For the invitations I used my cricut machine, and used the "Simply Charmed" cartridge for the cupcake outline, used the "Classic Font" cartridge for the number, and used "Alphalicious Font" for the words, and nifty little square. This was the first time I have ever made my own invitations, and I learned the hard way that this was very time consuming. The end result was pretty cute though! (Sorry for the odd colored square, I couldn't find the perfect pink to cover up all the info on here.)
While I was searching for cupcake accessories on Etsy I found this shop that sold the most adorable cupcake headbands, and it was reasonably priced. The seller's name is Theresa Brown, and she did a wonderful job making them, AND I was able to request her making it in the girls' birthday colors, pink and green. This is the wonderful result:
Her Etsy shop is: http://www.etsy.com/shop/FakeCupcakeCreations
I decided that I wanted the party favors just be the cupcakes. That way they could take whatever flavor they wanted, or the one they decorated, home with them. I bought clear cupcake favor boxes from Posh Box Couture on Etsy. I then bought ribbon from Michael's, made them into bows, and then glued them onto the containers. This was the completed by-product:
The Etsy shop is: http://www.etsy.com/shop/PoshBoxCouture
After all this I needed to decide what exactly we were going to serve at our cupcake party. My younger sister Karen used to work for a bakery here in town before they closed so I was lucky enough to have her genius helping me. The flavors we agreed on were cherry limeade, chocolate mint, raspberry champagne, lemon raspberry, boston crème pie, and peanut butter and jelly for the adult palettes. They were all made by Karen, my best friend Kyle Ann, and myself the day before. We made over 200 cupcakes. Didn't they turn out great? They tasted as delicious as they look, believe me! If anyone wants to know how we made these you can comment/message me or click on my sister's blog (the highlighted Karen above), and you will be able to message her on the easy step by step instructions.
For the kids we had white and chocolate cupcakes for them to decorate themselves at the cupcake bar we set up for them. The frostings we had were strawberry shortcake, cotton candy, bubble gum, vanilla, and chocolate. The toppings included bubble gum pop rocks, cotton candy, oreo crumbles, gummy bears, m&ms, sprinkles, and cherries.
If you want pretty dishes to put your candies in my Mom got these at the Dollar Tree for 4/$1, and the other ones I borrowed from my Grandma. The beautiful white and lace table cloth was also borrowed from my Grandma. :)
For drinks at the party I wanted to keep with the color theme without having to deal with a bunch of paper cups. I decided to use mason jars instead. We were able to attain a numerous amount of 16oz mason jars, and I then spray painted their metal lids white to match with the shabby chic style.I filled the mason jars with pink lemonade. I then punched holes in green cupcake wrappers with a hole punch, and used them as the lids for the mason jars. I then found super cute pink and white striped paper straws to use in them. This was the outcome:
The cheapest paper straws I was able to find that weren't in bulk were $11 for 50 straws. The company is called sip sticks, and their website is: www.sipsticks.com.
Now it is time for decorations! I made my own pom poms with tissue paper. I was able to do this by watching a how to video thanks to YouTube! I then made four cupcake liner garland. I did this by stringing coffee filters, coffee filters that I dyed myself with markers and water, and pink and green cupcake liners. I easily strung all this together with needle and thread, and attached it to the ceiling with push pins. We then topped off the décor with an adorable pennant banner made by my super crafty cousin-in-law! It all came together very nicely. I hope you can see all the detail of the garland in these photos.
I want to thank again everyone who helped make this party so memorable and enjoyable! Thank you to my baby sister Lindsey for buying the girls' adorable cupcake headbands that were such a hit! Thank you to my sister Karen and my bestie Kyle Ann who worked so hard on the cupcakes. Thank you to Doug Keeling who loaned his kitchen with the two ovens that made our work so much faster. Thank you to Janice who provided the balloons, paper plates, napkins, and party favors that she personally made. Thank you to my mom who helped set up, and provided the balloons, candy bowls, frosting, etc., and for all of her help setting up. Thank you to April for making the beautiful birthday banner. Thank you to my husband for making sure I stayed sane through all of the preparations. Most importantly I want to say thank you to my wonderful grandparents, Jan and Jim, for opening their home to so many people for this party, and everything else you provided. Thank you so much! Now it's time to post super cute pictures of the birthday girls enjoying their party! :)
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