Being the Borquez's: Party Features!

Over the course of the last month Kal-el's Sponge Bob party has been featured on several of my favorite top party blogs! These awesome ladies had such sweet things to say about the party and were super complimentary about the decor and details. It's really an honor for me to be able to make my children's parties as special as possible. I know these first few parties my boys won't have much memory of but I know that looking back at pictures of my own birthday parties always made me feel special and I could always feel the love that went into them. I hope the same holds true for them. I know in a few years they will want more activity type birthdays vs decor type/character centered birthdays so I try to get as many of these in while I can. For any nay sayers that assume parties like this are "for the parents not the child" did not see my sweet child's entire face light up when he walked in the room nor did they hear his raspy little voice lay awake in bed at night and talk about his " birfday party" and how much he loved it for an entire week after his party. Those moments were worth all the hard work and expense. I have to budget in advance to be able to pull these parties off. Again, so worth it. Even if we could of been half way to Disney World on some of these. It's like a mini wedding that now occurs twice a year lol! I don't buy fancy clothes and accessorizes every month. I don't take mini vacations without my babies so this is my area to splurge and its all on them and all with love!
I was very hesitant to even submit this party. For starters. the pictures were all taken by me. Which is how all pictures are typically taken for a birthday but if your submitting to party websites that are very visual they typically require professional photography. Luckily, I have found a wonderful local photographer who is helping to photograph Logan's party in June! Super excited about that! Another reason I was reserved in sharing this party is because it is largely character based. It was a Sponge Bob party after all because that's what Kal-el wanted. Now granted it wasn't a party in a box, there were lots of individual Sponge Bob items and many custom items but it was still a very popular character. I went ahead and made the choice to send them in anyway. I opted not to submit to some of the sites that say they absolutely require professional photography. I didn't want to waste my time or theirs...however I accidentally forwarded my submission to HWTM (Hostess With The Mostess) when I sent the others and was absolutely SHOCKED when they chose to feature it in their top 5 parties of the week feature! That blog/website is huge. They even have more followers than Kara's Party Ideas..who I can't wait to submit to next time :) HWTM actually featured it first so it debuted there. In the weeks that followed it was featured 3 more times. The Party Wagon, Top Party Ideas, and A to Zebra Celebrations all featured Kal-el's Party and just as I type this blog I received a notification for one more feature next week. I'll post that link with the others when it goes up. I'm thrilled with all the positive feedback from some of these major party gurus and the sweet encouraging comments I've received. I'm beyond flattered when others have told me I should start a little business. This is only my 3rd party so I hope to continue to improve with time. I don't mind helping others with their ideas, as a matter of fact I LOVE it but I can't say I'd ever take on anything like this on the side officially. I simply want to make sure I make my very loved little super heros feel very special on their birthdays. I know I did that this year because I got Kal-el's seal of approval...everything else has just been very yummy icing on the cake! Thanks you! ;)