LAURA'S little PARTY

Add a fun painting project with your next Easter party!

Easter party March 21, 2025

Throw an Easter party that gets kids creative! It's easy to do when you enlist the help of DecoArt for Social Artworking! My kids are always up for a party when painting is involved.

This post was sponsored by DecoArt, for Social Artworking. LAURA'S little PARTY has received payment, and/or products, in exchange for party inspiration and fun ideas. As always, all opinions are 100% our own.

I created a simple black and white party that popped with simple decor, sweet treats and lots of fun! I painted the wooden easels black and added a festive balloon garland. I whipped up a party banner with card stock, vinyl and my Cricut Maker, from Cricut. I even decorated a plain table runner to coordinate with our party's decor. Once the guests arrived, we were ready to get creative!

You can order all your supplies over on the Social Artworking website - they make it very easy for you to get creative and invite friends over. You pick your design and they help you with the rest!

Let your guests' creative juices flow by providing everything they need to get creative and have fun! Set out all the supplies in an easy-to-grab tiered stand. Let them choose their paint colors, brushes, paint tray and have some fresh water handy, to rinse their brushes.

One thing you have to do is trace the image onto your canvas. I like to have the canvas already traced and ready to go for my guests.

Provide some sweet treats to nibble on while your guests create their art pieces! I like to set out easy, finger snacks like: popcorn, cupcakes and even mini donuts.

It's always a great time to gather friends over, but its even better when you mix fun with art and tasty treats! Be sure to check out our friends over at Social Artworking for DecoArt!

Pin this for you Easter party ideas board! Hoppy Easter!

Balloons, paper backdrop, and gable boxes: Shindigz

Striped tiered cake: Confection Deception

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Create a sweet Easter party this spring!

Easter party March 19, 2025

Spring has sprung, and it's time to welcome Easter parties and outdoor celebrations! This year we worked with a pink and black color palette - I just adore these sweet colors together. To make our setting extra darling, I added touches of pearls, tulle, and tissue festooning. If you're looking for Easter table inspiration, I'm sharing all the details below!

My source of inspiration this year was this sweet girlie bunny that I spotted over at HomeGoods! Also, in the dollar spot, I found little pearl bracelets at Target. I added one of them as a necklace for our bunny friend. I originally scooped her up to decorate my new Home Studio, and well, an Easter party table was created! Isn't she darling?!

During that same shopping trip to HomeGoods, I found a small set of black and white Easter dishes. I knew they would look perfect sitting on top of my solid black dishes, and also the striped dishes, both from Ikea.

Our friends over at Party City sent these formal black plastic forks, and they were perfect for our Easter table. {Keep an eye out for a fun kiddie Easter party we styled for them - coming to the blog soon!}

A second girl bunny was spotted at HomeGoods and we were smitten!

I added a few polka dots on chalkboard eggs. This was done so easily from a white paint marker, by Testors!

We took cupcake pedestals, set them at each place setting, and topped them with a cupcake. Mini white donuts are also a perfect party finger food. Pink frosted cupcakes looked so sweet sitting in striped baking cups.

I fell in love with this table runner, from the Target Dollar Spot. The cotton tails are especially darling!

I used more of the dollar spot pearl bracelets as napkin rings. They made our pink paper napkins that much sweeter.

It was so fun putting this sweet + glam Easter bunny party together. I know I would have loved this when I was a little girl!

Here's a pin to share on your Easter party planning board. Happy Easter, friends!

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Thanksgiving tablescape ideas

party ideas October 28, 2024

Whether it's a huge gathering, or a small intimate meal, the holidays are the perfect time to add beautiful elements, and your own unique style to your table setting! I love the look that black and white brings to every day decor, and I knew that I wanted to incorporate those colors into my Thanksgiving table design a couple years ago. My how time flies!

My initial inspiration came from a beautifully designed banner from our friend Angie. Isn't it gorgeous?! I knew it would look perfect with our black and white decor, plus some added pops of greenery.

If you have a big family like I do, eating indoors may leave you feeling a bit cramped; especially with 7+ cousins (under the age of 12) running around and having fun together. Outdoor dining's always a great option. Fall weather in California blesses us with beautiful temperatures that allow us to enjoy our festivities outdoors!

I added some fun decor to our outdoor dining area that would also work as a place for the children to play. My boys' teepee gets a lot of use indoors and out - I also loved how it coordinated perfectly with my color palette!

I set out some gorgeous white pumpkins from Michael's, inside of an old wheelbarrow. I chose Rustoleum semi gloss black spray paint and it covered the old rusty wheelbarrow beautifully!

I wanted to incorporate buffalo check into my table design this year. I found some fabric that would work perfectly as a table cover! From there I added chalkboard placemats, and kept my eyes open for the perfect set of dishes. I added some black cloth napkins and finished off the look with a wooden napkin ring that I painted grey.

Along with pops of green, I also mixed in some brown earth tones to my black and white color palette. I was pleasantly surprised at how pretty it all flowed together.

My table decor consisted of black pumpkins, white pumpkins, green plants, a wooden leaf garland, a ceramic turkey, and Indian corn. I painted the Indian corn black, and added black and white checkered ribbon to bundle the corn together, and set it out on a bed of greenery.

I am so excited for Thanksgiving, and I can't wait for my family to be near as we enjoy delicious food, and make more memories together! Will you be hosting Thanksgiving this year? What color palette do you plan on using for your tablescape? I'd love to hear about it!

Here's a pin to add to your table decor inspiration board!