Jolly Holiday with Elizabeth Mae

 

My baby is THREE! I cannot believe it. To celebrate the occasion, we decided to have a family party (Covid year). I wasn't going to do much for her party, but when she chose Mary Poppins as her theme, I started having way too much fun coming up with ideas. The costume company we carry at the shop has that adorable Jolly Holiday dress she's wearing, so we went with that part of the movie as our inspiration! Love the colors and joy in that scene. The morning was captured by my talented friend Alison Moore. 

We worked with our local gardens, Botanica, to host the party in the Carousel Pavilion. At the shop, we help them on random projects throughout the year and they wanted pictures to promote events when they start hosting again next year. Elizabeth LOVES the carousel, so it was such a fun spot. The girls rode the carousel so many times - highly recommend! For the invitations, I used an adorable Mary Poppins clip art I found and played with a font that reminded me of the movie. I went for color this year on the decor and balloons, pastels with pops of bold colors. I found the Golden Books banner from the cutest Etsy shop - I have always tried to incorporate books into her parties, so this was a perfect touch. My shirt was also found on Etsy, I wanted a fun way to add Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious to the party! Fancy horses, London houses and little rose plates were the perfect table settings for the occasion. You can find all of those at Love of Character!

Treats, I used my go to local gals - cupcakes by September Moon Cupcakery, cookies by Sweet Sugarlicious. They nailed it with the designs - those little spoons filled with sugar! We also picked up some birthday cake popcorn from The Popcorner. We didn't serve food since it was late morning and just family. For party favors, my mom helped me put together cute bags of penguin gummies from the shop and we added these adorable tags from Etsy. I also purchased some carousel tokens for the kids to use the next time they visit and called them "Tuppence" to reference the movie. 

It was such a magical morning bringing her Mary Poppins dreams to life. I loved having something fun and happy to plan this crazy year. Thank you so much to our families for joining in on the celebration. 

Now, if anyone has tips for sassy three year olds, send them my way!

Lots of Love,

2nd Birthday Carnival

A couple of weeks ago, we hosted a carnival for an adorable birthday girl! My friend Patty's daughter turned two and that mama had the best time planning her daughter's soiree. She had the vision of a pastel carnival and it all came together so well. Thank you Deidre Caswell for capturing the party! Now to share way too many fun pictures...

If you can't tell Patty and the birthday girl, Eloise, LOVE balloons. They were all over this party and made it so whimsical. Patty worked on the table bundles and a couple garlands at home, while we helped with the giant wall piece and added to the food stand balloons. Pastel paradise in there!

Speaking of food stands - how incredibly adorable are these stands? Eloise's grandpa built them and Patty decorated them with printed artwork. They brought the carnival look to life! Plus she had delicious food stations setup on them. If your local and wanting to use, I'm sure you can reach out to her!

Talk about dream party food - Patty thought of all the carnival favorites from corn dogs to cotton candy! She even had perfect cake stands that fit the theme. She didn't miss one detail with this event. For an easy activity, children decorated mini bunt cakes - my child definitely just kept loading up with frosting ha! September Moon Cupcakery made the beautiful cupcakes and mini cake, topped with a glitter 2.

Across from the food stalls, Patty setup an adorable carnival games area. She had bag toss, mini bowling and knock the cans over. Of course they all coordinated with her pastel dreamland and a large circus backdrop added some color to the area, plus made for a cute picture backdrop.

What a fun afternoon soiree and I'm so glad my little one got to join in the fun to celebrate her friend! Patty did an incredible job bringing her vision to life and we were glad to be apart of the fun.

I have a feeling circus/carnival theme will be a big one this year! You can shop this party's cute table settings by clicking here for the Set the Party table. You can also check out our new circus items here.

Lots of Love,

Pastel Butterfly Birthday!

When I first caught a glimpse of the Flutter suite created by the incredible Daydream Society x lillian farag I knew we needed it for Kaia's third birthday. 

Of course, the requests of an almost three-year-old never quite align with my plans so when she requested unicorns I offered a compromise. A unicorn piñata mixed with the butterflies was just enough to make this little girl the happiest. I created a custom color balloon garland to align with the beautiful colors in the Flutter plates and hung acrylic butterflies from a branch to look as if they were floating above the table. 

Sparkler candles are always a favorite, as are cupcakes for little one's birthday parties! The vanilla cupcakes were topped with edible butterflies designed to match the acrylic ones floating above. The amazing pink, milk glass cake stands were a local find at a shop in Augusta, GA.

This party crew had a lot to keep them busy! They were greeted by a dress-up stand where they could choose wings and accessories to wear and take home. The butterfly catchers caught goodies that dropped from the piñata. Daydream Society's Flutter and Into the Wild Tattoos were huge hits, the kids especially loved the metallic and iridescent details! 

We even found a perfect, fluttery dress for the birthday girl! 

The party ended in my favorite fashion, a Studio Pep Unicorn Confetti toss and photo shoot. I just love seeing those joyful faces through the flying confetti! 

I hope you love this celebration as much as we did! You can shop and recreate this party through this Set The Party link or create your own here. If you're in Augusta, reach out and let me help you with a fun balloon garland! If you are in Kansas, reach out to Love of Character for fun balloons. Thanks for partying with me!

xo
Rachel