made magical stars on them. Chocolate truffles are little ones with their ghost costumes going for their trick or treat adventure.

For activities, we decided for a ghost house cookie decoration, Halloween puzzle and Halloween tattoos. The cookie house is from Michael’s store and puzzles are from Target.

Hope you enjoy this setup and that inspires you to create a fun Halloween brunch!

Project: @partiesbypaula

Visual Identity: @partymazing

Desserts: @partiesbypaula

Fathers' Day

Different from my home country, Fathers’ Day is celebrated in June in the US.

This year with the pandemic situation, it was a little hard to celebrate. We usually went out to have lunch or dinner. But now that we are sheltered at home, we decided to create something special and cozy for this date.

With my twins’ help – and this is the best part of the process – we put together a special Fathers’ Day breakfast. Looking online, I found this amazing free printable package from tinyme:

All you need is:

-        Printer

-        Paper (I used cardstock paper)

-        Kids scissors

-        Twine

-        Glue

-        Pencil or crayon

-        Balloons (optional) .

My twins cut all the pieces and wrote cards for dad. We also chose nice pictures to print and put together with the cards. I do not have a cart, so I use this small table to accommodate food and decoration.

The important part of this process is:

-        Plan things at least one day ahead: kids take time to cut the shapes and sometimes, you will need more than one printable of a certain part;

-        Choose pictures that bring your family good memories such as trips and specials dates. Now that we are stuck at home, it is more important than ever to remember our good moments;

-        If you have time; you can prepare dad’s favorite dessert with your kids. In my case, we had just moved from another city so it was a miracle that I could find scissors and the material to put this togetherJ;

-        There is no need to be perfect: the most important part is to have fun together!

Hope you enjoy it and Happy Fathers’ Day.

Rainbows and Unicorns

When my friend and co-worker asked me to help prepare her daughter’s party, I was flattered!!!

Lilly is an amazing designer, with an incredible talent and sophisticated taste. Her daughter Alice loves rainbows and unicorns and Lilly wanted to create a modern-style birthday party for her.

After choosing the venue, we decided the décor. We only had 30 minutes to assemble the decoration at the venue. That said, she wanted something simple but with style.

The color pallet followed the “rainbow” directions with light blue, green, pink and yellow. To give a modern design to the décor, we opted for straight cake stands and wood.

As Alice loves rainbows, I made cloud macarons with amazing rainbows on the top. I also developed a special recipe of beijinhos  (a popular coconut Brazilian dessert) for Alice, that I called: Alice little kisses!!! We “dressed” them with amazing Truffilio wrappers!

The backdrop was a little hard to deal with: to lighten the green venue couch, we used a delicate fabric and also a star curtain, which gave a magic touch to the dessert table.

Rainbow and 3D Unicorn cookies were also used as a decoration on the dessert table.For the Cake, Lilly did not want fondant, so she decided for butter cream. However, as she wanted a very wet cake, I decorated the cake 3 hours before the event. By doing that, I avoided keeping it in the refrigerator. The chocolate cake had Dulce de Leche butter cream and chocolate cream filling.

Lilly is very detail-oriented, so she also gave a special touch to the food: the finger foods were served in beautiful trays with handmade toppers. Doing this way, her guests knew the ingredients of each plate. Lilly also made handmade little favor tags in a cloud shape.

PomPoms, rainbows and unicorns made this day even more special for Alice. Hope you like the photos and get inspired!

Project: @partiesbypaula & @liliniclass

Visual Identity & Stationary : @liliniclass

Decor & Desserts & Cake: @partiesbypaula

Truffle Wrappers: @truffilio

Venue: Whimsy Saratoga (CA)

Oh the places She will go!

A graduation is always a life milestone. It is time to look ahead with excitement about the future and happiness for the friends we made, the things we learned and how much we have changed during this journey.

When Gianna’s mother asked me to produce her daughter’s graduation party for 120 people in two weeks, I was super happy but I knew time would be a constraint. In one week, I immersed myself in this beautiful girl’s universe – she is a rock star approved by two top colleges while she also embraces a dancing career as a professional ballerina. 

In this party that we produced for a beautiful ballerina girl, we put together the theme “Oh the places she will go”.  Candies were dressed as suite cases, hot air balloons, clouds and of course ballerinas, creating this beautiful atmosphere of dreams, happiness and family love.

Little suitcases were honey loafs with Nutella. The small hot air balloons were vanilla cakepops. Clouds macarons were the cutest ever. Vanilla cookies had the world map, suitcases and hot air balloons designs.

