A Cinderella Inspired Princess Party

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! This little princess is turning 3! My girl is a huge Cinderella fan and a princess fan in general! So for this year's theme we went with a Cinderella Party. I hope you enjoy the following pictures. I made most of the items you see.

I made this castle cake which for a first attempt at cake decorating turned out great! I also included marshmallow pops, chocolate covered oreo's, cheese balls were my "pumpkin element" as it is not the time of year for them, strawberries, cheese squares, and turkey and cheese and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that were cut with a pampered chef crimper tool.

 The candle on the cake was a Cinderella's Coach.

 We also had a large clock that was stopped at just before midnight.

I made these sippy cups out of pint size mason jars. I used my hole punch to punch the straw hole, then inserted the paper straw I bought on etsy. I made the roses with my cricut and the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge. I sponged the edges in CTMH Sky color ink. What do you think? The little girls just loved them and the best part is...they worked! No spills.

This teapot was a steal from a thrift store. It was listed for $20 but had a red tag at the red tag sale (everything red tag $1) I asked the manager if it was really a dollar and he said "It should not be, but since it is red I will sell it to you for that.!" Score! I also made the take home boxes using the Cricut Princess Party Cartridge and CTMH cardstock. I melted crayons down into princess shapes and included a note pad and bubbles for each little princess.

 My husband even made this sweet little castle, but the day turned out chilly so the kids did not really get to use it.

This is my princess! I made her outfit. I ironed-on the crown to her tank and made the tutu from scratch. It became an adorable princess dress.

Here is my lady in waiting watching for her guests to arrive. Once upon a time there was a little princess who just LOVED Cinderella. 

 

Since Cinderella is in the business of making dreams come true she made sure to stop in for a visit today.

 

My little princess was just so excited!

She talked Cinderella's leg off. 

 Cinderella read the children a story about her princess friends.

 They played a game.

 Got a princess goodie bag.

 She even sang "Happy Birthday"

 They took turns showing their princess dance.

 Oh no it is almost midnight!

 It was time for her to leave.

And she was whisked away in her 4 wheel carriage.

 All the little princesses had a fairytale kind of day.

Chocolate Tiara's for the Cinderella Party

Here is another sneek peak from the princess party I threw for my 3 year old. The photo is pretty bad. I forgot to take a photo of these in the day light so it has the yellow tint of my lights. This was a White chocolate tiara. I piped melted chocolate through piping bags onto wax paper that was taped onto a small squirt bottle that I had in my scrap stuff. Then added the little edible pearls to the top for the jewels. More photos of the actual event will be coming soon.

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Princess Party Sneak Peek

Here is a sneak peek at one of my many crafting projects in the works for my daughter's 3rd birthday. She is very into princesses right now so we are throwing a Cinderella Party. Below is peek at the invitation I am making.

Details will be posted later.

Hello to all. My days have been really busy lately. So sorry for not posting more often. I have my own two little ones to chase, plus I have been teaching all day and these last two weeks I have been teaching paper crafting in our after school program as well. Wears me out, but I have been having fun. I have 20 6th-8th grade students in my class for card making. For this project the students made 10 cards and a matching card box. Here are some samples of their work.

Student #1 Front

 Student #1 Inside

 Student #2 Front

 Student #3 Front

 Student #4 Front

 Student #5 Front

 Student #6 Front

Here is what I need from you. I need you to vote on your favorite card above. Place you votes on the poll in my sidebar. I told the students the winner gets a prize, for entering they all got to be featured on my blog. These are the six that have entered. We practiced using spray ink, distressing the edges with ink, dry embossing, and learning to stamp. This was the first time all the kids had ever used any of the techniques. I think they turned out great! What do you think?

Happy Halloween

I know I have been neglecting my blog lately. These past few months have been filled with two toddlers, and 130 seventh graders, and 2 major evaluations on the new evaluation model for teachers. Basically on this model we are being told reaching a 5 is impossible so to shoot for 3. So you can imagine how hard I have been working. One lesson plan for one day on this model took me two full weeks to complete and was 5 pages long typed not counting all the typing I did creating the supplies for the lesson. So scrapbooking has been low on the totem pole lately.

Over my fall break I went on a much needed vacation and did manage to find the time to make my girls Halloween Costumes. They went as Tinkerbell and Sleeping Beauty. I saw a similar Tinkerbell costume and wand on etsy for $50-$60 dollars and I thought to myself, "I can make that!" So for about $12 each here is what I came up with.

Close to my Heart Convention Sneak Peaks!

Ladies it has just been announced that CTMH will have an exclusive Cricut Cartridge that will have over 700 images and will go with several of our stamp sets! B&T paper (pattern paper) is now cardstock weight as well! You can begin to order this and all the other fabulous new products Aug 1st so start saving now! This catalog will make you want to spend!