Wednesday, March 31, 2010

{Press} Kate's Fairy Garden Party Featured on Sweet Designs by Amy Atlas!

Happiness is..........
being featured on Sweet Designs by Amy Atlas.
Yes, I've been doing my leaps of joy around the house again!
To be recognized by the very people that inspire you is amazing feeling.
Thank you, Amy for making my day.....

All of the details of the dessert table....coming soon!

{photos courtesy of vicki lynn photography}

{Fabulous Giveaway} And the Winner is....

The winner of our fabulous giveaway for a set of Pottery Barn Easter Egg Cups is:
#54 Whitney
Thank you to Tanya at Save the Date for Cupcakes!
I hope you all enjoyed visiting her blog!

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Kate's Fairy Garden Birthday Party ~ Part One

WOW! I don't even know where to start! I couldn't be happier with how Kate's Fairy Garden Party came together! A big thank you to everyone who helped me make her party perfect! The photos turned out gorgeous, thanks to my dear friend, Vicki of Vicki Lynn Photography. She captured the party perfectly and created the sweetest slideshow that I will cherish forever.

I'm going to be posting several posts about the party, detailing: the dessert table, birthday girl's attire, party decorating, and DIY projects! I will be featuring and hosting several giveaways from Etsy sellers who created fabulous things for the party! So....stay tuned....this is just the beginning!





I told you! I have so many details to share!


Let's start by letting me say thank you to all these fabulous ladies:


Amy Atlas {Amy Atlas Events}: inspired my dessert table
Jenn {HWTM}: overall party inspiration, flowering branches

Marian {Sweetopia}: amazing custom cookies
Melissa Mittleman: the perfect flower cake
Kim {Sweeties by Kim}: custom oreo pops and chocolate covered oreos
Nicole {friend}: delicious cake pops
Susie & the girls {neighbors}: yummy meringues
Jess {Pen N' Paper Flowers}: creating the silhouette for my designs
Mia {Dolce Vita Mia}: kate's flower clippies

Amy {True Love Found}: custom "k" crown
Kristina {Modern Frills}: custom flower tank top
Lisa {my crafty friend}: tissue paper flowers/wands
Sally {Polka Dot Market}: polka dot balloons

My Mommy: tutus, cheesecakes, food....
....and of course, to my husband, best friends and family for all of their help
and for not calling me crazy while planning this party!



MORE DETAILS COMING SOON......



In the meantime, feel free to watch the PHOTO SLIDESHOW from Vicki that brought tears to my eyes!

XOXO, Kim


PS. The Fairy Garden Party Collection is now available in MY SHOP!


{Fabulous Giveaway} And, the WINNER is.....

We had a fantastic response to the TUTU giveaway from The Jessica Marie Studio!
Congratulations to Comment #93:
Jennifer from Happy Crafternoon!
Thank you all for entering our
FABULOUS GIVEAWAY!

Monday, March 29, 2010

{Free Printable} April 2010 Calendar!



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April 2010 - TomKat Studio

{Sneak Peek} Kate's Fairy Garden Birthday Party!

The weekend is over...and now it's time to clean up and get our lives back in order! Kate's party turned out beautiful and it was adorable to see all the little fairies running around! One of my best friends, Vicki of Vicki Lynn Photography just sent me the slideshow of photos, and it literally brought tears to my eyes. I've been watching it OVER and OVER! She picked a song to for the slideshow that Kate & I absolutely LOVE...and she didn't even know it!
So, here's a little teaser of what's to come.....
I can't wait to share every little detail here with you!
Thank you all for being as excited about it as I was!

{Fabulous Giveaway} Pottery Barn Easter Egg Cup Set!

Happy Cupcake Monday!

While I'm recovering from the party festivities this weekend, I thought it would be a great day to post another fabulous giveaway! Tanya from Save the Date for Cupcakes contacted me after she saw how much I loved what she did with her cupcakes & Pottery Barn Easter Egg Cups! She has an extra set leftover after styling her Easter tablescape, and wants to give them away to one of my lucky readers!
Tanya blogs about fabulous party inspiration and has with a passion for baking cupcakes!
If you don't follow her blog yet, you should!

ENTER TO WIN NOW!
There are 5 ways to enter!
(Enter up to 7 times by doing all of the following):

1. Hop over to the Save The Date For Cupcakes blog, leave a comment on one of her post that grabs your attention & come back here and leave a comment telling me that you did!
2. Become a fan of Save The Date For Cupcakes on Facebook
& leave a comment here that you did.
3. Become a fan of The TomKat Studio on Facebook
& leave a comment here that you are a fan (or already are!)
4. Follow The TomKat Studio on Twitter
& leave a comment here that you are a follower (or already are!)
5. Post about this giveaway on your own Blog, Facebook Page and/or Tweet about it & comment here with the links! (up to 3 entries for posting on each)

Winner will be chosen on Wednesday, March 31st at 11:00pm (MST).
Any entries received after this time will not be considered. Open to US residents.
Winner will be chosen using random.org {Value $29}

Thursday, March 25, 2010

{Party in Progress} Kate's Fairy Garden Invitations!

