Swing Into Summer Giveaways~ NOW CLOSED

I'm hosting a giveaway for 3 different companies today.  This is a SUPER MEGA GIVEAWAY!  You have the chance to win:

An awesome blog redesign with the Simplicity Design Bundle from the Lucky Girl Design Studio.  Giveaway value $50.

Lucy Girl Design Studio

Plus one lucky reader will receive a $25 gift certificate from the so-chic Lily Lane Custom Pendants.

Lily Lane Custom Pendants

 AND.... Moo Moo's & Tutus will be giving away a banner, set of 12 cupcake toppers, & fancy labels from my NEW Stars & Stripes Collection for the Fourth of July.

Moo Moo's & Tutus

 

 

 ENTER TO WIN NOW!

Enter up to 7 times by doing each of the following!

Make sure to leave a separate comment for each action that you complete.

    1. Go to each company's blog & become a follower, come back here and leave a comment that you did.

    2. Become a fan of company  on facebook, come back here and leave a comment that you did.

    3. Become a follower of A To Zebra Celebrations, and leave a comment here that you did (or already are).

    4. Post about this giveaway on your blog, facebook page, or twitter account, and comment here with the links (up to 3 entries for posting on each).

    5. Go to company's shop, come back here and leave a comment with your favorite item.

The winner will be chosen on using random.org. and will be announced on Tuesday, June 1 at 9:00pm (EST).

GOOD LUCK!!! 

P.S. Be sure to check out my friend Daphne, over at Moo Moo's & Tutus to enter 3 fabulous giveaways as well.

Airplane Party Package

Now offering party packages in my etsy shop!  

I hope you agree with me that sometimes is hard to pick a theme for a birthday.  Then you may run into the problem of wanting to find all the cute things to match.  I thought it would be a good idea to offer my customers an easy way to get their party planning started.  I'm offering a simple party package that includes:

ONE "Happy Birthday" banner

ONE matching party hat

12 matching cupcake toppers

 I created this "Airplane" theme party package for now, but be sure to check back often.  I plan to add so many more cute themes! :)

 

You can read all the details for this party package HERE.

~DREAM ~

My daughter's Bumble Bee Party was featured today at the TomKat Studio.....woooohooo!

Do you believe your dreams come true?  I do.  I have been wanting to be featured at the TomKat Studio for a while.  I met Kim in person last November at a holiday boutique.  She is gorgeous just like you see on her photos!  However, she is also beautiful inside.  She is truly nice, not fake at all.  I loved working with her to purchase her popular party circles, tags, and invitations.  I'm so happy and thankful she decided to share about my daughter's party on her fabulous blog!  

Thank you Kim for the sweet feature!  You are truly amazing!

CSN Stores Giveaway WINNER......

The WINNER Is.....lmurley2000@yahoo.com

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CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Thank you for participating!

Princess Party

Meet my new friend, Corie, and her gorgeous family.  She had the most beautiful princess party this past Saturday!  This little girl is so lucky!!!  Check out all the details!  The cake, the cookies, the suckers, etc...etc... GREAT JOB Corie!!  You should be proud of yourself! :)

 Princess Carriage Invite...

  The cake table....

I LOVED this cake!!!  Adorable! :)  Did you notice it matches her invite?

Check out this candle!...seriously?...super cute!

Camdyn's letter turned out perfect for a princess!

Are these the cutest princess cookies you've ever seen?

How about these princess carriage suckers?

This carriage is beautiful!  She put the goodie bags in here.  Each goodie bag had princess pez dispensers, castle soaps, and candy of course! :)

Princess banner and pom poms :)

The food....my goodness!  I love how everything matches! :)

Princess peanut butter and jelly sandwiches...

"Enchanted Chicken Salad Sandwiches"

"Fairy Godmother Pumpkin Muffins"

"Once Upon A Dream Dipped Strawberries"....yummy!

Wrapped silverware....cute!

"Bibbiddi Bobbiddi Boo Brew"...is this cute or what?!

