Theme: Coffee Birthday Brunch
I have been super excited to participate in this Designer’s
Challenge for $100 budget. There
are 11 other super talented party stylists participating. I couldn’t be more honored to share
some of my affordable party ideas! Thank you for including me!
About the theme: I know we all
have a girlfriend who is addicted to coffee right?! I know I have several.
Starbucks seems to be the favorite spot for my girlfriends and I to hang
out, drink some coffee and catch up on our lives! It seems there’s always coffee served at get togethers with
our girlfriends whether is a jewelry party, candle party, bunco, etc. I really wanted to stick with the color
green so, as I was driving one day by a Starbucks, my light bulb went on and
told myself “That’s it!”....This will be the theme for the $100 party
challenge. I was very inspired and the ideas started rolling in my head.
Set up: I own lots of tables, but
I used to borrow from my friends when I didn’t have any. Since I throw lots of parties now, I
have invested in tables. I think
it’s great to have those handy and you only have to buy them once. I did borrow
the black chairs for the card table from one of my friends.
I have tons of white dishes. These are super easy to find. I shop at thrift stores and garage sales frequently. I have found the best bargains out
there. White dishes are also
available at Target and Walmart for affordable prices. I know your neighbor or friends will let
you borrow some too.
I went to Starbucks and they were happy to give me free
cups. Most of my frames are from
garage sales, but some are from Target and the Dollar Tree. The black
tablecloth is from Target. The tablecloth for the square table is from Goodwill
for $2 bucks! The white teapot with little cups was a find last weekend at a
garage sale for $4 bucks and it’s from Pier 1 Imports. It was brand-new still
in the box with tags....love it!
The black and white “Coffee” mugs were a find at Ross for $5.99.
Decor: I kept the decor super
simple. I used one of the plants I
had in my house for the right of the table. I have green storage boxes that I used as well. I made the coffee garland hanging on
the front of the table. I hang it
with twine. I made the pot warmer under the teapot with lids from recycled
Starbucks frappuccino jars. I punched out the scalloped doilies from a cereal
box. I added some green scrapbook paper with mod podge. I placed them under the coffee mugs on
the black table with chairs. I
also put a plant from my house on the middle of the table.
Printables: The invitation,
signs, tags and poster were designed by my friend Summerlyn from
MemoriesToo.com. She opened an
etsy shop recently, but we worked together back in 2008 when my youngest turned
1. She is an awesome designer! She
took my vision and created the most perfect designs for this party. Her link: http://www.etsy.com/shop/MemoriesToo
Food/Desserts: I chose to keep
the food and desserts simple and affordable. I decided to bake the zucchini bread only because we love it
in our house and I have the BEST recipe ever! The rest of the sweets included- donettes, mini cinnamon
rolls, coffee cakes, and some grapes.
***Other suggestions/ideas for food NOT on this table: muffins,
cinnamon sugar toast, bagels and cream cheese, green apples, bananas, pound
cake, and more!
Drinks: Regular cofffee, decaf,
Starbucks frappuccino mocha, hot chocolate and green hot tea for the non-coffee
drinkers :) I purchased 3 creamer
choices: Caramel Machiatto, Hazelnut and French Vanilla along with splend and
equal sugar.
Thank you favors were a little
box of green tic tacs with a label saying “Thanks a latte, my friend!”
*Food and drinks: $41.25 (I used several grocery coupons)
*Printing labels at local UPS store: $10
*Black and white coffee mugs from Ross $5.99
*White teapot with cups $4
*Square black tablecloth from Goodwill $2
*Scrapbook paper for garland and doilies $2
*Black tablecloth from Target $15.99 (I didn’t buy this though.
I’ve had it for a while) I’m just adding this in case you have to buy one to
add to the budget.
Total I spent for this party $65.24
If you had to add a black tablecloth from Target at $15.99 you
would spend $81.23
I didn’t spend anything on professional pictures. I took all the pictures with my point
and shoot Kodak EasyShare :)
I hope you feel inspired to have a sweet birthday brunch for one
of your girlfriends! It could also be an excuse to just get together, play
games, host a jewelry or candle party for one of your friends!
4 comments:
Nancy; Beautiful job~ love it and coffee too!
Nancy this is PERFECT! Every detail!!
So cute! And I can't believe that final cost! Love the tic tacs too!
Love it!
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