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outdoor party
Even though it is January and Spring is a few months away, we are dreaming of the beautiful sunshine and warmer nights, and indulging in one of our favorite pastimes, Outdoor Movie Night. 

Remember the drive-in movie theatres? The fact we don't have one near us, here in Dallas, got our creative juices flowing and we recreated one in our backyard. 


This is a fun and inexpensive way to gather your girlfriends and enjoy a flick and the cooler evenings together. 
We are going to show you just how easy and fun it is to host your own Outdoor Movie Night. 
For your movie screen {if you don't have an actual one} you will need a plain white flat sheet. We used a queen size and attached it to our fence with clothes pins and heavy twine. 


Keeping it simple, but true to your theme, before guests arrive, grab some blankets and pillows, baskets and crates and lay them out around the "movie viewing" area. So as the evening gets chilly, your guests can grab a blanket and cuddle up along with some fun oversized pillows to lie on. 



Gather fun props, like movie reels and old cameras to bring the theme together. You can rent these items or ask your friends if they have some you can borrow. 




Having snacks for your guests is a must to have a successful Girl's Outdoor Movie Night. Keeping the food simple and the presentation fancy, a simple popcorn bar with homemade flavored salty options and sugar toppings is perfect. Your guests will appreciate the sweet along with the salty. 







Popcorn in a bowl is boring. These mini brown bags are super cute and the best part is you can make your own with our free printable download. 



Dressing up store bought cupcakes with blackberries and fresh mint leaves is an easy to way to make them look couture and almost too delectable to eat. ALMOST! Don't forget to place them on a fancy cake plate or serving tray. 






As an additional treat for our guests, Katherine of Creating Awesomenessity, created the fun and super delicious cookies to match our theme and invitation! 
We broke out our wooden trays to hold sandwiches and beverages on so our guests had their own place for their food and drink. 
To help with preparation, we purchased simple sub sandwiches and dressed them up using wax paper and twine. 



A girl's night is the perfect time to make a signature cocktail! How about Lavender Lemonade? A little too chilly outside for a cold beverage, why not warm up with a Spiced Mocha Hot Cocoa?  Or make both so your guests have a choice.
The Lavender Lemonade is cold and refreshing, while the Spiced Mocha Hot Cocoa is toasty and smooth. 




The theatre is now open! Found these large chipboard letters and painted them gold to match our theme. Perfect how they sit behind our popcorn bar. 



We love how these popcorn bags turned out! Don't forget to download your free printable later on in the post. 



Always have extra plates or bowls on hand in case your guests prefer to use them in lieu of a tray. 




It's a rule; you mustn't have a party without favors {at least that is my rule}. This is my favorite part of any party. Girls night favors can be a combination of lip gloss, nail polishes, and sweet treats or in this case a mini tin of specialty popcorn salts and sweets to keep with the movie theme.  



Hope you enjoyed this inspiration and you decide to host your own Outdoor Movie Night! 

You can find the popcorn mini bag image download here. 


Design + Styling :: Jennifer Kirlin, BellaGrey Designs
Monogrammed Blankets, Large Rectangle Pillows, Canvas Signs + Invitation :: Shutterfly
Friends + Celebrate Dessert Plates :: Create UR Plate
Party Favor Tins :: Hoopla Events
Tassel Garland :: Fancy That

Girls Outdoor Movie Night

Even though it is January and Spring is a few months away, we are dreaming of the beautiful sunshine and warmer nights, and indulging in one of our favorite pastimes, Outdoor Movie Night. 

Remember the drive-in movie theatres? The fact we don't have one near us, here in Dallas, got our creative juices flowing and we recreated one in our backyard. 


This is a fun and inexpensive way to gather your girlfriends and enjoy a flick and the cooler evenings together. 
We are going to show you just how easy and fun it is to host your own Outdoor Movie Night. 
For your movie screen {if you don't have an actual one} you will need a plain white flat sheet. We used a queen size and attached it to our fence with clothes pins and heavy twine. 


