I love birthday parties. I love
planning them. Most of all, I love
seeing how everything comes together so beautifully on the day...
I had the privilege of helping my mother and sister organise a ballet
themed party for Gabrielle who turned seven on Thursday the 17th of
April.
All the decor and most of the party food had to be in baby pink and
white and reflect a dancing theme...
This is what we came up with, although I must add that it was primarily
Nancy’s genius that found all the ideas for the small touches that made this
party as spectacular as it was!
The party
table...
...The
cake...
~ "A party without cake is just a meeting." - Julia Child ~
Nancy, Beth and I made this sweet cake together – I baked it, colouring
the sponge different shades of pink while Nancy spent hours making the fondant
roses, leaves and ballet slippers. Beth
and I iced the outside of the cake with rose butter cream icing and Nancy
completed it with the fondant lovelies and some pink glitter...
Nancy made and
decorated these biscuits...
The almost complete party table laden with a delicious looking
feast! We found so many ideas for a
ballet themed party off the internet as well as in a few magazines. Don’t you think the ‘dancing’ juice bottles
are perfect...and the straws and serviettes!?
...Oh, how I love having a baking shop nearby that stocks such wonderful
party goodies...
Aren’t they just
four gorgeous little ballerinas? And all
in pink too! From left to right: Beth (9) Sofia (2) Gabrielle (7) and Rebekah
(4).
Each sweet girl received a pink lace hair band embellished with a fabric
flower... The adorable tutu Gabrielle is
wearing was a gift from Mommy and Daddy which Mommy made... Of course she loved it! (Tutu tutorial can be found here.)
Rebekah
Sofia enjoying
herself...
The beautiful
birthday girl!
Love these girls!
May your weekend be blessed,
Kelly-Anne
