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A FUN Party

June 16, 2010 on 10:30 pm | In Cupcakes, Family | 52 Comments

The middle of the week is here already! I’ve been pretty lazy this week — just resting up after my niece’s big graduation party this past weekend. We had the best time and MyDadLovesMeBestSister had a wonderful party for the newly minted graduate.

The weeks around graduations here in the states are just crazy. Everyone has a party for their graduate and everyone party hops until they’ve turned into pumpkins. Having to squish your party in among all the rest is a challenge, so MyDadLovesMeBestSister decided to have a party that didn’t include lunch or dinner, but was right in the middle — Cupcakes, Coffee and Ice Cream. It was a BIG hit. Huge! Lots of my niece’s friends said it was their favorite party. What’s not to love?

MyDadLovesMeBestSister had a barista there to make all sorts of coffee drinks — hot and iced. My younger niece and her friend scooped ice cream for the guests to make their own sundaes. And then there were all those cuppiecakes. Sadly, I didn’t take pictures of the cupcake bar until there was a big dent in the pile, but you get the idea. (I used Martha Stewart’s little cupcake flags and SweetiePie did most of the cupcake frosting. Didn’t she do a great job?) I thought it was pretty funny that the pink ones weren’t as fast to go as the other colors. What’s wrong with pink???

Every detail of the party was stunning. Absolutely gorgeous! The flowers were breathtaking (check out those lime flowers — swoon!) In addition to the florist bouquets, there were a bunch of canning jar centerpieces that held gerbera daisies and paint brushes. My niece plans to study art in college — how cute is that? And in a fun twist of events, the colors my sister chose matched the quilt I’d made my niece. Look at all the pretty tablecloths she whipped up from quilter’s cottons.

Yum Yummy. I want to go back and see it all again. My sister sure knows how to throw a party!

Next Up — My BESTEST Auntie from Utah arrives tonight — I’m soooo excited!!!

XOXO,
Anna

52 Comments

Congratulations to the graduate! And what a wonderful party and presentation! I love everything….you two should start a catering and party planning business (in your spare time!) ;-)

Comment by Joni — June 16, 2010 #
What a great idea for a party. Beautiful!

Congrats to your niece!

Comment by Rachel — June 16, 2010 #
Looks amazing! I love your pics :) Enjoy your visit!!

Comment by Amy - parkcitygirl — June 16, 2010 #
Your family knows how to throw a party! Nothing better than ice cream and cake! Love the decorations too.

Comment by Janet — June 16, 2010 #
Wow.
Makes me want to graduate from high school while being in YOUR family!
Oh well, i had to do it while being in MINE…
29 years ago.
But I’m over it.
Really.
Have fun with Auntie “A”.
Don’t eat too many cinnamon rolls!

Comment by brigita — June 17, 2010 #
That looks like the best kind of party. I would never have thought to hire a barista – what a good idea!

Comment by dottycookie — June 17, 2010 #
It sounds like a fantastic party! What a great idea, and I am sure most people love having someone to make their coffees for them. Hope you have lots of fun when your aunt visits too.

Comment by sue — June 17, 2010 #
What a great party, everything looks so good. The little details she has done are so clever.

Comment by Goosey — June 17, 2010 #
It looks like a FAB party!! And the cupcakes are a treat. AND a barista to make REAL coffees! What a dream. (Maybe he can come to Houston).

Big congrats to your niece.

xxx

Comment by Jan — June 17, 2010 #
What a fabulous party – I shall have to file that idea away for a future occasion I have a friend who made cupcakes for her granddaughter’s 18th birthday – she put a little silver charm on each one for the guests to take home!

Comment by frayedattheedge — June 17, 2010 #
What a wonderful party! Love all the details and colours. Your niece is a very lucky girl :)

Comment by Niki — June 17, 2010 #
Congratulations on your niece’s graduation! The cupcake party looks fantabulous and a personal barista… who wouldn’t love that?!

