Can you believe today is the last day of May? YIKES!! Where has the time gone? We wanted to share with you our Father's Day "Aloha Style" Collection  ~ 

Do you have a Dad or husband who loves lazy days and just hanging out? Or is he more of an out-doors guy? Where he likes water sports, golf, camping, fishing?  We are working feverishly on a new Father's Day Collection ~ hope to have it completed by the end of the week {YIKES ~ that's tomorrow}!! So make sure you keep an eye out for it! 

Have a Super Great Day!!!

xoxo,

                                                        

• Thursday, May 31, 2012
• Aloha Style

Father's Day is three weeks away

Can you believe today is the last day of May? YIKES!! Where has the time gone? We wanted to share with you our Father's Day "Aloha Style" Collection  ~ 

Do you have a Dad or husband who loves lazy days and just hanging out? Or is he more of an out-doors guy? Where he likes water sports, golf, camping, fishing?  We are working feverishly on a new Father's Day Collection ~ hope to have it completed by the end of the week {YIKES ~ that's tomorrow}!! So make sure you keep an eye out for it! 

Have a Super Great Day!!!

xoxo,

                                                        

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Today, I'm sharing one of our very own parties! The Crab Claw Surf Club collection was designed for my son, who recently turned three {who also had the Trash Truck Party in January ~ one for family and one for friends}. We hosted this party for family only back in November. Since his birthday is so late in the year, I really wanted it to be colorful and more Summery.

He had a Summer tank top that he loved to wear all the time ~ truth be told, if I would have allowed him to wear it every day, he would have!! {smile} He also loves the water, so I combined two of his loves {for now} to create this design and party for him! 

I stocked up on all the Summer items when Summer came to a close, knowing full well we'd be hosting this party in late November. One of my vendors, who has become a friend of mine, worked her magic with the cookies and created some surf boards and crabs ~ they came out super cute!! I had some homemade marshmallows made into surf boards as well! Our guests enjoyed all the Summer food items. We had fresh fruit, cake pops, Red, White and blue gum balls, Swedish fish, yogurt covered pretzels, gold fish and of course cupcakes that I topped with, not only our cupcake toppers, but red chocolate crabs and sprinkled with them crushed graham crackers to make "sand". For party favors, I had crab shaped crayons made for the cousins! They were a hit!!

With Summer around the corner, the crab design can be used for several different types of parties ~ Surf, Crab Shack, 4th of July, baby shower ~ any other Summer-type party you may be planning!!

A Huge Thank You to all our vendors:

Paper Party Decor/Photography/Party Styling ~ BellaGrey Designs

Red Chocolate Crabs ~ Lari Weaver

Surf Board Marshmallows ~ Kimberley's Kitchen

Crab and Surf Board Cookies ~ The Cookie Mom

Crab Shaped Crayons ~ Red Elm Designs

White Lighthouses ~ HomeGoods

Red, White and Blue striped table cloth ~ Kohl's

Blue and Red Stippey Straws ~ Shop Sweet Lulu 

Hope you enjoyed our Crab Claw Surf Club party!! This collection is now available in our shop!!

xoxo

                                                         

• Tuesday, May 29, 2012
• bellagrey designs

Real Party * Nautical Crab Claw Surf Club Party and Collection

Today, I'm sharing one of our very own parties! The Crab Claw Surf Club collection was designed for my son, who recently turned three {who also had the Trash Truck Party in January ~ one for family and one for friends}. We hosted this party for family only back in November. Since his birthday is so late in the year, I really wanted it to be colorful and more Summery.

He had a Summer tank top that he loved to wear all the time ~ truth be told, if I would have allowed him to wear it every day, he would have!! {smile} He also loves the water, so I combined two of his loves {for now} to create this design and party for him! 

I stocked up on all the Summer items when Summer came to a close, knowing full well we'd be hosting this party in late November. One of my vendors, who has become a friend of mine, worked her magic with the cookies and created some surf boards and crabs ~ they came out super cute!! I had some homemade marshmallows made into surf boards as well! Our guests enjoyed all the Summer food items. We had fresh fruit, cake pops, Red, White and blue gum balls, Swedish fish, yogurt covered pretzels, gold fish and of course cupcakes that I topped with, not only our cupcake toppers, but red chocolate crabs and sprinkled with them crushed graham crackers to make "sand". For party favors, I had crab shaped crayons made for the cousins! They were a hit!!

With Summer around the corner, the crab design can be used for several different types of parties ~ Surf, Crab Shack, 4th of July, baby shower ~ any other Summer-type party you may be planning!!

