the glittered nest

Art Birthday Party

 All I can say about Abby's art party is WOW!  These 8 year old little girls blew me away with their mixed media art.

Let me share our party with you.

 

Setting up: brushes/paint/paper/water/paper towels(lots and lots of paper towels).

The girls made mixed media art.  They cut or tore scrapbook paper and gessod it to their painting. 

I first showed them some examples of mixed media art and took them step by step through the process.

I had tables set up all over the entrance of my house so the girls had plenty of space to create.  

 This is Madi and our cousin Kyleigh hard at work. 

Lots of bright and colorful paint was used for backgrounds.  One tip I can share with you is to keep wipes handy.  If you make a mistake with acrylics, you can generally wipe it off right away before it dries.  

  

 

 

The girls really enjoyed using paper as the dresses and flowers in their paintings.

 

After the girls were done with their paintings, we laid them on the floor to dry and we moved on to eating our french style foods. 

 

We had mini croissant sandwiches, eiffel tower cookies, petits fours, lemonade and chocolate cupcakes.

 

  

Candle time for the birthday girl Abby!

 

After the girls ate I helped them iron on their appliques on the aprons while Abby opened gifts.

 

Now for the little artists and their masterpieces:

Anna:

 Kennedy:

 Emily:

 

Anna:

Haley:

 Addie:

 Darby:

Kyleigh:

Sandi:

  

I had so much fun with the girls!  I will definitely have more art parties in the future.  Maybe the next one will be for adults!!!

 

Baking Party

 

Madi's baking party was so amazing.  The girls had a great time and really created some yummy stuff!

Party Breakdown:

1. Girls come in and put on their aprons

2. Decorate hats with flowers

3. Make pizza dough

4. Top pizzas with dough that I previousely made

5. Pizzas go in oven and girls put fruit on skewers

6. Girls assigned a partner to ice their own cake. 

7. Each girl was given a bag of colored buttercream icing to learn how to pipe decorations

8. Each partnership had to come up with a design for their cake

9. Girls iced their cakes

10. Time to eat of all of the girls' creations

This party was a huge hit.  The schedule above worked like a charm and kept the girls' attention. They loved getting their hands in the dough and decorating their own cakes.

  Adding flowers to their hats.

I found these cute flowers at Michaels.  

Me and my little chef!

 
   Each little chef got to put her hands in the dough. (We did not cook with this dough.  I made the dough early in the morning so it would have time to rise for the party.)

 

As you can see the girls made funny faces with the ingredients.

 

Putting fruit on skewers was a nice transition activity when we finished pizzas and put them in the oven.

 

Everyone practiced piping their icing onto parchment before adding designs to their cakes.

The girls did such a great job icing their cakes.  They came up with the cutest designs.

  This was Madi and Sandi's cake design.

 

 

Darby and Mia's design.  They were so detailed.  They even put dots around the base of the cake.

 

 

Madi and Abby blowing out their candle.

 

Last but not least, the girls all took a goodie box home and a happy and full tummy!  Thanks girls for a great time.

Party Props

Here are just a couple of ideas for the baking party.  This first one is going to be part of the centerpiece on the table where the girls will eat their creations. Instead of buying expensive centerpieces, look for items around your house.  These were all in my kitchen.  Brock let us borrow the little bear for the party!

  

 

I dressed up this dress form I have in my craft room with one of my favorite anthropologie aprons.  (I promise the cotton flower tutorial will be coming soon!)

 

Parties are tomorrow...can't wait. Now onto baking eiffel tower cookies! 

More Apron fun

 

Today I am working on cutting out fabric and ironing them onto fusible backing.  The girls at the party will be able to iron these onto their aprons(with an adult's help of course).  The little puppy is something I embroidered months ago.  The pattern is from weewonderfuls.  I am making this little bag for my sister-n-law.  She shares the girls' birthday!!!!

 

This is another one of her patterns. This is going on Madi's apron.

 I bought this fabric from Hobby Lobby and cut out the little shapes to iron on the fusible paper.  These aprons are going to be soooo cute.  Can't wait.

