Masters Final Round Party

I decided on Friday night to throw a little Masters Final Round viewing party for a few friends. It came together quite nicely and we had a great time watching the exciting finals. Congrats to all the players and their families! I'm hoping next year that I will actually BE there.

I sent out paperless post invites that were kelly green with yellow golf bags and lettering. They were easy to make and looked pretty cute! You can sign up here if you aren't a member.

J wore his Masters shirt that my brother bought him when he went to the tournament last year. He was looking pretty cute in his green plaid pants!

We had beer, wine, sweet tea (I used Tetley), lemonade, Arnold Palmers (1/2 lemonade and 1/2 iced tea) and John Dalys (1/2 lemonade, 1/2 iced tea and vodka). We made some of the John Daly's with firefly sweet tea vodka. Yum! 

I even found an azalea bush for our centerpiece! I couldn't believe I was able to find one in NYC. 

I made a last minute decision to buy plastic silverware and paper plates to save on doing dishes. Had to go with the green and yellow for the Masters!

Here is my John Daly in my monogrammed tervis!  We got these as a wedding gift (2 for A and 2 with my new initials and have LOVED them!)

Yummy Banana Pudding! I used this recipe and it was great!

We kept it simple, but it was a fun little afternoon party!

The pimento cheese was the hit! I used Paula's recipe and it was heavenly.

Georgia peanuts!

Taxi Cab Party-Part 4-The Little Extras

I needed something to put these adorable lolly pops (found at Oriental Trading) in, so I used styrofoam and covered it in black construction paper and added the white lines and mini taxis and it turned out pretty cute!

I found J's taxi longall on sale at Momma's Boy, Daddy's Girl. It was no easy task finding a taxi cab longall and to find it on sale was awesome! Just by chance, I found this shirt at Ann Taylor Loft the day before the party and it was perfect for the Mama of the bday boy!

J's adorable taxi 2 shirt was made by Lauren from Blooming Babies Boutique (same vendor that made the banner this year and last year). My "big boy" refuses to wear a bib, so he put his special shirt on over his taxi longall for cake time! He now wants to wear both EVERY day. Lauren also made J's sweet birthday hat. Isn't it cute?

What taxi party for a 2 year old is complete with Taxi Cab Driver Big Bird! (We also have NY Fire Dept Elmo.)

We used the book My Taxi Ride as J's guest book. All of his sweet friends signed the inside cover. It will be a fun memento and it is already a bedtime favorite.

In addition to their pinata goodies, we sent each child home with a yellow bag with a taxi cab craft (pic above), and a yellow birthday rubber ducky. (As a side note, I bought mini taxi cabs for the boys to take home and J found them prior to the party and hid them away in "his stash of cars." I gave up trying to take them back-ha!

The adorable "Jack is Two" sign was made my J's Godmother (and one of my best friends from high school). She sells hand painted signs (Two Girls and a Glue Gun) and she surprised J (and me) with this adorable canvas sign to match his party! She is the best! Thanks S!

                                                  

The highlight of the decor was J's taxicab pinata. He kept saying "Whoa, Mama" when he saw it for the first time. I can not recommend etsy seller, Birchangel Custom Pinatas enough! I see myself ordering MANY more pinatas from her for years to come, so help keep her in business! We went with the pull ribbons since the kids were on the younger side, but they had such a blast each taking their turn to pull a ribbon. My husband just stood on a chair and held it (hey, space is tight in NYC) and it was entertaining for everyone to watch the kids get so excited when the goodies dropped from the sky! I filled the pinata with Thomas the Train stickers, mini play doughs, Welch's fruit snacks, and a pinata toy mix from Oriental Trading.

I found this cute fabric on ebay and just added the yellow ribbon to turn it into an overlay for our food table. It was a last minute project that turned out pretty well!

If it said, taxi I had to have it!

Last but, certainly not least, all the guests also took home one of the most delicious cookies in the entire world! Another "tradition," I was first introduced to A Dozen Eggs when Laura sent me a sample when I found out I was pregnant with J. We ordered red wagon cookies last year and J's party was not complete without a taxi cookie for this year! I see this being a yearly thing, so get ready Dave and Laura...I've already warned my husband! A Dozen Eggs can make ANYTHING, just try them! Read about the making of J's cookies on their blog.


I hope y'all enjoyed the details of J's 2nd Birthday party! I was an event planner before I became a Mom, so I love to plan events. It is a true labor of love, but I had such a fun time creating this party. I always have to be planning something, so I'm already trying to figure out my next "project." If you use one of the vendors I recommended, please remember to tell them that I sent you. I wish I could have invited each and every one of you! Until the next party...

Taxi Cab Birthday Party-Part 3-Invitation and Paper Products

My sweet friend, Ashley Rice Lieb, from Rice Designs designed the invitations. Ashley has been doing my invitations since before J was born. She also has done our Christmas card for the last two years. She is simply amazing. She is the only person I've ever met that can create exactly what is in my head. Ashley also made us matching thank you notes and stickers that I used on the hats and favor bags.

Ashley also made us some stickers that I used to decorate plain yellow party hats. 

(I also added a little black curly ribbon.) 

I used the stickers on the favor bags too!

A close up picture of the adorable banner that Blooming Babies made! Ashley let us use the taxi cab graphic so it all matched!

I found the adorable black and white straws from Bake it Pretty. I also found my black sprinkles for the pretzels there too! I bought all my ribbon supplies from Ribbons and Bows, Oh My.

I bought the adorable pom poms from etsy seller Addi Jai Party Poms. What better way to dress up an ugly apartment light fixture! By the way, J won't let me take them down. One fell the other day and he "made" me put it back up. Sure, why not?

What taxi cab party is complete without some I LOVE NYC products! I found these at NYCwebstore.

I purchased most of the other paper products from Oriental Trading,  Race Chex and New York Web Store.

 

I used these adorable NY themed cupcake toppers in the NY cheese as toothpicks. They were so cute! I found them from etsy seller, senor picklesworth.

The paper products are one of my favorite parts of a party. Finding the right colored napkins and plates is a great way to tie your theme together. It's so easy to do these days with all of the great options out there. Hope you enjoyed the 3rd birthday post. Only 1 more to go....are you excited yet?