Construction Truck Party :: Plan of Action

Hello :)

 

We have been busy cyber monday-ing our little hearts out over here and I am just starting to settle back into a routine after our long holiday.

 

We finally began putting up our Christmas decorations, much to the cat's delight!

 

 

Aside from decorating, we have such a crazy-busy week ahead. It is game time for our construction truck party for our little guy, since the big day is (eek!) this weekend! I have been getting all the details together and DIY-ing my little heart out.

 

Awhile back I did a quick sketch of our party plan of action.

 

This is just when I sketch out some ideas and come up with a basic plan on how I would like the party to look. Often things change as it comes time to actually by things and start putting things together.

 

Having it all out on paper tends to help me plan what I need to make and buy.

 

As far as designing the party is concerned, I typically start with the invitation. From there I tend to build on that design. The invites have been out for awhile now...want to sneak a peak??

I considered doing a box invitation with this but decided to just do a detail on the envelope instead:

 



 

I am so excited to put this party together!!

 

Follow me on instagram: nestling_designs for pics to see more sneak peaks as the week goes on!

 

 

Hope your week started off wonderful as well :)

 

 

xo,

Rachel



Mod Monkey Party :: Plans & Inspiration

Hello :)

 

Before I share the monkey party I threw for Braden last year, I wanted to show a bit of the process of how I got there.

 

As with every party, my first step was to gather inspiration. This party was actually one of the very first Pinterest boards that I created. Here is what I started with:

 

 

All links and sources can be found here.

 

 

Just like I did for the Monster Truck Party and the Care Bear Party, I took my inspiration pictures and created a plan of action:

 

 

 I typically just sketch out some ideas and thoughts, so these drawings aren't always the prettiest or easiest to read.

Drawing it out usually helps me to gather ideas and to see what things will work and what won't.

 



 

 

I promise to have the actual party up on Monday!!

 I was going to try to have it up tonight, but the temps actually broke the 50* mark today for a golden hour of time, so I had to try to finish up a quick DIY project that I have slowly been working on:

 

 

Any guesses as to what they are going to be??

 

 

 

Have a great weekend!

 

xo,

Rachel



Monster Truck Party :: The Plan of Action

Good morning!!

I am super excited to share with you my plans for our Monster Truck Party!

The first picture is the main table; the "dessert table". We are not allowed to hang anything on the walls, so the plan is to have everything put together and assembled beforehand, so that once we are there, all we will have to do is just put everything on the table... easy-peasy, right? :) Wish me luck!

As I have mentioned before, I always draw out out a plan (in this case, it was easier for me to do it on the computer), because it allows me to see what things will look like visually; what will work, what wont. Also, it lets me take inventory on what we need to buy, and what I need to make.

This is my plan for the tables that the kids will be eating at. I tried to come up with ideas that could be assembled at home and just placed on the tables, but still gave a good impact. Again, I do these drawing mostly for my own benifit (as well as allowing clients to visually see my plans), so they are just quick sketches to get my ideas across.

Although I am happy to finally have a plan in place, now that we know for sure where we are hosting the party, it just serves as a reminder of everything I need to get done in ::gasp::: less than three weeks!!

Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday :)

xo

Rachel