Comment by nicolette — June 17, 2010 #
Your family are so good at celebrating with panache. Everything looks so inviting and delicious. You must be all great cooks too.

Comment by Janet — June 17, 2010 #
Another fine example of why I want to be a part of your fabulous family! WOW – what a brilliant idea!!!

Comment by Louise — June 17, 2010 #
sure looks like everything was perfect…including the weather!
i love the different patterned tablecloths & the cupcakes look amazing…the frosting look perfect…sweetiepie did a great job!
fun…that your bestest is arriving…i loved visits from my bestest aunt as well!
have a great day…linda noblog

Comment by linda — June 17, 2010 #
That party belongs in a magazine.

Comment by Jana — June 17, 2010 #
Your photos look like a magazine spread. It makes me want to throw a party! I love the round tables with the floral table cloths. Everything looks so fresh and happy!

Comment by autum — June 17, 2010 #
What a wonderful party. And I love the Barista idea. When my granddaughter graduated in May her folks did a brunch, 10-1PM. That was easy , egg casseroles, lots of sweets and big fruit salad but the Barista would have made it even cooler. Have fun this week!

Comment by Mary ann — June 17, 2010 #
Your photos look like they are from a magazine layout! Sounds like a fun week…congratulations to your lucky niece!

Comment by Jan — June 17, 2010 #
WOW!!! I love it! What a great party setting. I’ll need to remember some of them for when Amelia is older. I just love all the colors!

Comment by Jen — June 17, 2010 #
wow that looks like about the best party I have ever seen!!!!!! every little detail from the cupcakes to the flowers to the tablecovers…amazing, your sister should be a party planner!!!!!!!

Comment by deb — June 17, 2010 #
That is such a clever party idea. I’ll have to remember that one! Everything is so beautiful.

Comment by Miss Jean — June 17, 2010 #
Everything looks great! So many good ideas here!

Comment by Sherri — June 17, 2010 #
Everything looks so wonderful … the cupcakes, the flowers, the tablecloths, the bunting. Wow, what a party! It must have been so fun.

Comment by Stacy — June 17, 2010 #
What a great party! Sounds like there was something for everyone. I just ran across some of those cute cupcake liners – had to get some for the 4th of July! Congrats to the grad!

Comment by Kristy — June 17, 2010 #
Looks like a great party. What a blast. I was wondering if I could book you now for cupcakes. I’ll have the first of 4 graduations in about 6 years. Whad’ya think?

Comment by Cindy — June 17, 2010 #
Looks like creative party planners run in the family. Would you know I didn’t have one grad party to go to this year!

Comment by Susan — June 17, 2010 #
I love the idea of an in-between party – so much more fun than lunch or dinner. The cupcakes look fabulous and I’m sure the only reason the pink ones didn’t go first is that they look far too pretty to eat!

Hope you have a lovely time with your aunt :o)

xxx

Comment by Lesley — June 17, 2010 #
What’s not to love, indeed! My mouth is watering. (Doesn’t that sound better than, “I’m drooling.”?)

Is this the aunt for whom you made the pretty aprons?

Comment by Elaine/MuddlingThrough — June 17, 2010 #
An afternoon tea party is great fun! Love all those cakes and the ice cream!! Yum!!
The barista was a great idea!
Have a ball with your Auntie!

Comment by Miriam — June 17, 2010 #
Well, never heard of that before. We don’t do it here. Looked like a good party.

Give us time, though. We’re now calling our school leaving dances “proms” so who knows?

Comment by Isabelle — June 17, 2010 #
What a neat idea…We have done sundae’s for birthday parties and they’re a HUGE hit. I’ll have to remember this for our youngest one’s graduation. We had 2 parties on Sunday and I would have loved one of them to have been like this one. It wouldn’t have mattered if it was the first or the last one we went to.

Comment by Judy — June 17, 2010 #
What a great idea, I was just sharing it with my mom. We think it is genius. SO cute. And of course your quilt matched, that just makes it even better!! Have fun with your Aunt. What are you going to do?