A Huge Thank You to all our vendors:

Paper Party Decor/Photography/Party Styling ~ BellaGrey Designs

Red Chocolate Crabs ~ Lari Weaver

Surf Board Marshmallows ~ Kimberley's Kitchen

Crab and Surf Board Cookies ~ The Cookie Mom

Crab Shaped Crayons ~ Red Elm Designs

White Lighthouses ~ HomeGoods

Red, White and Blue striped table cloth ~ Kohl's

Blue and Red Stippey Straws ~ Shop Sweet Lulu 

Hope you enjoyed our Crab Claw Surf Club party!! This collection is now available in our shop!!

xoxo

                                                         

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I don't think I've had a Slurpee since I was a kid and today only, 7 Eleven is giving away FREE Slurpee drinks!! From 11am to 7pm!! It's really HOT here in Dallas, so I'm thinking the kiddos and I need one of these today!!! OPEN, OPEN, OPEN....

I've heard they are now sugar-free!! Hmmm, wonder what flavors they have and what they taste like sugar-free!! What's your favorite flavor? I like the raspberry {the blue one}. 

Enjoy your FREE Slurpee!!

Have  a Super Great Day!!!!!

xoxo, 

                                                         

• Wednesday, May 23, 2012
• 7 Eleven

Free Slurpees from 7 Eleven Today

I don't think I've had a Slurpee since I was a kid and today only, 7 Eleven is giving away FREE Slurpee drinks!! From 11am to 7pm!! It's really HOT here in Dallas, so I'm thinking the kiddos and I need one of these today!!! OPEN, OPEN, OPEN....

I've heard they are now sugar-free!! Hmmm, wonder what flavors they have and what they taste like sugar-free!! What's your favorite flavor? I like the raspberry {the blue one}. 

Enjoy your FREE Slurpee!!

Have  a Super Great Day!!!!!

xoxo, 

                                                         

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Top 25 Party Planning Moms - 2012

Are you a mom who loves party planning? We're looking for mom bloggers who write about how to plan and throw parties for birthdays, holidays, graduations, baby showers, anniversaries, or other special occasions.

Circle of moms is looking for the Top 25 Party Planning Moms!! We were notified a few days ago that BellaGrey Designs was nominated by one of our fans!! The Top 25 is determined by public voting!! 

This list is growing by the hour and is complied of some seriously fabulous party planning moms!! We are so happy to be in the company of all these great women!! 

We'd LOVE your vote ~ click here to vote for BellaGrey Designs!! Scroll down the list until you find us! You can vote once a day until June 7th ~ when it ends!

Thank You!!

Have a great day!!!

xoxo,

                                                         

• Saturday, May 19, 2012
• bellagrey designs

Top 25 Party Planning Moms 2012

Top 25 Party Planning Moms - 2012

Are you a mom who loves party planning? We're looking for mom bloggers who write about how to plan and throw parties for birthdays, holidays, graduations, baby showers, anniversaries, or other special occasions.

Circle of moms is looking for the Top 25 Party Planning Moms!! We were notified a few days ago that BellaGrey Designs was nominated by one of our fans!! The Top 25 is determined by public voting!! 

This list is growing by the hour and is complied of some seriously fabulous party planning moms!! We are so happy to be in the company of all these great women!! 

We'd LOVE your vote ~ click here to vote for BellaGrey Designs!! Scroll down the list until you find us! You can vote once a day until June 7th ~ when it ends!

Thank You!!

Have a great day!!!

xoxo,

                                                         

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The last day of school is upon us already ~ can you believe it? 

What are your Summer plans? Will you go on a family vacation or enroll the kiddos in a Summer program or do both? As my kiddos start to get a little older, I'm starting to think we should enroll them into some Summer programs or sports. They've never played any sports or gone anywhere except school without me ~ I know I need to let them go, but what is too young to enroll them in a Summer day camp? I love the flexibility of the Summer months, without having anyplace we HAVE to be! Do I enroll them into a program or keep them home with me? If you've done one or the other or both, I'd love to hear your stories. I don't want them to get board, but I don't want to have to have a "real" schedule all Summer either. If you have some advice, I'd love to hear it!! 

Hope you have a Super Great Day!!!

xoxo,

                                                         

• Friday, May 18, 2012
• bellagrey designs

Last Day of School

The last day of school is upon us already ~ can you believe it? 

