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Better late then never, right? Sorry for the delay, but I've been caught up with just about everything. Work, photography, being a mother, and you name it, takes up little chunks of my short day. No worries. It's almost a month later but I'm finally posting the pictures from my son's "Big One."…
Even though all sporting events have been canceled or postponed, I still wanted to share happy things on Sweet Caroline Designs! That’s what I try and do over here. I shot this Masters content before all the craziness happened and I wanted to share it and hope it brings some joy. The Masters will happen just not as scheduled and thought it might be a good distraction and provide a little inspiration for all you party planners out there. Brett and I attended the Masters last year and it was one of the best sporting events we have ever attended. It was so organized and we hardly ever had to wait in a line for anything. All the workers were happy to be there and happy to help you. The grounds were immaculate and everything you think it would be, it was all that and more. Augusta has magic and I don’t think I have ever seen Brett as excited about something until we pulled up on Magnolia Lane. We weren’t planning on attending this year, that may change, but I decided that I wanted to create “How to Throw the Ultimate Masters Watch Par-Tee” and try and recreate the fun experience we had. Whether you are planning a Masters watch party or a first birthday, I hope this gives you some great ideas! For my Masters Watch Party, I decided to have it on our back patio because the weather is getting nicer and we built it so we could entertain. It is the perfect set up! I decided we just needed one large circle table and that would display all the food, drinks etc. With a little rearranging, it fit in the corner of our back patio. I’m always looking for the best tablecloth and I found a yellow and green lemon print one on India Amory, which provided the perfect backdrop. Next step, decide on the food you will serve. That is easy when it comes to Masters. Pimento Cheese and Egg Salad sandwiches are a must. You also must serve them on white bread, not wheat, as these are a Masters staple. I found these cute food picks that were golf tees and flags. You can find them here and here. At the Masters, the sandwiches come wrapped in green wax paper. I found some yellow and green and white check wax paper and sealed with a cute sticker I created. These are two great ways to display your simple sandwiches but take them up a notch. You can serve these with potato chips! For dessert, I decided to bake a cake. Y’all know I love to bake and this is something you can do in your kitchen and not break the bank. I did my famous white cake with an almond buttercream icing and I found this darling toy golf cart for a cake topper. I also made this flag out of yellow paper and stuck it on a wooden food pick. Also every great party must have cookies and I got mine from the Highland Park Pie Lady! She ships y’all!! Her sugar cookies are wonderful and her decorating is perfection. She is so talented and a delight to work with. If you are looking for decorated cookies, look no further and contact her. I was so pleased and none were broken when I received them. They were also vacuumed sealed for freshness when they arrived. I displayed some and packaged the rest in these cute green and white stripe bags and added a sticker I made. Other dessert ideas…. If you can find peach ice cream, make ice cream sandwiches and serve with two sugar cookies and peach ice cream in the middle! For drinks, you must serve an Arnold Palmer! Arnold Palmers include lemonade and sweet ice tea but you can also add alcohol if you prefer. I served mine two ways. One is in a mint julep cup with cute green and white straws. The other is custom drink ware. You can order all your Masters cups and napkins on my website! At the Masters, they serve the beer in green and white shatterproof cups and people keep their cups as they drink. We brought them home as souvenirs. You can order similar ones here. Your party will stand out when you have customization. Signage makes a huge difference too. I simply designed a similar logo and used that throughout my party so everything would go together. I had them printed on a 5 x 7 paper and framed them in gold frames. If you want to add any customization to your parties, you can email me at [email protected] with your request. I would love to help you out with signage, invites, napkins, koozies, cups and stickers! For décor, I found all my flowers at Whole Foods. I bought yellow, green and white of course to go with my theme. I added large balloons on the sides of the table and made a balloon garland backdrop to mount behind the table. I think the set up turned out perfect and was inexpensive to make. On our outdoor coffee table, I displayed two of our favorite Masters books, one being this darling children’s book, Masters A to Z. This book is adorable for your little’s and helps teach them all about the Masters traditions. Last, but not least, you have to dress the part! I was so excited to find this adorable caddie outfit for Mignonne. You can order here. I ordered her the size suggested for her age and it fit great! You roll the sleeves and the legs. You can customize the lettering for the back and the number for the front. This shop was amazing to work with. She shipped it out the next day! Highly recommend. If you are planning on attending the Masters, I put together a board below for suggestions. You kind of see everything there but you do A LOT of walking and it is hot so I suggest airy, light clothes and cute tennis shoes. Last year, Brett wore a polo shirt, shorts and tennis shoes. I wore Tory Sport Golf attire. You either see golf attire or cute sundresses and tennis shoes. Definitely wear a hat. It’s usually super sunny and you don’t want to get sunburn! I had tan lines from one day so wear your sunscreen :) Hope you enjoyed this post and I can’t wait to start watching golf again on Saturdays and Sundays and celebrating once all the craziness is over. I truly had a blast getting this together and hope it provides a little sunshine. We can’t wait to celebrate the Masters soon! XO Caroline Kaitlin Haley Photography Shop This Post JavaScript is currently disabled in this browser. Reactivate it to view this content.
