August september 2013 baby lifestyles magazine

Baby Lifestyles Summer 2013 Magazine

Baby Lifestyles LAUREN HALPERIN Publisher, Creative Director

TARA STEINLE Managing Editor

ELLEN FELDMAN, BETH MERAN Contributing Editors

LOLA STEEVENS Sales Director

AUSTIN “Mr. Z” RAPPAPORT Website Architect

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We Heart Contributors

Bia Schaefer Featured not once but twice for her beautiful photography of baby celebrations. A sweet tea party and an underwater fantasy first birthday party showcase what an incredible eye for detail Bia has.

Emily Ku Showing off one of the most luxurious baby showers we’ve seen, Emily shot this lavender “bath time” themed baby shower at the fabulous Four Seasons Hotel.

Alissa Melody

Colleen Salmans

Nothing says summer time like Baby showers at home can sometimes seem homely. Alissa setting up a lemonade stand. shows how the right view behind Colleen took some gorgeous photographs of some little ones the lens makes an amazing enjoying a day the perfect baby shower fantastic forever summer drink. in photographs.

Jessica “Jaye” Kogut

Jessica Apple

Think of being little in the The best baby celebrations are summertime and being enterthe ones with meaning behind them. Having a baby christening tained by balloons and beach balls. This elegant child is one of the most beautiful photography shoot shows moments in their life and their the simple pleasures of playing parents. Jaye shares this one in the sun. of an adorable little man.

Leslie Simmons

Stefanie Harrington

Taylor Whitham

Doubling her pleasure, Leslie both planned and shot an incredible pastel hot air balloon themed second birthday party for her twin daughters. Get ready to be lifted up and away at this breathtaking spread.

Stefanie reminds us why newborn photogrpahy shoots should take place at home. So parents can also show off the details of their baby’s nursery that they’ve poured their love into.

Four! This golfer in training celebrated his first birthday party on the 18th green with a quick round before smashing his birthday cake for a hole in one.

Paisley’s Princess Room

When Heather purchased her home, she envisioned from the first day that this room would one day be a nursery. It now belongs to her daughter Paisley and incorporates the rest of her home's style with a soft color palette and crisp ivories and whites.

"I have always loved birds and how small and delicate they are, yet they can do something that we all wish we could: fly. I have known for years that if I ever was blessed enough to have a girl, I would want to incorporate the aspect of birds into her room details."

Heather found one element to fall in love with an built the room from there. She chosethe Kravet fabric on the pillow in her glider. "I saw the fabric in a magazine and poured over the Internet trying to find someone who sold it. When I did, I had it made into a pillow and just let the color theme flow from there."

Heather loves the way the crib looks antiqued and adores the little stone birds she found in a boutique shop on The University of Oklahoma’s campus. "It’s also a shop right next to the coffee house where my husband I had our first date in college."

Paisley loves her Aden + Anais sleep sack and adores her little A+A blankie so Heather knew she wanted a crib sheet made with the same material. Aden + Anais have several solid shades, so she chose a shade that matched the Carousel Design items and it fit right in.

"Paisley’s Mimi, my Mom, made a little ivory canvas with her name in wooden letters and I found an old side table in a family storage unit that we painted to match the crib.

I also took some Nancy Drew books that I could never put down when I was younger and wrapped them in blue paper to tie in with the room and put them in a book rack on the nursery wall. I know she is much too young to read them now, but I hope someday that she gets as much joy from them as I did.�

"Besides my treasured books, I also had a beautiful mirror growing up that I was absolutely in love with. I took it with me when I first got married and it hung in our bedroom for a few years. When Paisley was born, we put it in the nursery and I love it and all the memories it brings back to me."

Heather's advice to other moms: find one element that you are absolutely in love with or that has sentimental meaning to you and build the room around it. "Never try to copy someone else exactly, make it your own and a reflection of your family, that way it will always be unique to you and that baby will always know that their room is truly something special and designed with love."

Modern Maison

By Stefanie Harrington

Caroline Grace’s Lovely Estate

The Royal Room

1. Art Herringbone pattern @ Layla Grayce; 2. Armoire by AFK @ Available upon request; 3. Sovereign Chandelier in White @ Posh Tots; 4. Nara Glider by Babyletto; 5. AFK Crade @ Available Upon Request; 6. French Panel Crib Upholstered Applique Versailles @ Available Upon Reqeust; 7. Crown Rhinestone Knob @ Posh Tots 8. Petite Lapin Highchair

Summertime Summertime Lemonade Lemonade Photography Photography by

by Colleen Colleen Salmans Salmans

Baby Vincenzo's Christening Pictures by Jaye Kogut Photography

Bubbles and Balloons

By Jessica Apple Photography

Around the World to Portugal We traveled all the way to Portugal to find Joana Nascimento of Comcha Parties to see what the baby shower and first birthday party trends are across the Atlantic!

Baby Lifestyles: Where do you find your party inspiration?