What are your Summer plans? Will you go on a family vacation or enroll the kiddos in a Summer program or do both? As my kiddos start to get a little older, I'm starting to think we should enroll them into some Summer programs or sports. They've never played any sports or gone anywhere except school without me ~ I know I need to let them go, but what is too young to enroll them in a Summer day camp? I love the flexibility of the Summer months, without having anyplace we HAVE to be! Do I enroll them into a program or keep them home with me? If you've done one or the other or both, I'd love to hear your stories. I don't want them to get board, but I don't want to have to have a "real" schedule all Summer either. If you have some advice, I'd love to hear it!! 

Hope you have a Super Great Day!!!

xoxo,

                                                         

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{LOVE this expression}

It came so fast and without much warning or too much fuss, my sweet little girl lost her first tooth! This was such a wonderful "first" time moment, so of course we had to celebrate!!!

It all began a few weeks ago ~ the kiddos and I were having lunch and Bella wouldn't eat her lunch because she kept telling me her tooth hurt, I reached over to wiggle it and to my surprise, it was extremely loose!! It was then, that I started working on a new collection ~ One Less Tooth!! 

In the photo above she had just lost the tooth, she wasn't sure if she should cry or laugh! After the shock and this photo, she just started laughing!! Uncontrollable laughter!! She kept looking in the mirror in disbelief, she had waited, what seemed to be a L...O...N...G time {8 days}for it to finally fall out and now it had! She couldn't wait to tell all her friends about it. She was so giddy with excitement ~ it was truly fabulous!!

{photo with One Less Tooth!!}

Later that day, we had a small party to celebrate the occasion, here are the details: 

I made a toothbrush as the focal point on the backdrop {tutorial to come} ~ the teeth were cut out on white glitter paper!

A month or so ago, we had a Dentist appointment and I found it funny that the Hygentist had used some funny names when referring to different parts of the exam. I asked her for more, thinking one day those words may come in handy so the kiddos don't get scared about the Dentist {little did I know those words would be used in my One Less Tooth Party Collection}.

I tried to incorporate the "tooth" in as much of the decor as possible ~ since that is what the party was about! 

I made the banner using the tooth image and strung it with hot pink tulle ~ Bella's favorite color!

The next few photos are of the Cupcake Toppers......

Teeth vitamins {otherwise known as fluoride treatment}= Nerds. 

Smelly dragon = bad breath, or in this case ~ cherry Kool-Aid.

Silly string is floss ~ I used edible Easter grass. Lucky for me the party was a few days after Easter!

These are the X-rays of the teeth, they call them teeth pictures. 

{Tutorial to come}

When I saw these molar cupcakes here, I knew I had to find a local baker to re-create these for the party!! They turned out great!!!

In keeping with the funny names, cavities are called Sugar Bugs {those are small gummy worms on top}.

I found these great gummie worms and they came with this fun gadget to make the worms glow, I knew this would be a big hit!! The kids were so excited about this, they all wanted their own sugar bugs on their cupcake, along with the gadget!!

I found this super fun tooth mold and created it with melted white chocolate. YUM!!

The mold that started it all.............the fun mini tooth cookie cutter!

My baker added some edible glitter to the teeth so they'd sparkle ~ these were SO good!!

Bug scrub = tooth paste! Such fun names!! 

OK, so this is pretty but not HEALTHY for the teeth ~ it's striped icing in Bella's favorite colors.

One of my best friends' husband is a Dentist and he donated some fun tooth brushes for the party.  

After eating all those super sugary goodies, the kiddos were sent home with a healthy goody bag, but

not before the kiddos got all tattooed up. 

Our Dentist provided me with these super cute mini treasure chests {I remember mine from when I was a kid}, I filled them with teeth {Tic Tacs}.

The kiddos getting their craft on at the party ~ making girl and boy tooth pillows: 

Grey, loves his and was happy to finally be done with this craft!! 

Bella loves her's ~ now they just need to be stuffed!!!

End result!! I used a great pattern ~ although we did vary from it a bit.

The kiddos had a great time celebrating Bella's lost tooth!! Thinking about celebrating your kiddos lost tooth? You can now find this collection in our Etsy shop! This collection is also available in more masculine colors for your son. 

Vendor List:

Paper Party Decor/Styling/Photography ~ BellaGrey Designs

Molar cupcake/Tooth cookies ~ Margie Lou's Sweets

Tooth Brushes ~ Seghers Family Dental

Dental Tattoos ~ Oriental Trading

Tooth Pillow tutorial ~ DLTK's Growing Together

Tooth cookie cutter ~ Cake Carousel

Tooth Candy mold ~ Amazon

Tooth Pillow craft supplies ~ JoAnn Craft Store

Hope you enjoyed our One Less Tooth party as much as we did!

