A giveaway to celebrate 700 Sales!!

Yippee! My shop hit 700 sales this week! Keeping with tradition it's time for another giveaway...this time up for grabs are 3 packages of our striped straws. New to the shop, they've been quite popular. And I can see why, they are just darling!

The lucky winner gets to pick 3 packages in the color(s) of their choice. Winner will be announced on Friday, May 13th.

TO ENTER -

1. Simply leave a comment after this posting, either include your email address to be contacted if you win, or be sure to check back on Friday, May 13th for the results.

2. Want an extra entry? Become a Pretty Smitten fan on Facebook and leave a comment telling me you've done so.

Thanks, good luck and HAPPY FRIDAY!

Pretty Smitten with Party Straws

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Have you noticed these darling striped straws popping up all over the blogosphere? Well I have and I'm totally smitten. I'm so smitten in fact, that I've decided to now offer them in my shop. I think they are the perfect compliment to our Pretty Smitten Party line.

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For first birthdays, weddings, showers and more...such a fun and whimsical way to dress up your table.

And not just for drinks!

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If you've been browsing in my shop lately you'll notice that these straws are popping up in my party listings.

In our Garden Party...

Our sailor party...

In the Candy Shop...

And in one of our customer favorites, the red wagon party...

And remember, each of these parties can be completely customized....click on any of the parties to see all of our options. You get to pick your theme from a bunch of motifs, or instead choose a monogram....and pick your colors and font!

Straws are available in 9 colors...aqua, grey, pink, green, red, blue, purple, orange and yellow. And for only $4 for 25, they are an inexpensive way to add that pop to your party. Find them here.

Happy Thursday!

Bow-Tie Baby Shower

I came across this ADORABLE baby shower on HWTM the other day and just had to share. This bow-tie themed event was thrown for Jesi Haack to celebrate her new little man. And no wonder it's good...the hostesses have some serious talent....Courtney from Joyful Weddings & Events, Carissa of JL Designs and Melody of Sweet & Saucy Shop were all responsible for this charming shower.

The invitation from Posh Paperie set the tone for the event, featuring the bow-ties at top and their cheery color scheme of mustard yellow, kelly green and baby blue.

And here's another ruffle cake! This one features a fondant bow-tie at top. Seriously cute, don't you think? Bow-tie striped ribbons were tied around mason jars for a fun way to serve drinks. And see that fun striped straw? And remember how I said Pretty Smitten would be offering some new items in 2011? Well that's a pretty big hint :)

The food featured light snacks like these lovely little sandwiches. And darling toothpick flag decorations from Joyful Joyful finished them off.

And Melody from Sweet and Saucy created this amazing dessert table. I absolutely love the use of the milk glass stands and containers.

* All photos from Gabriel Ryan Photography. Beautiful! *

Check out the full posting here for even more pictures and information! I'm loving this theme so much Pretty Smitten might have to add a bow tie to our motif options to do our own take on the 'little man' party...what do you think? These colors are sweet and cheery for a baby shower. But other color options could be great too...what about navy and orange? Or bluebell and papaya? And there's always our favorite bluebell and red. I'm thinking it could be quite cute!!

Happy Friday everyone!