Saturday, August 26, 2017

#5 ROCKS

Are you ready to ROCK?

We celebrated Lucy's 5th birthday with a Pop Star theme this weekend.  Yes, we went from an afternoon of tea to a weekend of rocking.  Like I've always said, my littlest Lu is the best of all worlds.  

But, if you were to ask her what her favorite thing to do is, without hesitation, she would respond, 'sing!'.  And thus, that is how the Pop Star party theme was born.

I digress, my pictures hardly do the edgy fun justice.  There was a slight possibility I was having a photographer on site and when that didn't pan out, I quickly grabbed my camera and hardly tried.  I am so disappointed in myself.  Oh well, the show must go on.

I grabbed a picture of the food table before the food was actually on it.  So it looks a little sparse, but if I do admit, it was mighty cute when everything was in place.

I found this marquee sign at Target and am hoping I can find some other fun uses for it post party.


The backdrop was faux purple sequin from Big Time Prints.  The company will customize the size for you and I found the cost to be very reasonable.  It was comparable to what I would have spent on fabric and was a bit easier to hang.

I found the old records at an antique market and the radios and drum set at Below Five. I made the stars and the banners on my Cricut.





I spotted these cute napkins at one of those dreaded visits to Justice.   The colors were just perfect so I snagged them up.  The snazzy foil plates were from Wal-Mart.




All of the food tents and activity signs were created and printed by Sweet Peach Paperie.
The menu consisted of, Star of the Show Sandwiches....



Popstar Popcorn....{found these snack cups at Tuesday Morning}



Jammin' Jello...



Boppin' Berries...


Disco Balls...


and Drum Sticks...


In my opinion, the Rock Star Dessert Bar was the most fun!  I found the light up 5 at Michaels in the clearance section...score!




Naturally, Pop Rocks had to be part of the menu.  And I must add, an absolute fan favorite!


And look at these rocking microphone pop cakes.  They were much cuter than they actually tasted.  All sugar {so much so, I saw little pop stars spitting them out right and left}.  These were an Etsy find that I just couldn't resist.




We served Jammin' Juice in these personalized cups.  I ordered the stickers from Shindigz and got the cups and metallic straws from Shop Sweet Lulu {my favorite party supply website}.


The activities for Lucy's Rock Star celebration were plentiful.  Of course, we pulled our stage and karaoke machine outside to the party spot.  I'm pretty sure the neighbors were ready for our little singers to head back stage.  But, oh my, were they precious!



Before any of these girls started the show, they had to get "stage ready".  I never imagined that these next couple stations would have had the guests so entertained and mesmerized.  The girls spent more time getting ready for the show than actually performing.

We had Rock Your Hair, complete with hair markers, hairspray, clips, combs, extensions, and glitter spray.





There was also Musical Manicures & Popstar Pedicures.  A girl can't go on stage without her nails being done.  And trust me, none of them did!



I couldn't believe it when I found actual Rock Star nail polish on one of my Dollar General binges.  Amazing!, I told you I love that place.  This is one of the many electric colors the girl had to choose from.



The biggest hit of all, might have been this one.  Lights, Music, & Makeup.  Can you say glitter, glitter, and more glitter?...with a touch of hot pink and purple.

Some seriously darling divas walked away from this table.



Of course, I can never throw a party without giving the guests some sort of craft.  We actually had two at this party.  I'm just kicking myself that I never got a picture of the "Bling Before You Sing" station where the little rockers decorated microphones.  I found stick on jewels and the girls went to to town snazzing up their microphones.  

They also designed and decorated at the Record Your CD station.  I grabbed CDs from the Dollar Store and supplied the table with any rocking craft supply I could find.  The girls named their CDs and decorated them.  It was a fun take away from the party.





And speaking of take away, the favors for this party may just be my FaVoRiTe part.  I found clear zipper toiletry cases on Amazon.  I  added a star and personalized them with each of the guests name using my Cricut.

From there, I filled each of them with all kinds of goodies every rock star needs, like guitar lipgloss, rock star hair ties {which I discovered are ridiculously easy to make}, microphone bubbles {from the dollar store}, rock star nail polish, a hand held mirror {from the dollar store}, and a diva sticker book.

Talk about a Swag bag!  The girls loved leaving with this fun bag of loot.



Keep your dial tuned into "Lucy Turns 5" because the party has just begun.  Next up on the playlist...lots of little ♫ Pop Stars ♫!




Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Tea For Lu

So here we go, the start to Lucy's Birthday Bonanza! 

Since Lucy's 5th birthday fell on a Wednesday this year I had to get a little creative.  In the past, she has either been in school or her siblings have been home, or she's been too young to notice.  This year, none of that was the case.  And there was no way we were letting this day slide by without some serious acknowledgment.

Per our usual birthday routine, we woke Lucy up with a camera, video and a Happy Birthday ditty.  Since Jack and Mags would be at school all day, I let them wake her before they left.  {It made for a long day, but completely worth Lu's joy}.

Good Morning Birthday Girl...you are 5!





All before the bigs left for school, we were able to wake Lucy, sing to her, and give her sibling gifts.  That is an eventful morning.



Once we got the siblings out the door, Lucy dined on her favorite breakfast...scrambled eggs and berries.


Next on the Birthday agenda was Tea for Lu.  Two Lu's if I'm being exact.  As a surprise I invited Lucy's very best friend, who happens to also be named Lucy, for a fancy Tea Party Lunch.



We all got dressed up in our finest frocks and hats and prepared for an afternoon of celebrating.




The girls and I first stopped to get our nails painted.  Because you know a lady must have beautiful fingernails for Tea.




Just look at those tiny little hands...💜



We then made the trek to Tea Leaves & Thyme.  I say trek, because it was not close, but completely worth it.



I can't say enough about this sweet little tea room.  They treated the Lu's like royalty and made every aspect of this birthday luncheon beyond special.



From real China....



...to the dress up room {where we had a hat change}



...to an overdose of sugar cubes, the entire  experience was just perfect.





The Mad Hatters Tea Platter was as just as darling {and delish} as the tea.  Each girl got to pick from the fruit and scones on the top, the tea sandwiches in the center, and the desserts on the bottom.






And as a culminating treat, our lovely waitress delivered brownie bites and a candle to the table for the birthday girl.  That's round two of "happy Birthday" if you are counting.


As if Lucy's "real" day couldn't get any better, she got to pick out her family birthday dinner come evening.  And guess what this fabulous 5 year old chose...Chick-fil-a.

I can't say I was much surprised by her choice, but I was surprised at how sweet Chick-fil-a made her dinner.  They comped her meal with dessert, the workers greeted her several times with Birthday wishes, and they gave her a gift card for a free milkshake.

From sunrise to sunset my Lucy had an incredible day of turning FIVE!  And to think the party isn't even over.  Get ready to rock out at the big birthday celebration this weekend!

From Lady Lu to Pop Star Lucy...here we go...