LAURA'S little PARTY

Oscar Night sips

Academy Awards March 09, 2023

Have you rolled out the red carpet yet? The Oscars are this weekend and I'm here for it! I'm sharing the famous Shirley Temple drink for your Oscar gathering. Whether you're hosting friends for a glamorous event, or you're spending a quiet evening in your pjs, this tasty sip is sure to be a hit!

This post was sponsored by Chinet. 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.

Chinet has a great line of cups that are perfect for serving pretty party sips! I love their Cut Crystal products and my Shirley Temple drinks look so fancy and dressed up for the Oscars this weekend!

Their beverage napkins are perfect for setting out on your bar cart. I used my Cricut Maker to cut out iron-vinyl and my Cricut EasyPress to press my napkins and use them for Oscar night! They were super easy to press: 300 degrees for 20 seconds.

I love having a bar cart set out during TV time. You can add snacks, drinks and fun decor. This makes it really easy for your guests to grab a tasty beverage or treat, without missing any of the red carpet excitement!

I also made some Oscar statue stir sticks for our drinks. Do you have a favorite drink to sip while watching the Academy Awards? Try our easy Shirley Temple recipe - it's delish!

Shirley Temple Recipe

2 liter bottle lemon-lime soda

1 bottle Grenadine

Maraschino cherries

Ice

Add ice to cups, fill with soda, add grenadine, stir and top with cherries!

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Plan a girls night in for NYE!

NYE December 30, 2022

Can you believe the year is nearly gone?! 2023 is going to be an AMAZING year, I just know it! Looking for ways to celebrate?! Gather your amigas and put on your cutest pj's because its time for a fun New Year's Eve girls night in!

We're sharing our ideas for hosting a festive night in with a mini confetti bar and party favors they'll love!

This post was sponsored by Cricut for Latina Magazine. 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.

Get ready to toss the confetti with your very own DIY confetti bar! All you need is a fun assortment of confetti and plastic candy tubes to hold all those confetti creations! Displaying the confetti in a tray with compartments makes it easy to select and grab your confetti mix. Fill your tubes and get ready to toss the confetti at midnight!

Party favors are always a good idea! Show your chicas how special they are with sparkly bath melts from LUSH. The star light star bright bar is a perfect way to ring in the new year! Set out the bars and paper bags for easy grabbing.

Disco balls are so fun! These shiny disco ball cups also make a great party favor. Fill them with a tasty beverage and sip sip hooray!

Did your girls pack their cute pj's?! After tossing the confetti, hand out a sleep mask to everyone. I created custom sleep masks with the new Cricut Maker and Cricut Easy Press, from Cricut! Not only will your amigas love what you made for them, they'll be ready for sweet dreams before its time to wake up and enjoy the brunch you have planned for them on New Year's Day!

The Cricut Maker was easy to use and even cuts through fabric! I found a night mask template and created these fun masks with black felt. I thought up fun phrases for the masks and created them with white iron-on vinyl. I'll share my tutorial so you can see how easy the sleep masks are to create on your own!

Are you ready to start planning for your own Amigas night in? Make the confetti bar and personalized night masks your focal point for a super fun NYE party! Next week I'll be sharing all my ideas for a brunch to enjoy with your girls, on New Year's Day - you don't want to miss it! Happy New Year!

Here's a pin to save for later!

Vendor info:

Pink flat paper, silver star curtain, silver star balloons, balloons,

pink tissue balls - Shindigz

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Ideas for throwing a vintage themed halloween party

Halloween Decor September 20, 2022

I have always been drawn to vintage decor - especially vintage Halloween decor! I think it's because I spent so much time with my Grandparents and remember my Grandmother's decorations growing up. With all her vintage decor in mind, I created some vintage Halloween party inspiration!

Over the past few months, I collected some fun vintage looking props while I was out shopping. My first source of inspiration was this darling standing cat statue that I found during one of my many trips to HomeGoods. Once I bought it, all the other vintage inspired decor fell into place.

One of my all-time-favorite-finds was this wooden vintage pay phone! Not only did I know it would be perfect for my vintage Halloween party, but I knew that I'd be using this to decorate my home. And our Mr. Bones makes another appearance in this party set up.

I found the most darling vintage Halloween paper goods from My Mind's Eye. I had to stop myself from buying everything on their site! I used their cake topper set for my faux party cake. The skeleton holding the pumpkin was my favorite!

I took their pumpkin garland and added it to a small spooky tree.

One of my favorite places to set up a party is in a little area of my backyard. It's a small corner that sits behind our 6' tall hedge. This small grassy area has a birch tree that is just bare enough for me to hang decor from it - the area was perfect for my vintage Halloween party!

The party table had lots of fun elements on top of it. Let's take a look!

I spotted these very vintage looking popcorn boxes, plates, and snack cups + lids, from Hobby Lobby. I think they added so much cuteness to our party table!

I found a great spider web table cover, and an equally great table runner, from HomeGoods. I loved the simple look of black & white. It popped perfectly with our vintage Halloween party decor.

I adorned our party chairs with festive Halloween banners from Target. And I found the coolest wooden 31 in their Dollar Spot. The fun thing about the numbers is that you can also make it lucky number 13!

...and let's chat a bit about these fabulous cake stands! I picked these beauties up from HomeGoods. There's even a tiered stand that I scooped up, but I used that in another party that I'm excited to share with you soon!

Our cupcakes looked spooky-sweet with cupcake wrappers and toppers from My Mind's Eye. Plus I added a little more "festive" to our store bought cupcakes with the cutest Candyfetti™ from Sweets Indeed!

I had such a great time decorating and sharing my vintage Halloween party inspiration! After my party was over, I took most of this decor and added it to my fireplace mantel. Talk about some spooky-cool vintage decor! I'll be sharing more of my mantel later.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope I've inspired some lovely Halloween decor ideas!

Updated from original shared October 2016.