Vintage Cowboy Party

So this would have to be a new favorite party, I originally wanted a Cowboy Party which was based on the present I had gotten Brody months ago, and after consulting my favorite site which is http://www.thetomkatstudio.com/ they customized some boy versions of their girl Vintage Cowboy Designs, so things just grew. With the colour scheme, which I wanted Blue, Red, Cream and Chocolate Brown as I think these are really cool boy colours and just work so well together. I had sourced a couple of original Western Magazines from 1961 which were straight from Texas U.S.A would you believe so when these arrived I could not wait to frame them and they had a double meaning as I only wanted them for the front cover and they are quite thick magazines so the rest of the magazine were for my Grand Father (the kids Great Grandfather) who loves all things Western. These frames turned out fabulous and are perfect for their other purpose also which is another post.

The idea for the back drop came at the beginning when I though it would be great to try and re-create either the back of a Western Wagon or have a Salon type effect, so began the sewing of that and design, which turned out super easy to make.

Just loving the new Wagon Pop I came up with at the spare of the moment which has now been made in a girl version which I will make my next post, along with more details on how to make them. Originally it was just going to be Wagon Wheels on a nice serving platter after a good friend Katie suggested adding them to the party, so when it came to making some cake-pops I thought why not add a lollypop stick and do a candy clay label with a print, and whalla, perfect. Along with some nice packaging which I had, it made them even better.

The cake which I wanted just simple with our favorite Sponge, Jam and Cream filled with Buttercream frosting and the Cowboy on a Horse which I found at the beginning of course.

So we were very happy with how it turned out and now onto next party and am working on some new little treats for the next party which I think will turn out quite well.

A fabulous idea I sourced from my favorite people

Came together wondeful with the TeePee Birthday present

The fabulous Collage of pictures created by Niki

Good old fashioned Caramel Popcorn

Cowboy Cookies which the kids took home to make themselves

Gold Rush - Aka Hershey Gold Caramels

Rawhide Refreshments

Yee Haw Sandwichs

Did I mention I also had fun searching for Cowboy saying and believe it or not I actually found a website with a Cowboy / Western Dictionary, Amazing what you can find.                                                                              

So onto the next party and lucky I have a bit more time to plan and get underway, but already started with a few things as I get so excited and go with what I find or with what comes to me.