This is where the birthday girl got to sit with her friends! :)

I hope you loved this party!  It has so many cute ideas. The details are fabulous!  Thank you for letting me share my friend!  You're so sweet! :)

******Don't forget to enter my CSN giveaway.  Today is the last day to enter.******

Custom Banner & Lollipop Tree

I just got done making a custom banner for a girl named Taylor.  I love how it turned out! The black and white polka dots make it so fun!  It is now available in my etsy shop.

 

I have also added the lollipop tree you see on the next photo.  I used it for my daughter's zebra party, but I get lots of questions about it.  I decided to put it up for sale in case you are interested.  

 

Have a great weekend!  I am busy with some custom orders.  I will post photos when I'm done :)

Teal & Purple Cupcake Party

I made some cute party things for my friend, Tricia's daughter this week.  Little Lara is turning ONE next week!  Tricia wanted to do a teal and purple cupcake party.  How cute is this theme??  I LOVE this cupcake paper!  Super cute if you ask me :)

 Birthday Banner...

Her party hat.....

Cute cupcake toppers :)

I will post party photos for you to see how cute her party will be :)

Grab My Button!

Hello!!!  I'm so happy to share my new blog button with you!  It's on the top right corner.  Feel free to grab it and post on your blog.  Please leave me a comment if you decide to add to your blog.  I will select ONE person through random.org on June 1st and send you a "thank you" gift!

Thank you Daphne for creating the button for me!!! :)

CSN Stores Giveaway~ NOW CLOSED

I was contacted by CSN Stores to select a review item for myself or have the opportunity to giveaway a $40 gift certificate to one of my followers.  I chose the gift certificate for one of you because their things are awesome!  I was already a lucky winner a few months ago on another blog that was doing this type of giveaway.

In case you are not familiar with CSN Stores they have tons of items, from home décor, track lighting, bedding and so much more. There are over 200 stores so there is sure to be something for everyone, so be sure to check them out!

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:

1st Entry - To get one entry all you need to do is Follow Me!! Leave me a comment to let me know that you are a follower or if you have just started following me - then let me know that. (You must be a follower to be entered in the draw). Just make sure your comment links back to your email address so I can contact you if you’re the lucky winner.

2nd entry – To get a second entry go ahead and blog about this giveaway, just make sure and come back and leave another comment to let me know that you did!

3rd entry-  Become a Fan or "Like" CSN Stores on Facebook

4th entry- Become a Fan or "Like" A To Zebra Celebrations on Facebook

The giveaway will end on Monday, May 24th at 12:00 am.  Winner will be selected through random.org.  I will announce Tuesday morning May, 25th.

This giveaway is only open to US and Canadian residents. To the winner - please remember that there may be shipping charges or international fees for certain products when ordering your item.

Good luck everyone!

Sweet Shoppe Banner

Here are the photos I promised you yesterday :)  I think the banner turned out fantastic!! :)

Banner is available in my shop if you want to order one :)

Sweet Shoppe Banner

I hosted a giveaway last month and Shelley from "How Does She?" website was the big winner of one of my banners or one of her choice to match her party.  She has adorable twin girls and they are turning 1 next week!  I'm so happy to be working on this banner for her.  This is the invite she sent me along with a candy buffet table photo that inspired her.  Is this gorgeous or what?!

I will be posting a photo tomorrow of her gorgeous banner!!  It turned out sooo cute if I say so myself! :):)

Happy Thursday everyone!!!  I'm off to help my friend pack because she is moving soon.  I'm so sad about that, but that's another post... :):)

Boy Baby Shower

I'm planning a boy baby shower for one of my sweet friends this July.  If you know me, it's totally outside my box because I don't have any boys.  I am comfortable doing girly parties, but boys...not so much :)  I do want to see what I come up with.

Ohhhhhhh I was so excited when this sweet customer emailed me a photo of her baby shower invite.  This is exactly what I had been thinking about doing for my friend, Julie.  I love anything zebra in case you didn't know....ha!  These colors are so adorable.   

 My customer wanted me to make 2 banners and some cupcake toppers to match....here they are!  I love love how they turned out :)  The lighting might be off, but I got the same blue paper as her invite...it will look fabulous!!! :)

All these available in my etsy shop.  Thank you Kirsten for the opportunity to make these for you.  I had a great time doing it!!!! :)

Bumble Bee Party Featured............

