Gator Girls Throw a Tailgate

Last month I had the distinct pleasure of getting together with Nikki of Great Gatherings and Lauren McKinsey. It was such a pleasure meeting these wonderfully talented ladies. Even better than meeting them was throwing a {CUTE} Gator Tailgating Party! We had a blast, even if it was H.O.T. hot that day!
We can't wait to see what tailgate and football parties y'all having throwing this season! Don't forgot to link up your CUTE parties for your chance to win some really REALLY fabulous prizes!

**Warning, you are about to see A LOT of really cute photos**

 printables by Lauren McKinsey

 glittery goodness by The Purple Pug

 kandy kones by Superchick Studios

 handheld fans by She's{kinda}Crafty

 custom lollies by Vintage Confections

 balloons from Polka Dot Market

 custom buttons made by Buttonhead

 Styling by Great Gatherings

  Styling by Great Gatherings

The ultimate tailgating bus!! some day, right?!?

Showing your School Spirit

We are looking forward to sharing our Gator Girl Tailgate with you soon but in the mean time we wanted to show you that we love ALL things football! When it comes to Saturdays we might be pulling for the Orange and Blue but we are mostly fans of Team Spirit and making that spirit CUTE!
In the spirit of showing the love here is a USF wreath that I recently made!

See - school spirit looks good in ANY color!!

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Getting Ready!

The Gator Girls are getting ready to throw their big tailgate this weekend! We can't wait to show you everything we've been working on so that you can take some CUTE ideas and use them in your own tailgates!

Have you celebrated football yet this season? We want to see your parties!!

Football Attire?

We've got you COVERED!  They will NOT call the Fashion Police on you if you let us help! 

Come check out the blog at:

Great Gatherings

Let us know what YOU will be wearing at your big TAILGATE THROWDOWN!

Nikki

Gator & Bama Fans

If you are looking for some Gator or Alabama printables for your tailgate check out She's{kinda}Crafty for some free, funky, fun printables, just in time to kick off the season!

We hope that you have a fantastic, football-filled long weekend and we can't wait to get our first submissions! Remember to link them up HERE or email them us at sheskindacrafty (at) gmail (dot) com.

Link Up Here!!

Once you have hosted your Tailgate Throwdown 2011 party - whether it be a tailgate, a viewing party, a kick off party, or a football themed birthday party - come back here to link up your party.
Also check back often to get inspiration for your own Football Bash!!

The deadline is October 31, 2011

Parties must be from the 2011 football season & preseason.

Any questions please leave a comment and one of our judges will get back to you!

Ideas

Hello from Great Gatherings!  So, this spring I did a 60th birthday for my dad. Since he is the BIG GATOR, we knew it had to be orange and blue to the maximum! Here are some details from the party to inspire you to "do it up" using your team colors and style of course! Any of these details would be PERFECT for a tailgate party! Here's my post from the party:

This weekend was the Great Gator party I had been working on for quite a while. I had a fantastic time putting this one together because it was for my DAD!  He turned 60!

I love my dad (goes without saying really)! He is a hard-worker, type A personality, Gator/University of Florida fan-atic and a great provider. He's very smart and well-rounded, owns two businesses (along with my mom), works a full-time job, has a real estate license (just for kicks and giggles) and travels the state for all of these business ventures. It makes me tired just thinking about it all!

Anyway, when thinking about his party, we KNEW it had to be orange and blue/University of Florida Gator related. I worked with my talented friend Lauren McKinsey on this gator for the invitation, and he was PERFECT for my dad's party! I love him!

We had "Great Gator" Chocolate Cake, "Orange - Blue" Cupcake Bites, "Big Gator" cookies, "Big Orange" Cupcakes and "Blue"-Berry mini cheesecakes. No shortage of sugar!  Of course, we also had barbecue, but who wants barbecue when you can have sugar?

I found this gator crayon holder that I used for my rocked-out kandy kones from The Superchick. I added my own bowtie to him, to make him perfectly complete for the occasion. I loved how it turned out!

I loved how the cupcake tower turned out. I used a tray I found at Hobby Lobby and wrapped it in ribbon, made the two top levels out of cake rounds glued together and added ribbon and paper and used two blue planters in between the levels. of course I added another gator to the top level in among the "grass" cupcake holders! I used cupcake toppers from The Purple Pug which she should be selling soon in her store. They really are GREAT!  I love them, super sparkly and magnificent!

I also used these tulle pom-poms from TiTi's Tutu's. I think they are cute party decor and would work for most any party. Thank you Debra!

I looked everywhere for the perfect table cover and finally found fabric and sewed this tablecloth (thanks mom for the help!). I love how it turned out and can see it being used for future Gator events and tailgate parties!

It was a perfect evening and everyone had a great time, including the big Gator!

Additional Vendors:
Large Poms- Pom Flair
Flowers- http://www.theplantshoppe.com/
Chocolate Cake- Secret Garden Bakery
Gator Cookies- Dandy Delights

Thank you all!