{Real Party} Neighborhood Ice Cream and Lemonade Social

Welcome Summer!!!  Last year, we started a tradition of hosting a neighborhood ice cream social on the Friday that school ends as a way to kick off summer in a fun way.  It is also a great way to reconnect with your neighbors that you have not seen all winter long :) 

This year's theme was centered on two of summer's greatest - ice cream and lemonade!  I worked with Carli of Dimple Prints again for the printables for the party.  Her lemonade and ice cream printables made the party fabulous and provided a great color scheme.  I LOVED how they turned out.  So here is a picture overload post again :)  I will try to put all the vendor information at the end.

Vendors and Supplies:

• Printables:  Dimple Prints
• Grace's Pink Lemonade Shirt - JosieKatsTrunk on Etsy
• Ethan's "Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy" Shirt - Vicarious Clothing on Etsy
• Lemon coasters and cut outs - Target Dollar Section
• Bunting on the front of the tables - Target
• Pink and Orange boxes for Ice Cream Bubbles - Target
• Ice Cream Bubbles - Walgreens
• White Ruffle Table Cloth - Sweet Tea and Linen on Etsy

Thank you so much for looking!  I hope you all have a GREAT summer!

Honeycomb Ice Cream Cones

I'm back with another recycled party decor idea.  Still party prepping for our Ice Cream and Lemonade Social. 

A while back, I came across these adorable honeycomb paper ice cream cones.  I can't remember for the life of me what party printable dynamic duo made these, so if you remember, please let me know so I can give them proper credit.

I have a TON of these honeycombs leftover from Grace's Enchanted Prom Party!

 

Here is what I came up with for my recycled honeycomb ice cream cones (notice the paper lemon on top if you can - my attempt to tie in the lemonade theme as well!)  (You'll have to excuse the pics - it is windy, windy, windy here!)

 

My paper cone is probably not the best, but hey, ice cream cones aren't perfect :)  Thanks for looking!

Paper Pom Ice Cream Sundaes

We are getting ready for our 2nd annual neighborhood ice cream social.  We had so much fun at last year's gathering that we had to do it again!  See pics here.

This year, our theme is ice cream and lemonade - two of summer's best treats!  See our awesome invite here from Dimple Prints.  And this year, we are celebrating on a budget!  In an attempt to be economical, I am using my stash of party decor.  As I was going through leftover party decor, I came across these small paper poms from Grace's Enchanted Prom Party.



I also had these poms from our Halloween party:


Adding a few lemon stickee notes from a lemon stickee pad of paper I found from Target in the dollar aisle, and placing them in an ice cream sundae container from the dollar store, here is what those poms now look like:

Now that's party decor on a budget!  Thanks for looking!

Welcome Summer with an Ice Cream and Lemonade Social!

Happy Memorial Day!  What a beautiful weekend here in Wisconsin!  We could not have asked for better weather to get out and celebrate our heroes.  We spent the weekend with our close family and friends and feel truly blessed to be able to do so.

In the meantime, I am getting ready for our 2nd annual neighborhood ice cream social.  Again, with the talented Carli from Dimple Prints, we are creating a memorable event for the neighborhood.  This year, we are going with a twist - an ice cream and lemonade party!  What says summer more than ice cream AND lemonade!

We had a neighborhood rummage sale last weekend and my daughter and her BFF neighbor had their first ever lemonade stand.  They only had been asking for it since March :)  They were quite the saleswomen - even convincing a local police officer to buy a few cups.  (You'll have to excuse the pics - it was a little sunny!)

 (Yes, my neighbor and I baked all goodies - including cake pops of course!)

So, with a successful lemonade stand under their belts, we are all set for our ice cream and lemonade neighborhood social to kick off summer.

This invite from Carlie of Dimple Prints could not be better for our theme!

I can't wait to show you more of the party prep!  Lots of ways to recycle previous party goods :)

Thanks for looking!