This weekend we celebrated my daughter’s fifth birthday. We decided on a tea party theme with 4 of her friends. I had so much fun making the invitations and decorating for the party! It was a great birthday party theme but it would also work really well for bridal or baby showers.

The Invitation

Here is the tea cup invitation I created – the original template I used is from www.melstampz.blogspot.com.

The Table

For the decorations, I made tissue paper flowers in lime green & pink and hung them from the ceiling using fishing line. The idea and instructions for how to make the flowers came from www.weddingbycolor.com. The tissue paper flowers were so simple to make and turned out beautifully so now that the party is over I’m going to hang them in a corner of my daughters room. I dressed the table with a simple white linen table cloth paired with a hot pink runner. A teapot from the dollar store served as a vase for the arrangement of mums and tulips. For snacks we cut fruit and cheese, using cookie cutters, into flowers and stars and placed them on pretty platters. The tea (a.k.a. apple juice) was served in little green espresso cups that I found at IKEA.

Teapot with mums and tulips

Sampling the "Tea"

As an activity at the party we made these adorable bouquets of felt flowers and arranged them in a little lime green flower pot. They turned out even better than I had hoped. The original idea for the flowers came from www.americancrafts.typepad.com. You can find detailed instructions on their website. Once the girls finished their flowers we had them stick them into floral foam inside the pots and covered the top with spanish moss.

Felt Flower Craft

Felt Flower Bouquet

Fall Wedding Inspiration

Spring is finally here…but for all of you fall brides we thought we’d put together a little inspiration! Images from left to right: ella invitation, orange bridesmaid dresses, pumpkin centerpiece, baskets with leaves (a great alternative to flower petals), brown candle centerpiece with beads, wedding cake with vines and flowers, eden invitation.

We’ve lowered the price of the favor tins in our bargain section! Now only $24 for a case of 48 tins ($0.50 per tin)

These round silver matte tins with clear acrylic lids are food grade and so versatile as wedding favours. Fill them with your favourite treat to spoil your guests. The tins are 2 1/4″ in diameter x 1″ tall.

round favor tin

These tins are also magnetic so they are perfect for filling with wedding magnets or anything else you can come up with. Get them while they last!

Saying “thank you” to your guests was never easier or less expensive! For our April promo you will receive free basic thank you cards with any invitation order.

the basic thank you card

Use the code “thankyou” in the additional comments section of the shopping cart and you will receive free basic thank you cards to coordinate with your invitations. (the number of thank you cards you receive will be equivalent to the number of invitations ordered).

If you are stumped on just what to say in all those thank you notes here are some websites we found with some great hints and tips on etiquette:

www.marthastewartweddings.com
www.thank-you-note-samples.com