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I tried to come up with the best mix of tiny fairy party and big girl party all at the same time. I went with the colors that Cyan chose blue and blue… ie: aqua and teal, I set about to make something beautiful for a party in my garden. Because after all, it was going to be an evening party in mid-July…. so I could trust that we could have it out in the garden right? Two days before the party I checked the weather. Nothing but rain for as far as they would predict. The morning of the party it was pouring… and only broke for a few minutes at a time all day long. Now I was in a spot. I had to move the whole party under cover, make it still cute, and because the tents that I had available to me were 12 by 12, I had to move it out of the garden (the garden paths are 3ft or 5 ft across, and honestly wet grass would have soaked fairy costumes anyhow.). Out came my antique lace curtains and white folding wall for a back drop instead of the garden beds. Two tables were borrowed and 10 folding chairs were rented to replace the benches that were soaked from the rain. I bought 18 roses for decoration and filled in with flowers from my garden and then ferns from a friends yard, which I added to the backdrop. I also brought in the nature elements through wooden bowls, burlap fabric, wooden rounds, poppy seed pods, and lots of glass mason jars filled with candles or flowers. The whole effect was rather charming! The birthday girl seemed happy with it (which is really all that matters!) The food: I made lots of tiny things for this party. Sandwiches wrapped in natural wax paper along with teal scrapbook paper and jute tie were the first course. Side dishes were all kinds of fresh berries, brownie bites with cream cheese frosting and fresh raspberries, twice baked potato bites, and melon wands. For the place settings I used white small plates on top of large plates with large teal napkins tucked between. I also got a set of 12 glass milk bottles (idea from here) with aqua striped paper straws (from here) that made the whole setting tie-in and added a touch of whimsy to the table. The cake! My friend Cori made the cake from a sketch I drew her. It was perfect! She has such a talent! How I LOVE this cake! Each of the girls got a ‘key to the secret garden’ on a necklace as they came into the party. As the rain came and went, so did the rainbows. You can see one below behind the girls (although this picture doesn’t really show how bright it was). During the rain breaks we went out and did the craft that I had planned for them… making their own fairy gardens! I had painted each of them a tiny bird house and given them a small piece of ‘Mother of Thyme’… after we had filled the fairy gardens with soil I gave them to the girls to decorate with rocks, shells, and glass beads. I just loved seeing their imaginations take off as they braved the downpours to collect sticks, flowers, and leaves from around my yard. Some of them even got to venture into the gardens! :) The end of the party was watching the movie “Fairy Tale: A True Story” which was supposed to be with a projector outside under the cherry tree…. but ended up in my living room instead (and none of the girls were the wiser). The girls giggled the evening away and watched as a couple of sweet little girls discovered fairies in their a garden of their own. All in all it was a beautiful party! It took a lot of redoing because of the rain, but I think a lot of those last minute touches made for a pretty wonderful party! I had a very happy, and a very tired, birthday girl by the end. Happy birthday to my beautiful 10 year old! I love you so very much!
