Frozen Winter Birthday Party Part 3 ~ The Slumber

Hi everyone! Welcome back to Hailey's frozen winter birthday party! (If you missed our last posts, you may like to read Frozen Winter Birthday Party Part 1 ~ The Preparations and Frozen Winter Birthday Party Part 2 ~ The Food and Dessert Tables.) Since Hailey's birthday party was also a slumber party, we created a frozen, winter, castle/tent for the girls to sleep. And..... since we asked the girls to wear their Frozen pajamas, for her party, we included a "chillin out" theme as part of our frozen winter theme.

First, Chris and Brice hung the bunting from the ceiling.

Next, Chris and I hung the draping on each side of the entryway.

And then, I set up tables and chairs in our office/playroom

for the girls to eat, paint, and play games.

Frozen Winter Birthday Party Part 2 ~ The Food and Dessert Tables

Hi everyone! Welcome back to Hailey's frozen winter birthday party! If you missed our last post, you may like to read Frozen Winter Birthday Party Part 1 ~ The Preparations. As I mentioned in our last post, we were ripping up the carpet in our dining room and office which meant that we still needed to put most of our furniture back before Hailey's party. So, we kept her party simple. We ordered her birthday cake from a local bakery and purchased blue punch. Then, I baked cupcakes and cookies and used our bread tubes to make heart shaped bread for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I, also, made heart shape ice cream. (I used the same idea I did in Hailey's princess/prince/knight birthday party.) Next, I filled our apothecary jars with candy in blue, white, and silver colors. We used our white dishes to serve cheese sticks, carrots, black olives, and chips. Seriously, the easiest menu I have ever planned!

When I was going through the photos of cakes

the bakery had done previously, I saw this cake done as

a beach theme cake with seashells, etc.

And then, I saw a picture with snowflakes on cookies.

So, I asked if they could do a cake in these blue

colors and add the snowflakes for a frozen winter theme.

I was very pleased when I picked up the cake.

It turned out even better than what I had pictured in my mind.

It was a beautiful cake and tasted great!

(I added the number seven to the top of the cake.)

Frozen Winter Birthday Party Part 1 ~ The Preparations

Hi everyone! We hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day! We, as usual, had a very busy weekend, but great too. A few weeks ago we hosted Hailey's birthday parties at our home (We hosted a friend birthday party one evening and a family party the next evening). At first, the only requirement she had for her friend party was that she wanted a slumber party. So, we had originally planned a theme party based on one of Hailey's favorite book series and made plans for a slumber party (Hailey's first slumber party). However, Hailey decided she wanted a Frozen slumber party. So..... we created a winter theme party with various shades of blue and white and included stars, sparkly number sevens, and snowballs. We, also, asked the girls to come dressed in their Frozen pajamas to include Hailey's request for a Frozen party and because it was a slumber party. Since her birthday was quickly approaching, we had a limited amount of time to plan and prepare for her party. And of course, right after the holidays, we decided to rip up the carpets in our dining room and office/playroom (which were the rooms we would be using for her parties). (If you are new to our blog, you may like to read Dining Room ~ Putting Up The Walls.) This meant that our whole house was in disarray. We still had Christmas items in the family room, furniture stacked in the parlor, front entry way, and upstairs, and sanders, stain, and sealer in the dining room and office. Our house was an obstacle course. (And just in case you're wondering, we had not intended our floors to be such an involved project.) Therefore, we needed to keep her party fun as well as easy.

Front Porch: Red, White, and Blue

As promised, here is our 4th of July front porch! This was the porch from our prior house. I am looking forward to decorating our new side porch and back deck in our new home. However, we are still unpacking and hoping to get to the fun stuff soon! Anyway, because the base of our decorating is neutral, transforming our everyday porch was, really, easy. All I needed to do was change out the pillows and flowers! (If you would like to see and read about our everyday porch, you will find it in our post Front Porch.)The navy blue solid and stripe pillows came from Target, and the flag pillows came from Pottery Barn. We purchased them a few years ago, so I'm not sure if they are still available. But, I have seen some great diy flag pillows on Pinterest! Hope all of you have a happy 4th of July!

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Blue Easter and Spring Porch 2013

Wow, the weather here has been challenging! Between snowstorms and rainstorms, it was quite difficult to decorate our porch for Easter. So, I took pics of the porch for our blue spring and Easter decor; but, needless to say, some of the decor did not stay out on the porch. I, certainly, hope the weather changes for the better soon!

I like to coordinate the porch with the parlor because

it's the first room you enter from the porch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Blue Spring and Easter 2013

We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. We sure did! In my last post I showed you our Yellow Spring and Easter. This post you get to see our blue spring and Easter. We, generally, decorate in neutral tones. Then, I am able to change out the pillows, flowers, throws, and candles to update the season or holiday.

Hailey set this Easter display up all by herself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hailey put carrots out for the Easter Bunny.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter.

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