Apron and Art Goodie Bag

 

Here are Abby's Art party goodie bags.  I found the bags online at  cheaptotes.com.  They were only a dollar each!!!! I cut out fabric and used fusible iron backing found at any craft store(I bought at Walmart).  I also formed a flower pin with matching fabric.  Inside of the bag is a little stack of art goodies: three types of paper, small canvas, foam brush, three templates and a butterfly.

    

Abby's guests will have plain aprons that they will get to add iron transfers that I have ready for them to choose.  I got the idea from michelle over at vintagesquirrel.com She shows how to anthropologize a skirt.  Here are Madi's aprons for her baking party.  Aprons were found online at ebay for 2.00 each! Cheap Cheap Cheap!

 MaryAnna from Whimsy Papers was so kind to send me this graphic to use on the girls' aprons.  I printed it on Iron transfer paper found at Office Max.  I love these aprons because they come with removable ties.  So, I tied on some rainbow colored ribbon.

 

I went a little nuts with iron and added some fabric to a bag for my son:

  And a little went onto his shirt...

I hope I have helped you with some ideas for your parties and where to get the supplies.  On to making some cookies! 

Door Decor

  I found this door in Salado, Tx.  I love it!  It sits on a ledge going upstairs!  It's roughed up and the hardware on it is amazing!

 

I need to find a rusty key to put in the keyhole!  This door added a lot of light in this area since our paint is a dark brown.

 

Thanks for checking out my new door decor!

Baking Party Favors

 

I think the best part of a party is the little goodie you get to take home.  It ties the whole party together and puts a smile on the guest's face.  I had so much fun assembling these boxes.  Let me show you what's in them:

 

From left to right:

Little goodie bags from Martha Stewart(Walmart) Little baking cups inside

The labels are from Whimsy Papers

Salt water taffy purchased at Whole Foods

Little cake erasers purchased at Learning Express (I have three different styles in the girls' boxes...some are cakes, donuts and slices of strawberry cake)You should see the little sushi erasers they have.

zebra cupcake liners from Bake it Pretty(the boxes are from there too)

Sprinkles purchased at walmart that I put in cellophane bags and tied with ribbon

Underneath it all are recipe cards and small shredded raffia

The best part...besides all of the yummies inside is ...this project only cost me 5 dollars per box.

I bought an assortment of cupcake liners for the goodie boxes and for the party at Bakeitpretty.com(link above)

 

 

They are ready to go!  I don't know about you, but I would love to have one of these little boxes of treats! I can't wait for Madi's baking party!  Now onto Abby's Art party favors!

Here's my little baker ready for her party!

If you ever need ideas for party favors, please feel free to email me.  I love parties!!!!

Sweet Etsy Treats!

I love shopping on Etsy.  I think you receive your item packaged so nice because these artists take such pride in their homemade goods.  Here's what I have purchased for my girls' upcoming parties:

These are from the shop: Sudsy Mugsy

 

 They are little cupcake bath fizzies.  I am giving my overnight guests each one wrapped in cellophane for Madi's baking party.  They look cute in her bathroom...I might have to get some more!

 

This is how they came packaged.  How cute.  These would be great birthday gifts for little girls.  If you specify they are for children, she will make them without the fizzy part. Here is how they come packaged.

 

Here are some goodies I bought for the party favors. You must visit her shop! Whimsy Papers

She custom made labels and gift tags for Madi's Baking Party:

 These are the goodie boxes for her party.  They are filled with goodies for a little baker.  I will show you the contents in another post!

If you haven't been on Etsy yet...YOU MUST GO LOOK!  I have never been dissapointed with my purchases.  Have a sweet day!

 

Come back to see Abby's goodie bags!

More Roses

I have loved making  crepe paper roses for friends but wanted to make some things for my house. So I used cotton for a vintage look.  I first took the cotton sheet and dipped it in coffee to stain it.  I then cut out all of my petals and pulled the thread for a worn look.  I just can't stop making these...I love them.  I am doing this in between working on my girls' bday parties so it has been a nice distraction. 

 

I am using these as tie backs in my bedroom.

 

Here are some on a little pillow in my room.  And yes those are my children's stuffed toys.  I secretly take their bears sometimes and put them in here.

 

I made a large on and put it in my dining room.

 

Here are some on the little pillow on my favorite settee!

 

Last but not least I put some on pins and added them to my tank top!  Yes, I am obsessed but love every minute of making them!