Keeping it simple, but true to your theme, before guests arrive, grab some blankets and pillows, baskets and crates and lay them out around the "movie viewing" area. So as the evening gets chilly, your guests can grab a blanket and cuddle up along with some fun oversized pillows to lie on. 



Gather fun props, like movie reels and old cameras to bring the theme together. You can rent these items or ask your friends if they have some you can borrow. 




Having snacks for your guests is a must to have a successful Girl's Outdoor Movie Night. Keeping the food simple and the presentation fancy, a simple popcorn bar with homemade flavored salty options and sugar toppings is perfect. Your guests will appreciate the sweet along with the salty. 







Popcorn in a bowl is boring. These mini brown bags are super cute and the best part is you can make your own with our free printable download. 



Dressing up store bought cupcakes with blackberries and fresh mint leaves is an easy to way to make them look couture and almost too delectable to eat. ALMOST! Don't forget to place them on a fancy cake plate or serving tray. 






As an additional treat for our guests, Katherine of Creating Awesomenessity, created the fun and super delicious cookies to match our theme and invitation! 
We broke out our wooden trays to hold sandwiches and beverages on so our guests had their own place for their food and drink. 
To help with preparation, we purchased simple sub sandwiches and dressed them up using wax paper and twine. 



A girl's night is the perfect time to make a signature cocktail! How about Lavender Lemonade? A little too chilly outside for a cold beverage, why not warm up with a Spiced Mocha Hot Cocoa?  Or make both so your guests have a choice.
The Lavender Lemonade is cold and refreshing, while the Spiced Mocha Hot Cocoa is toasty and smooth. 




The theatre is now open! Found these large chipboard letters and painted them gold to match our theme. Perfect how they sit behind our popcorn bar. 



We love how these popcorn bags turned out! Don't forget to download your free printable later on in the post. 



Always have extra plates or bowls on hand in case your guests prefer to use them in lieu of a tray. 




It's a rule; you mustn't have a party without favors {at least that is my rule}. This is my favorite part of any party. Girls night favors can be a combination of lip gloss, nail polishes, and sweet treats or in this case a mini tin of specialty popcorn salts and sweets to keep with the movie theme.  



Hope you enjoyed this inspiration and you decide to host your own Outdoor Movie Night! 

You can find the popcorn mini bag image download here. 


Design + Styling :: Jennifer Kirlin, BellaGrey Designs
Monogrammed Blankets, Large Rectangle Pillows, Canvas Signs + Invitation :: Shutterfly
Friends + Celebrate Dessert Plates :: Create UR Plate
Party Favor Tins :: Hoopla Events
Tassel Garland :: Fancy That
Summer is upon us and what better time to go GLAMPING! That's glamours camping! LOL

We are sparking the campfire with our Glamping Party!


When I was a little girl camping in the mountains was something we did on an annual basis. My birthday is in June so we would always be camping at a different campground around Colorado. So when talking to my daughter about her birthday last year, we just happened to be talking about camping. She had a lot of questions, since we have never been as a family. So the more I told her about it, the more she had the same feelings I did when I was a child. "Oh mommy I don't want to sleep on the ground what about all the bugs, what happens if something comes up to our tent, I don't want something to eat us." So as I told her little bit more about camping, and the kind of camping that I would think would be fun the more excited she got about a glamping party. Our Glamping Party Suite was born!
Isabella greeted all her guests at the door to Camp Isabella!



Some of the elements she wanted were glittered chandeliers, each girl to have their own tent {that is 10, yes 10 homemade tents all with different colored fabric, so not one of them were the same}, some fun lanterns and of course I had to make sure that there were eye masks for each of the girls. This party was so much fun to put together. I will share all the DIYs from this party in separate posts! All of our fabulous vendors were great. The beautiful chandeliers came from the very talented Lorren of Ten23 Design. I received them as naked wood. And I just knew I need to glam them up with glitter the color of the party. Each girl received a lantern from IKEA and eye masks from Ella and Annie online magazine. For the cake I opted for a very simple layered cake chocolate on the inside and white delicious buttercream frosting! I added my own "campfire" to the top of the cake. The girls loved it! 




















