Starting to plan this party got me stumped and this was not usual when it came to not doing the typical "what's in style" party themes. I originally wanted to do 5 different invitations honoring each of the original five princesses...then the guest list (with pre-k school and church and family and friends) grew to over 70 invites, I realized how crazy that was. When I'm making things for other people (like invitations or menus) that's ONE part of a party. When you're the planner AND the creator, things start to make their way away from "important". This is the last big party until 10. Milestones are a BIG deal to this family.
I'll start with the shout outs to my awesome party "team"! Kim and her team at Glory Of Zion have an awesome set up in Solomon's Porch. If you need a space to have a wedding, party, or meeting, this is it! Sarah Tucker did the photography. I love this girl. She seriously is on my top 5 list of favorite photographer. At this time, she is not taking new clients as she works her way through school. I'm so blessed to have her!! The balloon guy - let me just tell you that I was SHOCKED the first time we saw him at the Egg and I. Ray, of Blue Collar Balloons, is not your typical "here's your doggy" balloon animal guy. He's a genius balloon art creator. Along with him, we had an amazing face painter that did everyone's face in some amazing characters. Everything else, was done by yours truly.
Here's the first line up:
The invitation
All of the signs had a very Pink Princess Carnival feel to them. Each guest signed a ticket for Sugar's Scrapbook that my grandma made her (it's tradition). The menus and signage were all made by More Peas, Please. The cake drape was as well. The boxes were made by MPP too and had a ring pop in each box. Each booth featured a sign dedicated to each of the original 5 princesses complete with photos of each time Sugar met them. This family is a bunch of Disney Lovers so it was hard to choose just one photo from each of our trips. She loves all of the princesses and exudes qualities from each of them.
At the Belle Booth, the kids made stained glass roses. It was contact paper, a cut out rose (by More Peas, Please), and red tissue paper. The engineering print for Cinderella was printed at Staples. The shoe was cut out by MPP. The centerpieces on the tables were ticket wrapped containers. We also had little stools that a friend wrapped in Pink Tulle and we used more pink and tickets to accent them. This was Sugar's balloon choice! The top right corner was Ariel's Go Fishing booth prizes. The crabs and fish were cut out by More Peas, Please. Snow White's booth was "bobbing for apples" where they popped a balloon to get their prize. The prize at Aurora/Sleeping Beauty's booth was decorating a cookie either blue of pink. Since Flora and Meriweather couldn't decide which color to make Aurora's gown, the kids didn't have to choose for their cookies either.
Last is all the food. Yes, I went all out on request here. The cake was naked because Sugar still doesn't like...well..um...Sugar. She despises frosting. The cake pops were pink for the guests along with pink popcorn, pink funnel cakes, and pink & blue cotton candy on a ferris wheel that I found on Zulily! Sugar loves her friends. This little chick with her is one of our favorite littles. She is so sweet! Chick loves Rapunzel right now and she had a Rapunzel balloon from Ray - it had a braid people. A balloon braid. I also made a slideshow of Sugar's first 5 years and here we are watching it together - and there she is on her first birthday (on the TV). Then lastly blowing out her candles.
My Little Sugar Pea is five. I cannot believe it. She has accomplished more than I ever have already and I'm so proud to be her momma. She was so happy to celebrate her birthday (twice) and be wearing her favorite color...duh...pink. We all had a BLAST celebrating her milestone birthday. We have something big planned for the next few years (just has a family of 4) so stay tuned until 10 for her!!!
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