I am SO incredibly behind on this posting!
A few weekends ago, I had the distinct privilege of hosting some of my favorite party girls in my hometown of Memphis.
I immediately said yes because, hello, do you KNOW how awesome CPN is? Well, if you are not a member, then I have no idea why.
Another reason I wanted to be part of this event is because of the massive love I have for CPN's founders, Natalie of Little Shindigs and
The Knock Knock Factory, and Kristy of
The Purple Pug. They have always been SO amazing to me, that I wanted to represent their amazing network in the best way I know how.
And the opportunity to meet some of these girls' whose work I have admired was too good to pass up!
We had 19 fabulous ladies joining us for our Party Girls' Rock Memphis!
Our vision for the event was for it to be music themed. Since Memphis is the Home of the Blues, and famous for all the fabulous musicians that have come from or recorded here, it was the perfect choice.
We picked Automatic Slim's in downtown Memphis for it's location and it's vibe. Plus, the food is awesome.
We had the entire upstairs portion of the restaurant, which has this amazing gold leaf wallpaper.
My contributions were decor and assembling swag bags for the event. I saw a mobile made out of records on Pinterest and I knew that is what I wanted to do for this event!
The centerpieces were made from cardboard boxes that I picked up at Hobby Lobby. I affixed music scrapbook paper to them and then used glittered scrapbook paper for the tops. I put in a Stax label record (a Memphis institution) and a large wooden music note that I painted with glittered spray paint. Also, I tossed in a few multi-colored disco ball Christmas ornaments.
The record place mats, programs, and lanyard name tags were Laura's contribution. They looked amazing and everyone loved that we could sign the place mats and take them home as souvenirs!
The mobiles were a fun, easy project that turned out to look so fab!
I picked up a bunch of old 45 records at the antique mall (seriously 10 for $5!) and used clear craft lacing (you can get it at the HL) to secure the records to a plant hanger that I got at Home Depot.
Plant hangers are super inexpensive and all I did was turn this one upside down and take out the chains and reattach them to the bottom. Next time you need something to hang, use a plant hanger! The lines of this one are super modern and looked fab when the records were attached. But really, you could use anything you wanted to make a mobile!
The swag bags were filled TO THE BRIM with awesome goodies and product samples! I can't thank our vendors enough (or Laura and Cineca for securing such great stuff!)
Cineca also brought some fun photo props like Elvis glasses!
I used the remaining 45s and some 78s (Elvis and Stax of course) to design a backdrop for the desserts. Luckily, Cineca brought some clear thumbtacks along!
We had such great goodies on the dessert table, including these GORGEOUS Elvis cookies from
Dandy Delights!
And these incredible jukebox cake pops from
A Twist of Cake! Seriously, the detail on these were crazy!
Cineca put together these gable boxes for our guests, to make sure all their yummies got home safely.
An overview of our lovely room!
My co-hosts, Cineca and Laura.
We were lucky enough to have the adorable Courtney Dial from
Pizzazzerie come and hang out with us for the weekend. She gave everyone there some very useful advice on how she has built her brand so quickly and wonderfully. I know you know Miss Courtney. Because, if you don't, then get thyself to her blog immediately.
She was such a pleasure, exactly how you think she would be. Totally cute and fun!
This is me and the fabulous Do from
Piggy Bank Parties. I heart Do. She helped me SO much with my
hamburger party, and I already have her lined up for another party in January. She is fabulous beyond words. And just brilliant.
Some of my Memphis girls--Ashley and Kim, better known as the
Hip Hostesses! I cannot believe it took us this long to meet, seeing as how Ashley's husband and my husband played soccer together in high school and we live in the same place! I am sure we will run into each other at Hobby Lobby soon!
Latasha and I know each other from way back! When she was planning her wedding a few years ago, I was the catering manager at the country club. Unfortunately, I left that position before her wedding, so it was so good to see her and catch up. Check out her website! She literally has the cutest logo ever.
A fun group pic that Amy got!
I was so honored to help in this fabulous event! It went by way too fast!
It was wonderful to meet so many of the people who I admired and already "knew" via our blogs and webpages!
I hope we have another one super soon!!
