Fairy Party - Part Two

Last week I shared with you images from my daughter Ashlee's Fairy Party.  This week I wanted to share a few more... 

  

I uses masses of paper flowers throughout the party because Ashlee LOVES flowers!  She loves to draw them, pick them, smell them and put them in her hair.   And just recently we even planted some...fingers crossed they actually bloom!  

During the weeks leading up to the party, I made A LOT of paper flowers and they were very simple and inexpensive to make ...stay tuned for the coming tutorial.

{Ashlee's 6th Birthday} Fairy Party - Part One

Ashlee knew exactly what theme she wanted for her 6th birthday...A FAIRY PARTY, every little girl's dream!  

So, welcome to Ashlee's Fairy Party!

I hope you enjoy!  

 

I designed a range of Fairy Party printables that were used throughout the party.  On the dessert table, I used party circles for cupcake toppers, tented labels and a mini 'Ashlee' banner for the cake.

A little fruit nectar for the fairies.

The 'Happy Birthday' banner...

Once again, I wanted to have a cardboard play house for a bit of fun (You can check out my other cardboard play houses here!)  Thanks to my awesome friend, Vanessa, I got to cheat a little this year and use a 'shop bought' castle that she was wanting to throw out... Thanks for thinking of me and my crazy party projects, Ness!

A little paint, some gold glitter spray and a few decorations later...

At the top of Ashlee's birthday wish list was having a 'real' fairy come to her party.  Squeals of delight and gasps of amazement could be heard as Fairy Ginny from Fab Fun entertained the girls with her mesmerizing magic tricks, balloon twisting and endless fun games.  Check out her amazing face painting skills...

Thank you for staying awhile!

More 'Fairy Party' details coming soon... 

{Free Printables} A Gingerbread Man Hunt!

Yay, I have begun doing all the prep work for our annual Christmas Eve Gingerbread Man Hunt!!!  This is now the third year we have done the hunt and I have to say, it is definitely a highlight of our Christmas season.  First we bake and decorate some Gingerbread Men.  Ashlee chooses her favorite, then...Oh No, it runs away leaving clues in its wake.  

For this year's hunt, I made a some changes to the clue cards (You can check out last year's clues here).  And I have even made the free downloadable clue cards editable so you can add your own clues and print!

Here are this year's clues...

If you want to have your own Gingerbread Man Hunt, just download some editable clue cards here.  You can use my clues or replace them with your own!

Happy Hunting!

{Free Printables} Halloween Party!

Eeeek!!! Halloween is fast approaching...

and I want to share my ENTIRE Halloween Party Printable collection as a FREE download!!!

The collection includes:  2" party circles, tented labels, drink bottle labels, welcome sign, bunting,

favor tags and invitations.

DOWNLOAD THE FREE HALLOWEEN PRINTABLES

{Party Details} Plastic Tablecloths

You know the tablecloths I mean?  The super cheap, thin plastic disposable kind.  I can't say that I love to use them for their intended purpose with all those not so pretty fold lines.  But they come in so many great colors, they're inexpensive and they can actually be used for so many other creative party details!  

For me, one of the best things about parties is dreaming up fun and creative ways to use ordinary things like plastic tablecloths.  Here are some ways I have used the humble plastic tablecloth... 

Cupcake Decorating Party 

A whole lot of plastic tablecloths were used for this cupcake decorating party.  From the photo backdrop, to the table runner, the chair decorations and even the chef hats.

Pink Poodle Party
Making pom poms with plastic tablecloths makes them super durable.  Definitely a bonus if you want to use them outdoors.

I used a mass of rosettes made from plastic tablecloth to create a striking backdrop for photos. 

Party Favors: Fairy Wand

 I used pink tablecloth plastic, a little tulle and balloon sticks to make cute fairy wands.

What are your extraordinary uses for ordinary things? 

{New in the Shop} Owl Book Plates

I love to give books as gifts, especially to newborns and toddlers as they aren't yet old enough to prefer a cool toy!  A great way to make giving a book more personal is to add a cute personalized name plate (and a few extras for their growing book collection).  I am really excited to add my first collection of printable book plates to my Esty store.  They are 'oh so girly' in pink, purple and orange hues with loads of polka dots and cute little owl graphics.

The printable book plate set includes six coordinating owl designs and they are now available for purchase in my Esty store!

{Tutorial} Ice Cream Party - Soda Jerk Hat

I am super excited for the weather here in Sydney to start warming up.  I definitely prefer the warmer weather with lots of BBQs, outdoor parties, picnics and of course...loads of ICE CREAM!!!  To get into the spirit of the warmer weather that is on its way,  I have put together a tutorial for the colorful soda jerk hats that I made for Ashlee's Ice Cream Parlor. A DIY Ice Cream Bar is such a fun and easy addition to any Spring/Summer celebration.  And what better way to add a little more fun by letting your guests 'look the part' as they create their own delicious ice cream treats.  

To make these fun soda jerk hats you will need the following items:

• Tissue paper
• Wrapping paper
• Scissors
• Ruler
• Tape
• Double sided tape
• Cardstock (not pictured above)
• Printer (not pictured above)

How-to:

1) Make cardstock templates - They will make folding the tissue & wrapping paper quick and easy.

Tissue Paper Template

Download template here.  Print template onto cardstock (print at 100% with NO page scaling).  Cut along the two solid black lines then fold the dashed lines accordion style.

Wrapping Paper Template

Cut a 3 inch wide strip of cardstock.

1) Cut a piece of tissue paper 11" x 9.5".  Use the tissue paper template to fold the tissue paper accordion style.

2) Take out the template and lay the folded tissue paper on your work surface.  Fold over both ends approximately one quarter of an inch and tape the flaps down.

3) Cut a piece of wrapping paper 22" x 6.5".  Lay the wrapping paper template in the middle of the 'wrong' side of the wrapping paper.  Fold the two long edges over the template.  Remove template.

4) Cut a 22 inch strip of double sided tape and attach it along the wrapping paper join.

5) Attach the folded tissue paper about 2 inches from the right edge of the wrapping paper, making sure the top (folded side) of the tissue paper sits about 1/2 an inch above the edge of the wrapping paper.

6) Fold the right end of the wrapping paper over the tissue paper.

7) Finally, attach some double sided tape to the left end of the wrapping paper then fold it over the tissue paper.

And if you want to make your soda jerk hats even cuter, you can personalize them with a 2" Party Circle from my Etsy store.

 Or maybe even add some fun tissue paper flowers!

Please Note:  These measurements were made to fit 4/5 year olds.  To make bigger or smaller hats just adjust the 11" length of the tissue paper and the 22" length of the wrapping paper accordingly.

If you use this tutorial to make your own soda jerk hats, I'd LOVE to see your photos!

Happy Crafting :)