{Real Party} - TEA PARTY

When my daughter decided she wanted a "tea party" for her 6th birthday I got very excited!


What a fun theme to work with. The first thing I spotted was the tea cups and from there I knew the color scheme would be sage green, pale blue, baby pink and white.

Here is the tea cup (a very girly espresso cup from Yedi Houseware that is perfect for the hands of little girls) I found at Amazon:

THE INVITATION

I found at Marshals a pack of 15 note cards and decided to make the invitations myself.

I use my Cricut machine to cut the "tea party" from the new "Once Upon a Princess" cartridge. I just LOVE all the new cartridges; they are fun and have so many new features…

The front

The inside

{Real Party} - Valentines Favors

This year I got very excited about Valentine’s Day and made favors for both of my daughters classmates , teachers and school staff.


For my three year old I bought M&M’s and packed in a long zip lock bag, made a special valentine label and viol la!

For her teachers I bought some chocolates from Brazil – (Sonho de Valsa – very popular chocolate made of a cashew paste surrounded by a thin crunchy wafer covered in chocolate) – and put them in clear pillow boxes tied with pink and red ribbons (also from Brazil). Very simple and easy!

 

For my five year old I was more elaborated and made cute felt hearts to go with the rice crispy treats. The treats were wrapped in a craft paper and a valentine sticker. I included in the bag some 3D glasses I found in a special shop.

 

For her teachers and school staff (15 people!) I made chocolate chip cookies cheesecake and had the idea of packing them in mason jars (got the idea from a cupcake in a jar). Since I had two different sizes of jars (8oz and 4oz) I decided to use the big for the cheesecake and the small for a coconut mousse & berries coulis I always make. The results were cute (I think the cheesecakes were a little too dry...) and the coconut mousse was a hit!

{Real Party} - Valentines Party - table setting

This is the kids area I created for the party. I didn't want to rent tables and chairs so I used what I have... not great but worked!

I didn't rent table linens (it was a budget friendly party!) so I came up with an idea of using a gift wrap paper as table runners. The plates and cups are from the dollar store and all the crafts from oriental trading (where else?).

Tomorrow I will post some Valentine Favor Ideas!

Thanks!

{Real Party} - Valentines Day

This is the first year I hosted a Valentines Party. It was great! I invited a very small group of my daughters’ friends and they all enjoyed the RED, PINK, and SWEET day!

I always wanted to try making a centerpiece with Manzanita branches. Well, I happened to find the branches at Marshals and here is my creation:

I looked online I found a free template of paper cones (can’t remember where – sorry). They were very simple to make using scrapbooking paper (the thick ones), embellishments, and ribbons to hang them out. I filled them with valentine’s stickers, erasers, mini chocolates, and stamps.

The week before the party I was watching Martha Stewart and for my surprise Dylan Lauren's (Dylans Candy Bay - if you don't know the store you have to check!) was a guest on her show. She made a very fun candy bar topiary! Here is my valentines version!

For dessert we had vanilla & chocolate cupcakes, mini heart oreos, merengue, coconut mousse, and cookies.

Tomorrow I will post the kids table and some more fun ideas for valentines favors!

Thanks!

{Real Party} - Candyland - decor and more...

Grandma, the birthday girl and her sister.

The big lollipop, Jeffrey, and

the candy pillows (all bought at Ebay)

The table where they made candy necklaces and other fun crafts...

THANK YOU everyone that helped making this party a success! Thank you for all my “helpers” and to everybody that came and enjoy our candyland!

{Real Party} - Candyland - the carnival games

For the party activities I set up some carnival games: ring toss, duck pound, apple harvest, go fishing, and many more. I also rented a spin art machine and the kids had a lot of fun making crazy art!

I had a lot of help from some neighbors and I had a girl in each carnival both helping the little ones. I custom made aprons with the candyland characters for my “helpers” to wear.

Where to find:

games & prizes: Oriental Trading and Party City

spin art machine: A Party 4 Less

Suggar Daddy t-shirt: Ebay

Chiclets t-shirt: Junk Food

{Real Party} - Candyland - the candy buffet

How much fun I had planning and shopping for all this candy? Well, I felt like a little girl all over again getting crazy in the candy stores!

The round tables were set up to hold the take-home favors: a Candyland game, and a clear bucket to be filled with all of the candy.

The clear buckets are from Oriental Trading, the decorative stickers on the buckets are from Paper Peddler.

The centerpiece - Lolly - I found on Ebay.

The details:

Come back tomorrow to see the carnival games we had at the party!

Thanks!