{Real Parties} Monkey Love, Part I: The Dessert Table

The Monkey Love party I styled for my client and friend, Shannon, and the collaboration with Kelly from The Party Dress and WH Hostess was one of my most favorite party experiences yet to date! I have so many fabulous pictures to share with you which I am going to split up between several posts so I don't overwhelm you with pictures and details.

Here are the details on the dessert table!

** Ellen Johnson of Ellen Zilla Photography did a phenomenal job capturing every detail! **

When I first met with Shannon for a walk through of the party space, we needed to determine the best spot for the dessert table. We found the perfect area with a large blank wall that just so happened to fit a 6 ft. table exactly. Initially, we were going to create a fabric backdrop, but instead, I thought it would be fun and different to anchor the space with a bright pink monogram decal in the birthday girl's initials! Shannon wanted to use poms from the beginning, so we hung three on each side of the monogram.

The table was full of scrumptious sweets! The guests were able to choose from macarons in the party colors, cupcakes, white chocolate covered Oreos, rock candy, yellow and pink salt water taffy and gumballs.

The Oreos were precious! We placed the Oreos in mini tulip cups and topped each one with a small fondant banana.

To make the banana stick, a little icing was dabbed on the fondant piece.

Kelly designed so many cute paper goods for this party! On the dessert table, her candy jar tags, cupcake toppers and tent cards were found by each selection along with an adorable flower sticker that adorned the take-home white gable boxes.

To give the table an additional pop of yellow, we filled the rock candy jars with lemon drops first which also served as a candy anchor.

Shannon bought several apothecary jars from Pottery Barn which she can reuse at home and at future parties!

She also fell in love with the pedestals by Rosanna, Inc. and purchased two to be used as cupcake stands. They were gorgeous!

Guests were given white gable boxes, adorned with a sticker by WH Hostess, to fill up with as many treats as they wanted to indulge in!

The next picture makes me laugh! It's always so funny to see the parent's gasp when their child is the first to run up to a dessert table and attempt to start grazing! I was there to let this cute little boy know he could go ahead and dig in. The look on his face is priceless!

Please stay tuned for Part II of the Monkey Love party which will showcase many gorgeous pictures of the party decor! In the meantime, you can visit the party post on Hostess with the Mostess!

Dessert Table Sources:

Paper goods by WH Hostess - cupcake toppers, candy jar tags, tent cards, flower sticker

Monogram Decal - Open Heart Creations

Poms - Party Poms

Mini tulip cups - Hey Yo Yo

White chocolate covered Oreos - The Chocolate Bar

Macarons - Maison Burdisso

Cupcakes - Central Market

Rock Candy - Oh Nuts

Taffy and Gumballs - Bulk Foods

Ribbon - Michael's

Apothecary jars - Pottery Barn

Sqaure cake stands - Rosanna, Inc.

Circle cake stands - Sur la Table

Gable boxes - Palmer Packaging