Root Beer Themed Party Idea

In honor of my dad's birthday I decided to throw him a little root beer themed party! Who says adults are too old for themed birthday parties? ;)

I wanted to get inspiration for the party, so where did I go? Pinterest of course. And I found a couple cute ideas, but the one that stuck out the most was this printable from Rachel at Family Ever After for a Dad's Root Beer Stache party. She did it for Father's Day but I totally reused for my dad's birthday instead.

Remeber the pin wheel craft I did earlier? Yup, those are making a small appearance in this party as well.

I printed out the mustaches and attached them to popsicle sticks with a glue gun. I thought it would be fun to have a couple pictures of the family with mustaches!

Aside from the decor of the party, Ryan thought it would be cool to have the food match the theme. So we did just that! Ryan found this recipe for pulled pork with a root beer barbecue sauce for the main dish. It was pretty easy to put together. You brown the pork in a skillet before putting it in the crock-pot. Then inside the crock-pot you put the pork, a cup of root beer and two onions cut up in small wedges. About 30 mins before the meat is done you make the spicy root beer sauce-sound weird? It's not! Ryan happened to have made the sauce a little spicer than probably intended, but its a good thing we have a family that enjoys spice! ;)

And from a recipe we saw in our Taste of Home Magazine, I baked Root Beeer Cupcakes for dessert. You start with a boxed cake mix and add root beer concentrate {which we found at Walmart}. Then the frosting is simply Cool Whip with some root beer concentrate whipped together. Simple, easy & tasted frothy just like root beer. 

With all that root beer goodness, how did the party turn out? Glad you asked! Here are a couple photos from the blessed event.

The party was a HUGE HIT! My dad really enjoyed the theme and the time with family. YAY.  :o)

Wine Tasting Party

The highly anticipated day has come and gone! I'm so excited to share the wine tasting party that I've been telling you about. It started awhile ago when my friend and I decided to set a date, then I made the trip to Michaels & Total Wine, made the DIY wine sampling cards and we finally got to use them at our party this past weekend!

In addition to wine, each guest was responsible for bringing a dish. If you were responsible for red wine then you needed to bring something heavier and if you had white wine then you brought something lighter. I brought red, so I made little mini pigs in the blanket.  A staple at any party I'm throwing!

Here are some pictures of the festivities that took place:

And here are my filled out wine tasting cards. They worked perfectly and everyone complemented me on a job well done. YAY!

I had an absolute blast hanging out with these fine ladies. It was a lot of fun trying out different wines that I wouldn't have tried ordinarily. There is definitely conversation for the next one and who's place it'll be at. If you have a group of girlfriends, I'd recommend throwing an under/over party! Just make sure it's on a day where you don't have to work the next day. ;)