Riley's Neon Horse-Themed 9th Birthday Party

 Hello, everyone! Today I'd like to share a horse-themed ninth birthday party that my cousin requested have a neon color scheme. I drew the poster, bought the balloons at Walmart (except for the stars and nine balloon, which were from Amazon), painted a number nine balloon I already owned with neon acrylic paint, as well painted the paper bags that held cookies and paper that I cut into letters for the banner, and drew the pun signs with highlighters and neon-ish markers. The other party favors consisted of neon slinky toys and smoothie lip balms from Walmart. I ended up using teas in place of lemonade because the tea packages matched perfect, so one of the signs was rather misleading. The photo backdrop was just wrapping paper I had on hand. The rest of the supplies were things my grandparents or I had on hand. They bought the candy balloon at Ingles. 

I hope you enjoyed!

-Lauryn

Rustic Mario Birthday Party

For my brother's birthday back in August, I did two Mario parties: one modern (see here) and this one, with a rustic theme. I went with vintage-type of neutrals mixed with red and dark blue, and painted an old-fashioned pixel Mario on the poster. I used a wooden star from Hobby Lobby or Michaels (which was on hand) and taped on paper eyes to give a Mario look, a basket from a thrift store, vintage milk bottles with straws from Michaels and a thrift store, and a handmade cloud banner to decorate the main table. I also used number balloons from Amazon with streamers to hang above the table. I made the Mario coins by drawing rectangles with a Sharpie onto paper plates from a dollar store, and hot-glueing them to twine so I could hang them up. I drew the photo poster, and wrote levels for each year (such as 'Level 6' for his sixth birthday photo). I handmade the favor boxes by simply wrapping boxes in paper and drawing the mystery symbol with Sharpie, and filled them with random nick-knacks. The green tube was just construction paper and cardboard. I will share a tutorial for the large mystery box. The beautiful cake was from Ingles, as was the Mario balloon. 

I hope you like it! You can view more photos on my photography and business website, The Lauryn Studio, by clicking this link. I will soon share some Mario favor tutorials, so visit again soon!

-Lauryn