Carys Turns 5!

Carys turns 5!

 Where does the time go?

 

I'm pretty sure it flutters away when a door or window is opened when your not looking.

This month is a month of birthdays. Expensive too :) 

So let's get on with it, shall we.

Starts with gifts and cake on her actual birthday

On MARCH 14th 2012

Then for her party  she choose the

FROZEN THEME

I set to work in February! Yes that's right I said February!

Buying tulle, HERE organza chair ties, HERE for cheap! and I mean CHEAP!

I also made a tulle bench skirt, tulle cupcake tulle skirt, and the circle hanging decorations. Buying paper products, HERE gift bags treats from HERE and HERE

The Snowflake hanging Garland I got from Oriental Trading HERE

I used plastic tablecloths from Walmart to make the window decorations.

The organza chair sash.

Tulle and organza birthday girl chair.

I made Snowflake Wands as gifts.

I purchased the Snowflakes from HERE, and HERE

View of the party area.

I purchased sets of three white gift bags from the dollar store and used stickers from the party favor pack HERE

And used some tulle and the mini snowflakes to add some frozen bling.

I found the light purple and turquoise baskets from the dollar store.

FOOD AND DRINK

Homemade BRITISH - Rice Krispie treats which uses Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate.

We did Face Painting which I used

SNAZAROO face paints HERE

I got the recipe for the homemade slime - gak HERE

I used 4oz disposable plastic cups from HERE to put the slime in

SAY CHEESE!

I found the idea for this cake

HERE

MAKE A WISH CARYS!

I purchased the Anna and Elsa cardboard cutout from HERE

AHHH how cute right! Sisters forever.

How time has flown!

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Brown Farm Relief Society Princess Party

I am in a new church ward and on the LDS Relief Society activity committee :) 

And as a body of committee members we have begun a fab new activity and celebrating the woman in our ward, by celebrating their birthdays and treating them to a Royal Evening :)

I made some simple Princess style cupcake wrappers

(Template below)

We had a lady who kindly made the cupcakes then I frosted and decorated them :)

I made this cute little Princess Saying. 

I used simple Dollar Store plastic Photo frames then used some scrapbook paper, same as

cupcakes wrappers  I made and added a bow.

(Template below)

I decorated empty boxes and we laid a cute table setting.

Another lady made this cute banner.

More of my cute Princess sayings.

Each of the Birthday ladies got to wear a super cute Princess Rhinestone Crown for the night

Each sister got their own personal cupcake, we lit it and sang happy birthday.

we played two truths and a lie and enjoyed a light meal of chicken cordon bleu, salad and bread.

 HERE ARE THE TEMPLATES I USED FOR THE PRINCESS SAYINGS

CUPCAKE WRAPPER TEMPLATE

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