Well, as you all know, things are in full swing for Kate's Fairy Garden Party this coming weekend! I showed you a little peek at the invitations, but I wanted to give you a more details on how it came together and also tease you with a few other images of what's going on at our house!
I had a slight creative block when I was trying to decide what to do for the invitations. I couldn't decide whether to do something shaped (like her lollipop invitations last year) or stick with a flat design. In stepped my sweet blogging/designing friend, Jess of Pen N' Paper Flowers and offered to whip me up an illustration if I needed it. Hmmm...instantly I thought about doing a silhouette, because I have always loved this little ballerina girl silhouette by Le Papier Studio. I mentioned it to Jess, and voila...our little Kate was turned into a piggy-tailed little fairy in a tutu & wings! Jess also suggested the little butterfly in her hand, and I took it further across the design of the invitation. It was the perfect way to add in all of the colors I wanted to include for the party: bright pink, yellow, orange and lime! To add a little interest to the invitations, I hand-glittered all of the butterflies! (inspired by my friends at Icing Designs!)
Next came finding the proper envelopes, and I happened upon the perfect pink iridescent ones at my local paper store. I have been noticing the trend of wrap-around address labels (last seen here on Everyday Celebrating), and decided to give it a try! The return address wraps around the backside of the envelope! I love how they turned out!

I've been busy trying to blog, keep up with the shop (thank heavens for Andrea!), get the house presentable, and prepare for this party! Here are a few peeks from around my house....just to get you as excited as I am about this party!

I have to say thank you to everyone who is helping and making fabulous things for Kate's party! I have a long list of ladies to thank and will share every little detail after the party!

Cheers!

{Real Parties} Pink & Red Princess Birthday Party!

Leanne in Australia just wrote to me about the 4th birthday party she threw for her little princess, Sofia! Simple and sweet, you'll love this one! Especially since the cupcake toppers & cookies were made one of my fave party girls, Sharnel of My Life My Loves!


sweet pink and red dessert table

look! it's a barbie cake!!

adorable candy jar labels



princess crown cookies made by sharnel


adorable bunting and favor bags under the sweets table


can I take a vacation and stay at your house, leanne? ;)

Hop on over to Leanne's blog and view her full party post!
While you're there, check out her posts about her new home....and swoon.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

{HomeGoods} Fabulous Contest! You Could WIN a $5,000 Shopping Spree!

Okay, TomKat Studio readers....I am challenging you to enter the fun and fabulous HAPPY SPRING CHALLENGE hosted by HomeGoods! Six weeks of fun, each week a different theme!
This week's trend is COLOR ME HAPPY!
I'll be posting some COLOR ME HAPPY ideas tomorrow over at the HG OpenHouse blog, but in the meantime, snap some photos of your favorite room full of color or get your colorful party photos ready and enter to win! You only have until Friday for this trend, and a new one will start on Monday! Go! Go! Go!Weekly winners will receive $100 gift card, along with a Flip Mino Camcorder. After the 6 finalists are selected, they will be asked to submit a video to enter the contest for the grand prize! ($5,000 shopping spree!) I would love for one of you, my lovely readers to WIN!
CLICK HERE to find out the details
and how YOU can enter!

Leave me a comment below with a link if you enter!

{Fabulous Giveaway} Win a adorable TUTU from The Jessica Marie Studio!

It's time for a FABULOUS Giveaway! With all the talk of tutus this week on The TomKat Studio, Jessica from The Jessica Marie Studio contacted me and offered to giveaway one of her fabulous tutus to one of my LUCKY readers! Check out her gorgeous creations:



ENTER TO WIN NOW!
There are 5 ways to enter!
(Enter up to 7 times by doing all of the following):

1. Hop over to the The Jessica Marie Studio,
come back & leave a comment with your favorite item!
2. Become a fan of The Jessica Marie Studio on Facebook
& leave a comment here that you did.
3. Become a fan of The TomKat Studio on Facebook
& leave a comment here that you are a fan (or already are!)
4. Follow The TomKat Studio on Twitter
& leave a comment here that you are a follower (or already are!)
5. Post about this giveaway on your own Blog, Facebook Page and/or Tweet about it
& comment here with the links! (up to 3 entries for posting on each)

Winner will be chosen on Monday, March 29th at 11:00pm (MST).
Any entries received after this time will not be considered. Open to US residents.
Winner will be chosen using random.org

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

{Real Parties} Pretty in Pink 3rd Birthday Party!

This fabulous PINK party comes from the sweet Lindsey of Bella Grace Designs! Lindsey's daughter, Alyssa LOVES pink her mama kept it simple and created gorgeous details throughout the party in the fabulous girly color! Here are a few of my favorite glimpes of the party!

gorgeous pink dessert buffet

pink candy

perfect pink gumball machine favors

simple and sweet pink polka dot cake



sweetest little birthday girl in pink

Lindsey emailed me the link to this party to show me the adorable butterfly nets they gave the kids at the party, when I asked about favor ideas for boys on my Facebook page!
Fantastic idea....I'm on it!
Visit Bella Grace Designs HERE, for the full post!

Photos courtesy of Courtney Vickers Photography

{HomeGoods} Pretty, Pretty Flowers!

Look what just arrived on my doorstep!
Thank you, HomeGoods!
I'm so happy to join the OpenHouse team!