At Design Dazzle & Kara's Party Ideas......super excited!!!!  Thank you ladies for all you sweet sweet comments!!!  You are so kind!!!

Zebra Party

I thought I would share with you the party that inspired me to start my own etsy store.  Last October, my oldest daughter turned 4 years old.  She LOVES zebras!  She really wanted to have a zebra party.  I thought it was a super cute theme and went for it!  I had to get very creative because I could not find party decor I liked.  Photos taken by Paula Stiller Photography. 

Here's the party that was featured on all the sites you see on the right side of the page.  I was so flattered to get all the attention that it did....THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

Invitation designed by my little sister in Mexico.  However, the wording was put together by my friend, Bethany at Hissyfits Photography.

This was one of the very FIRST things I made for the party.....a photo frame :)

I love how she picked up her photo at the party to look at it :)

I looked for a cute party hat, but had no luck.  So, I made this one for her.  It is one of the most popular items on my etsy shop now :)

My birthday girl wore a dress purchased at a local boutique called "Glitter Box".  Her cute zebra bracelet came from this wonderful etsy seller. 

My talented mom made her zebra flip flops.  Birthday girl wanted zebra nails and she got them done 2 days before her party :)

My mom made her pretty bows as well. 

My youngest daughter wore an outfit from this etsy seller. 

I was inspired to make these "lollipops" by Bethany.  She had the most amazing "Sweet Shoppe" party for her daughter.  You can see her party HERE.

  Gorgeous custom-made zebra pinata from this shop: http://www.etsy.com/people/partylycyous

I made her birthday banner because I never found one I liked.  All the zebra balloons were purchased on ebay.  You can purchase one of these banners on my etsy shop as well.

I baked and decorated the cupcakes.  The cupcake liners came from HERE.  I made the cupcake toppers because I had tons of paper left from the banner.  I got the idea from the TomKat Studio.  Her toppers are fabulous if you don't have time to make your own.  You will notice a zebra table runner.  I made that too.  You can purchase one on my etsy shop.  

  Her zebra cake was made by sweeticakes.  I loved it!

This cake table was my favorite!!!  

The idea to make this lollipop topiary came from Bethany.  You can see the one she created HERE.

My mother-in-law drew this beautiful zebra for me.  I used it to play the "Pin The Tail On The Zebra" game.  The kids loved it!  The tail was a piece of black marabou.  The zebra print bandana was purchased at Michaels. 

I set up a table with a "zebra" craft.  The idea came from this website.

You need to click where it says "zebra stripes".  Kids have to glue black strips on the zebra like you see this little guy doing on this photo....

The kids got a paper treat bag with some cute things in it like a zebra mask, a zebra magnet, a zebra bow and bracelet for the girls, a plastic zebra animal, etc.  Boys got black and girls got pink.  I added a little pink bow to the zebra for the girls.  The printed zebra on the bag came from HERE. 

 My mom made the zebra masks, but I got the idea from HERE.

I made the bows for the girls...

My sister decorated a beautiful black basket where we put the treat bags.  She passed them around after the kids broke the piñata.

She also made these gorgeous zebra chocolates wrapped with zebra ribbon.

I am not one to mail "thank you" cards after the party.  I prefer to give a photo magnet to each family before they leave.  I also gave them a zebra cellophane bag with white mints.  The bags were purchased on ebay.

I've never created a "candy buffet" table.  The first time I saw one was on "Swanky Tables" blog.  You can view many ideas under the category "candy stations".  Click HERE to go straight there.

b.a.s.h.f.u.l. custom events blog was my inspiration for the little candy signs.....

There's always something that goes wrong or doesn't turn out how you thought it would right?  Well...I ran out of tables!  I had to combine the candy buffet table with the gifts table :(:(  I made a sign for the gift table too..

 Do you see the zebra print paper lanterns?  I bought them on ebay.

We had a big crowd of people.  There were 33 kids and 30 adults!  

 Here are my two beautiful girls and my sweet husband who puts up with the craziness of having parties...ha! :)

Thank you for visiting!  

I hope you find some great ideas for your own zebra birthday party!  Feel free to ask any questions :)