I am having so much fun helping my friend Elizabeth plan her daughter Andrea’s “Girl’s Rule” Slumber Party! Andrea picked purple and polka dots (a girl after my own heart) and we’re complimenting the purple with green and yellow. So today, I wanted to share with you one of the crafts I’m making to decorate the dessert table. Because all I had to buy was the number 7, I spent only $2.50!

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I am so excited to relauch our website and blog today! We’ve moved from the best I could do on WordPress (plus my logo — that I love — from Pretty Darn Cute Design) to a professional website and blog design from Kristen of Ahoy Graphics. I can highly recommend my experience with Kristen. She got what I wanted right away and she was more than patient with my many questions.

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I’m feeling a little overwhelmed just now … planning two back-to-back birthday parties, and working with Ahoy Graphics on launching my new site, so my blogging may be a little spotty this week. But never fear, thanks to the magic of Pinterest, I can highlight a few of my favorite recent parties. First up: Valentine’s soirees … have fun clicking!

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About two weeks ago, my parents had to put down their sweet basset hound, Leta. She suddenly went blind and they discovered she had cancer of the spleen that had spread. (I promise I’m getting to the party!) They were so sad to lose her so suddenly, and realized that the right choice for them was to quickly find a new companion. So this Saturday, they adopted a rescue dog — a 3-month-old beagle, Mia. (Here she is!)

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My girls and all their friends have hit the American Girl Doll age. I mean, it’s a big event when the catalog arrives in the mail. So when I found this 1930s-style American Girl Doll party from Calli of Make It Do, I had to share it with you. As you know by now, party activities are as important to me as beautiful styling, and this party is really notable for the pitch-perfect activities.

Calli made these invitations, which are designed to look like a handkerchief – love that! She also made the envelope, and you can find her tutorial here. I suppose girls of Kit and Ruthie’s era would normally carry a hanky. I bought my girls old-fashioned looking hankies a few years ago and they love them and know to keep them in their purses. So sweet!

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You may have seen my Facebook post from last night about Sassy Sites’s round up of Valentine’s printables — 73 by my quick count. So I almost took the night off. But, I’ve managed to find three cute Valentine’s printables that (I think!) didn’t make that list. Here they are!

Valentine’s Day Printables {Free Templates} from FLIPAWOO Designs

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You just have to love a party inspired by a shower curtain! Sarah De Jesus of Dreamers Joy Events & Design created this gender reveal party for her sister, who is expecting her first child in May. Sarah tied in the pictograph images from the shower curtain for the party’s boy/girl illustrations. (Did you know the restroom sign illustrations had a name? I didn’t. Learn something new every day!)

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I had so much fun planning this Valentine’s Day photo shoot for you! I had this idea that the terrific and sweet Kathy from Tickled Peach Studio made come to life. I just wanted Valentine’s cards for school that read, “A SweeTart for My Sweetheart” to which we could attach a little packet of SweeTarts. (Now, if I had realized how hard it would be to find little SweeTart packages in early January, I might have given up on this concept! Whew.)

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