{ princess party hats }

I couldn't find party hats that I liked for Kaj's birthday. 

So, I improvised! 

I wanted to have an activity for the girls to do  that

wasn't just a game. So we made party hats for them to 

wear during the tea party! 

What you'll need:

* Party hat

* White paper

* Pencil & scissors

* Crayons & glitter glue

* Tape

* Strips of tulle

I bought the cheapest hats I could find. I paid less than

$2 for 8 hats (the pack came with matching bags and noise makers). 

It doesn't matter what they look like! 

You are just going to cover them up!

.

Start by opening up your party hat. Don't worry if you damage the
tab a little while opening them. You won't need the tab to put
it back together

Trace your hat onto white paper.

( you really can use what ever color you want! Pattern

paper would be so cute!)

Cut it out

Put some glue around the edge of your party hat and put

your traced piece on top.

I prepared these the night before the party. When the girls got

to the house for the party, I gave them crayons and glitter 

glue and let them decorate any way they like.

You may want to help the little ones with the glitter glue! 

It takes quite a while to dry when there are huge globs of it! :)

Once the glue is dried, add strips of tulle to the point of the hat.

Tape it onto the inside. These are just extra pieces from

a tutu I made a while ago! 

Now just roll it back up and tape it together again! 

They loved these hats! Some girls showed up a little late and

saw these hats on the other girls and couldn't wait to make their own! 

Enjoy!

{ Gradybug 3rd Birthday giveaway} and Kandislei Co. Coupon

Good morning! I want to start by welcoming any new fans sent over

from Gradybug Designs! I wish you all luck on their 3rd

Birthday giveaway!

And for those of you who don't know, Gradybug Designs is having

a big birthday giveaway! There are two prize packages to be won! Both

are filled with cute photography stuff, like backdrops, props and even

Photoshop actions! 

Kandislei Co. (my Etsy shop) is participating in the giveaway as well! One

of the lucky winners will be getting both of these crochet chullo owl hats

in there prize package!

So go on over to Gradybug Designs and enter to win! It's super easy

to enter! Just "like" all the vendors! And then you can do 3 additional enteries as 

well! Good Luck! 

And since I really love my fans and followers, I am putting on a sale in my

Etsy shop for the remainder of the giveaway! Bonus!

From today until February 3rd, you can receive 20% off

the entire shop! 

Just enter the coupon code above at time of purchase!

So go ahead and take advantage of all of these

deals from Gradybug designs,  Kandislei Co. and all the

other great vendors!

Enjoy and Good Luck!

{ rosette cake }

I made Kaj's birthday cake yesterday morning in

a little bit of a rush. We made her party a few hours earlier

than we normally do them and I didn't do well adjusting! 

But I did get everything done, it was just close. :)

These rosettes are super easy! I went on YouTube and found a video
that shows the basic technique used to make them.
Here is a link to the video I learned from.

The rosette really uses a lot of frosting! This is a two layer strawberry
cake. I put a thin layer of frosting between the two cakes and
covered the whole cake with a thin layer of frosting. This used up one and
a half tubs of frosting. Then the rosettes I have here used up another full
tub! I had planned on covering the whole cake but didn't have enough
frosting!  I sprinkled it with pearl sprinkles.

Kaj was so excited that she started singing Happy Birthday first!


Look for my post on these cute party hats!

Happy 4th birthday Peach! 

{ heart cupcake toppers }

Cupcakes always taste better with toppers. At least I think so! 

I'm just preparing for baby girl's birthday party and needed mini cupcakes

for the tea party. I made red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese 

frosting and pearl sprinkles. I cut my hearts out of the same

paper I used on her bunting inspired invitations, here.

These are super easy. So easy in fact, that you probably don't need me

to explain how to make them! But just in case, here you go!

What you'll need:

* Paper cut outs of hearts ( two per topper)

* Toothpicks

* Glue

Cut out your shapes. Two for each topper. I used the Cricut. 

Glue the backside of your first shape.

Lay your tooth pick center on the heart

Add another heart on top. Let it dry completely.

Now add to your cupcakes! They are so cute on these mini

cupcakes! And I know the girls will love them at the 

tea party today! These would be so cute for Valentine treats

as well! 

These cupcakes were good practice for the cake! I'm

doing the frosting rosettes and I had never done them before! 

Total cost:     Free!!!

{ party favor pouches }

I must admit that I'm a " don't eat to much candy" kind of mom. 

I don't let my kids eat it hardly ever. My husband, on the other

hand, comes home with a bag of candy every day

after work! 

I usually just fill cellophane bags with candy for party

favors because it's easy and cheap and I know

most kids love candy. For baby girls birthday, I decided

to mix it up a little. 

I've just made a pouch that slips over a bottle of water

that holds just the right amount of sweets and an individual drink

mix packet to add to your water! 

With all the Valentine candy out in stores now, it's so

easy to find candy for a girl party! Everything 

has hearts or pink on it!

What you'll need:

* 12x12 sheet of pattern paper

* Paper cutter (or scissors)

* Glue

* Bottled water

* Treats

* Drink mix

* Ribbon, stamps, and embellishments (optional)

Get your 12x12 paper

 Cut it down into 3 pieces. 4 inches wide each. If your treats

are all narrow, like suckers for example, you could cut these down

even more narrow and get 4 pieces, 3 inches wide each.

It just depends on what you're stuffing your pouch with!

Now you will mark the paper at 3 measurements. Starting at the bottom

edge, mark your paper at 3 inches, 8 inches and 10 inches. These will

represent where to fold your paper.

Fold the 3 inch line forward ( pattern touching).

Glue, starting 1/8 in from the very edges up to the fold on

each side.

Now fold down the very edge

Next, move up to the top and fold it at the  10" mark.

Now trace a circle on the center of this flap. I used the lid
of a bottle of water since that is what this hole will
be slid over

Cut out the hole through both layers of paper

Now fold your paper at the 8 inch mark.

Round the corners

I used a simple stamp to brighten up the front! There are really
endless possibilities on how cute you can make  these!

Now stuff your pouches

Slip them over the top of your bottle and add some ribbon!

Done!

total cost for 16 favors: $8