Princess Tea Party

In June, I threw Madison a 5th birthday party. What a milestone...I can't believe my baby is 5! The theme she chose this year was a Princess Tea Party. I was very excited to find out her preschool teacher had a small Princess Tea Party business. I booked the date with her and the planning began.

First, I had Madison's silhouette made by Vana at Le Papier Studio. I took a profile shot of Madison and sent it to Vana who came up with a beautiful princess silhouette. I bought the jpeg from her so I could use it throughout all the party decor.

Madison decided she wanted the colors pink and light blue as party colors. I love how it all turned out. Here are the details.

The invitation featured her princess silhouette, very simple and sweet.

I made a sign with balloons in the front yard to welcome the party guests. Here is the birthday girl waiting for her friends to arrive.

A framed welcome sign hung on the front door.

The banner I created hung above the dessert buffet.

I love placing the dessert buffet in the corner of the room. It works well for the birthday girl to stand behind when blowing out the candles.

The dessert buffet included...

wand lollipops

strawberry rice krispie treats (I cheated and bought pre-packaged ones)

cupcakes from Crumbs Bakeshop topped with the cupcake toppers I made

silhouette cookies made by my good friend Brenda...I purchased edible paper decals from The Frosting Gallery on Etsy. Brenda placed them on top of the cookies.

Crown cookies from Totally Scrumptious Cookies on Etsy.

pink macaroons

strawberry milk placed in these vintage looking milk bottles 

(I searched high and low for vintage bottles at thrift stores and Ebay, but was unsuccessful. The week before the party I came across this post on Celebrations at Home blog that suggested using Starbucks Frappucino bottles. It was exactly what I was looking for and I drank 16 of these babies in one week. Crazy, I know!)

In the center of the table was the sweet and simple cake from Cornerstone Caterers with a custom-made cake topper made by Sweetie Pie Cake Topper on Etsy.

I decorated a wire dress-form I found at Homegoods with a my girls' princess skirt from their dress up box and my pearl necklace.

On the kitchen island I set up adult food for the parents who stuck around.

The menu consisted of tea sandwiches, mini Quiche, scones and macaroons to go with the theme.

Favors were in my apothecary jars. I had bracelets with a princess charm made for the girls and they each went home with a crown cookie and wand lollipop.

I hired Madison's preschool teacher for the entertainment since she has a Princess Tea Party business. She came with all the table decor, real tea cups and plates, food, drinks, games, prizes and princess dresses. She did an amazing job!

Here is Madison choosing her princess dress. She chose Ariel just like the doll she's holding.

Madison and her friends all dressed up!

After dressing up, the girls had their make-up and nails done. 

CUTE!

After getting made up, the girls sat down for the tea party. They had tea sandwiches and "lemonade" tea.

After lunch they participated in a few games...Hot Potato, Freeze Dance and Limbo!

They also made a craft...decorating a mirror.

Just before leaving, we sang Happy Birthday and the kids enjoyed cake and treats from the dessert buffet.

I was so glad to get a picture of the group. It was such a cute party and Madison had a blast!

Happy 5th Birthday, Princess Madison! I hope you enjoyed your princess par-TEA!

XOXO, 

Mommy

A Berry Sweet 1st Birthday Party

Molly turned 1 at the end of May and we celebrated with a Berry Sweet Strawberry themed birthday party.  This theme came to me when I saw this outfit at Gymboree and just knew it had to be her birthday dress.



I decided to go with the colors in the dress for the decor....light blue and red.  Since Molly's birthday was Memorial Day weekend we decided to go with a pool party barbecue.  We held the party at Ryan's aunt's house on Long Island.  She has a great pool and beautiful setting for a party.

I made most of the decorations myself.  Here are some of the details...

Everything on the cake/dessert table was either blue, red, white or strawberry flavored. We had white chocolate covered strawberries, strawberry licorice, jellybeans, m&ms, gumballs, cupcakes, and strawberry cookies.

The cake was from our favorite local bakery, Cornerstone Caterers.  They never disappoint!

I used these old-fashioned jars for some of the sweets...gumballs, m&ms and strawberry jellybeans.

Gotta have cupcakes...these were strawberry flavor.

Beverages...Skinny Girl Margarita with fresh strawberries for the adults and strawberry lemonade for the kiddos.

I wrapped the water bottles again!

Can't have a Strawberry themed party without a  Make Your Own Strawberry Shortcake Bar!  Yum!

We served hamburgers, hotdogs, jambalaya, sausage, and strawberry salad.  I even jazzed up the condiments with themed labels.

I had strawberry cookies and strawberry cake pops as favors.  Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of the cakepops, but they were adorable!  Sorry about the shadow.  I really need to learn how to use my camera.

My cousin Lindsey helped make these edible strawberry topiaries which were centerpieces for the tables.  Thanks, Linds!

Even the big sisters coordinated with the party!

I didn't get a picture of Molly in her swimsuit, but she changed into this cute strawberry swimsuit from Gymboree when she went swimming.  A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E is all I can say.

And here is the birthday girl eating a strawberry...love her!

I hope your 1st Birthday was BERRY SWEET- just like you, Molly Kate!

Love,

Mommy

XOXO