The day after the pirate party, we re-dressed the house for our ballerina extravaganza (ok, not really an extravaganza, but there was a lot of pink everywhere). Here are some of my favorite shots - enjoy!
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| the birthday girl - already 6 years old! |
love her brother's feet in the shot *rolls eyes*.
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| a shot of our decorations - I made them all! |
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| felt banner made with PTI dies |
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| my paper-napkin flower garland |
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| tutus on a line - one for each girl |
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| tissue-paper-poms hung on the chandelier |
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| a centerpiece for the table |
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| crepe paper rosettes |
I worked on these decorations for a good month or 2, just little-by-little. I really enjoyed the process - it was fun to be able to work through the long list of online tutorials that I've been meaning to try out!
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| warming up for the ballerina, with Thomas supervising! |
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| a ballet class! |
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| even Maia wore a tutu |
When the girls came, they were each given a tutu, and told that a *real* ballerina would come a teach a class for them - it was so cute how excited they got! They started stretching to get ready for her - hilarious! They really enjoyed her - and her 30 minute class was the perfect length of time: some of the kids started slinking off to the snack table to sneak more chips somewhere around 25 minutes in, haha.
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| a party on the inside |
The cake got so many compliments, but it was dead easy! I mixed food coloring into each layer of cake batter in different amounts to get the layers of pinks. My hubby declared it: ordinary on the outside, but a party every slice :)
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| favor tag |
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| monogrammed tee |
Each girl got a parting gift of girly trinkets, a ballerina bookmark (that doubled as the tag) and an embellished, monogrammed tee. I think they were a hit!
We had a fantastic time, and Sofia loved it all - I hope these memories will be cherished for years to come!
So now, 2 parties down - 1 more to go!
