REAL PARTIES: LAKERS Birthday Party
categories: real parties, theme parties
Photographer Caroline Tran recently sent over these gorgeous images that she shot of a fabulous LA Lakers-themed 40th Birthday Party designed by the talented Carolyn Chen of The Special Day (whom you might remember from this stunning Gossip Girl-Inspired Bridal Shower).
Party overview from Caroline: “The birthday boy is a HUGE LAKERS FAN!! The entire color scheme was purple and gold, with suspended ornaments over the dinner table, purple & gold flowers, purple & gold linens, a basketball cake, digital scoreboard looking menus… not a detail was missed.
Appetizers were served in cute little spoons and dinner was a 5 course tasting menu that included a beautiful presentation of quail breast on puff pastry. The Photobooth images also printed out in a creative way that coordinated with the theme.”
With the Lakers in the NBA Finals right now, this theme is especially timely… but Lakers fan or not, there’s no denying that those renown purple & gold jerseys inspired a truly stunning celebration for this milestone birthday!
Check out TONS of additional images & vendor resources below…
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Now this is what I call artful presentation… it’s almost too pretty to eat!
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Vendor Credits:
• Venue – Pelican Hill Resort (also provided basketball cake)
• Photographer – Caroline Tran
• Florals – Nisie’s Enchanted Florist
• Linens – Wildflower Linen
• Planner – Carolyn Chen, The Special Day
• Photobooth – Cheesy Photobooths
• Chairs – Chiavari Chair Rentals
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Thanks again to Caroline for sharing this with us! =)
omg, my boyfriend would L O V E this. lol
Jun 9, 2010 at 9:53 am
he’s a huge lakers fan! though i would probably try to make it a little more sports themed/ masculine.This is AWESOME! What a neat way to use color! And I love that the font on Menu looks like a scoreboard
Jun 9, 2010 at 9:53 am
This is gorgeous!!
Jun 9, 2010 at 10:24 amThis is beautiful. Would make a great LSU party as well.
Jun 9, 2010 at 10:50 amone word WOW
Jun 9, 2010 at 11:56 amThe time and patience of the person(s) who put those ornaments up!!! What a lucky guy. Love the festiveness feel of the decorations.
Jun 9, 2010 at 12:39 pmBeautiful!!! Love the ornaments above the table!!
Jun 9, 2010 at 1:24 pmI love the drama of the purple! Especially liek the photo showing the entire table – so great!
Jun 9, 2010 at 3:04 pmThis is a really gorgeous party! Lakers rule!
Jun 9, 2010 at 6:27 pmLOVE this party! Classy yet cool!
Jun 9, 2010 at 8:11 pmWoohoo! Go Lakers!
Jun 9, 2010 at 8:32 pmHi! You might already be aware, but the RSS feed isn’t working. The last post that came through was May 6th. I tried signing up again, but the same post is the last one to show up. I miss my daily htwm!
Jun 10, 2010 at 4:56 am
