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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Little Black Dress Affair....Part II

Welcome to the party! Please come in.
{warning...photo overload ahead!}
I floated lots of grey, pink and white balloons from the ceiling and then made giant tissue paper pom poms to hang from the ceiling as well.


Remember the French buckets? Well, I made three more only this time I painted
No.2 No.2 No. 5
to represent our birthday girl's birth date of 2-25
Here you can see the table runner that I made...the one mentioned in the previous post.

I made the tablecloth out of a twin size bed sheet. I made little pleats at each corner that ruffled out so that the cloth was perfectly fitted for the table. No one had any idea it was a sheet! Twin bed sheets are only $4 at Walmart.
{This party was done on a budget}



I filled the buckets with tissue paper flowers that I made. I was going to fill them with roses, but the buckets were way too deep. You wouldn't have been able to see them.

Cupcakes

and some more sweet treats.


I swagged the chandelier with pale pink tulle


a closeup of the flowers in the buckets


more pink tulle tied into bows on the back of each chair


The flatware tucked into the napkins, all tied up in pretty ribbon. I placed these into a galvanized bucket that I found in the dollar bin at Target.

The birthday girl all dressed up for her party


eagerly awaiting her first bite of cake!



Oh yes, she enjoyed it very much!


I made favors to take home as a little remembrance of this day.
They're Hershey bars that I wrapped in scrapbook paper. I printed out a short little birthday poem on vellum and then wrapped them up with black and white polka dot ribbon.


Feel free to grab one on your way out...

and thank you so much for coming to my party!
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xo and God Bless,
Kathleen

8 comments:

The Vintage Farmhouse said...

awwww it all turned out so adorable1

Anne Marie said...

happy birthday to her!! how cute is your party??!!

wonderfully done on a budget!

xo+blessings,
Anne Marie
(you are so talented)

Seawashed said...

What a precious birthday girl. You out did yourself with the decorating...it is lovely.

Cheryl said...

How adoreable. What a lovely girst birthday party for your little girl.
Love the pic of her little hands in the cake. Too precious.

Karena said...

Oh a wonderful party love all of the images, too cute!!

Do come and enter my Artful Offering!It is truly beautiful!

xoxo
Karena
Art by Karena

Kathleen Ellis said...

Beautiful! You are so creative! You made some lovely memories for your daughters 1st birthday!
Have a beautiful week~
;-D Kathleen

kt said...

hi! did you make A's little black dress? i'm looking for a tutu pattern. and a how to...

p.s. you MUST check out the new macaroon shop here in chucktown! can't wait till june!!!

xx

kt said...

hi! did you make A's little black dress? i'm looking for a tutu pattern. and a how to...

p.s. you MUST check out the new macaroon shop here in chucktown! can't wait till june!!!

xx