I visited my customer’s house and she looked a little skeptical when I said that we did not need to rent any furniture – we would use what she had at home to accommodate the dessert table and decorations. – I like to use all the possible resources that my customers have at the party venue or at their houses. I believe the fact that I do not follow standards brings more charm to my celebrations!

My customer also wanted to bring the dance and ballet themes, her daughter’s passion, to the décor. In order to bring that, we made chocolate ballerina truffles, each one of them with different facial expressions and pretending to perform ballet movements. Their kids’ faces, reminded this young woman that she should keep her childhood memories and dreams alive.

To bring more sophistication to our candies , we “dressed” all truffles with amazing Truffilio wrappers! Their delicate fabric and colors matched the party atmosphere.

Together with my dear Lili from @liliniclass design we created a special project. Based on our color pallet - light pink, yellow and blue – and inspired by one of the decorations pieces, Lili created the visual identity for the event. The elements were delicate hot air balloons and a special monogram. She made a wonderful world map that showed all the possibilities that are waiting for this special girl who is about to conquer a new world. Lili also made two little 3D balloons, and many lantern balloon with flower baskets and pink flags with gold details for the guests’ tables. I love to work with Lili because she sees the event as a whole and she matches the visual identity with the candies and other décor items.

We also created a photo booth with personalized props. On top of that, we put together a customized place with cards and stamps, so each guest could write a message of wisdom for the graduating girl.

Time flies... One day they are so little in our arms and like magic, they are walking, talking and going to College! Yes, life is all about changes and being in all the places that you never have imagined is part of this journey. Let’s take the chance: Dreams do come true!

Project: @partiesbypaula

Visual Identity & Stationary : @liliniclass

Decor & Desserts & Cake: @partiesbypaula

Photos: RDT Studio & Design ( www.rdt-studio.com )

Truffle Wrappers: @truffilio

Easter & Dolls

I always wanted to create an Easter decor. However, Easter is right after my kids’ birthday and I am always feeling overwhelmed after their birthday (guess why?). But this year is a little bit different. The reason is that I decided to make my dreams come true. As Walt Disney said: “ If you can dream it, you can do it”, and to make lemonade out of lemons, I took advantage of my trip to Brazil to bring special accents to this cozy Easter celebration.

In this Easter decor, we put together traditional elements such as bunnies and eggs with cute Russian dolls, but here they are delicious chocolate truffles wearing their bunnies’ hats and carrying their bunnies’ toys. These dolls’ cute shabby faces are also on sugar cookies. We have bunny donuts covered with white chocolate and wearing flowers tiara.

I love to give objects a non-traditional purpose, so I use bunnies’ place card holders to carry candies’ names.

A lovely bunny couple bring magic to the décor. They are carrying a small chalk written “Feliz Pascoa” (in English: Happy Easter). I like to use things from my home country so my kids can keep in contact with my heritage and with the Portuguese language.

Stop here to see this simple idea: we put flowers arrangements in reusable kids’ food containers. And YES, you can do it! I washed them, used a ribbon around the glass and clips to give a delicate accent to the glass. I learned how to make flower arrangements with my dear friend  Katie from @tulsadetails .

Of course we have some brigadeiros in white and dark chocolate versions. Some of them are presented in a porcelain egg container and the other ones in Easter brigadeiro wrappers that I also brought from Brazil. I also made chocolate lollipops with Easter accents.

The kids’ table is my dream coming true. I bought some bunny porcelain plates and I put them over grass place mats. The cutlery also had bunny decorations and they are a special friend’s gift. In each chair we have an Easter giveaway to the kids.

One minute of your attention to this bunny cloth that I found and is perfect for this little chair!

For the stationary, I counted on my friend Maria Palito from Party Mazing. She does these amazing decorations that create joy and memories in every celebration. You can find her beautiful kits here.

For the cake, I decided to keep it simple. Okay, not too simple… I baked a carrot cake, put chocolate cream filling and covered it with dulce de leche butter cream and chocolate dripping. On the top, I put some bunnies that I made with chocolate.

I hope this celebration inspires you to create yours and please mark my Instagram so I can see your beautiful décor that we inspired (@partiesbypaula).

Happy Easter!

Decor & Desserts: Parties by Paula (@partiesbypaula)

Stationary: Party Mazing (@partymazing)

Meringue Design: Sugar Canada

Halloween Bash

I came to California for the first time in October 2005. I came here to study in LA and all student dorms were decorated for Halloween. After that experience, Halloween became my favorite holiday.

