Make Merry! Made: Caribbean-inspired birthday party

As promised, I’ve got some cuteness to show you today from a recent event we planned, styled and catered – Eric’s 30th birthday party.

To capture Eric’s love of all things tropical, and to celebrate the balmy weather and ocean breezes of our Florida location, we designed an outdoor party inspired by gorgeous photos of the Compass Point Beach Resort in Nassua, Bahamas.

We found two floral fabrics that worked perfectly with the theme and became the foundation for all the details created for the event. From this inspiration, the design scheme focused on bright, tropical pops of color against oceany shades of blue.

To keep it fun and light-hearted, we designed an invitation around a childhood picture of the birthday boy (conveniently suited up blue & white stripes). From there, the details of a fun children’s party were added to the mix – pool and yard games, water balloons, and gummy candy (Eric’s favorites).

Guests were treated to a display of more childhood photos – hung with twine and decorated with long strands of blue and green capiz shells. At the end of the night, they took home a cute bag of clownfish gummies with a blue & white striped seashell tag.

A piece of the multi-colored fabric was made into a curtain to hide extra drinks and equipment under the bar, and scans of the fabric were turned into custom napkin wraps and festive drink umbrellas. The blue and white floral fabric design was used for menus and signs placed thoroughout the party.

Dinner – with items like tuna ceviche, chilled avocado soup shooters, coconut-crusted shrimp and mojo-marinated fajitas – was piled on oh-so-tropical looking VerTerra disposable plates, and cool, minty watermelon mojitos were served up to beat the heat.

And that’s it! Hope you enjoyed all the caribbean goodness… it was a blast to create.