Back to the topic. Sweet Pea wanted a Tea Party theme for her third birthday party. Actually she wanted to go to Disney World again (and I would too if I had slept through most of it). However, we're not millionaires so we decided to add a Disney flare to our party. The details are what makes this Type-A Momma Pea get the chills.
To planning we went and I was SO happy with everything. We ended up using Solomon's Porch at our church this year. They have an AMAZING team there (shout out to Kim and the crew for EVERYTHING you did to make this day THE most special day EVER!). I came in with the ideas and they put them to life. Which is why I'm even more excited for the next few blog posts that involve them. We used Solomon's Porch for my bestie's 30th birthday and we are using it for Sugar Pea's 5th birthday (Princess Carnival theme and you can BET there's Disney in that one too!).
You do not have to be a "member" of our church to use this space. It is available for rental! Just contact Kim at the link above.
Photography was done by the one and only Jessica Catalano of Aish Photography. If you're in the area and need a photographer, go to her. She is one of my most favorite photographers!
This party started with the invitation. I bought the file from Miss Kate's Cuttables (and currently I do not make these to sell because they are VERY intense to make and piece together - however, it's my child and I loved every moment of using their file). Here's the invitation:
Now, the food was very "tea party" themed. The Decor was more than I expected. The Cake Pops were ADORABLE. The Cake was the MOST...just...I can't put into words how thrilled I was. Sugar would have eaten it all, but it would have taken about 3 years to finish it! Here's some Detail Shots and I'll go through to show things that we did in the Pod {our office} and what things were of the master minds at Solomon's Porch.
Here's the Cake pops that are shaped like tea pots; the cookies that are made into tea cups; petit fours to represent what Alice eats before opening the door; The cake - also shaped like a tea pot; the photos hanging behind the cake were engineer prints from Staples (I had the photo rights to print these from our time at Disneyland and Disney World. There were other photos of Sugar with Alice over the course of the last 3 years of visits); The watch I found at Hot Topic {seriously}; The "carrots" are stuffed with Egg Salad (so good and they were SUPER cute); Grape Jam near the mouse to calm him.
This was Sweet's seat at the head of the LONG table with the lanterns to mimic the tea party in the movie. We also had the movie playing on the TV's.
The Straws had the phrase "Drink Me" to go along with the petit fours; The arrows on the doors were inspired by the movie signs too; There's Sugar blowing out her candles, eating and having "Happy Birthday" sung to her. I also had my mom and step-dad on the phone to witness it. Of course we made all the signs. I don't have pictures of the Menu and Dessert Menu, but here you'll see the "sign a tea cup for her scrapbook". We made the tea cups too for the guests to sign - Big Sister Sugar Pea had to be the first to sign!
The guests got to each paint their own tea cup that I purchased and had fired at Marynell's Craft Attack. Marynell is absolutely one of the sweetest people I've ever met. The kids LOVED their finished product and we gave it back to them with a thank you not as well!
Here is Sweet with big sister Sugar who was dressed as the White Rabbit. I found Sweet's costume online at Target in the Clearance - yes. Save that money for the party! Sugar had on a yellow shirt (and there was supposed to be a red sweater that was delayed in mailing) with a blue skirt and gray leggings. They had SO much fun. It was by far my most favorite party for them. I cannot wait until the next one. I always love doing them!
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