Sophisticated "Frozen" themed 12th Birthday

     I'm so exited to be sharing my daughter Mia's 12th Birthday Party with you!  Where does the time go?   When it came time to pick out a theme, Mia,  like all other girls LOVES the movie Frozen! So it didn't surprise me when she decided she wanted a Frozen inspired Birthday Party.
     Since she was turning 12, I knew it had to be a fabulous party but with a sophisticated flair!
I started by designing the invitation and then designed all the other printables like favor tags, place cards, cake toppers, water bottle wrappers and straw flags.  I kept the colors and patterns very elegant and wintery with a fun pop of teal blue!
     We ultimately decided to start off with a fabulous dinner party for Mia and her friends, followed by an evening of ice skating...of course!
     Since we were going with a sit down dinner party, I wanted the focus to be on a lovely table scape.
We did of course have a lovely dessert table as well filled with some super fun Frozen inspired treats
like frozen hearts, blue jello "ice"cubes and a magical dip!
For the lovely table scape I started off  by using  textured, glittery teal 12x12 papers for place mats and layered them with a couple different shaped melamine plates topped with a white napkin and a lovely place card.  I used my crystal goblets and sugared the rims with light blue crystal sugar for some added elegance.
     I hung white tissue balls, and light blue and cream striped lanterns above the dinner table and the dessert table to give it a wintery, magical feel.
     There were a few fun DIY projects that we did which included the fabulous polar fleece scarves that were the favors for the girls  to wear ice skating and the number "12" that was on the cake. And yes, I did make the cake.  I wanted to do cupcakes because of course they are the easy way out but Mia realllly wanted a cake, and I couldn't say no!  All in all the cake turned out great! 
The scarves were super easy!  ( I will post a tutorial under my CREATE tab).  As for the number "12", I just got wooden numbers from Michaels and painted them in a white pearlized paint, then sprinkled fine blue glitter on the fronts and added a few crystal gems.
     Mia and I had so much fun making the cake and all the fabulous treats together and the girls had the most fun eating them!
    Lastly, I always insist that the kiddos wear a coordinating outfit to match their party.  So Mia wore a mint green sheer blouse and I made a beautiful flower hair accessory for her to tie it all together!
Now for all the pictures.........

"Kiss ME" A St. Patrick's Day Party!

   Everyone has been telling me for years that I should do something with my love for parties so I decided to start this blog! So here goes nothing......My very FIRST POST! Yeah!!

    I had lots of fun designing and styling this super fun "Kiss ME" themed St. Patrick's Day Party.       I LOVE bright pink lipstick and because of that I am always leaving lipstick marks on my kiddos cheeks. That "Kiss" mark inspired the graphics and hence the theme for this party! There was a couple super fun and easy DIY projects that can be incorporated into any party like the huge round "Kiss" sign and the burlap "Kiss Me" banner. The backdrop was a fabulous shower curtain I found in my travels through one of my favorite stores...HomeGoods.  For the "Kiss" sign, I just used an old hula hoop I had found in the garage and I cut 10"x 3" strips of sparkly tulle and just simply tied them all the way around. Then I had a poster size print made of the "Kiss" and just cut it into a circle and attached to the back of the hoop! Super fun and easy!
    I decided to personally take on the task along with my girls to make all the fun and tasty treats. We made cake pops, green snicker doodle white chip cookies, regular and mini cupcakes with colorful sprinkles around the edges and little banana pudding parfaits!  For a beverage I filled these really cute glass dairy bottles that I found at Michaels with green tinted milk!
    For the table top I laid out a piece of burlap that I had along with some faux grass mats that I also had. I kept the plates and cake stands all white to keep a nice symmetry. For the banner that hung in front of the table I just hot glued some burlap to the back of the pieces and hot glued a ribbon along the top of all of them to connect everything. Super easy!
   Finally, for the super cute favor boxes, I filled these fabulous gold glitter take out boxes (from Michaels) with gold Hershey Kisses!!
   I absolutely LOVE photography so I decided to put my skills to the test and photograph the party as well.  All in all I think it turned out great!  My next step is to have my party printables available for purchase on Etsy !
    I hope you enjoy it as much as myself and my kiddos did!