a paris fete | pink princess birthday

We helped this four year old celebrate in style...and since we're currently working on her 5th bday we thought we'd get around to sharing her fete photos!

She wanted a princess party, but since we like to do things different, we decided to drop in a little french flair. From the custom invites to the beautiful lunch table settings, we made this little mademoiselle smile!




We created a custom banner, with a happy birthday wish, in french. Then we worked with Just a Mom Confections to create these beautiful Eiffel Tower cookies for favors for our guests and even got a french mime to entertain the kids.








And then we finished up the party with a fun pink Eiffel Tower topped cake!




to view see more snapshot from the paris party, visit us online staceyandcompany.com

Let the planning begin!

I'm so excited for all of the fun I'm going to have this summer & fall.

I've been meeting with lots of brides, grooms, mother's of the bride, etc. and I'm getting very excited about all of the possibilities. Lots of great ideas and some really amazing venues - ones I've worked at before (St. Francis & One Fort Mason) and new spaces that I'm hoping to get to work at (Cavallo Point Lodge & The Flower Conservatory)

I'm super excited because lighting is going to be a big part of these events and lots of color. Plus I'm getting the chance to help them design their events as well as their invitations.

Can't wait for Envelopments to launch their new papers so I can get busy working them into the mix!




Went to an amazing event at Gumps yesterday with a good friend and long time client. We saw some beautiful table ideas and got to taste yummy cake from some old friends at I Dream of Cake. One of their cakes was my favorite of the day. It was so different and unique and it didn't even look like cake, but let me tell you it was soooooo moist and delicious!!! PET PEEVE: beautiful cake that is dry. no good!

I also found out a favorite cheese cake vendor now does cake cake, too. Elegant Cheesecake was so kind to send us home with a mini cake in our swag bag! My hubby thanks them too as I let him have half.

Look out, my enthusiasm and excitement might wear off on you!

Bloggin' from the road - can't wait to see if I can get this up and running

hey little monkey | 2nd birthday bash

what to do with a high energy two-year-old little girl? why a monkey-themed gymnastics party of course! this party was a blast to pull together with some already created elements from a party store, we took it to the next level. we started with a custom illustration of our birthday girl which captured her spirit to a tee.







we used the wall clings we found as part of the party collection to to decorate the room along with oversize photos of the birthday girl in her custom made outfit from KIDS' CLOTHES 'N BIG OL' BOWS (KCBOB). we also used coordinating balloons and streamers to jazz up the birthday room at the local YMCA.






next we worked with 'just a mom confections' to created some very sassy and cute monkey cookies. we baked and decorated coordinating cupcakes and made kid friendly lunches, including PB&J sandwiches. we even made little labels on the sammies so a few kids that had special sandwiches knew which ones were theirs. then we packaged everything up in coordinating favor boxes that we used as lunch boxes.

we think the party was a swingin' from the trees success!

1st birthday butterflies

we've been working with these twin girls since they were born (we did their birth announcement) and we're so excited to get the call to do their 1st birthday party. we worked with mom to brainstorm some ideas that would allow us to have 'two' elements on the invite that were the same item, yet individually different. voila!

we worked with our new offset print house to print these invites on crisp white linen paper as a 5x5 four color piece. the pinks were soooo vibrant and beautiful.

next we worked with just a mom confections to design custom sugar cookies. she bakes and decorates the cookies to match the invitation we've designed. and guess what? they are the most delicious cookies too!! once they were bagged and tied with ribbon we could not believe just how cute they were.

the ox rocks | red egg and ginger

we love trying new things! this is our first red egg and ginger party invitation...and are client thinks "it is totally perfect, exactly what we wanted - a nod to tradition but still unique and fresh!"




red egg and ginger parties have their origins in ancient chinese culture. as in other countries, infant mortality rates in china were quite high prior to the medical advances of the twentieth century. a baby who reached one month of age was likely to survive, and so the event was celebrated. today the party is usually held within the first 3 months after the baby is born as a way for the proud parents to introduce their latest addition to friends and relatives.

guests attending red egg and ginger parties bring gifts. lysee or "lucky money" in red envelopes is often given to baby boys, while girls may receive expensive jewelry. the guests don't leave empty handed, either. the parents hand out red-dyed eggs, symbolizing happiness and the renewal of life.

ahoy maties | a purple pirate birthday

we got a call from a very excited mother of a soon-to-be 6 year old who wanted a pirate girl party. we quickly jumped right into the action planning a party complete with invites, a treasure hunt and booty bags!

the invitation includes:

- customized illustration of pirate girl

- high end backing cardstock and envelope

- festively printed guest mailing address on envelope

- pirate girl sticker seal

who says pirates are only for boys? arrrrrrgghh!

crisp green apple | wedding invitations

we LOVE it when clients come to us with visions and ideas but have NO idea how to pull things together.

such was the case with these invites. our bride knew she wanted brown and blue worked into the palette and also wanted to use a custom apple illustration that a friend illustrated for her based on a pillow she had seen in a magazine.

put it all together and what do you get? these fresh and sweet yet modern invites.

we designed an invitation, reply card and directions insert and printed everything for our client. she choose our DIY (do it yourself) design package, so she glued all of the pieces together.

she also provided us with her guest list so that we could custom print the guest's mailing address on the envelopes to match the fonts used on the invitations.

another successful collaboration!

welcome little monkey

a client asked us to help with some cookie favors for a baby shower. we think the little sock monkey and colored sugar cookies in a basket looked too cute to eat!

woo hoo! look out world here comes stacey & company

well i'm more excited that i have been in a long time...as i have just signed an agreement to be a featured vendor on martha stewart weddings!

check us out:
http://tools.marthastewartweddings.com/biz/stacey-company-pinole/83f28a064ec3a78b.html

Seize the day!

So I keep saying I'm going to do it....but today is the day. I will BLOG!

This week I'm very excited to be getting ready for two awesome weddings in the city - only issue is the bridge closer. But I KNOW it will not be a problem.

More to come...

big top birthday fun

we're always excited to get calls from our long time clients. they are so used to working with us that they just call up, give us the event details and say, 'how about a circus theme?'

we got our wheels turning and we LOVE this new design - the lift up tent front is just too cute!

the tent colors can be customized for any birthday boy or girl's favorite colors. we chose pink and red as a nod to the popular colors of february!

let the big top circus birthday fun begin!

stacey & company

happy new year!

woo hoo! we made it through the holidays and we're excited to say we got to work on some really fun projects. (check back for more details) 

our new favorite thing is a 'happy new year' greeting. just think how exciting it is to get a beautiful card in the mail just AFTER christmas...just when you thought all the fun mail (not bills) is over....you get a little package of love!

and just in case you want to hear what our client had to say about her design:

Stacey- I can't tell you how many people absolutely loved our New Year's cards! You really listened to what I wanted and made it happen. And, to top it all off, it is a true original. Thank you! - Gina

happy new year!
stacey & company

cupcake class

i few months ago i took an awesome cupcake class at sur la table and learned how to make some really fantastic cupcakes that look super crazy complicated but with some tricks are not that hard!

take a peak and let me know what you think!

Welcome!

hi friends!

i've been meaning to do this for some time....but i'm now finally getting to it! i've created this space to share ideas i have about event planning and design super fun parties. i just finished up an AWESOME kids party yesterday (with lots of help from my friend joanna) and i want to be able to share some of the great stuff i found and links to favorite site!

hopefully i can make this a habit so i can keep sharing!