real parties: ride 'em cowboy!

Danielle of Belleza e Luce sent me the sweetest vintage cowboy she created for son’s birthday. She was inspired to create an entire set with the feel of Disney’s Frontierland and Toy Story’s ‘Woody’s Roundup’.  She and her family obviously worked like crazy to put this together- they spent nearly a week designing backdrops of old west buildings and scouring flea markets to look for décor.  Clearly their hard paid off- what an incredibly fun and entertaining event!  Below are some more party details in her own words...

{images via belleza e luce}

Hay bales with flannel blankets were used as seating for the guests and burlap covered the tables with delicate yellow flowers in cans, lanterns, and jugs creating the tablescape.

Every child found a cowboy hat, bandanna, and sheriff’s badge at their seat upon arrival.  They also received a stick horse which they used in the “Camptown Race” and also to chase the bandit (my children’s uncle) and send him to jail.

Grub included a typical cowboy’s feast of hot dogs, chili, fried chicken, baked beans, barbecue ribs, trail mix, and pulled pork served on tin plates (aluminum pie plates).   Guests were able to wet their whistle with choices of sangria, iced tea, and sarsaparilla.

For the dessert table, I wanted to create the feel of a general store.  We offered old-fashioned candies and sweets including gold nugget gum, taffy, licorice (aptly named cowboy lassos), root beer barrels, butterscotch sticks, and cow tails.  Additional goodies included individual apple cobblers served in mason jars, cookies and of course cake created by the extremely talented Elyse of By Little Hands.

Before the guests saddled up on their horses to head home, they received favors of barbecue sauce and the children, muslin sacks filled with old-fashioned toys.