BellaGrey Designs: party ideas
party ideas
In anticipation of the "Greatest Two Minutes in Sports", I'm off to the races with the running of the Kentucky Derby next week.


The Kentucky Derby is an event rich in tradition and exudes grace, beauty and Southern charm. It's hard not to be inspired by this race. From the spectators attire, the parties, the fabulous food and drinks to the excitement and cheers from the fans as the horses round the final turn towards the finish line. Those are only a few reasons as to way I wanted to create a styled party shoot. 









I kept the invitation simple with a vintage black and white stripe and a pop of red to represent the roses. 



Each cupcake was adorned with a silhouette horse head and topped with fresh mint. The gold spray painted horseshoes encircled the cupcakes, like the jockeys who run the race, no two horseshoes are alike.


The large fabulous hats were captured in the straw embellishments, for each Mint Julep cup.




At the Derby, the winning horse is cloaked in a garland of roses, so fresh flowers make fitting decor.



As Mint Juleps, fabulous hats and bowties are all part of this Southern tradition serving Bourbon is expected as well. Woodford Bourbon is the Kentucky Derby Bourbon of choice as well as Maker's Mark. 





Large horseracing ribbons adorned the table, which added just the right amount of whimsical. 




A few Authentic Kentucky Derby glasses were chosen to top our party table. 

As you can see, an easy and affordable way to host this Kentucky Derby party or any other party, is to add our printables as you see here, they bring the party together. What do you think? Will you be using any of our party ideas to host your own Kentucky Derby Inspired party? 

Kentucky Derby Inspired Party

In anticipation of the "Greatest Two Minutes in Sports", I'm off to the races with the running of the Kentucky Derby next week.


The Kentucky Derby is an event rich in tradition and exudes grace, beauty and Southern charm. It's hard not to be inspired by this race. From the spectators attire, the parties, the fabulous food and drinks to the excitement and cheers from the fans as the horses round the final turn towards the finish line. Those are only a few reasons as to way I wanted to create a styled party shoot. 









I kept the invitation simple with a vintage black and white stripe and a pop of red to represent the roses. 



Each cupcake was adorned with a silhouette horse head and topped with fresh mint. The gold spray painted horseshoes encircled the cupcakes, like the jockeys who run the race, no two horseshoes are alike.


The large fabulous hats were captured in the straw embellishments, for each Mint Julep cup.




At the Derby, the winning horse is cloaked in a garland of roses, so fresh flowers make fitting decor.



As Mint Juleps, fabulous hats and bowties are all part of this Southern tradition serving Bourbon is expected as well. Woodford Bourbon is the Kentucky Derby Bourbon of choice as well as Maker's Mark. 





Large horseracing ribbons adorned the table, which added just the right amount of whimsical. 




A few Authentic Kentucky Derby glasses were chosen to top our party table. 

As you can see, an easy and affordable way to host this Kentucky Derby party or any other party, is to add our printables as you see here, they bring the party together. What do you think? Will you be using any of our party ideas to host your own Kentucky Derby Inspired party? 


What man doesn't love beer, whether it be for his birthday, Father's Day, football or tailgate party or any day in between ~ men and beer usually go hand in hand. We designed this masculine Apples and Ale party to show you how to create and style a party around one element ~ BEER! 
I loved designing this party, since it was not for kids or girls, but geared more toward the men! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE designing kids and more girly parties, but I had a great time finding unique centerpieces and decor for this party. 
The day of the party was a perfect sunny day in Dallas. It was cool in the shade {which usually NEVER happens} and gorgeous at the park. Luckily it wasn't too hot to melt everything. 






One of my favorite elements of the party was the invitation! We designed the invitation to fit a long thin box with the party details inside the lid and a can opener tucked the box! 


Bottle Your Brand did a great job making our images come to life with the wonderful bottle labels for our beer! 



Our sweet friend and vendor, Creative Designs by Toni, created these fun beer mug stickers for the party! Everyone love them as they also doubled as the party favor. 


Some gents enjoy their beer with a cigar, so we provided a few of those. 




I made some beer cupcakes {recipe to follow}, these were a huge hit!



Can't have a party without a few DIYs, like these bottle cap coasters and the beer bottle mobile, which was fun to hear with the light breeze blowing. 




We also loved the Keg cake, by another sweet friend and vendor Shelley of Margie Lou's Sweets. I always ask something different of her and she never disappoints. 



One of our favorite DIYs were these super fun and easy beer bottles covered in burlap and stamped with the word CHEERS! In addition to the cake, pretzels, chips and cupcakes that you see here we served mini BBQ sliders, mixed nuts and boneless wings. The party was so much fun and I love how it turned out! Amber of Golightly Images did a fabulous job of capturing it all! 

Apples and Ale Beer Tasting Party


What man doesn't love beer, whether it be for his birthday, Father's Day, football or tailgate party or any day in between ~ men and beer usually go hand in hand. We designed this masculine Apples and Ale party to show you how to create and style a party around one element ~ BEER! 
I loved designing this party, since it was not for kids or girls, but geared more toward the men! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE designing kids and more girly parties, but I had a great time finding unique centerpieces and decor for this party. 
The day of the party was a perfect sunny day in Dallas. It was cool in the shade {which usually NEVER happens} and gorgeous at the park. Luckily it wasn't too hot to melt everything. 






One of my favorite elements of the party was the invitation! We designed the invitation to fit a long thin box with the party details inside the lid and a can opener tucked the box! 


Bottle Your Brand did a great job making our images come to life with the wonderful bottle labels for our beer! 



Our sweet friend and vendor, Creative Designs by Toni, created these fun beer mug stickers for the party! Everyone love them as they also doubled as the party favor. 


Some gents enjoy their beer with a cigar, so we provided a few of those. 




I made some beer cupcakes {recipe to follow}, these were a huge hit!



Can't have a party without a few DIYs, like these bottle cap coasters and the beer bottle mobile, which was fun to hear with the light breeze blowing. 




We also loved the Keg cake, by another sweet friend and vendor Shelley of Margie Lou's Sweets. I always ask something different of her and she never disappoints. 



One of our favorite DIYs were these super fun and easy beer bottles covered in burlap and stamped with the word CHEERS! In addition to the cake, pretzels, chips and cupcakes that you see here we served mini BBQ sliders, mixed nuts and boneless wings. The party was so much fun and I love how it turned out! Amber of Golightly Images did a fabulous job of capturing it all! 
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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