Your Questions.

I love hearing from each and everyone of you, my readers. I also get questions regarding parties, and I thought it'd be fun to share some of my responses so you can each benefit from it as well! So we've started a new series of blog posts with your questions and our answers!

This particular reader is referencing the hot pink and zebra stripe party we styled for a client a year ago.

Hello Julie! 

My name is Leslie. I just found your site and I am so glad I did.  I love the sweet 16 zebra hot pink party.  Could you share how you made the back drops.  I am doing a candy buffet with those colors. Thank you and I hope to hear from you soon.

Thanks Leslie! The backdrops were super easy to make. And super cheap! I've included a photo for a point of reference. Take tissue paper and cut it into strips. Glue strips onto a board. Then take scissors and cut! Keep layering. It is a bit time consuming. I hope this makes sense!

Sweet Sixteen - The Dessert Station.

Look at that cute cake a friend of the host made for the birthday girl! We made custom zebra print cupcake wrappers and toppers. Again, we used zebra print bandana's on the tables. The fringe backdrops mimicked the zebra stripes. We didn't get a chance to get pictures of the tables with the food, but they also served "Zebra Cakes" by Little Debbie.

Sweet Sixteen - The Drink Station.

To coordinate with the cookout menu that the celebrant had requested, we served drinks out of mason jars tied with zebra print bandana fabric. We made custom tags for the drinking straws, and water bottle labels. Soda's were served out of two galvanized buckets.

Sweet Sixteen!

Today we designed a sweet sixteen birthday party for a girl who wanted zebra stripes and hot pink as her theme. One of her main requests was to incorporated pom-pom's into the decorations. I carried the stripes on the big monogrammed "J" we hung from the front door of the clubhouse and in the backdrops we used. Instead of purchasing yards of zebra print fabric, it was more economical to use zebra print bandana's that my client picked up at Hobby Lobby.

I think you can officially call me the branch lady. We used branches and spray painted them black and white, adding zebra print leaves to some of them. Branches are such a great economical centerpiece. Take them off of any tree, and you have free centerpieces that make a big statement. For vases, I used recycled beer bottles that I got from friends, and spray painted those as well. A strip of bandana fabric in the zebra stripe finished off the look.