In this Halloween party that we produced in collaboration with Oriental Trading, we brought the “trick or treat” spirit creating little kids chocolate truffles wearing their costumes. The witches were cooking in the backdrop and their spell books were small honey cakes filled with Nutella. Bat Macarons with lovely expressions brought fun to the dessert table showing that Halloween can also be cute. The chocolate brownie cake was sculpted as a smiling pumpkin.  In addition, we made Brigadeiros (Brazilian traditional chocolate ball) with Halloween sprinkles dressed by Truffilio truffle wrappers.

Kids enjoyed having their meal in Oriental Trading Halloween gable boxes. The table cloth had drawings to be colored, making the kids’ table super fun and entertaining. On top of various crafting activities for the little ones, Batman also came to entertain the party. 

Adults had their trick or treat day as well. Created especially for them, we served three alcoholic versions of brigadeiros - Caipirinha, Amarula e Tequila (Arriba!!!Saludos!). Their wine glasses were also decorated with Halloween themes – a DIY that I will share with you guys soon. We also had a photo booth with Halloween props!

Hope you enjoy this décor and that it inspires you to create something cool for your Halloween celebration.

For now: Happy Halloween!

Desserts: Parties by Paula (@partiesbypaula)

Stationany & Party Favors: Oriental Trading (www.orientaltrading.com)

Decor: Parties by Paula & Lili N Class (@lilinclass)

Truffle Wrappers: Truffilio (http://truffilio.com/)

Balloon Garland: Lili N Class (@lilinclass)

Pictures: Lili N Class (@lilinclass)

Kids Activities: Party Princess (https://san-jose.partyprincessproductions.com/)

Love is... Valentine's Day

One thing that I like about Valentine’s Day is that it can be celebrate by everybody: friends, children and lovers. I remember when I was watching Sex and The City (yes, I was a big fan!!!) and Charlotte’s daughter gave a Valentine’s card to Carrie. When we talk about soulmates I believe there are no rules. A friend that catches what you are thinking could be your soulmate. A daughter or a son that understands you and supports you more than anybody else, also could be your soulmate. 
For this Valentine’s Day we decided to create a celebration for adults and children. We brought that romantic couple from the eighties – Love is …- and their amazing quotes to inspire us. At the same time, this cute couple reminds us of our childhood with their innocence, friendship and natural beauty. 
To bring them to life, we hand-painted a classic picture of the famous couple on a fondant cake using edible paint. Fondant heart balloons were added on the top of the cake to give a 3D touch to the design. Hearts were also present in French macarons and Oreos filled with Nutella. Simple, but no less beautiful, were the heart chocolate cookies and truffles. Heart shaped sugar cookies with edible gold scents, also hand-painted, brought the classic and romantic style to the décor (did you know that in the past people used to paint cakes with real gold-dust?). 
We hope you like this cozy celebration for family and friends. In my case it turned so special when my 3 year old twins looked at the dessert table and told my husband:” Mommy did a great job”. Aren’t they the best Valentine ever? 
Have a wonderful Valentine’s Day!

Happy New Year! Happy New Life!

2017 is almost over. In a few days, we will start 2018. This year was very intense. I learned many things and grew up as a person and as a professional. I met so many people that helped shape my future as a party designer. I “met” you, who is looking and liking (I hope so!) my party style – so a very special thanks to you! And as a party designer, there is no better time to celebrate than a New Year’s party.

To celebrate the end of this year and start 2018 in a good style, we created this small table to receive friends at home and cheers new opportunities to be happy, all the new good things that are about to happen, and a new life that is about to begin.

In this decoration, we used gold to recall the richness of life in all kinds such as fortune, health, friendship and opportunities.  For the backdrop, we used confetti paper that you can find at any stationary store. Candies were simple, but all dressed up to the party: the vanilla and chocolate macarons were made in a regular shape, but they gained a touch of gold edible paint to represent the richness of opportunities. Cake Pops decorated as disco balls remind us that this is the time to celebrate! Donuts were covered with shiny cream and gold sprinkles. The pink touch gave femininity to the décor.

I believe that a New Year is a New Beginning. We cannot go back in time but we can shape a new future. And the most important part of this journey is you and the people that you want by your side.

 Happy New Year, Happy New Life!

