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A shabby chic princess tea party…

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Hello everyone.

I sit here on a lazy Sunday afternoon, watching the brightness of the sun slowly give way to the darkness of the night.  In comfy sweats, with a warm cup of tea to my left and my babies to my right, watching an old movie on TV.  Sunday in all its glory…

I mentioned in previous posts that I have been helping my sister with my niece’s birthday party and today I wanted to show you a few of the details.  This was definitely a group effort as the women in our family came together with our different talents to create, in my humble opinion, a most beautiful magical party for a sweet little 6 year old…

Starting with the matriarch of the family, my sweet Mami – who has been baking cakes for us for as long as I can remember – and now continues to do so for her grandchildren… 

Her cakes are not only beautiful to look at 
but also taste delicious (gracias, Mami) 


My sister and I have similar taste and we compliment 
each other very well.  She has great attention to detail.

We wanted everything to feel feminine and soft and of course be budget friendly.  Buying this much fabric for such large table cloth would have cost a lot of money, so instead, I asked my mom to sew a seam on several plastic table cloths, which we then threaded rope through and gathered around the table.  This gave the plastic table cloth the illusion of gathered fabric.

She also sewed some ruffled 
crepe streamers together…

My dad found these cute little bottles at Walmart.  They contained pear nectar, which thankfully tasted  good since we had to drink about 36 of them.  My sister created and printed the sweet little labels which she attached on top of a doily.  So sweet…

My youngest sister – with the help of our dad and mom – made a gorgeous castle pinata, which was too beautiful to break.


Some water bottles covered with some of the beautiful Crafty Secret Paper.


My sister made some Popcorn cones embellished with a doily and pretty cupcake wrapper paper (shown here).


Even Cinderella made an appearance to the party….

A beautiful rose kissing ball to accompany the 
many, many tissue pompoms my sisters made…

Delicious merengues…

And more sweetness in 
the form of cupcakes…

We made a sweet canopy using a hula hoop some white plastic table cloths, tulle and ribbon.  We decorated it with butterflies and a sweet white dove.  We used the canopy as a photo booth, not only was the light perfect for pictures, but it also provided a perfect background…

We used a lot of items we already had at home and most of our supplies and decorations came from the Dollar Store, including the little bottles of bubbles you see in the white, carved wooden box…

The colours were inspired by this beautiful scrap paper printed from the Crafty Secrets CD.  The CD has over 92 coloured and black and white designs to choose from, but these fit perfectly with our theme. 

I can’t wait to share some more of this very creative new product…say perhaps a giveway?  



It was so much fun putting this together, not only because (I hope) it turned out just like my sister imagined, but because it gave us the chance to bond.  


Thank you so much for your company today.


Wishing you a wonderful week!


much love,
Lucy 




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  1. Just beautiful! Where to begin?! The plastic table cloth looks like linen, the back drop…perfect. So much love every where. My heart is full friend.
    Tell mami she is the best!

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  4. My goodness, Lu! I think this is one of the prettiest parties I have ever seen for a little girl. Would it be alright if I do a little link to it one day this week? Wow! I might almost start eating sugar again seeing that cake!!!!

    Now, if you get a chance please pop by mu blog for just a second. I have coined a new bloggy word and there’s a giveaway. You will BLOVE it! xo Diana

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  6. Every detail is so pretty and what makes it even better is how cost effective it all was. I love a good DIY Part…especially one this pretty! I love the plastic tablecloth idea…never in a million years would I have thought of it. How special for your family to all be in on it together and bond. So pretty LU!

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  9. Oh this came out so BEAUTIFUL… I especially LOVE the part where your Dad found the CUTE bottles and thankfully you enjoyed it’s Pear Nectar content… 🙂 NOW if only we had parties as CUTE as this when I was growing up….

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  10. This is so pretty! What a lucky little girl 🙂 I’ve made a 6 layered pink and purple cake like that one… they’re just amazing! Thanks for sharing 🙂

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  11. This is gorgeous. What a beautiful birthday party for your neice and how fun to plan it with you sister. I always have so much fun planning stuff with my mom and sisters. And that cake looks AMAZING!!!!!

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  12. Oh, how precious! That cake is divine and the whole setting for the party sealed the deal for best party ever! Kids are so lucky today, aren’t they? I remember having my birthday parties at McDonald’s when they used to do kid birthday parties in the 1970’s. I remember the cake distinctly. It had a huge Ronald McDonald on the cake, frosted, holding balloons that were candy pieces. As I recall, the cake was delicious! It wasn’t fancy, but I still remember it so it must not have been that bad.