Joanna: Our inspiration starts with the personality and tastes of our clients.

favorite ways to add spice to party dĂŠcor?

Joanna: So many. We defend that the details make all the difference. We love to use flowers, to choose the approBL: How much influence priate tableware and all those should an invitation have for a graphic elements specific for party’s theme or colors? each event.

Joanna: The invitation is a preview of the BL: How do you party. It should feel about DIY transmit the projects in parconcept that is ties? What are going to be some of your fapresent in the vorites to do? event.

Joanna: We are starting to use some DIY elBL: What are ements. We have some of your

recently made some cups for tealights using a kind of a lace and loved the result. The trends in Portugal know are decorated cookies and paper flowers.

BL: What are some of your favorite parties you have thrown and why? What did you love about each?

Joanna: The are two parties that have marked us. One theme was Angry Birds. We loved to see the look on the boys faces that usually don't

pay so much attention to these details, just looking at the details with the characters they like dazzled. The other one was one theme ballet. It's every little girl’s dream, everything pink and very romantic.

BL: What’s the best part about creating desserts for parties?

Joanna: Imagining the desserts by colour.

BL: Are dessert tables popular in Portugal?

Joanna: Yes, in the past year

we have seen the concept of sweet table design has increased very much in Portugal.

BL: What’s your favorite and least favorite thing about dessert tables?

Joanna: I love all the details, the symmetry, the usability of everything used individually.

The least thing is when I see that people are not eating just to not spoil the table.

of the party?

Joanna: With the food, but also with the decorations and colors of the party BL: Desserts come in trends, like the cake pop for instance.

What is the dessert you must have on your table in Portugal?

Joanna: Macarrons. They are becoming more and more popular every day.

BL: How do you incorporate BL: What trends do you see in dessert tables into the theme baby showers? In first birthday

parties in Portugal?

Joanna: Decorated cookies are really big right now. And clients are asking for personalized chocolate bar wrappers to match the theme.

BL: What’s the best party planning advice you ever got?

Joanna: To think of several different activities for the children to do. If you only have one set aside for them, they might like it. It’s always good BL: What trends are on their to have backup. way out?

Joanna: Very elaborated BL: What advice do you offer cakes. I believe the trend now your clients in the proces of is to preserve the classic format planning their party? of a cake with a light touch of Joanna: Schedule the steps the theme of the event. I see of the planning as much as many more cakes that are just possible and always keep colored than highly decorated. calm!

Tee Time

By Taylor Whit

on the Green

tham Photography

Summer Photography Showcase

Photo Photo by

by Apple Apple Rose Rose Photography Photography

Photo by Blee Photography

Photo by Cary Diaz Photography

Photo by Images in Light

Photo by Daydream Weddings

Photo by Eli Photography

Photo by Laura Hernandez Photography

Photos by Laura Matthews Photography

Photo by Sandy Le Photography

Photo by POPography

Bath Time Baby Shower

By Emily Ku

Photographer: Emily Ku Photography Planner: Little Posh Parties Venue: Verandah at Four Seasons Las Vegas Flowers: Enchanted Florist Cake: Peridot Sweets

Under the Sea Fantasy

By Bia Schaefer Photography

Big Dreams Baby Shower

By Alissa Melody Photography

A Shabby Chic Tea Party

By Bia Schaefer Photography

Vintage Hot Air B

By Leslie S

Balloon Fantasy

Simmons

Photographer Leslie Simmons had so much fun planning her twins' second birthday. She couldn't wait to decide what theme she should choose for the party and one of her favorite ideas was a vintage hot air balloon theme. By making the floating orb theme vintage inspired, Leslie could incorporate the pastel colors she loves like pink, yellow, and light blue.

Leslie used a good friend who is a graphic designer to help design the hot air balloon themed invitations. Once finalized they were printed on watercolor paper.

e first piece of decor Leslie designed was the dessert table and branched o from there with details and decor. "I gave the idea and color scheme and invitation to my cake decorator and knew she would come up with something amazing! I love how the hot air balloons cascade up the cake and are also attacked by the string of flags!" Her father in law designed little wood baskets to hang on the Chinese lanterns to create gorgeous hot air balloons to go over the cake table.

Leslie also served delicious cake pops floating over marshmallow clouds in basket-esque tins she found at Michael's. “I also gave the invitation to the cookie designer and she nailed my vision for hot air balloon cookies and cloud cookies.�

We had the party in our backyard so we brought in a tent. I ordered Chinese lanterns of all sizes to hang from the ceiling of the tent to mimic the idea of hot air balloons. We put the sides on the tent and had a craft table ready for the kids and we were going to work with it. We had a bounce house and huge inflatable ball for the kids entertainment!

We had hot and cold paninis, potato salad, chips as well as pizza for the kids. ere was also pink lemonade for the kids and sangria for the adults. Everyone had a blast!

Photo by Ann Keen

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