6 months in the making

My graduation party has been on my mind for quite some time. And I have continuously had little thoughts floating in my head for the big day. It was exactly what I was hoping for!

The theme was a vintagy-adult carnival, and I got my graduation announcement ideas from vistaprint.com (whom I LOVE).

 picture booth

 bucket later fulled with rubber ducks that had drinks written on their bottoms

 I stamped the background myself 

 made the cake. I love fondant

 popcorn machine- $7 thrift store. great find mom!

 fruit bowl with ferris wheel backdrop

 my mom made these cute little centerpieces with different college activities I was involved in

Brandon (and his tip jar he put on the bar), Kayla, and the aforementioned ducks

3 of the 4 :)

 we go wayyy back

 Some of my favorite dance factory dancers

 Kier (looking beautifully preggo) and Anson

 Some of the Allens!

 that would be me

 Kier, Anson, and I

 Marsha and I (she was an original founder of the 1954 ADPi colonization at UA- to the left of her, a colonizer of the 2008 chapter at UA)

 Mom and I (soooooo mad this came out fuzzy)

 Dustin and I, obvi

 Grandfather and Miss Craig (now Mrs. Harvey- my kindergarten and first grade teacher)

 George was in town and surprised me!

 sisterly love

 Me, opening a grad gift (which turned out to be my nanas wedding ring). pictures after its resized

 Mrs. Harvey and I

 some of the ladies

 this is a picture of stripes. not pictured, nicki. 

 woo!

 haha

 not really sure

 party alphie

 Amanda and Tony

 Gabby stepped in a cactus

A gift from my parents- isn't that a cool way to display your grad gear?

This was a night I won't soon forget and I am so grateful I had so many wonderful people there to celebrate it with me!

celebrate good times, come on!

Congratulations little one

Well he may be younger, but it's been a while since he's been smaller than I am.

This past Saturday we celebrated Brandon's graduation from high school. Did I mention he went to my high school? PVHS Alumni. woo hoo!

Brandon is an advocate for sober raving, so we decided on a rave themed graduation party. I loved playing such a big part in the planning.

 candy bar

 most of the kiddos

 Me, Chad (who calls me "his wuv forever true"), mom, and dad 

 Nicky and Crayola

 I love you Chad!

 Small group shot

 adult cup

Congratulations Brandon!


love party plannin'

Celebrate, Celebrate, Come on and Celebrate!

So, graduation = no more ADPi... which I hate. BUT it also = a party, which I LOVE planning.

Here is my invite!

I want it to be an adult, more mature carnival. My inspiration is coming straight from the invitation.

I would like to make pennant signs like this, which would be bigger pennants, with a letter on each one. Near the front door- Congratulations, Candyland near the candy bar, etc.

Speaking of candy bar here is my favorite inspirational picture, but I think I'd like to go with white, red and blue candies.

I found some popcorn bags that I would also like to stuff to put on the candy bar as well.

For food I'm thinking carnival food. Hot Dogs? Yes please. 

I also want to have some games to make the party more interactive. I think the one reason people don't stay at graduation parties as long as desired is because its just standing around and taking. 

So to combat party poopers (beside adding booze and punch for my non-drinking friends and soon to be moms) I am adding games like corn hole. It's going to be fabulous. 

I'm not too sure about other decorations yet, but this is going to be a start (also depending on how cheep I can get my desires for). 

I'm so excited.

party hardy.