Saturday, January 30, 2010

Gimme an F!

F for Fun, Festive, Fabulous, Frosting, Frilly and Finished!

It's late, so I'm not going to blog about the actual party...maybe tomorrow? But I will show you decorations & such that I made. I had so much fun!

Anyhow, I used the free vectors that I found online (blogged about here) to make the invitations & thank you notes as mentioned, but I also used them to make candy bar wrappers for in the favor bags. I used them to decorate the favor bags, and in garlands with die cut flowers. I used them for a "Pin the bow on Hello Kitty" game (pictured tomorrow), and to decorate a can-thing for a bean bag toss game. It totally beats the price of the Hello Kitty stuff you can buy at the party store.
I had planned to make a Hello Kitty headband & bow for Chick, but ever since Monkey's birthday Chick has wanted a birthday crown like Monkey. So I made her one. And of course, she pretty much wanted nothing to do with it.
I did get the sewn streamers done-- I had to stay up past my bedtime last night to do it, and was very tired & thinking "Really, is it worth it?!" But believe me you, it was worth it! Not only are they indeed sturdy enough to withstand 3 & 4 year olds & reuse for the next party, but they look COOLER than normal streamers because of the pleating! I'm totally smitten. I sewed 4 rolls together in various combinations, and it took me a bit over an hour. They were really easy to pleat, and when hung you don't notice sewing flaws at all.





(This picture also shows the table that I bought ages ago & HH cut down for me. I've been collecting stools for a while now, and we finally got enough. HH cut down the stools this week and we got some painted & the rest will be painted to match but not in time for the party. Wait until you see the party pics with 7 cute little preschoolers sitting there! It was perfect.)

The table was decorated with a thrifted bedspread (?) which worked as a great table covering. On that, I sprinkled some confetti & die cut "3"s. I had the favor bags, plates, napkins, forks, and a picture of Chick with a foam "3."

And of course the cake. I'm not a cake decorator, so it is with no small amount of pride that I tell you that the cake turned out as I'd hoped! I will be honest, though...this is a cheater design. I didn't have to smooth the frosting, but gave it texture instead (which is way easier). The jelly bean flowers & face, as well as the candy whiskers & fabric bow, meant that I didn't have to do any details with icing. And, so that I didn't have to worry about a neatly iced bottom edge I edged it with jelly beans. And the kids all loved it, which is the important part.

K, I've got to get to bed! ciao ciao.

5 comments:

Katie said...

love it, love it, love it!! Everything is super cute!! Good job!

S.Ann said...

My Goodness!! I can hardly wait to see some of this stuff in person this afternoon. Maybe you should go into the party business...but then, of course, the love adrenelin would be missing. You do realize that you're setting a precident don't you?

Simply Simmons said...

Ummmm....again, you have to STOP!!! You're killing me with your creativity!! LOVE IT!! LOVE IT ALL!! Especially LOVE the cake. You did an AWESOME job!!!

Heather, Rex, etc. said...

Amazing.

Chiara said...

...paige? on July i'll be 33.....i would really LOVE a Kitty party like Chick's one.....with Kitty cake, Kitty invitations, Kitty decoration.....I DO LOVE KITTY and i don't mind if everybody says i'm too old for that....

PLS.....CAN I HAVE A KITTY B-DAY PARTY TOO?????

IT'S TOOOO FABULOUS....

3 special kisses and 3 hugs to Chick...
love...Auntie Chiara from Italy...