life’s more fun when you dress it up . a birthday party

Posted on June 18, 2010

prepare yourself for several photos.

pre-party. pre-100 degrees heat and sweat drenched hair. pre-no nap ALL DAY LONG. post mommy working on her birthday outfit ALL NIGHT LONG :)

on to the party decor

you may remember the party favors from the old blog. you can find a detailed description there.

the tables

each of the three tables had a dress up item for the guests.

there were clown noses.

pirate patches.

and necklaces with coordinating clip-on bling

for whatever reason, i didn’t want cake at this party. and by whatever reason i mean pick one of the thousands: the mess, the melting cake in the summer sun, the cost of a cute cake, the silverware requirements, the list goes on folks.

so as a cake replacement i chose cookies, but of course i wanted them to be cute, match the theme and cost effective so i commissioned my talented-in-many-areas sister to handle the job.

and let me just say: best idea i ever had! people could eat the cookies as the pleased, because they didn’t have to wait for someone to cut the cake. they didn’t melt like the cupcakes on a stick i commissioned the sister to make last year. and best of all they tasted de-lish!

now let’s talk about that hot hot heat i discussed.