Sunday, August 5, 2012

Pink Shabby Chic Princess Party for Lilli's 8th Birthday


Lilli just had her 8th birthday party and she decided on a sweet princess party with a color scheme of pink, gold and white.

Sweet, Bubble and Charlie.....Photo by Alyce Holzberger

EDIT UPDATE: Here is a link to the princess dress Bubble is wearing and a couple of others they have:


I am pretty sure our recent trip to Disneyland and the number of people telling her she looked like Cinderella had no part whatsoever to play in her decision :)

Candy jars from 2 Garnish

Regardless of the reasoning I was more than happy to oblige. I've mentioned before that my tastes run towards pastel and pretty and Princess is totally a theme within my comfort zone.

The party had a bit of a shabby chic feel and a touch of glittery glitz to reflect Lilli's sweet, fun and vibrant personalty.

photograph by Alyce Holzberger

I was lucky enough to be able to borrow the ruffled tablecloth from my SIL. It is linen with a white ruffle layer in the middle and was a great background for the pink white and gold food.

photograph by Alyce Holzberger

I modified it with some pink muslin fabric and a scattering of handmade shabby chic fabric flowers.


We used the same flowers in pink frames behind the table to add a bit of texture and interest on the plain white walls. The same effect could be achieved with paper poms.


I hung a handful of paper pom poms in light pink, tan and white from Ah-Tissue to continue the ruffle theme.

photograph by Alyce Holzberger

Of course we did have to have a princess themed cake and I decided to make a ruffle cake (which we still love at the moment in this household). The tiara is totally edible made from fondant, edible jelly jewels and painted with gold lustre dust. More photo's of the cake and what I used to make the tiara can be found in my previous blog post CLICK HERE.

Royal sugar cookies with edible jelly jewels, gold luster dust and ruffles

Royal cookies were an assortment of cookies in gold, pink and white that were a little bit more mature than the cookies we generally make for the kids parties. My little girl is growing up and the treats while still fun are more reflective of her tastes. They are fondant covered sugar cookies (recipe from Sweets on a Stick) decorated with rolled fondant, royal icing (recipe from Sweets on a Stick) and edible jelly jewels. The white cookies with the jewel and gold royal icing piping were her favorite. Mine were the ruffled cookies.


To keep in with the pink and gold royal theme I made the macarons in pink and gold with hand piped and painted decorations on the pink batch.



Princess delights were round choux pastry puffs with raspberry pastry cream, fondant and raspberries.



To dress up a packet of simple marshmallows I popped them on a stick, dipped them in pink chocolate/ candy coating, added a jelly jewel, piped a 'royal' decoration which was painted with gold edible paint.


Candy consisted of 4 different flavors of bon bons and twisted rope marshmallow cut into shorter pieces.



I picked up the princess printables from Polkadot Prints (who are one of my favorite designers with a fun blog as well) and did a bit of glittering.

photograph by Alyce Holzberger

Cardboard cake boxes are from Robert Gorden, I picked them up at 2 garnish, they come flat pack with double sided tape already in place. Seriously I was so behind in my preparations the Friday before the party I took them along to the kids swimming classes and put them together in the viewing areas. I was folding and sticking those boxes in between waving at the kids and giving them thumbs up signs through the glass barrier.


We like to have the parties at our house and this year the timing was not great as we are having some minor renovations. The painters packed up at about 2pm on the Friday ready to return bright and early Monday morning which did not leave a lot of time for me to bake and decorate for the event.

photograph by Alyce Holzberger

Knowing this in advance, I arranged for an entertainer to come and manage the kids which took some of the pressure off as I had no need to think up party games, or buy prizes and I could focus on what I love which is the food.

Tiara by Terri Vandermeer photograph by Alyce Holzberger

I booked in Super Steph - and she truly was super.


The kids adored her magic show, they were totally enthralled, and as a result the mums and dads adored not having to worry about looking after the kids at all.