Have a Super Great Day!!

xoxo,

                                                         

• Tuesday, May 15, 2012
• BellaGrey Designs party decor

Real Party * One Less Tooth & New Collection

{LOVE this expression}

It came so fast and without much warning or too much fuss, my sweet little girl lost her first tooth! This was such a wonderful "first" time moment, so of course we had to celebrate!!!

It all began a few weeks ago ~ the kiddos and I were having lunch and Bella wouldn't eat her lunch because she kept telling me her tooth hurt, I reached over to wiggle it and to my surprise, it was extremely loose!! It was then, that I started working on a new collection ~ One Less Tooth!! 

In the photo above she had just lost the tooth, she wasn't sure if she should cry or laugh! After the shock and this photo, she just started laughing!! Uncontrollable laughter!! She kept looking in the mirror in disbelief, she had waited, what seemed to be a L...O...N...G time {8 days}for it to finally fall out and now it had! She couldn't wait to tell all her friends about it. She was so giddy with excitement ~ it was truly fabulous!!

{photo with One Less Tooth!!}

Later that day, we had a small party to celebrate the occasion, here are the details: 

I made a toothbrush as the focal point on the backdrop {tutorial to come} ~ the teeth were cut out on white glitter paper!

A month or so ago, we had a Dentist appointment and I found it funny that the Hygentist had used some funny names when referring to different parts of the exam. I asked her for more, thinking one day those words may come in handy so the kiddos don't get scared about the Dentist {little did I know those words would be used in my One Less Tooth Party Collection}.

I tried to incorporate the "tooth" in as much of the decor as possible ~ since that is what the party was about! 

I made the banner using the tooth image and strung it with hot pink tulle ~ Bella's favorite color!

The next few photos are of the Cupcake Toppers......

Teeth vitamins {otherwise known as fluoride treatment}= Nerds. 

Smelly dragon = bad breath, or in this case ~ cherry Kool-Aid.

Silly string is floss ~ I used edible Easter grass. Lucky for me the party was a few days after Easter!

These are the X-rays of the teeth, they call them teeth pictures. 

{Tutorial to come}

When I saw these molar cupcakes here, I knew I had to find a local baker to re-create these for the party!! They turned out great!!!

In keeping with the funny names, cavities are called Sugar Bugs {those are small gummy worms on top}.

I found these great gummie worms and they came with this fun gadget to make the worms glow, I knew this would be a big hit!! The kids were so excited about this, they all wanted their own sugar bugs on their cupcake, along with the gadget!!

I found this super fun tooth mold and created it with melted white chocolate. YUM!!

The mold that started it all.............the fun mini tooth cookie cutter!

My baker added some edible glitter to the teeth so they'd sparkle ~ these were SO good!!

Bug scrub = tooth paste! Such fun names!! 

OK, so this is pretty but not HEALTHY for the teeth ~ it's striped icing in Bella's favorite colors.

One of my best friends' husband is a Dentist and he donated some fun tooth brushes for the party.  

After eating all those super sugary goodies, the kiddos were sent home with a healthy goody bag, but

not before the kiddos got all tattooed up. 

Our Dentist provided me with these super cute mini treasure chests {I remember mine from when I was a kid}, I filled them with teeth {Tic Tacs}.

The kiddos getting their craft on at the party ~ making girl and boy tooth pillows: 

Grey, loves his and was happy to finally be done with this craft!! 

Bella loves her's ~ now they just need to be stuffed!!!

End result!! I used a great pattern ~ although we did vary from it a bit.

The kiddos had a great time celebrating Bella's lost tooth!! Thinking about celebrating your kiddos lost tooth? You can now find this collection in our Etsy shop! This collection is also available in more masculine colors for your son. 

Vendor List:

Paper Party Decor/Styling/Photography ~ BellaGrey Designs

Molar cupcake/Tooth cookies ~ Margie Lou's Sweets

Tooth Brushes ~ Seghers Family Dental

Dental Tattoos ~ Oriental Trading

Tooth Pillow tutorial ~ DLTK's Growing Together

Tooth cookie cutter ~ Cake Carousel

Tooth Candy mold ~ Amazon

Tooth Pillow craft supplies ~ JoAnn Craft Store

Hope you enjoyed our One Less Tooth party as much as we did!

Have a Super Great Day!!

xoxo,

                                                         

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