A Yellow & Grey Tea Party Bridal Shower

Last month I hosted a Bridal Shower at my house for my husband's sister.

I did the decorations, one sister-in-law did the food & one sister-in-law did the games.

I think it all turned out great and everyone seemed to have a good time!

I thought a tea party shower would be fun as my sister-in-law (the bride) collects tea pots and likes tea. The yellow & grey were her wedding colours, so that made sense to use those for the shower, but it's tricky to find yellow & grey stuff in the fall I tell you!

Here's the invitation I created, I made it to coordinate with the wedding invitation...

The banner I created.

One of the centerpieces & a frame I painted with a photo of the couple in it.

I had this jar out with strips of paper so people could write down some date ideas for the couple.

The bride likes lemon drops and they fit in with the theming ever so nicely

Another one of the centerpieces & another frame I painted with a photo of the couple in it.

And another of the centerpieces & more frame I painted with a photos of the couple inside.

I got this tea pot and had all the guests use a sharpie to sign their names on it and gave it to the bride at the end of the shower as a keepsake.

I made little place-cards for everyone at the tables. I enjoyed bringing out my good China dishes and silverware to make it all fancy for our tea party.

My sister-in-law did veggies & dip, fruit kebabs, cookies, cucumber sandwiches, and tea for the food.

I made label card for in front of each tea pot. I set each tea pot on a doily with a trivet underneath to protect my island.

I made the chalkboard print.

The subway art I made in their wedding colours.

The date night jar idea getting filled as the shower went on.

At the end of the shower, I gave the bride: the jar of date night ideas, the tea pot everyone signed, and the book I wrote down the gifts she was given. I stuck all these favors in the cute yellow gift bag for her to take.

My Daughter's 3rd Birthday Party- Princess Theme!

So back in April, my daughter turned 3 and she had a Disney Princess Birthday Party!

The invitation:

The table getting set up......

There was lots of pink involved in the party decorations of course......

I got this wood castle cut-out from the dollar store ($1.25 at Dollarama) & painted it pink & sprayed it with glitter......

I had all the Disney Princess supplies purchased months in advance which was smart since I was quite sick at the time with my pregnancy. 

In the living room, I hung another banner & had some more balloons......

I had this magnetic dry-erase crown on our front door......

The treat bag loot for the girls...... (since she has more boy cousins than girl cousins I had some boy character bubbles and crayons for the boys' treat bags.)

I wrote the name of each princess or prince on the back of the treat bags to keep them straight......

The birthday girl being silly for a picture before her guests arrived......

I found this Wilton cardboard cake stand set at the dollar store months before her party for $3. It was just perfect and I am glad I snagged one when I did because I haven't seen them there since!

The birthday girl was happy as can be with her party!

I covered the labels on the bottles of water with princess wrapping paper & didn't get a chance to do the same to the bottles of pop as I normally do......

It was great to celebrate our Princess Megan's 3rd birthday with lots of family over & she loved her Princess party!

My Son's 5th Birthday Party- Pirate Theme!

It's about time that I post about my son's birthday party from last month!

He had a Pirate theme and I had lots of fun putting everything together!!

I did a party for extended family the Saturday after his actual birthday. I made these invitations that we mailed out......

And then he had a "friend party" where he was able to invite a few friends from his kindergarten class. 

It was the Friday before his birthday and I opted to do it in the afternoon right after school so that the kids could come right to our house, have lunch, then party! {I used this cute printable}

The set up in our dining room......

There were 3 banners for his party in total.

The first one was this pennant banner I made out of  fabric......

Here's the table all set up with the treats!

Above the table I had another banner and a couple pirate balloons......

I used some pirate scrapbook paper and a couple pictures of my son dressed up as a pirate to made the second banner that hung above the table......

All right, let's explore the table a bit more closely, shall we?

I covered bottles of water in scrapbook paper that had a wood grain on it and then made a label that said "Sea Water" and stuck in in a big bamboo clothespin. (I had bought a few sets of those clothespins with his party in mind from the dollar store. I knew they would be perfect for holding labels at the food table!) I made all the labels on my computer, then distressed them like crazy so they looked like old paper. (Although you can't really tell in the photos!)

I had a couple 2L bottles of pop: Pirate Beer and Pirate Ale (and I put in brackets underneath what they really were, just to avoid any alarmed parents....ha!)

I covered 1L cartons of apple juice in pirate scrapbook paper.

I found some of those sword toothpicks which were just fit perfect for the pirate theme.

I made soooo many cupcakes! 

I made cupcakes for his friend party.

I made cupcakes for him to take to school on his actual birthday. (Plus extras for our immediate family to celebrate together that night.)

And made more cupcakes for the extended family birthday party.

I just made 2 types and kept it simple. The white cupcakes were made in the blue pirate cupcake liners and had chocolate sprinkles and a pirate flag on top.

The chocolate cupcakes were made in white 'square' cupcake liners and then I topped those off with chocolate foiled gold coins.

Beside the cupcakes, there was a dish with chocolate gold coins & a 'pirate map', rolled up, and tied with twine.

I had found a couple of glass bowls from the dollar store that reminded me of fish bowls, so I filled them both with some "Catch of the Day" (gummy fish in one & colourful goldfish crackers in the other one).

The "Cannon Balls" were Whoppers chocolates.

And then there were come "Chips Ahoy Pirate Cookies". I was going to buy some of those Pirate Brand cookies (the peanut butter cookies), but I opted to stay away from anything with peanuts or nuts since so many kids have allergies these days.

I had some starfish shells on the table here and there.

The pirate chest was at request of my son. He told me a day or two before his party that he really wanted a pirate chest! So I made one using a box from mandarin oranges. I covered it with kraft paper, then painted on some details with acrylic paint, then distressed the edges with ink. He has played with it soooo much and still has it! So funny! On the table, it was filled with pirate loot!

I had a couple little tables set up with a pirate table cloth and a vase of plastic gold coins and plastic diamond jewels. When the kids ate, I had them kneel around the table, cause I just didn't have enough chairs for everyone. They're little and it worked! :)

In the living room, I hung up this humongous pirate banner & had the rest of the balloons there as well. 

Since his birthday is in December, his party decor is always up with all our Christmas decorations. 

I used some of the bamboo clothespins I had to display a few more of the pictures of him dressed up as a pirate......

I bought so so many foam pirate swords. Each kid got a sword to take home...... (I'm sure all the parents were thrilled! ha!)

Each child also got a treat bag to take home......

Here's the pirate loot that was in each bag......

The dollar store had this pirate photo prop for a couple dollars that I had bought almost a year ago with his party in mind. I took a picture of each kid at his friend party and guests from his family party as well. I printed a picture of each of his friends and gave them to the kids after the party as well as a picture of the group with a "thanks for coming" type message on the photo.

Here are my kiddos posing in the photo prop......

I'm happy with how everything turned out and how smoothly his parties went. And most importantly, he was such a happy birthday boy! That makes it all worthwhile! :)

I love doing fun parties for my kids' birthdays!

Here are the other parties we have had:

My son had a Cars theme for his 4th birthday:

My son had a Toy Story theme for his 3rd birthday:

My son had a Wiggles theme for his 2nd birthday:

My son had a Zoo Animals theme for his 1st birthday:

My daughter had a Black, White, and PINK theme for her 1st birthday:

My daughter had a Dora theme for her 2nd birthday:

Hopefully I will be back with a new post sooner than later!