We also had a princess pit stop with dress ups, tiaras, and jewels, which was actually just the kids Ikea  storage unit repurposed with a bit of 'satin' from the craft store.

Fabric tiara by Terri Vandermeer

I made up the ruffled party bags myself CLICK HERE for a tutorial on how to DIY.

photo by Alyce Holzeberger

It was all worth it.....after the party Lilli gave me a big hug and said 'Thank you for my Party I loved it".

photo by Alyce Holzeberger

Cakes, macarons, cookies, marshmallows, choux puffs by  Bubble and Sweet
Photography Alyce Holzberg Photography
Entertainer (magic, balloons, party games) Super Steph
Printables PolkaDot Prints
Paper Pom Poms Ah Tissue
Pink Ceramic Cake Stand Clara French
Cake boxes and candy jars from 2 Garnish
Edible Jelly Jewels from Culpitt purchased at Party Animal
Fabric Shabby Chic Flowers  Karen McCubbin

photo by Alyce Holzeberger

Special thanks to Terri Vandermeer for her styling assistance and help Xx

 

Here are some pictures of the kids enjoying themselves at the party. Thanks everyone for sharing Lilli's special day.



Headwear by Karen McCubbin


EDIT UPDATE I found some similar kids dress up racks here over at Amazon as quite a few people have asked about them:


Above photo's by Alyce Holzeberger







Linda Vandermeer is a blogger, baker, maker and author of the cookbook ' Sweets on a Stick': More than 150 kid friendly recipes for cakes, candies, cookies and pies on the go!. Published in the US the book is available at most online book stores:




Or here at fishpond (Aus/NZ)

Sweets on a Stick: More Than 150 Kid-Friendly Recipes for Cakes, Candies, Cookies, and Pies on the Go!


37 comments:

  1. Oh geez. These pictures are just too pretty, and the desserts are too pretty to eat.
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  2. Such an amazing, beautiful party! Thank you for the inspiration :)
    Helen x

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  3. Wonderful!!
    I love the macarons...
    Congrats!

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  4. Stunning...I love so many details here! Just SO beautiful!

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  5. Oh my GOODNESS, Linda, you sure know how to throw a party!!! The gold thrown into the mix is perfect. I am sitting here oooohhhhhing and aaahhhhhhing over every sweet treat and photo! Beautiful!

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  6. What a pretty party. I just love all the ruffles!

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  7. Wow, what a party! That's the best Princess party ever, well done!

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  8. Simply gorgeous!!
    Did you just use a plastic tablecloth and drape it up the top near the roof? How did you manage to get it to stay? I would love to know as I'm thinking of using tulle but if I can achieve the same effect for half the price - bonus :)

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  9. It looks like your daughter had an awesome party. I'm loving the cookies, and the and the framed flowers behind the wall. Everything looks perfect.

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  10. completely and utterly over the top and PERFECT for that gorgeous princess! This is what dreams are made of...come true! Thank you for this inspiration.

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  11. Everything about this party is 'WOW". Right from the cake to the cookies and decorations. Your daughter is lucky to have such a talented mom.

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  12. What an absolute dream of a party! I adore the colour pink and everything was singing to me! :D

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  13. Que buena pinta tiene todo! Eso si es un verdadero cumpleaños!

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  14. What a gorgeous spread! That is one lucky princess.

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  15. wow amazing pics.. love the party theme.. the birthday girl must have loved it so much!

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  16. Oh!! Beautiful birthday party! I love it.
    Me encanta :)

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  17. What a beautiful party! I love the colours :)

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  18. I think this has to be my favourite party EVER!

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  19. This is GORGEOUS! Is there a tutorial for those shabby fabric flowers?? I LOVE them!!

    Pattie

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  20. This looks amazing! I was wondering if there was a tutorial on the vintage flowers used in the pink frames. I saw a name listed but was wondering how to go about purchasing or making those flowers. Thanks!

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  21. It is very nice collection for home improvement about Shabby Chic fabricthanks for shearing this blog.

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  22. I like the macaroons.

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