Dicas Pais e Filhos

A Boutique Festas  se orgulha de ter parceiras engajadas, mamães que compartilham o seu dia a dia e ajudam milhares de mulheres à viver a maternidade de uma forma melhor! É com muita felicidade que anunciamos a nossa parceria com o BLOG Dicas Pais e Filhos!


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O blog é escrito por Gabriella Brandão, mãe de um lindo casal com apenas 1 ano e 9 meses de diferença. A ideia de fazer um blog surgiu em um bate papo com sua cunhada que estava desenvolvendo um blog para ela. Desse bate papo surgiu a ideia de criar um blog para compartilhar todas as vivências, ideias e etc do mundo infantil.

Desde nova Gabriella tinha o grande sonho de ser mãe, e com a maternidade muita coisa mudou. O blog é para dar dicas do dia a dia, produtos, lazer, lugares, experiências, novidades e etc para filhinhos e papais. Não deixe de visitar o blog, ele todos os dias tem novidades fresquinhas.
Hoje tem um post especial divulgando uma festa da Boutique Festas, estamos muito felizes com mais essa parceria."

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Alice in Wonderland: Creating an Ambiance

Photos by Camp Fotografia

Ambiance is critical to the success of every party. As I suggested a few weeks ago, the Alice in Wonderland party had many possibilities and many characters to work with (see What About Wonderland?). The danger in a lot of imagery is creating chaos instead of a welcoming atmosphere. However, if your elements are harmonious, the outcome, as one observer of this party commented, can be quite... magical.

Cake by Carla Prado

I think the pictures speak for themselves. Especially these...

Photos by Camp Fotografia

Minnie Mouse: Object of Affection

Fotografia by Fazendo Pose

Many birthday parties, most in fact, are design around a character or theme. This one was a bit more specific as it was designed around a costume. A Minnie Mouse costume. So like many designers of interiors, I needed to design a party around an object. Sounds easy, right?

Algumas festas de aniversario, a maioria na verdade, são elaboradas a partir de um personagem ou tema. Esta foi mais especifica já que foi elaborada a partir de uma fantasia. Então, como muitos decoradores, eu tive que elaborar uma festa a partir de um objeto. Parece fácil, não?

Picture of costume. Minnie Mouse wouldn't be my first choice for a birthday party. Yes, she's cute and sweet, but she's something I might target for an older girl. (I mean, she's already got a boyfriend.)

Foto da fantasia. Minnie Mouse não seria minha primeira escolha para o tema de uma festa. Sim ela é uma gracinha, mas eu a usaria na festa de uma menina um pouco mais velha.  (ela já tem até namorado).

Classic minnie usually wears red, which would be even more of a struggle to create a sweet first year celebration. But luckily, the costume I was working with was pink and fit in well with a little girl theme. However, as much as I love Minnie, she alone wasn't enough to fill a room. Minnie needed a bigger theme and Mickey just wasn't going to cut it.

A Minnie Mouse geralmente usa um vestido vermelho, o que seria ainda mais difícil para criar uma doce primeira comemoração. Por sorte, o vestido que estava trabalhando era rosa e se encaixou perfeitamente no tema para uma menininha. 

Minnie and Mickey don't live in elaborate castles like the Disney Princesses. Historically their habitat resembled rather run down surroundings. And I certainly couldn't rebuild the current, high tech Mickey Mouse Club House playing these days on the Disney Channel. I needed a place to place them that was cheery and would lend to the use of enough girly elements. So a garden seemed most appropriate.

Minnie e Mickey não moram em um castelo como as princesas da Disney. E eu certamente não iria reconstruir a casa do Mickey Mouse que vemos no Disney channel. Eu precisava de um ambiente para eles que fosse alegre e bastante feminino. Assim, um jardim me pareceu bem apropriado.

Playing with pink and all the lush elements of a garden gave me ample material. Minnie is just a classic figure that there were a lot of elements to choose from at the party stores, plus I added my own touches like applying Minnie's silhouette onto bubbles and pink water bottles.

Um tema clássico como este da Minnie lhe da varias opções de elementos para escolher em uma loja de festas, além disto a festa foi toda personalizada desde bolhas de sabão até garrafas de água na cor Pink. 

Of course, Mickey got to make an appearance as well. 

E também não podia faltar o Mickey!

Minnie's favorite dress print, the polka dot, also let me create a playful environment.

Complete, of course, with a Mini Cake with a pretty pink bow and some adorably eared brigadier helped to set the stage.

