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Couture Parties Blog
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Favor Days Giveaway

**************We have a winner!!! The winner is Henria O! please email me at info@coutureparties.com to claim your gift code!I have another awesome giveaway for you! This time for Favors. You know th...

23 aug 11

Superior Nut Giveaway

*********We have a winner! The winner is Sweet D! please email me at info@coutureparties.com to retrieve your gift code!************************* ***I am a self proclaimed nut fanatic. Almonds, pistac...

22 aug 11

Cocktails in Newport

 As you know Newport is the place to be in the summer, from galas, fundraisers, auctions, to honorary chairs, there is a large social scene here in Newport.  Hollywood you wear a gown down ...

15 aug 11

Happy Birthday Carter

Eight years ago today my life changed...forever. I became a Mom. Call me cliche, but seriously I have no words to express my emotions of how August 11, 2003 changed me. (besides the extra weight and ...

11 aug 11

Shabby Apple Dresses

A few months ago I had a Shabby Apple dress giveaway (that was one competition, let me tell you!) since then, I have had the opportunity to wear one "in the field" as I call it. The wonderful...

04 aug 11

My In-Home Studio

Construction workers have hammers, artists have paint brushes, calligraphers have pens, athletes have speed......and crafters well we have a room full of "stuff" a more technical term would b...

18 jul 11

Cupcakes and Cocktails

I enjoy having my friends over. With all of us having such busy lives, sometimes it is next to impossible to get us all together. Typically I host a dinner party, but I wanted this get together to be...

14 jul 11

Be You

Sometimes we strive to be other people, sometimes we copy (thinking others will not notice), sometimes we are just looking for acceptance, sometimes we have our blinders on too tight and dont really ...

01 jul 11

URI Basketball Birthday Party

You know me, the more personalization the better! When this client approached me about designing her dads surprise 60th birthday her desires were:URI BasketballEngineeringFishingDu nkin Donutsand Boun...

23 jun 11

Cooking Party

If you want to know a little about me, I LOVE to cook. You would never know it, because I do not do too much of it do to my demanding schedule...oh and I do not like the clean up part of it either! O...

08 jun 11

DIY Embossed Monogram Napkins

It is no secret I LOVE a monogram. My kids clothes, personal stationery, and my clients weddings.  I was using my own embossing stamp on the back of some stationery, you know the kind that looks...

27 may 11

Paris Party

oohh la la, Paris...The city of Light. My client was celebrating her 50th birthday party with close friends in her home for a private dinner party. When we started to talk concept, she looked up in m...

24 may 11

Fiestas...not just for Cinco De Mayo

Just because May 5th has passed, does not mean you have to push margaritas and chips and salsa aside! Girls night, game night, or perhaps a birthday?  Not sure if I mentioned the news...but I am...

16 may 11

Football Party....Caribbea n Style

Back in February I was fortunate enough to be a guest at good friends birthday weekend...in St. John. Yeah,  there was a HUGE snowstorm in New England and I switched my flight and got out of dod...

10 may 11

Camera Winner

First of all, THANK YOU for sharing my blog with your readers! Random.org has chosen a winner out of the 19 of you who have entered and the winner is......LaVonne of LF Events! (Her Blog is here)LaVo...

02 may 11

{Giveaway} Camera

You read it correctly, Im giving away a camera! This giveaway is geared towards bloggers. I want to say thank you. Thank you for featuring my work, using images as inspiration, and putting my badge o...

25 apr 11

{ask the designer} Last in the series

I am sorry to say....but this will be the last post in the ask the designer series. When I first started this series, you guys had some awesome questions about party planning, wedding etiquette, how ...

19 apr 11

{CIY} How to Make SMores Pops

leave it to me to change it up a bit....everywhere you look it says DIY (do it yourself) so I decided I want my "make it yourself" tutorials to be called Create It Yourself aka CIY. Inspired ...

07 apr 11

Vote For Me

Circle Moms (a super informative site for Moms who talk about everything that has to do with motherhood, the good, the bad, and the ugly) has nominated little ole me as a Top 25 Party Plannin Mom Blo...

02 apr 11

{Free Printable} Boy Elephant Baby Shower

I almost forgot I had these printables for you! Last year I did a baby shower for a celebrity (sorry cant dish on who it was, super top secret!) But this theme was used for her baby boy! She wanted a...

01 apr 11

{ask the designer} Where should I advertise?

I just started my party business, where should I advertise?  First of all, if you are not using social media...well lets put this nicely and say, maybe starting a business is not right for you. ...

22 mar 11

{Inspiration} Cake Pop Recipe

Oh so cute...yet so time consuming. I tried my hand at Cake Pops a little over 3 years ago for my friends daughters birthday, they looked like cupcakes....It was not until a year later that I made mo...

18 mar 11

{Ask the designer} Do I need a certificate to be a Wedding Planner?

I am 19 years old and I am not sure what courses, if any, I should take in college to be an event planner. I really want to own my own business. What do you suggest I do? Congrats on wanting to ...

15 mar 11

{Inspiration} Cooking Party

I just thought of a new series for the blog! There are SO many FABULOUS party blogs, printable party designers, and down right awesome inspiration out there in the world wide web. I am fortunate enou...

04 mar 11

How to Make Scrambled Eggs (kid edition)

My (almost) 4 year old (on Sunday) had a take home assignment from her Pre K school. She is learning the food groups and what are red, yellow, and green light foods (healthy, sometimes OK, and dont e...

04 mar 11

{Giveaway} Shabby Apple Dress

Its my birthday today! So I thought it would only be appropriate to give my readers a present :) Have you seen the fabulous dresses for women and kids over at Shabby Apple??? Leave this post (an...

28 feb 11

{Free Printables} Rock Star Party

I have gotten So many requests on how to recreate this Preppy Rock Star party...I am thrilled you all want to have this party! Well in true Couture Parties fashion, I will not create the same party t...

16 feb 11

{ask the designer} How do you price kids party planning?

I want to start a childrens party planning business, how do I charge?  Well I could have a whole week of blog posts on this topic alone! My advice, pick a niche. ask yourself these three questio...

15 feb 11

{ask the designer} How do you price kids party planning?

I want to start a childrens party planning business, how do I charge?  Well I could have a whole week of blog posts on this topic alone! My advice, pick a niche. ask yourself these three questio...

15 feb 11

Happy Valentines Day

With all the card making, cupcake baking, bag tying, and class parties given....just stop for a moment. Just hug them and tell them you love them :)image from Martha Stewart 

14 feb 11

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