Meant to Bee ~ Engagement Party

To celebrate our November 2010 engagement we held a party for our family and friends - hosted by my Dad.

El Torito in Rancho Cucamonga was the perfect spot for our party.

It's centrally located and they have a private area that we were able to use for our party.

Meant to Bee was our party theme!

Our printed items were from Event123 on Etsy.com.
She was great to work with...promptly answered my emails...super fast creation of the invite with matching envelopes and she gladly created matching items.

Meant to Bee Invites from Event123's etsy shop.

Event123 also created name cards and menus for the event.

Space was limited so we weren't able to do a candy bar but instead I placed candy dishes on the tables with different yellow and black candies in them along with black and yellow buttermints from Amazon.com scattered along the tables.


Our personalized black and yellow M&M's were a big hit. Some had a picture of bees on them and the others had our names and Meant to Bee!

 The kids were entertained with personalized crayon rolls, a special kids menu and bee themed coloring sheets.

 Our cake was created by a lady in
La Verne, California who bakes at home - it was delicious!

 The party favors were individual bags of seasoned popcorn -
made by my dad with his own secret recipe!

It turned out to be a wonderful engagement party...
a great start to a new beginning together!