Out of this World Photo Shoot

Our new space party collections are out of this world, and we were so excited to work with Sally Cavanaugh on this photo shoot to show them off! We have so many fun supplies in stock, it was hard to choose. Space is going to be a big theme this year. Hopefully this shoot gives you some creative ideas, and also convinces you to purchase a ticket to our space event at the end of the month! More details further down on that.

To bring the galaxy look to life, we picked a few items from our space collections. The space plates paired with the cosmic napkins, were a good contrasting mix. Shiny rocket cups were the perfect addition and added some height. To top off the table, we threw on some festive galaxy confetti - easy way to add color and pattern! The centerpiece is actually the star night light my husband got for shop baby lol, and she was nice enough to lend to us. You can shop our space supplies here.

Party supplies aren't the only space related items we have in the shop! We have cards, art supplies, and gifts. Plus, our Rebel Girls books have some motivational stories about women involved in past space projects and adventures - great book full of amazing one page stories for your kids and you!

The backdrop brought our galaxy vision to life. The base black color was created with rolls of bulletin board paper. We then added glittery stars all over to give shimmers of color. We worked with Qualatex to brainstorm fun, doable ideas. The balloon planets were a combination of color and marble balloons, making an awesome planet look. The giant earth balloon was a hit with the kids; helped that we had a second for them to play with! To frame our little galaxy, we made a black star balloon garland. Both the planet and garland balloons, we can special order for you. In the center of everything, we added our new rocket balloon blasting through the sky!

I knew Wendi with Sweet Sugarlicious would create the perfect cookies. The earth and galaxy patterns she created were magical!

 

Want in on the cosmic fun?! We have a space event coming up, and it's for a good cause! "Let's Knock Cancer Outta this World" will be in partnership with Sally's LLS Woman of the Year campaign, and all of the ticket sales will be donated - good times and a good cause, #winwin! Plus, the boy & girl of the year will be there to party with everyone. You can find more details on the Facebook event page, and tickets will be going on sale THIS THURSDAY APRIL 12TH @ 8:30PM. We hope you can join us! If not, but still want to contribute, head over to Sally's page.

Thank you to our adorable little astronauts, Sally for capturing the moments, and the LOC team for helping pull it all together!

Lots of Love,

Little Bunny Brunch with Avery & Grey

When one of your favorite local makers approaches you about a Easter workshop, you hop on it! Caroline with Avery & Grey is a very talented local hair accessory maker (aka mom boss, girl boss, and good friend), and her products fly out our door. She saw some plastic bunny ears and came up with a fun, easy way for children to decorate them for a workshop. I asked local photographer, Mollie Wetta, to capture the moments and she did a beautiful job! I am so lucky to be friends with so many talented photographers in Wichita, and I love having them come to the events. She took photos of the details, and the attendees having fun with their friends and family - love capturing these moments!

We have so many cute Easter supplies this year, I wanted to add on a little brunch to the workshop - we entertain and feed your littles lol! I pulled the blue liberty print small plates to mix with the large blue gingham plates, and topped off with a yellow gingham napkin. Florals and gingham patterns definitely give that Easter brunch feeling to a table! The adorable Liberty bunny treat bags have always been a favorite of mine, and I wanted to figure out a fun use for them. At our local grocery store, I found a gorgeous bunch of Hydrangeas and decided to put them in the bags (set a small plastic wine cup of water inside and cut off the bag straps). We filled little plastic carrot bags with Annie's Organic Cheddar Bunnies to add a contrasting color.

For the backdrop behind the kid tables, my team helped me create this pretty daisy backdrop inspired by one of our favorite creative bloggers, The House that Lars Built. We did it a little differently: instead of individual petals, we did two sets of 4 petals and stacked them. the ones behind were made from a thinner, easy to cut paper, and the ones on top were made from poster board. The thicker poster board gave the wall more dimension. It was a cute backdrop for the party guests to take pictures in front of! The chick balloons were a last minute add in, and definitely stole the show!

Caroline setup her bunny ear craft on the large white tables to make sure there was plenty of room to get crafty. Each child got to pick the color of ears they wanted, a paper insert, and then if they wanted, sweet flower embellishments. She picked the paper from our single sheet collection, and went with pretty Liberty of London and Rifle Paper Co. patterns - so dreamy for Easter! We loved seeing the children and adults interact. Everyone's turned out so well.

While their ear headbands dried, the little party guests enjoyed their bunny brunch. We served mini cinnamon rolls, "bunny tails" aka powdered donut holes, Chick-fil-a mini biscuits, carrots, and grapes. Easy and delicious bunny breakfast snacks! To snaze up the snacks, we pulled one of our cute Easter Cupcake Kits - cute liners and food picks. These tall cake topper picks and mini acylic ones would also be fun for your Easter brunch. I added peeps randomly with the snacks because they're a classic Easter treat.

Next, the kids had fun painting Easter egg cookies. I wanted to do a fun egg decorating activity, without a lot of mess. Decided to go with one of our favorite activites: PYO Cookies! Sweet Sugarlicious did not disappoint. She made fun outlines on the cookies, and the kids used the colorful flowers as their paint palette. Easy, mess free activity with a delicious ending!

It was such a fun morning, and great way to start of the week of Easter! The children had a wonderful time and made some new friends. Plus, they all now have cute ears to wear during their fun Easter egg hunts! Thank you so much to everyone that came. Caroline, we loved working with you on this project, and can't wait to brainstorm more ideas. Mollie, you did an amazing job with photos - thank you! LOC team, thanks again for helping me pull off another fun event!

Make sure you are following along on social media and e-mails to stay up to date on our upcoming events. We have some fun ones in the works! The rest of the pictures from this little event will be shared in a Facebook album, and we would be happy to e-mail them to you as well.

Shop this post: Easter Supplies - get your online order in today if you need things to be shipped! After 3/26, please reach out to make sure we can get things to you in time.

Lots of Love,