Christmas Party - Sweet Christmas

Christmas is a magical season for kids. For some adults, it is time to stop and reflect about everything that they went through during the year. As Christmas is also a time to get together, I partnered with three other talented ladies to create a special Christmas project.

For this celebration we put together a modern décor with a different color pallet compared with the usual red and green. Our proposal here is to create something cozy for small spaces. We used a shelf to accommodate candies and décor objects. Rather than having a big Christmas tree, we used small Christmas trees in format of candles, wood, felt and fiber. This is a trend that you can see in some modern Christmas décor. We also used disco balls and glitter objects to give a modern look to this celebration.

To decorate the wood tree, we used mini disco balls that were supplied from Sugar Parties LA. Even the little snowman (or should I say snowgirls?) had fun with the little disco balls.

The beautiful pink truffle wrappers supplied from Truffilio gave a touch of color and style to the decor. They are a good call for bridal showers, weddings or any other parties that you have in mind.  

For the stationary, I counted with Elva M. Design Studio. We wanted to runway from the obvious ideas so she created a tailor made stationary collection to reflect the same décor main objects (the nutcracker and the carrousel). The collection includes bottle wrappers, placemats, food tags, gift tags and gift wrappers. This amazing collection is available for download at Elva M. Design Studio Etsy Shop. 

Because Christmas is so special for children, we made a cozy table for them. Following the same trend, we used pillows in the floor to save space. The drink, a Pink Hot Chocolate whose recipe you can find here, was put in small bottles with straws and star cookies. The gifts also had different ornaments to entertain the little ones, such as the pinwheel and disco balls. Instead of using cupcakes, we made chocolate Panettones (these cakes are very common in Italy) decorated with bear, flamingo, Christmas tree, and Christmas car (can we call it a Christmas car ? – Yes, we can J ). And of course we cannot forget the cookies for Santa!

I hope you enjoy the decoration and it works for you as an inspiration. Meanwhile: Merry Christmas!

Project, Decor and Decorated Candies: Parties by Paula

Stationary: Elva M Design

Truffle Wrappers: Truffilio

Disco Balls: Sugar Parties LA

Shabby Chic Birthday Party

Despite loving modern style, I like creating Shabby Chic celebrations - it always made my eyes shine!

What I like in the Shabby Chic style is its feminine atmosphere and detail-oriented décor. It is so versatile that it can be used in baby showers, bridal showers, weddings or birthdays.

We also kept the same style at kids’ table using the traditional birthday hats and Shabby Chic designed paper plates. Crafts activities helped keeping the kids entertained.

Cakes, rosettes, flowers and a Peony sugar flower helped making this cozy celebration for friends and family even more special!!!

Project & Décor: Parties By Paula
Cake & Candies: Parties By Paula
Candy wrappers: Flores & Formas
Stationary: Magical Printable

Disney Cars

When my customer told me the theme of her son’s birthday party, I was not sure how I could make something different with a commercial theme. Disney Cars were her son’s passion and to make things more challenging, this had also been his last year’s birthday theme. However, I wanted to make something different for this little man. After watching the movie three times (yes I did it!!!) and feeling in love for McQueen, I came up with different ideas that made this party so special!!!

We worked with three main elements in this project: racing cars, car elements and Disney Cars’ movie characters. In the entrance, guests were welcomed with a big “Welcome Racing Fans” banner.  Each child received a VIP Access Pass with their names designed with Disney Cars logo. In order to customize each detail, we created a special stationary project with the talented Meghan from Elva M Design Studio. The kids’ table had Piston Cups sip cups, license plates on the back of each chair with each kids’ names, special placemats and Disney Cars cutlery and straws.

To bring Disney Cars to the dessert table, we made Edible Disney Cars characters and rice crispy Cozy Cones. The main characters such as Luigi, Guido, Fillmore, Sheriff and Tow Mater, were made with honey loaf. Tire cake pops, cactus macarons and a “Casa Della Tires” made with chocolate cookie, referenced the movie scenario. The cake with strawberry cream filling had an edible Lightning McQueen and Chick Hicks on the top. Trophies, tires and the famous Route 66 were also part of this beautiful dessert table that brought Disney Radiator Springs to life in this unforgettable birthday!

