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Everyone loves strawberries! Why not create a sweet Strawberry Party to celebrate your little one’s next birthday? We designed and styled this Strawberry Birthday Party a couple years ago, but it is still one of our most popular themes! With a color palette of pink, green and red, this party is easy to put together […]

Host a Strawberry Party…

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I am thrilled to share one of our latest projects for Pottery Barn Kids! This Nautical Baby Shower is definitely one of my favorite themes that we have created and styled for Pottery Barn Kids. This is a perfect theme for a summer baby shower, bridal shower or birthday party. I adore the yellow and […]

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We celebrated my 35th birthday over the weekend with a luau! For a little while, we weren’t sure if the party was actually going to happen. As you may know, we live in Phoenix and rarely see rain. Well, about an hour before my party was set to start, a CRAZY storm came rolling in […]

My 35th Birthday Party :: Cupcake Monday

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I recently designed a new custom printable collection for one of our favorite customers, Kelly. Her daughter is darling Claire, whom you may remember when we featured her Sweet Shoppe Birthday or Cowgirl Party. Kelly has done a beautiful job yet again hosting a charming party for her sweet girl. This year, she requested a bright […]

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As you may know, we recently celebrated our sweet boy, Tommy’s 7th birthday party! It has become tradition for us to throw a big pool party each year for his birthday since we live in Arizona and it’s usually over 100 degrees by mid June. We were excited that our pool and backyard were finished […]

Preppy Pool Party :: Celebrating Tommy's 7th Birthday

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My fabulous friend, Vicki of Vicki Lynn Photography recently hosted this fantastic Army Birthday Party for her son Dominic’s 5th Birthday! My daughter, Kate and Dom were born only TWO days apart so Vicki and I always joke about high-fiving as I left the hospital and she arrived. (We also share the same doctor!) Vicki’s inspiration […]

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With this hot weather and the kids out of school, we’ve been enjoying lots of ice cream lately! So this week, I’m declaring it “Ice Cream Party Week” at The TomKat Studio and we’ll be sharing ideas all week for hosting ice cream parties! As usual, we are starting the week with Cupcake Monday. Here […]

Ice Cream Week :: Cupcake Monday

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Welcome to Party Theme Thursday, our new weekly series where I will (or will aim to) share new party themes we have created or highlight some of our favorite existing themes. So, I missed our first week of Theme Thursday last week, but hey…I was on vacation and everyone needs a break sometimes, right? So, […]

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Hello my lovely friends! I feel like I’ve been so busy with the new shop and projects that I haven’t had time to chat here on the blog and I really miss it! Molly & I  just returned from another trip to San Francisco for Pottery Barn Kids. {Whaaat?} Yes, after styling five parties/showers for […]

Dream Job….

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I am so excited to share our latest project for Pottery Barn Kids with you today! In February, Molly, Toni and I traveled to San Francisco to style this fun “Time To Grow” Gardening Party for Pottery Barn Kids. It was such an amazing experience. I’ll be sharing more of the behind the scenes details […]

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Our little mermaid just turned five and we celebrated with a Mermaid Party! Kate loves Ariel, so we incorporated little touches of our favorite singing mermaid, along with a monochromatic  blue and aqua color scheme. Vicki from Vicki Lynn Photography captured all of the beautiful details of the day. I was hoping our new pool […]

Kate's Mermaid Birthday Party!

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Our latest party feature for Pottery Barn Kids will be launching soon, so I thought I would share a little peek. The theme this time is “Time To Grow” and highlights a gardening party filled with ideas, recipes and free printable downloads! This theme was so much to fun to create and it is perfect […]

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