Rubber Ducky Party

I'm so excited to share the fun photos from Caitlyn's second birthday party.

My girl loves rubber duckies.  She has a collection of duckies so I thought it would be a fun theme.  Having 4 girls, I have thrown a lot of pinkish princess girly parties.  It was fun to mix it up with the aqua and yellow color scheme.

Because I had a baby 2 weeks before the party, I was not able to fuss over this party like I typically do.  I was determined to still make this party special and adorable with a minimal amount of fretting:)

The little ducky display table.

One rubber duck glued onto a glass ornament.

Ducky cake!

Cait was so excited about this ducky cake.

I ordered the adorable fondant duckies from Julie at Sugar Jewels.  She made them quickly and to my exact specifications.  They were the perfect accessories to top my cake.

Cute cute straws from Sugar Divas.

These fun decorations doubled as favors.  Mommies got cute jars with flowers, kids got pinwheels.

I can not take credit for this FANTASTIC idea.  I first saw this ingenious idea over at Joy's Hope...one of my favourite blogs.  So bright, so colorful, always positive and uplifting.  Check it out!

My little birthday girl in her ducky outfit!

I made the shirt.

I ordered the skirt from Sugar and Spice Creations off Etsy.

You can see her blog HERE.

A little ducky coloring sheet.

It was a sweet little party for my special little girl.  

I was really happy with everything and I am now convinced that less fuss can be just as fabulous!!

stella & dot party and one final plea...

Last night I hosted a Stella & Dot party.  Lots of my favourite people came and the treats were delish.  Those two things alone make for a great night as far as I am concerned but then you add the gorgeous jewellery to the equation and oh my!

Look at this stuff!  It is so beautiful, so classy and really timeless.  I pretty much want everything but I am a realistic kind of girl so I just set my sights on a goal for some "free stuff" and did my best to invite everyone I knew.

Alas, I did not reach the goal.  Here comes the shameless plea...

Can you help?
Do you need some new bling
Do you WANT some new bling??
I have until tomorrow (Thursday) to get another $190 in sales in order to earn my goal and make all my dreams come true! {well at least satisfy my latest obsession anyways..}

If you want to shop, it's really easy.  Just go to the site HERE...follow the instructions from there and it should be easy peasy.  If it is not, call me, I can walk you through it.  250-864-4194.  Thanks so much friends!

Okay, back to the party...

I was super excited to have the last minute idea to put caprese salad in cupcake papers.  I love garden fresh heirloom tomatoes, basil, bocconcini cheese drizzled with olive oil and vinegar.  My favorite summer time appetizer.  I was going "plate free" for this party so the cupcake papers worked perfectly!

Bakerella inspired these treats.  I wasn't sure  if they would taste as good as she made them look {once you see the ingredients you will understand why} but they were a huge hit.  So delicious and I will be making them again very soon!

Speaking of Bakerella, this is my go-to adaptation on her amazing cake balls.  Aren't they cute?  They look like little bon bons!  

Poupee Girl Party

The party pics are here!  April from Forever In A Moment took some beautiful shots and I am so excited to share this super fun party with you!

SO..Poupee Girl is a website created in Japan.  Poupee (poo-pay) means "doll" in french.  On the site you are given a Poupee, a cute dress up girl.  You get to customize her coloring and her hairstyle.  You are given a small wardrobe as well.  Each day that you dress up your Poupee, you earn ribbons.  Ribbons are Poupee Girl's currency.  You can use your ribbons to purchase more virtual clothing and accessories for your Poupee.  Speaking of accessories, Poupee girls love to accessorize!  Now that you are more familiar with Poupee Girl, let me introduce you to my fabulous real-life fashionista sister in law Terri-Lynn...

Terri has been known to frequent the Poupee Girl site so a Poupee Girl party seemed like the perfect fit.  Not to mention, what girl doesn't want a dress up party for her birthday??  

We made sure all the guests knew to dress up and accessorize!!

 I'm loving these paper button flowers that I first saw over at One Charming Party.  I love how Brittany uses simplicity to make a huge statement.  These are fun to make and so charming!  The container at the bottom is a tin can with paper glued on it.  I cut a small piece of floral foam for the bottom of the can and stuck the flowers in...easy-peasy!

A button flower close up.

Party napkins in all sizes!  We asked the guests to bring an item from one of three categories:
-snacky (chips, dip, crackers..)
-hot (spanikopita, chicken wings...)
-fresh (fruit, veggies, salad..)

This worked really well.  The food was awesome and we got a really wide variety.  I am all for the potluck!!

We handed out tickets at the door and drew names for prizes.  Initially we had thought about having awards for best outfits but everyone looked so great we just couldn't pick!

 We set up a little photo shoot area and throughout the night each guest got their picture taken with the birthday girl...along with many many more shots...it was too fun!  Here are a few faves...

 The props were so Poupee and so fun!

 Our birthday girl was the best prop!  

Working the camera!

There's me with Terri:)

Here is the party planning crew holding a bunch of the sweets from the sweets table.  To see that you'll have to pop on over to Fig & Ruby Sweets!

We did not play games but we did have a jewelery exchange!  Each guest brought accessories that they were done with and we gave them "ribbons" in exchange.  We set the accessories up in the pink dollhouse and then opened up the Poupee Shop.  Everyone enjoyed shopping for a few new things.  This was a hit!

The birthday girl getting in on the shopping.

 This theme was different and took some explaining but it turned out to be so cute and so unique and most of all it completely suited the birthday girl which is always the ultimate goal when planning a party!

   Thanks for looking:)

As always, I am thrilled if you like my ideas enough to copy them...I am flattered really!  I do want to know about it and enjoy your version so please share and link back!!