You Want What???

A Peacock, Dreamcatcher, Sleepover, Spa Party!!! Yes, that was Ashlee's request for her 8th birthday. Luckily I was up for the challenge and actually REALLY loved working on the fun and eclectic theme.  It meant I could get really creative which is what I love to do!

We wanted a fun, fresh and modern sort of vibe with bold peacock colours. And I found the perfect irregular, slightly wonky font that has the look of hand cut paper letters.

The Invitation was a simple, clean design... 

We didn't really want a formal 'Welcome to Ashlee's Party' type of sign for the front door so we decided on something a little more fun and quirky...

'Party Like A Peacock' is still plastered across my dining room wall...it kinda makes me smile every time I look at it, so I am having a hard time letting it go.

I made a little peacock piñata that doubled as the table centrepiece.

I also made a whole bunch of dreamcatchers to decorate the walls and the girls made their own dreamcatchers to take home with them.  

I really loved working on this party!  From designing the graphics, making the cake, desserts, and decorations; it really was an awesome DIY adventure.  I hope you enjoyed a little peek at the photos!

Monster High Party

Well, the time had come (as I knew it would) when Ashlee asked for the dreaded 'licensed character' party.  At the top of her party theme wish list was...Monster High party!!!  I am not a massive fan of using a ton of licensed party products and to be honest, here in Australia there really isn't much Monster High stuff around.  So, in order to keep with the Monster High theme, we used the pink, black, blue and white Monster High colours and added a few skullettes here and there along with some Monster High dolls.  And instead of the official Monster High argyle pattern, we went for a mix of animal prints.

Here are a few of the party pics...

If you love the animal print design, printables are now available in my Etsy shop!

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... 

Ashlee's Pink Poodle Party

Our gorgeous little girl, Ashlee, just turned five and we celebrated with a Poodle Party!  Her chosen color palette was pink (of course!) and I snuck in some black & white to add a touch of elegance.

I created a small dessert table using some gorgeous striped fabric from Fabrics and Trimmings for the backdrop and I strung some poms poms across it.  Because I always manage to tear the tissue paper pom poms when fanning them out, I made these ones from a plastic table cloth.

I designed a new printables collection with a simple silhouette of a girl walking a pink poodle.  To frame the silhouette graphic I used scalloping and stripes in pink, black & white.

The dessert table was filled with musk sticks, marshmallow clouds, pink popcorn, raspberry mushrooms, strawberry oreos (with poodle paw prints), chocolate cupcakes and cake pops.

I baked the cupcakes in black & white stripped baking cups from Paper Eskimo.  I decorated them using three varying shades of pink frosting to create an ombre effect.  For the cupcake toppers, I punched out party circles using a 2" scallop punch.  

The very talented Alison from Alison Lawson Cakes made a stunning (and delicious) pink ombre buttercream swirl cake.  

For the seated table I used a pink tablecloth with a black runner that was adorned with crete paper rosettes that I made in three shades of pink.  I made about 140 rosettes all up for the runner.  It was quite time consuming and a little a lot painful from a few little slips of the hot glue gun, but I was happy with how it turned out.

Each place setting included a mini milk bottle wrapped in fabric, a square black plate and a black party hat trimmed with pink tulle and a 2 inch scalloped party circle.

The table centrepiece was a bouquet of gorgeous hand cut pink poodles on cookie wands also made by Alison of Alison Lawson Cakes.

The Birthday Banner was strung with 'pearls'.

Ashlee’s birthday outfit included a beautiful poodle tutu created by Atutudes, teamed with a lace trimmed black singlet.  I used a crystal poodle ornament I found at Christmas time to make the cute necklace that added just the right amount of bling to the outfit.

As the girls arrived at the party, they were all given their very own plush poodles.  They then made their new friends some collar ‘bling’.

The girls then enjoyed grooming, feeding and playing with their poodles in ‘The Pampered Poodle’ and ‘Poodle Palace’ that I made from appliance boxes.

After indulging in sweets from the dessert table, the girls finished off the afternoon with some beautiful face painting by my fabulous friend, Mandy...

A pinata...

and cake!

  
Plus a little bit of chocolate for all the girls.

I really enjoyed putting the whole party together and the girls had a whole lot of fun!  A big thank you to my wonderful husband for listening to all of my never ending party-talk and for capturing our special memories with such beautiful photography! 

I have added the Pink Poodle Collection to my shop, so the printables are now available!

Vendors: 

Printables & Styling - Ashlee Rae www.ashleerae.com

Photography - Jason Sievers www.jasonsievers.com

Cake & Poodle Cookie Wands -  www.alisonlawsoncakes.com

Striped Backdrop Fabric – Fabrics and Trimmings http://www.etsy.com/shop/fabricsandtrimmings

Pink Poodle Tutu - Atutdes http://www.etsy.com/shop/atutudes