Comment by Dandelion Quilts — June 17, 2010 #
What a great idea for a graduation party, everything looks beautiful. It is rather odd that the pink cupcakes didn’t get snatched as quickly, maybe there were more men than women present.

Comment by Junie Moon — June 17, 2010 #
What a wonderful party! Congrats to the Graduate.

Comment by meggie — June 17, 2010 #
All details are very lovely, as one might expect from the Thimbleanna family. I like the barista idea, but I think I would have had to dive into the bucket of icy bottles! Whoever came up with plastic bottles was a bad, bad man.

Comment by Karen — June 17, 2010 #
That sounds like the perfect party! The decs are gorgeous and your cupcakes look divine. I would have eaten the pink ones. :) Love the quilt you made for your neice. It’s juicy-licious!
Hope you have a super weekend, Anna.

Comment by Karin — June 18, 2010 #
Well it is good your having a lazy week. With the summer you are having you need it. What a fun party. Have fun with aunt xoxoxo Clarice

Comment by clarice — June 18, 2010 #
Love your graduation party pics. I’ll file them away for when my daughter graduates in a few years. But next year she’ll be 16, and I was wondering if you have any special ideas for that milestone?

Comment by heidi — June 18, 2010 #
awww, your party shots are fab Anna! It looks like it was a lot of fun. I have to say I would have chosen blue, green, or yellow over the pink too. I’m not sure why though? They just seem more summery and happy?

Comment by Penny — June 18, 2010 #
How pretty and fun!!! We are having a party for oldest boy but not till July when the farming is mostly over. I wanted to do cupcakes but he wouldn’t go for it – wants a cake. I guess he doesn’t care that cupcakes are IN!!

Comment by rohanknitter — June 19, 2010 #
Those photos look straight out of one of Martha’s books. Soooo pretty. You Thimbles are all so talented. I wanna be a Thimble when I grow up.

Comment by sharon — June 19, 2010 #
Congratulations to your niece! Everything looks beautiful!

Comment by Julie Isa — June 19, 2010 #
Wow! just… Wow! toni xxx

Comment by toni — June 20, 2010 #
Talent for great ideas and super parties must run in your family, as you have sure shown us some great ideas too! Everything is beautiful – Congratulations to the graduate and her family!

Comment by Teresa — June 20, 2010 #
What a totally fabulous sounding party! So bright and cheerful too! Lucy x

Comment by lucy locket — June 20, 2010 #
Oh what fun!! I can’t wait for Sarah to graduate and I can do something fun like that…instead of the guys typical Beach Bash parties!!! Isn’t it a crazy couple of weeks? I am soooo sick of parties! And we still have more this weekend! I think there should be group parties or something lol!! I wish I could have enlarged your pictures with my eyes these days I am always clicking to enlarge lol!!

Comment by Tammy — June 21, 2010 #
oh wow it looks so beautiful! all of it!

i was just watching it’s complicated last night with meryl streep and saw the big fuss and parties for graduation which we don’t have here!

oh and I love the quilt you made! oh my gosh, its gorgeous and the colours are so fresh and pretty
Corrie:)

Comment by corrie — June 22, 2010 #
Great party. In the “old days” we often just had cake/coffee grad parties. It’s nice to see the idea come back. The cuppycakes are darling. The last time I did cupcakes, I couldn’t get my frosting to come out nice from the piping bag. Do you use a particular frosting to get such pretty results? I’d love to know.

Jody

Comment by Jody — June 23, 2010 #
what a BEAUTIFUL party!!! very impressive!

Comment by amandajean — June 23, 2010 #
Everything is fun in this post. I love parties like this.

Comment by nanette — June 24, 2010 #
Now THAT is a party! Every detail looks fab, I love the tablecloths outside, so pretty! Could we have a sister wife reunion party like that, only with margaritas instead of coffee? Oh, and can your aunt be there to bake bread with us? And your cute plant eating critters can help us sew like in Cinderella? xoxo

Comment by AnyoneCanQuilt — July 8, 2010 #