{Project Nursery} Birthday Girl Fashion Series!

Happy Monday! We have so many fabulous things going on this week at The TomKat Studio! We hope you caught the Spa Party post this morning! I am starting a new blog series over at Project Nursery called Birthday Girl Fashion! One of my favorite elements of party planning is finding fabulous outfits for the birthday girl! Today's post starts with my favorite fashion trend....Pettiskirts!
Hop over to check out an assortment of my favorite finds, HERE!

{pettiskirts via dreamspun kids}

{Project Nursery} Custom Baby Announcement Design!

Check out my latest post on Project Nursery to get the scoop on this Vintage Glam Nursery & Birth Announcement!

CLICK HERE!

{DIY Tutorial} Scallop Circle Paper Garland!

Today over at Project Nursery, I am sharing how I created the paper garland for our dessert table disply at the She's Having a Baby Event in Beverly Hills {more details here}! Hop over to check out the tutorial! It is super easy and can be used for any holiday or event!

VISIT MY POST for the full instructions!

We would love to see your photos if you make these for your events!

{Project Nursery} Event in Beverly Hills & CBS 5 News Segment!

I had the exciting opportunity to work with Project Nursery on a dessert table display for a recent event in Beverly Hills, Jayneoni Moore's She's Having a Baby! Project Nursery's booth turned out beautiful and was swarming with attendees! I used the gorgeous crib bedding by Annette Tatum shown above as the inspiration for the design. I sketched {don't laugh} a quick design for the dessert table and created all of the labels, cupcake toppers & paper garland {tutorial coming soon}.

We had fabulous vendors help us with dessert table! The cupcakes and custom cookies made with my party circle designs were created by Angela at Queen of Tarts Cakes. Angela is very talented and a pleasure to work with! She can turn any of my party circle designs into custom cookies, just get in touch with her! Kim from Sweeties provided the custom chocolate covered oreos, another spectacular display of her goodies! Jaclyne of Heavenly Blooms, offered to add gorgeous flower arrangements to the display! I enlisted my friend, Lisa again to make the beautiful tissue paper flowers for the branch arrangement. Even though I wasn't able to attend the event, the girls at PN did a fabulous job bringing my vision to life! Other PN contributors and sponsors added all sorts of fabulous displays to the booth, including a green and blue birthday party tablescape by The Party Dress and an adorable Sweet Baby canvas print by Fresh Chick Designs. Congratulations on a successful event, ladies! A big thank you to everyone who helped the dessert table & booth come together!

READ MORE about the event HERE!

The PN ladies have been busy! Pam and Melisa spent Saturday morning talking nursery design tips and party design trends with anchor Lisa Chan of San Francisco’s CBS 5 news!

It was so LOVELY of them to mention The TomKat Studio!
WATCH the PARTY segment here!
WATCH the DECORATING segment here!

{Project Nursery} Modern Owl Baby Room!

Hop over to check out my latest post for Project Nursery HERE!

ADORABLE Modern Owl Baby Room via Laura Winslow Photography!

{Project Nursery} Andrea's Sweet & Serene Nursery!

Today over at Project Nursery, I am sharing my assistant, Andrea's adorable nursery! Andrea created a sweet and sentimental space for her little sweetheart, Linnea. Can you guess what my favorite element of the room is? The pink fabric flag bunting, of course!

Turns out Andrea is quite a seamstress and made the bunting herself.
She also made my Kate an adorable cupcake apron for her birthday...I'll be sharing soon!

View more photos and all of the details HERE on Project Nursery!
While you're there, be sure to check out the adorable photos from her baby shower, too!

Photos courtesy of Session Nine Photography ~ Phoenix, Arizona

{Project Nursery} Adorable ZOO 1st Birthday Party!

Elle contacted me months ago to help with her son's ZOO themed 1st birthday party. At the time, I was quite busy (as always) to work on a full new theme. Well, I don't think Elle really needed my help, because she did an amazing job on her own!
Check out my full post on Noah's Zoo Party over at PROJECT NURSERY!
I'm in love with this adorable photo banner!

Photos courtesy of Artography by Allie

{Project Nursery} Kate's Pretty in Pink Baby Room!

Today on Project Nursery, I shared my daughter's nursery (two houses ago!), along with some of the inspiration photos I still have saved! Hop over to read the full post & sources!

Click HERE to view my post!

{Project Nursery} My Favorite Blankies (& Babies)!

Good morning, friends!

I just finished up my latest post for Project Nursery!
Read about my own blankie obsession, my kids' favorites and check out my favorite "brand" blankies and Etsy finds!
Tell us about your baby/child's blankets!
We'd love to hear your stories!

What do you think of my "matching" newborn baby photos
with their favorite blankies ~ Barefoot Buddies?
Aren't they sweet?

Please hop over to my Project Nursery post and let me know if you enjoyed it!

For sources for all blankies above, visit the PN post for links!

{Project Nursery} Fabulous NEW Features for 2010!

I am so excited to be continuing on this year as a contributor for Project Nursery! The girls over there are so amazing to work with! They just underwent a complete redesign of the site and it is fantastic! The new design is more organized, easy to navigate and YOU can now upload your own projects, nursery photos & parties in their GALLERY section! It's a fantastic place to share ideas!