Cake by Regina Rodrigues cake designer (21) 2275 3320 

Sweets by Fabiana D'Angelo

Convite e Lembrancinhas

Pink, polka dots and plenty of flowers and butterflies allowed me to create a lavish party for a sweet little princess. All based on one little costume.

Rosa, amarelo, pois e muitas flores e borboletas me ajudaram a criar uma festa suntuosa para uma Linda pequena princesa. Tudo baseado em uma pequena fantasia.

Disney Princess: Culture Bash

The world is getting smaller. Like most big cities, Sao Paulo has its share of multicultural families and that population continues to increase.



Photos by Camp Fotografia

I thought designing a party for the daughter of an American mom and a Brazilian dad was going to be pretty straightforward. The theme was Disney Princess, a popular choice. Anticipating the party, the couple had brought a bounty of Princess themed party goods in their move from New York to Sao Paulo, so we were set on supplies. But I didn’t anticipate the clash of culture that occurred over a 3-year-old’s birthday.

Catering by General Prime Burger

For most in the States, a birthday party consists of pizzas, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey and birthday cake. But a Brazilian birthday party involves much, much more. The idea of having an elaborate sweet table, well, it kind of scared this Manhattan mom. And with good reason. Some sweet displays can get quite outlandish if put in less attentive hands. She also didn’t understand the typical children party menu and why mini-hotdogs and brigadeiro were a requirement. Honestly, with a child that was only two, she didn’t have much experience in this arena as it was. But the Brazilian family and friends that were to be the guests of this event has certain expectations.

So what did I do? For one, I backed off the Brazilian bling.

Cupcake tower/cake by Carla Prado

We made the cake table simple. A lovely, themed cupcake tower with some Disney Princess dolls and a garden of sweets calmed her fears.

While children’s birthday parties in Brazil are usually light on adults, she had invited quite a few and as it was being held on a Saturday, we knew they would probably show up (especially since many were Americans). So we included a gourmet buffet complete with cocktails. To balance out the Brazilian elements, we injected some American party activities like a piñata.

In the end, everyone, Brazilians and foreigners alike, felt in his or her element. And of course, the party princess had a fabulous time at very her first Brazilian bash.

Photos by Camp Fotografia

Intimate Baptism: Delicate Design



Photography by Claudia Novaes

I’ll admit it. I’m a lover of party glitz. I feel there is always that perfect equation between elegance and bling – and my job is to find it. However, in some situations, less is definitely more.

Take, for example, when you are holding a gathering in a small place of worship.

Sometimes the challenge you take on is one of location. For a baptism celebration held in a space that was distinctive in both shape and style, simplicity was the only way to go. Plus, with the aesthetics of Rio de Janeiro's tropical foliage surrounding the scene, there was little that would do better to enhance.

Regardless of the occasion, there’s an essential inventory of considerations to execute a fantastic event. In this case, my list focused on subtlety and style.



Lembrancinha by Agnus Dei

First – the invitation. While I normally am a tried and true trio person when it comes to color, for a baptism, I tend to trend toward coupling soft hues. Pink and white, obvious but classic, is where I strayed for this event. Pure, innocent, awesome.



Cake by Regina Rodrigues cake designer (21) 2275 3320 

I pulled this subtle scheme through the cake, sweets, decoration and commemoration. In the end, the atmosphere was sweet and light, while a glass of champagne in each hand made sure that everyone knew there was a reason to rejoice.

Toy Story Time Out



Photos by Camp Fotografia

 What to do when your limited on both budget and time?


As Buzz would say, "Sheriff, this is no time to panic."

Planning a party at the last minute might seem a bit nightmarish, but you'd be surprised what you can pull off under pressure.

For this party, the theme was an easy one. "Toy Story 3" had been released not so many months prior and because it was another Disney hit, party supplies weren't so hard to come by. But monetary constraints meant that a shopping spree wasn't the solution for this last minute soiree. So what was going to make this celebration of a little boy's 3rd year spectacular? 

Toys!

After a few phone calls and emails to friends and neighbors, I was set with plenty to adorn the party room. Lucky for me, the Toy Story franchise wasn't limited to Disney licensed products. 

Classic kid playthings like Mr. Potato Head, piggy banks and blocks helped in adding to the arsenal of Toy Story characters I was able to collect.

Going with primary colors, I made it easy to brighten up the room with balloons. Add some personalized labels on water bottles and candy, plus a stack of cowboy hats, and the theme is complete. 

Despite being short on time and budget, the party was a success. How could it not be when it was all about... toys?