Sweet Swan Birthday Party

Happy Birthday to my sweet little niece! She wanted a swan party for her 3rd birthday and you better believe I was going to make that happen! We had such a blast celebrating our little Solvi turning the big 3. With all things sparkly and pink, I'm pretty sure the birthday girl and her guests were in heaven. Check out all the party details below! 

This gorgeous swan party collection by the incredibly sweet and talented Jen T. By Design could not have been more perfect for the party. Silver, cream and blush were exactly the colors I was looking for to style the party. 

Here is the beautiful invite complete with sparkly stars and a swan wearing a tiny crown. So sweet! The collection included a welcoming sign, cupcake toppers, straw flags, cupcake wrappers and water bottle labels. Take a look at all the cuteness!  

This sweet sign welcomed all the little guests to the party. 

Swan water bottle wraps and straw flags dressed up vintage glass bottles. 

Dessert toppers tucked inside a pile of delicious meringue rose cookies. 

Can you see all that sparkly edible glitter?!

Dessert toppers aren't just for cupcakes! I also used them to embellish fun party hats and attached the straw flags to the top of the hats. So many fun uses for these printables! I love this swan collection and swooned over it every time I looked at it. So gorgeous.  

My cousin Leigh from Baby Gabey Cookies  completely outdid herself with these cookies! Look at all that gorgeous detail on the feathers....and don't even get me started on those tiny glittery star cookies! Edible glitter might be my new obsession. 

Here's another look at these beautiful swans that taste just as incredible as they look!

Cookie masks.... I just about died when I saw these.

 Keep on scrolling and feast your eyes on these gorgeous cookies! 

Cue all the heart eyes in the world for this incredibly beautiful banner from Grey Dot Co. How perfect is this for the party?! Not only does it make insanely beautiful party decor but it also doubles as gorgeous bedroom decor. I hung this in my daughter's bedroom so she can always remember to have courage and be kind. 

Beautiful blush, cream and gray adorn the swan banner as well as the most perfect saying for little girls. I just love this banner so much and it will always remind me of the special day we got to spend with our sweet Solvi and all our friends. 

How fun is this feather garland? Perfect for a swan party, wouldn't you say? 

These darling hair ties from Plum Polka Dot were a huge hit with all the little girls at the party. Beautifully crafted hair ties were a fun and unique favor for the guests (which they immediately insisted on tying in their hair or wearing them as bracelets). I love the personalized custom message that was printed on the cards to let each little guest know how much we loved having them attend.

I placed the hair tie favors in little bags, attached a white plume and tied them with ribbon. LOVE this idea for party favors! 

The pretty hair ties were tied in hair.....

....and worn as bracelets. The girls and moms alike fell in love with them!

Thanks so much to all the INCREDIBLE vendors that helped make this birthday party so special and perfect. I couldn't have done it without you! 

Thank you for stopping by and have a happy day!

Vendors:
Swan Printable Collection :Jen T. By Design
Swan Banner : Grey Dot Co.
Swan Cookies and Meringue Rose Cookies: Baby Gabey Cookies
Custom Hair Tie Party Favors : Plum Polka Dot
Feather Garland, Swan Dessert Toppers :Pretty Social
Tassel, Honeycomb Balls: Eve's Party Market

Summer Kids Camps with Oriental Trading Company

The long days of summer have begun and the kids are already chanting "I'm bored!".  Sound familiar? Fear not, parents because  Oriental Trading Company has got you covered! With so many fun activities that focus on creativity and getting your kids outside, you're bound to cure those summertime boredom blues.

This summer, I recruited several other parents and together, we created our own summer kids camp. Camp Runamuck was born! Our plan was for each parent to host one day at her or his house and then we'd rotate throughout the week. Our little summer camps have become the highlight of the week for our kids (and parents!) and they look forward to the fun themes we have planned for that week.

For my first week of Camp Runamuck, I chose to focus on nature. Each child received a camp adventure backpack to take on our nature walk. They're the perfect size for the kids to carry their water, snacks and treasures they found along the way on our trek.

The campers took along a notebook  and colored pencils to draw interesting plants, birds and insects they found on our walk.

 I remember how much I LOVED doing nature prints as a kid and I was thrilled to see Oriental Trading carried them. I couldn't wait to share with the little campers how cool making sun prints were. They gathered leaves, rocks and wildflowers to place on the paper and were amazed with how they turned out. They were a HUGE hit with the kids!

What's a nature walk without a little bug catching (catch and release, of course!). The campers loved making and decorating their own bug catchers and searching for bugs to study.

We finished up our camp by making these adorable handprint craft kits to commemorate our fun nature day at Camp Runamuck.

For hundreds of ideas to make your own summer camp amazing, check out all the Summer Camp Craft Ideas  from Oriental Trading Company!

Have a creative summer!

4th of July Ideas

Hello!

The 4th of July is just a few days away but you still have plenty of time to whip up some quick crafts for the big day. 

Since there's always a little bit of down time between the morning parade, BBQ and late night fireworks, I put together little fun packs for the kids to enjoy. I filled them with sparklers, treats, glow sticks and a darling coloring page from Laura Kelly which you can download HERE. 

Here are some fun party hats I made for the kids to wear while watching the parade. The hats use paper from Photoplay Paper Main Street Parade Collection and cute stickers from Pebbles Inc.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great 4th of July!

