Details:<\/div>\n\u2018Tis the season for tailgating. How do you honor a football fanatic on the occasion of his 60th birthday? By surprising him with the biggest football themed tailgate party of his life, complete with gridiron goodies from some of the most talented dessert artists around. Of course some of the best graphic designers were also recruited to design the invitation, party printables and coordinating banner. Fabulous vendors were called upon for packaging, party favor and display needs.<\/div>\n
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We kicked off our event with a custom invitation designed by Anders Ruff Custom Designs<\/a><\/strong>. They scored big with their incredible design work, which set the stage for a crowd pleasing surprise event. The honoree\u2019s college alma mater is Brigham Young University (BYU)\u2013home of the Cougars. Anders Ruff Custom Designs was sure to capture the team colors and college logo perfectly!<\/div>\n
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Guests arrived to our event on the afternoon of the biggest BYU rivalry game of the year! That evening, the BYU Cougars would host their cross-city rivals, the Utah Utes. Our honoree\u2019s immediate family all had custom designed matching navy and white team shirts with Cougars on the front and PRICE and 60 on the back (the last name and age of our guest of honor). <\/div>\n
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Guests \u2018signed in\u2019 on mini printable footballs (courtesy of Shindig Parties to Go<\/strong><\/a>) where they were able to write their name and a little birthday message on the back. They could then tack up their birthday wishes on our football field banner, created by Ryan Murray of The RPM Studio<\/strong><\/a>.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
Guests sat down to tables outfitted to look like a piece of the football field itself. Astro turf was cut to fit<\/span><\/span> round tables. White ribbon and die cut numbers were glued on to look like yard lines and markers. Centerpieces were made from coordinating college logo balloons, gift bags, pom poms, footballs and coordinating candy. Each place setting was designed using eye-catching printable designs from Shindig Parties to Go. Notice the custom \u201c60\u2033 water bottle wraps, napkin rings and coordinating pennant straw flags.<\/div>\n
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A delicious lunch was served buffet style with menu items like: <\/div>\n
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Hail Mary Honey Bacon Club Sandwiches<\/div>\n
Face Mask Fruit Salad<\/div>\n
Chips to Cheer For<\/div>\n
Buttonhook Baked Beans<\/div>\n
Sideline Salad<\/div>\n
Jumbo Jello cups<\/div>\n
Shotgun Shrimp Pasta Salad<\/div>\n
Half-Time Hot Dogs<\/div>\n
Safety Soda<\/div>\n
Runningback Rootbeer<\/div>\n
Wide Receiver Water<\/div>\n
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Fun faux football leather food <\/span><\/span>labels added some fun tailgating appeal to the buffet table. Adorable football boxes from Nashville Wraps helped house chips on the buffet table and fun party favors on the kids\u2019 table.<\/div>\n
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The highlight of the event was definitely the dessert table. Also, decorated to look like a football field, with astro turf used as the table covering, the dessert table was the focal point of the party design. Striped pennant flags were hung using denim twine from The Twinery<\/a><\/strong>. PVC pipe was cut, assembled and painted to look like field goal posts<\/span><\/span> and held letters which spelled out the honoree\u2019s name: DALE. (Thank you to Shindig Parties to Go for inspiring the field goal design!) Bleachers were fashioned out of foam core board to house delicious \u2018quarterback\u2019 cupcakes (Cupcake Chic<\/strong><\/a>) with custom fondant toppers by Two Sugar Babies<\/strong><\/a>. JP Creatibles<\/strong><\/a> outdid herself with the most stunning football cookies I have ever laid eyes on! Footballs, custom BYU jersey and BYU logo cookies with the most detailed design work I have ever seen, were the talk of the party! Many other \u2018gridiron goodies\u2019 also played starting roles on our dessert table. \u2018Corne rback\u2019 cookies were iced and topped with gorgeous fondant cookie toppers crafted by Edible Details<\/strong><\/a>. Strawberries were dipped in chocolate and decorated to look like their pigskin counterparts. Beautifully hand dipped and decorated \u2018play action\u2019 pretzel rods were prepared by Pretzels Pleaze<\/strong><\/a>. Notice the cute sugar footballs adorning the pretzels! No detail was spared! There where \u2018wideout whoopee pies\u2019, \u2018blocker brownies\u2019, \u2018touchdown treats\u2019 in apothecary jars, maple bar \u2018cougar paws\u2019, \u2018goal time\u2019 cake pops (lovingly created by Johanna Dellino of Pop.O.Licious Cake Pops<\/strong><\/a>), and more!<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
Not to be overshadowed by the other desserts, a delicious 3 layer cake was displayed on its own table, topped with an amazing fondant cake topper by Two Sugar Babies. Notice how the helmet design matches the design work on the invitation by Anders Ruff Custom Designs! I love it when professionals collaborate<\/span><\/span> to make an event even more amazing!<\/div>\n
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A separate table housed take home party favor window bags and glassine bags from Nashville Wraps<\/strong><\/a>. I just love their eco-friendly packaging options! Each was adorned with coordinating ribbon and printable tags by Shindig Parties to Go. They were the perfect thing to allow our guests to take home all sorts of desserts! <\/div>\n
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Our event included a tribute slideshow and a presentation of autographed sports memorabilia from BYU\u2019s starting quarterback, Jake Heaps, as well as basketball standout, Jimmer Fredette, the 2011 NBA #10 draft pick.\u201d<\/div>\n
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CREDITS:<\/strong>
\nParty Styling: <\/span>Jennifer Carver (<\/span>Banner Events<\/span><\/a><\/strong>) & Cami Crosby
\n<\/span>Custom graphic designs\/invitation: <\/span>Anders Ruff Custom Designs
\n<\/a><\/strong>Custom printable graphic package: Shindig Parties to Go
\n<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Glassine bags, white window bags, football basket boxes: Nashville Wraps
\n<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Denim twine: The Twinery
\n<\/a><\/strong><\/span>C<\/span>ustom football cookies: JP Creatibles
\n<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Custom football fondant cookie toppers & 3-D fondant football: <\/span>Edible Details
\n<\/span><\/a><\/strong>Custom football fondant cupcake toppers & football helmet cake topper: <\/span>Two Sugar Babies
\n<\/span><\/a><\/strong>Custom football pretzels: Pretzels Pleaze
\n<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Custom graphic designs\/football field banner The RPM Studio
\n<\/a><\/strong>Cupcakes: Cupcake Chic Utah
\n<\/span><\/a><\/strong>Football cake pops: <\/span>Pop.O.Licious Cake Pops
\n<\/span><\/a><\/strong>Photography: <\/span>Christine Olsen Photography<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
Additional SOURCES to host your own Football Tailgating party:<\/strong>
\n– Artificial Grass Carpet\/Runner<\/a><\/strong>
\n– Rock Candy Crystal Sticks<\/a><\/strong>
\n– Football Cupcake Wraps<\/a><\/strong>
\n– Football Field Table Cover<\/a>
\n– Mini Collegiate Football Helmets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This surprise Football Tailgating Party was thrown by Jen Carver of Banner Events and her sister Cami for their Dad’s 60th birthday. From the cookie toppers to the chocolate covered strawberries footballs were everywhere along with the blue, tan, and white colors of BYU! Jen Carver is not a rookie to styling sports themed parties. Check […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":36801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[209],"tags":[3039,2666,3038],"class_list":["post-36775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parties","tag-byu-tailgating","tag-football-party","tag-tailgating-party"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36775"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36800,"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36775\/revisions\/36800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}