Ice-Cream Birthday Party

A welcoming banner made by my beloved Cricut!

Again little details are everything . . .

A couple months ago my Uncle was here and we were keeping him busy with projects and that was when we had started the idea of the ice-cream party. We thought of a brilliant idea that we needed a "small" lemonade stand type thing for the kids to play in and we would decorate like an ice-cream shoppe . . . Well what was supposed to be a SMALL lemonade stand turned into a 6 FOOT folding booth! Yes so look forward to seeing lots of this stand, because well we have it now and need to find lots of use for it!!

We painted it heirloom white {and yes I have fallen DEEPLY in love with that color} and decorated it with some cut and tape soda shop decorations from the party store!

The pink tub which we served the ice-cream out of is a actually a planter that we painted pink . . .

The treats and toppings . . .

Did you notice on the pink ice-cream tub and behind my table those little black vinyl? Yeah those are from the dollar store and they are chalkboard!! Definition of perfection! 

{Also by the time of the party we did have the crushed oreos, I just got all ADD and started taking pictures in the middle of decorating!}

The cupcakes; the original idea was to bake them in the ice-cream cones. Now I would love to say that I wanted to be unique and different and that is why I put them in tiny waffle bowls instead but it was really just because I didn't trust myself or the ice-cream cones! I still like the alternative!! 

The melted ice-cream cone cake . . . In Neapolitan flavors {chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry}

The birthday girl in her outfit AND the birthday gift from Mee-mee {Shabby Wendy}

So we had party favors but I am having a hard time finding pictures of them?? Hopefully I will find them or I will just make up a mock one so I can quickly take a picture and add them here! Especially since I need to take a picture of the invitations as well!!

Hope you enjoy what we shared with you we had an awesome time and it was so super easy!!

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Dear Cricut,

Dear Cricut,


The day we met I had no interest in you because I thought you were for Scrapbooking { the thing I have no patience for, seriously you should see my wedding album!} But then the more I played with Shabby Wendy's I started to realize I NEEDED you! You are amazing! You help me with t-shirts, we are in the middle of a vinyl wall art project together, and now you have helped me create a beautiful bunting banner for the upcoming birthday party! I LOVE YOU!


Sincerly,

Shabby Chicks

{Cricut, 'Sweet Treats' Cartridge -Ice Cream-, 'Tie The Knot' Cartridge - Bunting Triangles-, 'Opposites Attract' Cartridge -Letters-}

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The start of the madness . . .

Well I know with a birthday party in about 3-4 weeks there will be lots of posts. I cannot promise them all at once or all before the party, but maybe I can start sharing little bits on the way and then pull them together after! 


This is what we have been working on and I have no tutorials . . . I kind of did the slap together and wonder afterwards what you did method. Which means I will have to do another for tutorials! Hopefully it will work a second time!!

{I don't know how this came out like this, I started cutting tulle and sewing strips of tulle and ribbon and super glued -yes SUPER GLUE- it all together on a aligator clip!}

 How-to make this shirt!

{A note: I have recently started using stabilizer on these shirts, HIGHLY recommend it!!}

This is the {99.9%} no sewing tu-tu! So super easy!! After the party extravaganza I will do a tutorial!

{Photo Disclaimer: Ignore my mess, my daughters rat nest hair, and the fact that the tu-tu is on a lampshade!}

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