Parties | A Joyful Riot

A Mixed Gender Baby Shower Brunch

April 10, 2019 ·

Light neutrals, earthy elements and texture define this modern mixed gender baby shower. It’s perfect for boy/girl twins, joint showers, or gender neutral parties.

Last summer we welcomed two new babies into our family! Of course Malissa had her adorable little Pierce, and our brother and his family welcomed an adorable baby girl, Averie!

The whole family had planned a trip to our brother’s city a couple of weeks after Averie was born and Malissa was in town and still expecting so we decided it would be the perfect time to have a joint party to celebrate the babies. Malissa had her full-blown shower the weekend before and since there was a newborn present, we kept it to just a small and simple brunch.

Otto’s ONEderful Halloween Carnival Birthday Party

October 6, 2018 ·

This ONEderful halloween carnival birthday party was to celebrate my baby boy turning one and is full of colorful, whimsical, and spooky details!

Now that it’s been almost a whole year, I can share Ottos halloween carnival birthday party! I know I could have shared earlier, but I wanted it to be at a time of year that made sense, so I’ve held onto it for all this time. And, looking at these again after a year was so enjoyable! Planning a halloween carnival birthday party was so much fun and I love how the colorful, and a little bit spooky, decorations turned out.

One thing I wish I could remember better is to take photos of my invitations at the party! I love when I do that, because they fit right in amongst the decor that I picked out to match them. But the invite for this halloween carnival birthday party is available right here and I used the same motif through the rest of the party printables. Since it was a carnival theme, I went with the phrase “Otto is ONEderful!” throughout it because it felt like the kind of phrase you’d see on a flyer for a circus or something, and of course I loved the pun!

My son’s birthday is Oct 17th and honestly, I never thought I’d do the whole Halloween-themed thing for him. But I absolutely LOVE Halloween and my husband and I were planning a Halloween party with our friends for that evening. So, I decided using Halloween decorations for Otto’s beforehand would be fun and versatile to both parties. There was silly puns, potion making, games, a petting zoo, and costumes! Check out all the silly, spooky fun by clicking ‘read more’!

A Floral Pink and Rose Gold Bridal Shower

September 15, 2018 ·

Twinkle lights, s’mores & eucalyptus come together in this dreamy & romantic pink and rose gold bridal shower, perfect for warm summer evenings!

Is it too late in the year to share a summer evening bridal shower?! haha! What is kind of sad about this is that I actually threw it last summer, so yeah like over a year ago… I was waiting for the right time to share it this year but then whoops its already autumn! So I decided to just share it anyway for fear of it being to passe to share next year haha.

What’s good about it though, is like, well, everything. So I’m hoping that the little-too-lateness will be made up for with some dreamy florals, twinkle lights, and food in this pink and rose gold bridal shower!

Modern Tropical 80th Birthday Party

August 6, 2018 ·

This modern tropical 80th birthday party features shades of blue and green, a fab balloon arch, and some subtle tropical elements like palm leaves, pineapples, and coconuts.

About a month and a half ago, our dad turned 80! Can you believe that?! Well, you probably can, seeing as how you barely know us :’D But, if you did, you’d be blown away by that! Our dad is about the age of all our peer’s grandparents. And honestly, in better shape than all of them. (click “read more” to see a pic of him to prove it!).

Every summer, we have a little family time down in Saint George, Utah. We hang out together in a condo for a few days, swim a lot, eat a lot, go see some shows at Tuachan, and basically, just relax! This year, since that was happening only a couple weeks after our dad’s 80th birthday, we decided to throw him a party while we were there!

We were lucky enough to have all of our immediate family together, for the first time in at least 5 years. We have a bit of a mixed family, with some half siblings and step-siblings, 9 kids total. And so we rarely ever see each other all together. We decided this summer was a good time to make that happen and I decided it was a good time for me to finally try the epitome of current party decor trends: the balloon arch!

Adventure Awaits Baby Shower for Malissa’s Baby Boy!

July 14, 2018 ·

Copper, emerald, sage, mint, and lots of greenery make this adventure awaits baby shower classy yet adventurous! A fun adventure theme gets dressed up for Malissa’s expected baby boy!

I am so excited to hop on today and share Malissa’s baby shower we threw for her two weeks ago! (wow how has it already been that long?!) I have so much to share with you–I know our blogging has been…spotty lately to say the least…but hopefully we can remedy that here soon! And I thought, what better way to start than with this Adventure Awaits Baby Shower theme!