Because here at Camp Isabella, we care about our Glampers!


The next morning we all had breakfast with some bacon on a stick, juice, mini donuts, yogurt, breakfast trail mix, fresh fruit and mini pancakes with strawberries!





All the girls took home these adorable gable boxes which contained their flashlights, colored pencils from the scavenger hunt, s'mores sticks and a roll of gumballs! 



Happy Glamping y'all!

**sources**

Party Styling * Jennifer Kirlin, BellaGrey Designs 
Printable Designs * Jennifer Kirlin, BellaGrey Designs
Isabella's Tank Top *Modern Frills
Chandeliers * Ten23 Designs
Backdrop/Vinyl Names and Chandeliers * Creative Designs by Toni
Candy Kabobs *Sweets Indeed
Ribbon Table Banner *Sweet Georgia Sweet
Tent Favor Boxes *Piggy Bank Parties
Gumballs & Tubes/Gable Boxes/Daisey Mason Jar Lids {*not including the crystals} *Bloom Designs Online
Berry Baskets/Straws *Celebration Lane

Fabric for Tents *JoAnn
Tent Instructions *Twirl
Lanterns * Ikea

Glamping Party

Summer is upon us and what better time to go GLAMPING! That's glamours camping! LOL

We are sparking the campfire with our Glamping Party!


When I was a little girl camping in the mountains was something we did on an annual basis. My birthday is in June so we would always be camping at a different campground around Colorado. So when talking to my daughter about her birthday last year, we just happened to be talking about camping. She had a lot of questions, since we have never been as a family. So the more I told her about it, the more she had the same feelings I did when I was a child. "Oh mommy I don't want to sleep on the ground what about all the bugs, what happens if something comes up to our tent, I don't want something to eat us." So as I told her little bit more about camping, and the kind of camping that I would think would be fun the more excited she got about a glamping party. Our Glamping Party Suite was born!
Isabella greeted all her guests at the door to Camp Isabella!



Some of the elements she wanted were glittered chandeliers, each girl to have their own tent {that is 10, yes 10 homemade tents all with different colored fabric, so not one of them were the same}, some fun lanterns and of course I had to make sure that there were eye masks for each of the girls. This party was so much fun to put together. I will share all the DIYs from this party in separate posts! All of our fabulous vendors were great. The beautiful chandeliers came from the very talented Lorren of Ten23 Design. I received them as naked wood. And I just knew I need to glam them up with glitter the color of the party. Each girl received a lantern from IKEA and eye masks from Ella and Annie online magazine. For the cake I opted for a very simple layered cake chocolate on the inside and white delicious buttercream frosting! I added my own "campfire" to the top of the cake. The girls loved it! 




















Because here at Camp Isabella, we care about our Glampers!


The next morning we all had breakfast with some bacon on a stick, juice, mini donuts, yogurt, breakfast trail mix, fresh fruit and mini pancakes with strawberries!





All the girls took home these adorable gable boxes which contained their flashlights, colored pencils from the scavenger hunt, s'mores sticks and a roll of gumballs! 



Happy Glamping y'all!

**sources**

Party Styling * Jennifer Kirlin, BellaGrey Designs 
Printable Designs * Jennifer Kirlin, BellaGrey Designs
Isabella's Tank Top *Modern Frills
Chandeliers * Ten23 Designs
Backdrop/Vinyl Names and Chandeliers * Creative Designs by Toni
Candy Kabobs *Sweets Indeed
Ribbon Table Banner *Sweet Georgia Sweet
Tent Favor Boxes *Piggy Bank Parties
Gumballs & Tubes/Gable Boxes/Daisey Mason Jar Lids {*not including the crystals} *Bloom Designs Online
Berry Baskets/Straws *Celebration Lane

Fabric for Tents *JoAnn
Tent Instructions *Twirl
Lanterns * Ikea

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