My younger brother got his mission call for our church recently and I had to throw an opening Where in The World party.
Our 5 older brothers have all been on missions and we are all so extremely proud of him for wanting to go.
I really wanted to make his opening special and a big moment, but not over the top at the same time.
I was expecting it to come on a Friday and it surprised me on a Thursday so I had to hurry things up a bit to be prepared for his Where in The World party.
It’s not super exciting, but it is the only picture I have of what I wore this week and I was out of my sweats!
I love the top, it is super comfy, the sleeves are fun and flowy, and it did a good job of distracting from the pooch that had developed from eating cupcakes during the day.
I’m a stress eater.
And no, I’m not 4 ft tall.
I’m 5′ 2″, shrimpy next to my brother.
I had my great friend Brittany, over at Invite Me, design cupcake toppers and water bottle labels.
My theme for the party was “Where in the World?!” and she did a fabulous job making it all come together.
The cupcake toppers had his name and then The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints was in a bunch of different languages.
My theme for the party was “Where in the World?!” and she did a fabulous job making it all come together.
The cupcake toppers had his name and then The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints was in a bunch of different languages.
I wanted it to be all green and blue {globe looking}
I made the poms or his Where in The World party with tissue from Party City and hung them with fishing wire.
Vanilla cupcakes with adorable blue and green cupcake liners from Michael’s.
My brother ate 3/4 of the rock candy sticks, at least it wasn’t my kids taking them! I had sixlets and M&M’s for snacking. Thank you to my wonderful mother for picking out all of the green and blue M&M’s!
Last minute I found Jones blue and green soda, thank you Bevmo!
Water bottles with flags from different countries as the globe, loved this idea from Britt!
Patiently waiting for Mr. J to get home from work so he could open the letter.
Isn’t he so cute?!
Reading the call, we had speaker phones going to our brothers out of state, and Mrs. H was on video g-chat.
And…for fun, I had everyone guess one state and one country that he could be going to.
My husband won with the guess of Des Moines, Iowa!
We are so excited for my brother to have this opportunity.
We are so excited for my brother to have this opportunity.
The mission is huge and covers most of Iowa, & some of Missouri & Illinois!
This California beach boy is excited to go somewhere new!
This California beach boy is excited to go somewhere new!
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The Comments
Cami @ All Things Lovely
congrats! that is so exciting! What an awesome idea/theme for opening a mission call. I love it
Cami
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Rae
what and amazing party! that’s so exciting for your brother.
love the top, it’s really flattering on you (I empathize with the shortness- I can’t even stand next to my kids anymore, it seems.
Jen
What a cute party!!!And congrats on the mission call!!
Linda Z
Love all the fun party colors and decorations! And I wish your brother well! 🙂
Mindie Hilton
What a great party you throw.
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Aren’t those pom poms a trip to make???? I end up ripping so many haha.
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Silverfaerie
Such a wonderfully put together party. Your brother is one lucky guy 🙂 And I absolutely <3 the pom poms!
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Jodi
Cute top and cute party! Love the theme.
Tanya Anurag
That looks like a fun party… very well coordinated.
Thanks for linking up at Tea Time Thursdays @ Kreative Korner and adding to the fun.
The party for this week is going on… hope to see you there again 🙂
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Becky@Beyond The Picket Fence
So fun and festive–love the colors! Thanks for sharing at Beyond the Picket Fence.
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Sounds like a fun party! Decorations so cute!
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Karima
Hi, popping by to say thank you to you for passing onto me the award, I have now forwarded it on. Karima 🙂 http://www.karimascrafts.com/2011/09/i-received-blog-on-fire-award.html
A Lived in Home
Congrats to your brother! Looks like it was a fun party. Great details. Come check me out- http://www.alivedinome.blogspot.com
Mindie Hilton
Thanks again for linking up, I love your color scheme.
Jen-CraftOManiac
PRECIOUS! what a lovely party to throw. I love this idea, well done. winks-jen
cara valentino
Congrats to your brother. I am a convert to the LDS church…. got to love those missionaries. Wish I could take a few of those young men with me to do some teaching in Nepal. Love the decorations/cute theme!
Cara Valentino
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Heather
i want to copy the name tags on a sucker stick. How did you create those?
Natalie
How did you create the name tags for the cupcakes? Those are adorable. I want to make those, too.
Valerie
I would love to know where you got the missionary name tags? My son will be getting his call in 5-14 days. Thank you
Ingrid Valdes
Hi,
I would like to know how to make the cupcake toppers and water labels. I am preparing my son mission call party opening.
please email me at ingridvaldes17@gmail.com
Thank you