Photos: RDT Studio & Design ( www.rdt-studio.com )
Project & Décor: Parties by Paula
Cake, Cake Pops, Mini Cars Cakes, Macarons & Cookie House: Parties by Paula
Stationary: Elva M Design Studio ( https://elvamdesign.com )
Venue: Bumble Los Altos

Carnival For Twins

I love to produce kid’s birthday parties. When I saw an Amusement Park party in a magazine, I wished one day I could produce a party with this theme. However, I wanted something a little different… 
For this twins’ Amusement Park, we created everything from scratch. Using candy colors as an inspiration, we created a unique décor using candies and pieces specially crafted for this party. Even the little horses in the “Merry –Go-Round” glass bottles were hand made. 
Because we were celebrating a boy and a girl birthday , everything was made to reflect their personalities and preferences. For the girl, we made a Carousel cake that really spins! 
The boy is crazy about rollercoaster and super heroes. So his cake was a rollercoaster with Batman and Wonder Woman in one of the cars. 
Another Roller-Coaster, made with wood, carried chocolate truffles in its cars. All the carnival rides were reproduced as candies - the teacups were white chocolate truffles; the Bumper Cars were chocolate tea cakes. 
We hope you like this party and that it serves as an inspiration for your next event!

Venue: Play Los Altos

Decoration, Cakes and Desserts: Parties by Paula

Photos: RDT Studio & Design

Stationery: Pretties Print Shop

Bartender: On the Rocks Bartender & Serving 

Invitation: Shop out of the Box

An Afternoon in San Francisco

To celebrate the twins' second birthday with family and friends in Brazil, we decided to bring the stunning San Francisco views to this party. Guests first received a digital “Save the Date” followed by an invitation with a passport and air ticket to the destination. 
In order to reproduce San Francisco’s atmosphere, the party venue was fully decorated with California signs and frames. On the entrance, a big moving crab welcomed the guests. Five large 3D fabric panels with images of Golden Gate, Lombard Street, Victorian Houses, Palace of Fine Arts and Cable Car, not only decorated the venue but also allowed guests to take pictures and feel like they were in those amazing places. Big felt crabs decorated the guests' tables. In the giveaway room over a pallet table, musical cable cars filled with Ghirardelli Chocolate were given to the children. 
The dessert table manufactured in a Golden Gate shape specially for the party was filled with candies to create the flow on the bridge. Everything on the bridge was candies, including the lampposts made with fondant and chocolate. The main tourism points such as the Pyramid and Chinatown buildings were small cakes. For the boy, the major San Francisco teams were represented by 49ers, Warriors and Giants’ chocolate truffles. For the girl, Victorian Houses, Fisherman’s Wharf sea lions and crabs; and CAL cheerleaders were created using chocolate. People running on the bridge with Nike t-shirts, tourists and their cameras, “Blazing Saddles” cyclists, all of them were chocolate truffles. Super Shuttle, City Sightseeing, Uber, GoCar and School buses were also decorated cakes on the bridge. Tour Guides and personalized hot air balloons were delicious cookies.

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Project and Decor: Parties By Paula

Party Consultant: Vivian Moraes Assessoria

Photographer: Alexandre Feola

Video: Jean Paulo Films

Venue: Espaco Buticabeira

Event furniture / Party rentals: Decorance

Cake: Mano Andrade Doces

Personalized Truffles and Candies: Docices and Sweet Carolina 

Mother's Day Brunch

When my friend asked me to prepare a last minute party for her mother, I realized that this could be an opportunity to make something inspiring for the upcoming mother's day. 
In this brunch, we decided to go with the Shabby Chic style. Real flowers, sugar flowers and heart shaped macarons created a feminine and romantic atmosphere.

A Mimosa bar was also decorated to reflect the Shabby Chic style as well as the party favors. I hope this brunch inspires you to make a beautiful celebration for your mother.

Project & Decoration: Parties By Paula
Cake & Candies: Parties By Paula
Stationery: Magical Printable & Sassa By Parties
Party Favors: Parties By Paula

Halloween for Little Ones

Creating a Halloween party for the little ones is a bit different. I tried not making something too scary but at the same time, keep the Halloween atmosphere. In order to do that, I created cute candies such as funny Frankenstein, mummies and bats macarons. Cute spiders were Brazilian chocolate brigadeiros and vanilla cookies. My 2 year-old "babies" love the Halloween and they gave me ideas for the cake. The boy wanted a castle and a bat. The little girl wanted a witch and pumpkins. And finally, I made a skeleton. The witch was flying over the Moon. 
Blueberry and lemonade juices were served in syringes. 
"Enchanted" Popcorn was served in skulls and witch kettles. 
I hope you guys liked the pictures and it works as an inspiration for your Halloween party.

Cake, Candies and Decoration: Parties by Paula