Let's Party: Sweet Baby Girl Turned 2

Silhouette Favorite Things Party

 

 

 Sophia's Favorite Things:

Popcorn: black & white striped treat cartons filled with popcorn

Cookies- black polka dot treat bags filled with an assortment of cookies for guests to take home

Cake: chocolate chip banana silhouette birthday cake

Juice: apple juice boxes

Oranges: peeled mandarin oranges

Balloons: neighbor's young son who has his own balloon creature hourly biz

 

My AMAZING neighbor FrOsten's made the cake. It was what I was looking forward to most, & she did not disappoint!

 

I created her silhouette myself, I used this tutorial to do it. It was really simple, I took a snap shot of her with my phone, standing in front of a solid light colored wall, then opened it in PS Elements, used the magic wand to turn the background white, then selected all the white, hit select inverse & turned her little silhouette black with a paintbrush. The most time consuming part was zooming in & cleaning up the lines. I was so happy with it, I made silhouettes of my other two girls & gave them to the grandparents as Christmas gifts.

 

 I wrapped juice boxes in scrapbook paper, taped the back & hot glued on a mini silhouette that I cut with a scalloped hole punch. The larger hole punches are pretty pricey $15-30, but they are totally worth it & you can use it for years. The first couple birthday parties I did, I hand cut out a TON of little circles, it is difficult & entirely too time consuming!

Find the scalloped punch I used here.

Scoop your own popcorn station. 

 Cookie favors.

 

 Gold paper cups with the scalloped silhouettes hot glued on, topped off with adorable paper straws (that I HATE drinking out of).

 

 Our neighbor & favorite balloon guy! You have to admire young entrepreneurs!

 Dad rarely makes it into the birthday pics, but he's always here!

Sophia is our little wild woman, she is very funny & she loves to make us laugh! She extremely animated, & is a total cheese ball!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET BABY GIRL!!!

 

Thank you for the lovely birthday theme inspiration Jenny Collier!

Find her Favorite Things printables, including the invitation & bunting banner here.



Let's Party: Sophia's Favorite Things

Party Planning for Sophia's 2nd Birthday

I created a party design inspiration board! I adore Studio Mucci's paper garlands, & Jenny Collier's Silhouette Favorite Things party pintables, & am using them as inspiration for sweet little baby girls 2nd birthday party in January. I've ordered some paper supplies from a local party supply co-op (dirt cheap), & picked up some gold paper wear at JCPenney. I have to start planning before the holiday's hit, or her 1st week of January birthday becomes a party in a bag from Wal-Mart (because that is all I would have time to do!).

I get a lot of joy out of planning parties, especially the ones for my girls. While Bounce U would be loads easier & probably a little cheaper, I get NO creative input, & I need a reason to design something fabulous!

Sophia's favorite things include: kitty cats, juice, bananas, pizza, & baby dolls
Now, the challenge is incorporating those into this shindig!  

These are the places I found the items in my party inspiration board above:

Gold Balloons: JCPenney

Tassel Garland: Studio Mucci

Paper Lanterns & Poofs: 1PomPomGirl

Snack Cups: Sixpence Press

Paper Straws: Fancy That Loved

Treat Bags: Polka Dot Pinwheel

Cupcake Liners: Jenny Collier Designs

Paper Plates: JCPenney

Gift Wrap (to use as a table runner): JCPenney

Keep an eye out for the party pics mid January:)



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Let's Party: The Wizard of Oz Double Birthday

My Big Girls Turned 3 & 4 This Year!

They insisted on a Wizard of Oz themed birthday party, we started planning MONTHS in advance.

'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' fruit skewers. I had seen this several times on Pinterest & finally found an excuse to make them!

Both the girls got their own 3 layer Dorothy gingham rainbow cake from Merritts Bakery Tulsa, we went with one chocolate & one vanilla. Aunt Jen started a fantastic tradition of buying the girls their cakes as part of her birthday gift to them. It takes one thing off my planning plate!

'Melting Wicked Witch Punch', another Pinterest idea. I found a basic pineapple & lime sherbet punch recipe, & made a floating witch hat out of black craft foam & hot glue.

I used the shoe sting potato chips as 'Scarecrow Stuffing', I was pretty proud of this idea, cute huh!?

The cake cutting seems to be the girls favorite part of any birthday party, they always tell you exactly which piece they want.

I purchased card stock glitter hearts at Party City, punched holes in them & ran sliver glittery rope through them. All the kids all got 'Tin Man's Heart' necklaces.

The party favors were 'Dorothy's Basket' full of Oz themed goodies. I purchased the baskets at the Dollar Tree & bought a couple yards of blue gingham fabric at Joann. I cut squares of the fabric with pinking shears to line the baskets.

The Treats: Glenda's Wand, Ruby Slipper, Emerald City Coins, Lollipop Guild Suckers

I used a high heel cookie cutter to make the ruby slipper sugar cookies. (It took an entire tub of Wilton red gel food coloring to get the frosting red!)

I found Oz coloring sheets online, printed off a stack & put them on the tables with crayons. I also topped the tables with white craft paper & asked guests to draw Oz themed pictures on them. Giving the kids an activity, is always a good idea. Plus, even grownups like to draw on the table!

My husbands BFF Luke, crafted this fancy Oz cutout for us! It was fun getting pictures of the kids behind it.

The 4 year old birthday girl as Dorothy!

The 3 year old birthday girl as Dorothy!

My 1 year old baby girl & her little buddy got a boost for a photo opp!

Aunt Jen with the big 4 year old!

I made both the girls matching Dorothy inspired dresses & we got them sparkly ruby red  shoes to match. They looked adorable, & they can still wear them because they don't look like costumes. I didn't want to spend hours making them dresses they would never wear again!

The party was A LOT OF WORK, but it was totally worth it. The girls will remember it forever, & if they dont, I WILL REMIND THEM!

Dresses, Cookies, Gift Bag Treats

Let's Party: BFF's 30th Birthday

30th Birthday = A Reason to Decorate!

Celebrated the 30th birthday of my beautiful friend Ashley last night!

Everything was adorable! Her chevron & polka dot cake was to die for, a local Jenks baker FrOSTEN's (that lives in my neighborhood) made it, & it tasted as fabulous as it looked. The adorable Tissue Tassel Garland is from The Flair Exchange. The custom hand painted plastic-ware was Ashley's own handy work. To top it off, the event included live music, a one man band, who played a few of my favorite Bob Marley songs. What a party! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHLEY!!!