Mustache or Bows Party (a gender surprise party)
I’m excited to share with you how we decided to celebrate this little one with friends and family who knew we were pregnant. We did another gender surprise party, but this time around Ted and I knew beforehand :)
I called it the ‘Mustache or Bows’ party and you can imagine all of the cute possibilities! For our colours I decided against Pink or Blue because (to be honest) they reminded me of my Eisley-girl and our gender surprise party with her, less than a year ago. So I decided on yellow, purple, black and polkadots! Here are “just a few” photos from our party with a few DIY details, for example, the above sign was an old headboard we were going to use for firewood. I painted with yellow and then added chalkboard paint to the middle. I’m also using this for Chase’s 2nd birthday!
Handmade pom poms. LOVE how these turned out! You can find the tutorial for how to make them here.
Paper straws from the adorable little shop; Shop Sweet Lulu.
Guests were asked to wear their guess on them with a mustache or a bow pin. The bows were made from purple scrap fabric and the mustaches made from felt. I spray painted cardboard and used chalk for the words and then pinned the cute little guys on there!
Side note with a funny story: I was excited for how cute the bows and mustaches turned out and I showed Ted, who said awkwardly, “Oh yeah, cute babe.” I later learned from him that he thought the bows were meant to be like bow ties for little boys and that was why he was kind of surprised by the way I made them. He told me he thought I was trying to do like an old school, western-type bow tie. HAHA! I reminded him that not everyone knew the gender and that the bows were representing if it was a girl. Who has pregnant brain now?! ;) (love you babe!)
I loved seeing what everyone chose.
We pretty much had even guesses all the way around! SO fun to see who guessed what!
How did we share the gender this time? I added blue melting chocolate to the cupcakes and then added a little batter on top. The chocolates then sunk to the bottom, so all people had to do to learn the gender was peel back the cupcake liner. :) Super fun!
I made these party trays from two old frames ($2) from a thrift store! I painted them black then added modge podge to the center and laid cute polkadot paper down! I love them and will use them for every party we hold, maybe even BBQs ;)
We did fun little mustache and bow molds! I love that we did the mustaches yellow – I knew it was a boy but I didn’t even plan on the fact that I already have two blondies and might just possibly have another! (Just fyi -you cannot find mustache or bow molds at hobby stores, you’ll have to order them online. I found mine cheapest on Amazon!)
So… Mustache or bow?!? (ya know, in case you missed the cupcake in above photos, hehe) …
{MUSTACHE}
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Your creativity never ceases to amaze me! That is the cutest, most unique party ever! What a fun way to celebrate your littlest boy!
Love everything about this jami! Fabulous job on all the details!
great pictures! you totally captured it!
Such a cool idea! And the cupcakes look SO cute! Kinda too cute to eat! lol
What an incredibly fun idea! Congrats on the news and the party.
When I was pregnant with my first, we didn’t find out the gender. With our second, I found out — but my hubby didn’t want to know. It was agonizing: I’d slip, then have to “slip” again within a few hours to perform reverse psychology. Too funny!
Congrats on Friday Freshly Pressed!
Mikalee
Those pictures really made me hungry! :D
What a great party! I am almost jealous that I didn’t have such a great idea to make a party! :D
Very creative! Congrats on the new little “blue” baby :)
haha this is so much fun and inventive! Congrats of being freshly pressed and most importantly, congratulations on your pregnancy :) Hope all goes well.
Oh my, do you know how to throw a party or what?! Wow…everything you made looks incredible!!
Also, congrats on the baby boy! What a blessing he will be, I’m sure! :) Oh, and congratulations on being Freshly Pressed as well!
awesome and so bright!
Your blog is awesome – lot of creative stuff:)
love it! super cute and creative
What an amazing way to share such great news! Love this idea. So creative and fun the way you got all involved in such a great moment of your lives. Love the photos too. The mood is so obvious with the tones and color. : )
The idea of a “guess the gender party” is so foreign here in Singapore, but I really enjoyed reading/looking through this post from start to finish!
I hope I do crazy awesome things like that too with whomever I start a family with in future! Thanks for sharing your family affair online…. and now it’s ended up on freshly pressed :P
Congratulations! And such a cute and special way to celebrate! Love the decorations and the chocolate bows and moustaches! :) And congrats on being freshly pressed too! :)
Congrats on being FP! Very creative way to annouce the gender – like all the touches for the party. Congrats on your new bundle of joy.
Wish we had done something this creative to announce the genders of our children. I thought making a big cookie with blue or pink icing was a great idea. Nothing compared to your party. Bravo.
What a completely adorable idea (( and who doesn’t love a good party anyways )). Your decorations & ideas were the cutest.
All the best to your new blue moustache :)
Cheers! MJ
How cute & original!!! Congrats on being prego & Freshly Pressed!
That was a great idea. So creative. Sorry for your lost last year…but congrats on your little boy. :0)
Great pictures, and congratulations!
-GD
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I love this idea! And the spread and decorations are just too cool!
what a great site this is Love it!!!
WooooooooW!!!
Every man would love a moustache of those not to save themselves everyday :)
This is adorable. What creative ideas! I love the mustache lollipops.
That looks like so much fun!