What are you waiting for?? Go hop over there and upload all of your fabulous party photos...I know you have some to share! Okay, if not....go over and rate MY PROJECTS!

While you're there, check out TODAY'S POST....my latest!
Ideas inspired by Molly's Vintage Surf Baby Shower coming up this weekend!
Invitations, party circles & fancy labels coming to the SHOP soon!

{thank you to stacy at inkspot workshop for inspiring the woody design!}

Project Nursery: Little Snowflake 1st Birthday Party!

Check out my latest post for Project Nursery!
Little Miss Marley Ava is my best friend's daughter, and I am having so much fun finding fabulous inspiration for her 1st birthday party next month!
Marley's momma, Kristi & I decided on a red & aqua blue snowflake theme!
Here is the invitation I designed for the party!

Who doesn't love a little bling, right?

This printable invitation design, along with party circles, labels & more
will be available in my shop soon!



I can't wait to pull all of these ideas together to help
create a beautiful party for this sweet little snowflake!

For a full list of the inspiration photo SOURCES,
please visit my post at PROJECT NURSERY!

Project Nursery: Little Apple Design Launch!

The girls over at Project Nursery, the fabulous decorating website that I contribute to, just launched a new website offering their services for baby & children's room design, Little Apple Design! The style of the website is oh-so fabulouso! Melisa & Pam provide design services from inspiration boards to full service interior design! Check them out HERE!

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Project Nursery: Le Papier Studio Review (by Me!)

I am a BIG fan of Le Papier Studio, ever since my dear friend, Meredith sent me a personalized silhouette print of my little ones created by owner/designer, Vana! I wrote this post about her work a couple months ago! Vana & I twitter friends, and she sent me one of her new silhouette glass pendant necklaces to review for Project Nursery! It is really adorable and my post went live today! I had a great time looking through all of her fabulous products on her Etsy shop to choose my favorites for the post (above!)

Hop on over to read my review & give us some comment love! :)

Project Nursery: Inky Binky Baby Giveaway!

Project Nursery just posted a GIVEAWAY that I coordinated for a local friend of a friend, who creates beautiful baby products! Audrey's company is called, Inky Binky Baby and she offers a wide variety of fabulous handmade items! When I saw this wipes case, I fell in love and knew that the word needed to be spread about Inky Binky Baby!

ENTER THE GIVEAWAY HERE!

VISIT INKY BINKY BABY HERE!

Good luck!

~Kim

Project Nursery: Cupcake Birthday Inspiration Board!

As you know, I'm a little bit obsessed with cupcakes! I created this Cupcake party inspiration board for Project Nursery, and it posted today! Kate's birthday party last year was cupcake inspired and I think it's the perfect theme for a 1st birthday or any birthday for that matter!

Included of course, on the inspiration board is my Sweet Cupcake Collection,which is available on Etsy!

Find the sources and the full post HERE!

Project Nursery: The Modern Baby Co. Giveaway!

Pop on over to Project Nursery and enter win a FABULOUS baby blanket from The Modern Baby Co.! Contest ends April 3rd, so head on over and enter! Keep it for yourself, or it would make a fab gift for a baby shower!

Isn't that photo AMAZING? The perfect pink wall color, the modern chair, the white curtain with pompoms? Oh, I forgot to mention, the beautiful, sweet sleeping baby?! Fabulous marketing guys!

CLICK HERE to go ENTER NOW!

{photo courtesy of The Modern Baby Co.}

Project Nursery: Lollipop Party Board!

Good Morning! I thought you deserved a sweet treat today!

Check out the latest blog post on Project Nursery! Since the girls at PN coined me their Ultra-Crafty Party Planner Extraordinare (thank you very much :), I decided it would be appropriate for me to start creating Party Inspiration Boards as part of my blog contributions! Naturally, since I've been hunting the web for all things lollipop related for Kate's upcoming party, I collected some fun ideas.

CHECK OUT THE FULL POST HERE

(including where to find everything...including lollipop invitations in my Etsy shop!)

PS. Thank you to PN for officially announcing The TomKat Studio shop!

Project Nursery: Real Room - Retro Chic

It's been awhile since I've written anything about one of my other passions....DECORATING!

Check out this fabulous little girl's room on Project Nursery last week! I love the brown wall with the flowers and butterflies...I wish I could be so bold! Check out more photos and the story HERE!

Project Nursery: Personalized Pillows Post

Check out my latest post on Project Nursery about personalized pillows!
Letter Pillows



{image via serena & lily}

Project Nursery: It's Official!

I was officially announced as a contributor today on Project Nursery! I am so excited to be blogging for them and can't wait to connect with their readers! Yippee! I love their website and blog so I am happy to be a part of it!

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE INTRO "We Love Kim"

CLICK HERE TO VIEW MY FIRST POST "Little Love Bugs Party"

If you have any exciting baby products, fabulous rooms, baby shower ideas, or birthday party ideas, send them to me! I promise you'll get something special from me if your suggestion makes it on Project Nursery!

SUBSCRIBE to Project Nursery on their home page!