Hello InterWeb world. It's me. The non-blogging SAHM to 3 kids who will probably never keep up a REAL blog. Although I wish I had those magical abilities. This past year has been BANANAS. NUTS. Effing CRAZY! Why?? Not sure. I think it's a combination of: a 5 year old, a 3 year old, a 1 year old, an entrepreneurial husband (whom I adore) and his roller coaster of a paycheck, my hormones, starting real school (kindergartener), did I mention the 3 and 1 year olds?!!?! I've now signed myself up as an assistant Girl Scout troop leader. (Because I MUST be insane, seriously. I have a hard enough time maintaining sanity with the most simple life structure. To tack on added responsibility aside from keeping small children alive is PURE INSANITY.) I'm going to blog about Teagan's Mermaid Party. Why?!? Because I have been wanting to for AGES. AND AGES. I ALSO LIKE TYPING IN CAPS LOCK TODAY. I'M YELLING AT YOU, APPARENTLY. SORRY.
So.....Teagan's 3rd birthday extravaganza. Mermaid Heaven. I'm going to mostly post pictures for those of you "I can see it, then just recreate it" (I fall into that category usually), but I will try to remember the websites I found things on as I post. Here goes!
The Party Table. As far as I recollect, I brainstormed this layout on my own. And with the help of TJ Maxx, where I purchased the sea horse statues and many of the nautical items you'll find posted later on. I did follow a tutorial on how to craft those tissue puff balls (tissue paper ball tutorial here). I'm going to post more photos of the individual parts of this table now.
So let's discuss her outfit first. I made it. Head to fins. The hat is a Styrofoam cone found in the floral section at any craft store. (I had found these at Hobby Lobby and Joann's, I believe...) I coated that baby in mod podge, then dipped it in glitter. After it dried I gave it a second coat of mod podge and glitter. Then after it dried I coated it finally in mod podge (no glitter) so that the glitter wouldn't fall off as easily. I then made a tiny tulle ball (akin to the afore mentioned tissue ball) (tulle pom pom tutorial here) and hot glued it to the top. I took a thin strip of tulle and sewed a gathered stitch (video for how to sew a perfect gathered stitch here)
hot glued that to the bottom edge of my cone. For the three, I found a font I liked and used my silhouette cameo to cut it (website for purchasing info for a silhouette here) then I mod podged that bad boy to the birthday hat. I then took the plastic plain headband I had purchased and found a good place for the hat. I pushed the headband in to form a groove. I pulled out the headband, filled the groove with hot glue, then placed the headband inside. POOF! Super cute, custom made Mermaid Birthday Girl Crown! TING!
The shirt material I purchased from Hobby Lobby. Since it was a stretchy material I knew I wouldn't have to hem anything. I literally (and so very simply) made a basic tube top. One line sewed down the back! BAM! Mermaid tube top. I did cut one strip of the fabric to make the tie. I sewed the button on the front by hand and tied the tie behind her neck. It worked for the one day of wearing it. For her tiny body, 1/4 a yard would totally do it!
The skirt. I'm not about doing tutorials myself (yet) and this was done by making my own patterns for her skirt/tail. I will post a few mermaid tail tutorials, though, that I've used in the past. This link (party guest mermaid tails) was what I used to make all of her guests their own mermaid tails. Easy and FUN!
There are the up close shots of the food table! I made the birthday sandcastle cake! SOOOO. I'm brilliant. Instead of sending you to each individual link (which would probably be easier for you, but I have a job of keeping my kids alive so blogging has to be kept to a minimum until they're older) I'm giving you the link to my specific pinterest page I created just for this party theme. You're welcome.
Mermaid Party Extravaganza. Go pinterest your heart out.
NOW FOR THE COOKIES!!! My good friend is a creative and baking goddess, and I purchase cookies from her for every party. Here is the link to her facebook business page. She SHIPS. And these cookies not only taste AMAZING, but they are darling!!
Caiti's Cookies
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Caiti's Cookies. Find her on facebook. She's amazing.
My Little Mermaid. Her party was quite the success!!! Also, it set the bar pretty high! But now that I've done 3 themed and fun parties, I feel it's like riding a bike. Right?? I hope so. Because I have a 2nd Train Birthday Party coming up, and I've been procrastinating!!! Time to get on the choo choo train and prepare another life celebration for my littlest little. Thanks for stopping by! I'll try to post pictures of an UP birthday, and the Super Hero party soon. (Soon means nothing for me in internet standards.... It could be 3 years. #justsayin)
Goodbye InterWeb! Until next post!
Sincerely,
MeL