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  15. I could not believe when I started reading that the tablecloth was plastic! As I read further I became more and more amazed at your combined family skills and creativity and eye for classic, simple items. The overall effect was a big WOW
    How your children must love all this!
    Sue

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  16. Stunning! Always nice when it’s as magical and enjoyable for the grownups putting it together as it is for the child guests and honoree.

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  19. Wowser…this is over the to incredible…. Can you come to MN this June and help me through my only child, a daughter, Emily’s graduation party? 😉
    This is beyond magazine worthy, and an entire 1 hour TV show should be done about this. Gorgeous girlie… love what your family created.
    Gretchen

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  21. What a sweet party you and your sister did, the details are amazing and the inexpensive ideas are bountiful! The backdrop for the sweet table and the ruffled plastic table cloth are to die for, just an amazing look you guys created. Such a creative family. Oh and your Mami’s cakes? WOW, she is talented.

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  25. Wow Lucy — this is the most glamorous party for a 6 year old I’ve ever seen. Love the bottles with the striped straws and the labels on the doilies, the popcorn cones, the lovely tablecloth, the pinata, the hula hoop with the dove — everything is so pretty! It is obvious a great deal of love and thought went into this. Hope your niece had a wonderful birthday!

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  27. The quilt (I thought it was a quilt) turned out to be beautiful scrapbook paper. A surprise. What a wonderful 6 year old birthday party your family created. I am guessing it was a success and will be remembered for years to come.

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  29. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!!!! This was ALOT of work!!!!! Thank you for showing us!!!! Your niece MUST BE WONDERFULLY SPECIAL to you!!! 🙂 LOVE the layers of pink inside the cake! NICE SURPRISE!!! 🙂 ALL THOSE LITTLE DETAILS make the difference!!!!!!!!!! 🙂

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  32. OMG, i can’t believe you made all this – so supergorgeous! This is heaven for little (and big ) girls! And the cake – a piece of art. You did such an amazing jov here – LOVE it! Am your new follower!

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  35. This is so incredible. I wish my birthday parties were half this magical when I was a little girl. Actually, I wish they were half as magical even now. So beautiful, wonderful job!

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  36. BEAUTIFUL!

    I got here from Nana Diana’s blog and as usual she has found me another wonderful grandma blog to follow! My grand daughters love tea parties, so I am especially loving your style!

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  38. This has to be the most gorgeous shabby chic party I have seen. I adore shabby chic anything. But honestly, that cake is AMAZING. Not only is it gorgeous outside, but it looks delicious and beautiful inside too. Lovely, Lovely.

    Karen

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  43. Simply magical! What a lovely collaboration of talent! I really enjoyed this post! Thanks so much for sharing!
    Best Wishes and Blessings,
    Amanda

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  46. That party was nothing short of magical! that fabric must of made a beautiful back drop for party pictures! Love the bottles decorated and the cupcake liners are lovely. Everything looks perfect!

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  47. Everything is so beautiful! What a sweet party. An how fun to collaborate with all the creative people in your family. Thank you for sharing!

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  57. What a beautiful party!! I’ve been meaning to stop by your blog for a while (kept seeing your name popping up) and now that I finally have, I can’t seem to leave:). There’s just too much good stuff to look at! I don’t want to miss a thing, so I’m your newest follower:).

    Have a great weekend
    Kim

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  63. This is absolutely beautiful. I would of never thought to ruffle the table cloth. I am going to have to remember that one. I love all the sweet colors of pink. So dreamy!
    I’m a new follower.

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  65. I would love a party like that, and I am a lot older than six! I just looks so beautiful, you must all be so proud of what you achieved. And when your little niece is older and looks back at the photos, she will be able to see how much she was loved and how much you all did for her.

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  66. You guys are amazing… as I am panning my daughters next year birhday party.. I am amazed at your beautiful designs, Thank You. Hope I can pull it off.

    Patty

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  67. I am planning a shabby chic princess party for my little girl. I really want to copy your idea of ruffling the plastic table cloth. It’s perfect! I was wondering if you could possibly e-mail me the details as to how you did that. My e-mail address is jessicadkelly@yahoo.com. Thank you!

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  68. HI, I would like to know what cd you have by crafty secrets ? They have quite a few to choose from . I would love to buy the design pattern you did for the back drop .
    I would also love to know what you put the craft paper on . Did you past it on a wall ?

    THanks Chalae,

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  69. I love the backdrop. Can you please describe in detail how it was made? What sort of board is that? Is it just leaning against the wall? What glue did you use to adhere the papers? You’ve just inspired me to use pretty patterned papers as a backdrop to my dessert table.

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