When Pottery Barn Calls....

You answer! LOL :) Every year Pottery Barn selects only four stylists to participate in their Mystery Box styling challenge. I'm thrilled that Capes & Crowns will be participating this year! Talk about an amazing opportunity. I am more than a little excited about this. Here's how it works. You are sent several boxes of surprise merchandise from Pottery Barn. You get to KEEP these items afterwards! We can stop right there bc thats an award in and of itself right?! You must style a set up with the items. You are allowed to use any items in your home as well as $50 visa gift card thats provided to you for the purchase of additional items you may need. Having to stick with a minimal budget is always a challenge but sense this is for Pottery Barn it will be more clean lines and less fluff so I definitely think its doable! The other big challenge is the theme. Summer cocktails. UGH. I'm not a drinker so I definitely had to do my research. The participants were also allowed to chose between a couple of items on the merchandise list. The few items chosen allowed me to develop a theme (you know how I adore a theme) and I'm going with a coastal/nautical set up. Danielle will be shooting it day after tomorrow in my moms outdoor kitchen. This is a contest that fans can vote on once Pottery Barn posts them on their webpage. It will go live in June so please stay tuned and I'll provide the voting links!!!

 I will go ahead and share one small element of my set up :) I was able to chose which bottle opener I wanted and I chose the adorable little whale. This guy, will call him Barn ;) was where my inspiration took off for my theme. I had Mama Fresh make a cake topper in his likeness! Super cute right!?

Yellow Polka Dot Bikini!

Scooby Doo Inspired Party

 When my oldest son, Kal-El, began to develop a fondness for Scooby Doo I was thrilled. I have to admit that I'm a pretty big fan myself. Not being the type of planner to shy away from a character themes I was so delighted to hear that he also wanted a Ruby Roo birthday party! I was hoping it would go that direction but I always let my little ones chose their themes. I got to work right away and started with the printables. I knew that I wanted very custom illustrations that included all the characters but not I didn't want them to look too commercial. Who else would I call upon other than the amazing Piggy Bank Parties. They did an exceptional job! The color scheme for the party was based around the colors on the Mystery Machine and given the era in the cartoon these was no way that I could forgo the chevron. All of the details, from the custom Scooby inspired desserts to the décor came to together in such a fun way thanks to the help of all my talent ed vendors. Danielle captured the party perfectly and I had one very happy mystery loving four year old!

Concept & Styling : Capes & Crowns
Photography : Danielle McCann Photograhy
Printables : Piggy Bank Parties
Invitation : Timberlys Designs
Table Drop: Linc kids
Mystery Machine Cake :Heather Ryan Foster
Fondant Shaggy & Scooby : Mama Fresh
Multi Color Poms Poms : Simply Nesting
Custom Wood Letters :Cali Dreamin'
Cupcake Stand: Fabracadabra Designs
The Gang Cupcake Toppers :Top Cake Decors
Scooby Cookies : Sugared Hearts Bakery
Scooby Doo Peg Dolls :5 Little Monkeys
Cake Pops : Kreative Pasteries and Cake Pops
Favor Cookies: Sweet Insanity Bake Shop
Scooby Door Hanger : Trunks Creative Crafts
Mystery Machine Yard Sign : CS Cute Crafts