Berry Sweet Farmer's Market Birthday Party

Hi, friends! 

I was thrilled to collaborate with Andressa of Twinkle Twinkle Little Party using the Strawberry Birthday Picnic Invite for this berry sweet farmer's market birthday party!

My good friend's little girl, Elle absolutely adores going to the farmer's markets with her mommy. She loves gazing at the wildflower bouquets, dancing and clapping to the fiddlers, pony rides and of course, munching on all those yummy fruits and veggies. As her 4th birthday was approaching, my friend asked if I could help her with a farmer's market party.

Being the party freak I am, I jumped at the chance to help celebrate Elle's big day! 

The darling berry invites set the tone for the party and were reminiscent of  warm summer days at the market picking out ripe, red berries.

The little guests each received mini jelly jars filled with berries that were topped with red gingham fabric and bakers twine.  

Can we just talk about these incredible cookies for a minute?! Honey pots, jam jars, strawberries, veggies and adorable vintage farm trucks were the hit of the party. 

Little guests sipped from old fashioned milk bottles adorned with cheery paper bows. 

As a parting gift, the guests received little red polka dot goodie bags with a berry sweet label attached with a mini clothespin to the top. Be sure to grab your free berry sweet printables HERE. 

This fun banner was made using wood banner pieces from The Wood Connection and seed packet scrapbook paper. 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a berry sweet day!

Vendor credits:

Digital Invitation and Berry Tags - Twinkle Twinkle Little Party Shop Twinkle Twinkle Little Party Shop

Styling and Photography - Fawn - Handcrafted Celebrations 

Cookies- @babygabeycookies Baby Gabey Cookies

Berry Baskets and Mini Clothespins -Eve's Party Market

Woodland Pixie Party

There are fairies at the bottom of our garden!

They often have a dance on summer nights;

The butterflies and bees make a lovely little breeze,

And the rabbits stand about and hold the lights.

Did you know that they could sit upon the moonbeams 

And pick a little star to make a fan,

And dance away up there in the middle of the air?

Well, they can.

~Rose Fyleman

Five little fairies got together to celebrate the season of new beginnings. 

I love giving "out of the box" invitations to parties.  I think they set the tone for the event and get the little guests excited for the party. These pixie invites came in tiny fairy sized 2" boxes and were perfect for tucking the little invitations inside. I  covered the box with pattern paper, attached a toadstool to the top and secured it with bakers twine. 

When the little guest opened her invite, she found a tiny glassine bag secured with a mini pink clothespin. As she opened up the bag...

.....she found a tiny fairy dust bottle charm with the invite tucked inside. I added a strand of bakers twine through the top of the bottle so the girls could wear a bit of fairy dust as a necklace.

I found some pixie images online, printed them and then cut them out.  I then placed the woodland images on the banner, painted the banner pieces pink, let dry and then removed the images so the woodland silhouette was left behind.  I paired the banner with this sweet felt leaf garland to give it even more of a whimsical woodland feel.

Here are the woodland images in use again but this time I used them on woodland favor jars. I used a bit of pink polka dot fabric to attach to the top of the jars with bakers twine. The jars were filled with yummy taffy in happy spring colors.

Each little pixie received a pretty pinwheel to take home. I used floral straws for the handles and attached soft pastel colored paper for the pinwheels. 

Mason jars were spray painted in pretty pinks, creams and blues and were the perfect container to hold the pinwheels. 

How sweet are these cookies?! I mean, REALLY?! They were just too adorable to eat...but we didn't let that stop us. ;-)  

The fairies couldn't dine on cookies alone so I filled tiny cups with nuts and berries and added teeny tiny spoons to go with them. I had some extra fabric strips so I dressed the cups up a bit by attaching the strips around them. 

The pixies getting ready to party!

 My sweet friend made the fairy wings and the girls had a blast pretending to take flight. 

The girls caught a couple fairies in cookie form and promptly devoured them. 

What is spring without a beautiful maypole? The fairies twirled and danced around the maypole and loved every minute of it. My amazing friend made this by spray painting an old umbrella stand, adding a pvc pipe to the stand and attaching a flower bouquet to the top. It was gorgeous!

I adore fairy gardens and thought it would be fun for the girls to create their own little pixie paradise. Each fairy painted her own tea cup planter and filled it with toadstools, moss, flowers, a bridge and other fun fairy sized decorations. 

I loved seeing the creativity shine through each girl as they created her own gardens. So fun to see how they all created something different!

Here's the finished product. The girls were so thrilled with their gardens and made wishes in hopes fairies would find a new home in their tea cups. 

The party came to a close with the girls dancing, twirling and making wishes. It was truly a magical afternoon! 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Supplies and vendors:

Birch and straws, tissue confetti, mini boxes, fruit and nut cups, mini wood spoons, mini glassine bags pennant banner, mini pink clothespins - Eve's Party Market

short jars, fairy dust bottle charms, tea cup planters, mason jars - Oriental Trading Company

Woodland cookies - Baby Gabey Cookies

Fairy garden accessories and tiny blue tea set -FireDance Pottery

Handmade fairy wings- Spinning Lily Boutique

Felt leaf garland- Mint Envy

Fairy silhouette images The Graphics Fairy

This review is based strictly on my opinion. I was provided the sample free of charge by Oriental Trading to provide my honest review. No other type of compensation was received. All ideas and opinions are my own.