A fairy tale party: Alomae turns 4

Somebody please tell me how it is possible that my baby turned FOUR?!

So this girl of mine who LOVES princesses wanted to have a party this year,
but this mama is not really a princess theme fan. So my solution, a fairy tale party where she could dress up as princess and I could decorate with decor a little more my style.

 It was such a fun couple of hours where Alomae felt so very special!

Here is how the party turned out...



the birthday girl



food table





Amazing cake my sweet friend Loni made

hedgehog donut holes





birthday girl chair



birthday girl in the chair



forest friends to love on



mask coloring station



gift bags



present time



sweet Poppy Grey



princess alomae, a knight, and Merida



princess Fern



Piper the woodland Fairy





Birthday Party Success

I loved celebrating my girl and am so glad I was able to create a party we both enjoyed!

A baby shower

My dearest friend Amber is 8 months pregnant with twin boys!

so over the weekend I threw her a sweet & simple baby shower with a handful

of her closest girlfriends.

We moved into our new house 4 weeks ago and it is in no way done decor-wise!

So I shut some doors and put on smile and made the best of it because

Amber and her boys are so very worth it!

I had seen some cute stuff floating around pinterest of decor using book pages.

I knew this would be great since amber is such an old soul and lover of the written word!

Thus her baby shower was birthed (get it! birthed...!)

the colors were grey, black, white, teal, and a touch of burnt red to go with the distressed ink pad Andy got me for Christmas :)

Manly colors for two little men but with many feminine touches for their feminine mama!

here was the main table

and some close ups of the details and dishes

gorgeous cake hand made by mine and Ambers dear friend Loni

(each detail of the party was labeled)

fudge cupcakes with buttercream frosting with book page toppers with

the boys initials E & H

dark chocolate covered raisins in a grey ramekin, and a faux zinc letter

for Emerson (for Amber to take home)

mixed nuts in a teal ramekin, H for hunter, and grey striped paper straws

fruit which Mama has been craving

cucumber mint sandwiches

egg salad sandwiches

a delicious brie dish

potato leek soup with green onions for the top and bread for dipping

some fizzy beverages

paper flowers in red and book pages that were all throughout the table and house

a place for gifts

bookmark favors for the ladies

wishes for the babies

(this was so special! Amber read them all aloud and you could tell it was so fun for her to read our wishes for her boys!!)

book page/grey banner for doorway

and a book page and teal for the big window

and a little Psalm 139 for the mama to be on the chalkboard wall.

Doing this shower was so fun!

it was simple and not over the top or overly baby.

Lots of the decor was sent home with Amber (or the pom poms with Carmen for her little girls room!)

It was fun being creative and making little things for such a special time!

(and exhausting with a baby of my own!)

I love you Amber!!

and Hunter & Emerson!

amber & poppy :)

she s going to be the BEST mama!