I love the idea behind the party as well, very creative indeed:-)
Regards
-Viktoria-
Wow, you’re so creative! What an adorable way to reveal the gender of your new little one. Congratulations for your little boy, and congratulations on being Freshly Pressed :)
Why didn’t I think of this! Such a cute idea… and great pictures! :)
Love the frame-trays!!! (and everything else too of course, great party!) :D
What a wonderful idea!! And a huge congrats on being freshly pressed!!
Very cute. A good friend of mine just did a moustache party as her graduation party!
very creative! those pictures really make me hungry… haha!!!!
What a fun idea. I’d love to go to a party like that! Oh and congratulations.
This is so cute!! You are very artistic and creative! Your children are blessed :)
Congrats on being freshly pressed!! Cheers!
Wow. Can I have one of the cupcakes? Seems so tempting, you know. Great pictures. :)
you got cool brains. nice work dreaming this party up, carrying it out, and capturing it in such an awesome way.
This is awesome!!! I enjoyed reading this a lot… you are very creative. Keep it up!
This is sweet. Except that in India , you can’t have this party because the gender will never be disclosed to you by the doc before the delivery. Anyway, have fun with the kids. Just in case you didn’t know and presuming you like her, you look a lot like Lily from “How I Met Your Mother”.
The photographs are lovely! So interactive and colorful!
That looks like so much fun!
Congratulations for … you know what! ;)
wow. this is indeed very innovative and fun idea for a party! Loved everything about it!
So fun! Sounds like a great party. And congratulations on your little man. :)
congratulations ,, that is so lovely :)
Congrats on the baby boy!!!!! I love the whole idea and really love how creative you were with everything. I can’t believe you made all that stuff. Great Job!
I love your creativity and how you plan out your party so well, with color shemes and attention to detail. Your cupcakes looked amazing and i must try that chocolate idea out one day. Your photos are beautiful!
awesome! great ideas! congrats!!
how fun!!!
This party was probably so much fun! Congrats!
This is so damn cool! You’re very creative – kudos for that! I can just imagine every parent doing something like this every time a new baby comes along! It would be helluva fun! :)
I always love a random idea that takes a twist on the same ‘ol concept that can be as dry as well, it’s just dry, but very good job! Hope the party was a success and good luck on your baby!
Very creative!
Those cupcakes are truly beautiful! Congrats on Freshly Pressed. I read some of your other posts, I like the way that you write and your honesty, It’s very inspiring. x
wow this is so creative! I love it :)
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Wow! Awesome party!!! Everything is just so perfect!!
This must a Favorite stop for all Mustache lovers fine blend of photos arranged in excellent manner.
Really creative :)
Really nice idea and great pictures! And the cupcakes look really tasty! Definitely keep it up!
I love all the crafts, and cupcakes, and everything you made for the party. It’s very creative and fun!
Very artistic, innovative and fun party. Purple and yellow together makes a unique, beautiful combo, almost vintage with a twist. Congrats.
I really love the amount of effort you put into this party to make it absolutely amazing! I have a hostess inside of me that will never die and can NEVER be suppressed, so when I see someone going all out like this it warms my heart :) My best wishes!
First, congratulations! Second, awesome blog! Third, cool party! Fourth, terrific craftiness!
I found your blog through the WordPress home page….
Love love LOVE this party theme! I am *so* going to copy it! :)
What a great idea!!! I love the “wear your guess” idea. I will definitely be referencing you for my friends baby shower!
Thanks!!!
Xo
Jen
Love your blog! Congrats on the baby! I will totally be using the cup cake idea!
Your party looks like so much fun! I saw some of those paper pom-poms the other day at a local store and couldn’t believe the price. I thought to myself, “Surely I can make these myself and for a lot less.” Yours turned out so pretty! Thanks for the link to the tutorial.
Congrats on your news and love your creativity!
very creative, great pics.
Gorgeous! You are so talented :)
What a lovely blog! I love the colour scheme of purple and yellow muted tones, very effective!
Amazing photos!
what an amazingly creative woman you are! What fun, too.
Fantastic! :)
This is so awesome; I love creatively themed parties! You did everything so well :)
Added you to my blogroll :)
That is, without a doubt, the coolest and most creative party I have ever seen! It does give me an idea for my sweet sixteenth though… he he he. :P
Thanks for sharing!
Congrats on being freshly pressed!!! This shower is Bing-Bang Awesome! I’m swooning.
Toni
Such a lucky family to have such a creative, open and positive mommy – Congratulations!
Poppin over from Ohdeedoh. FABU idea and nicely styled. Now I wanna have another baby so I can do this. {p.s. pinning your post and adding you to my reader now.}
OmG!! that is so cute!! absolutely love the theme!!
Excellent read, I just passed this onto a colleague who was doing some research on that. And he just bought me lunch since I found it for him smile So let me rephrase that: Thanks for lunch!
Congrats on your baby boy! And love the crafts especially the trays made from old picture frames!!!
wow, amazing, I love it
i’ve enjoyed checking out your blog. i love your openness in sharing all the stuff you’re dealing with, and all your creative projects too. i’m sorry for you loss, and i hope this past week has brought continued healing for you and your family. i found your blog when i was google-ing “pink or blue” gender parties, and *unfortunately* i also came across another blog that the so-called writer totally high-jacked all your photos and info from this post. it’s pretty creepy (and sad). i don’t want to post the link here, b/c i don’t really want to drive lots of traffic to her site. but i’d be happy to email you the link if you’d like to contact her. i guess you’ll have my email when i leave this comment. feel free to contact me. :) –amanda