Graduation Party Ideas

May 21, 2012

Graduation season means two things: festive parties and tasty sweets. My cousin Emily just graduated from high school in North Dakota. She and my Aunt Buffy were Pinteresting (planning) for months coming up with lots of fun ideas. I had a blast helping them craft, bake and decorate for the celebrations!

Cupcake Icing
My Aunt Buffy baked 400 mini cupcakes in Chocolate, Vanilla and Red Velvet. The mini cupcakes are fun for parties so people can sample one of each.
Cupcake Icing
The homemade Peanut Butter, Buttercream and Cream Cheese Frostings were so divine!
Cupcake Sprinkles
Icing cupcakes is so therapeutic for me…I love making the uniform swirls! Adding a pinch of multicolored sprinkles is a magical touch.
Red Velvet Mini Cupcakes
These little toothpick flags printed on scrapbook paper added personalization to the cupcakes, not to mention lots of pizazz.
Emily and Gabriela
Here’s my cousin Emily, the graduate, and I! We are all about bright colors this summer…and just happened to match the party’s theme.

This was the “party wall!” We made tissue paper flowers to hang from the ceiling. Buffy made flag banners out of scrapbook paper and printed letters. Tied together with some ribbon and ta-dah! The dessert plates are made out of drink glasses or vases, glued to plates, and spray painted. Inexpensive and adorable!

Graduation Party Wall

The table center pieces were my favorite part of the decor. Spray painted wine bottles accented with multicolored ribbon were filled with mini tissue paper flowers. I made these little flags with scrapbook paper and wooden dowels. Adding a quote of advice from Emily’s family members made for great conversation and even a bit of inspiration!

Graduation Quote Center Pieces
“Be nice…to everyone…all the time!” -Words of advice from Emily’s Mom

Don’t these pictures make you want to have a summer party? I’m ready to bake some lemon bars and have a few friends over to celebrate. P.S. For more details from the graduation party check out my Aunt Buffy’s (aka Sara) board on Pinterest!

Love food | Love self | Love life … Gabriela

  1. Gab, this is the cutest thing ever! Obsessing over the decorations and adorable cupcakes! xoxo

  2. Buffy says:

    Gabs~ couldn’t have done it without you! You have a knack for taking an idea from pinterest and making it cuter than the original idea : ) Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of your help. Mitch graduates in 2 years…let’s start planning for a boy graduation party now.

    love parties | love decorations | love you….Buf

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