Real Parties: Little Mermaid

{The Inspiration}
My daughter, Giorgia

and my love

of the sea,

and my love
of the colors...aqua & turquoise

Actually, I never want to take it down.
All the photos are for the actual party and during the party except the "cupcake" closeup!

Kate Landers Mermaid Party inspired me and I am using her headers as my guideline to my story

{The Invitation}
Photo-shopping is my hobby. The possibilities are endless. I found a photo of a dreamy tropical spot, a fish tail and my daughter. Voila, a MERMAID invitation. To make even BETTER, I added some super fine iridescent glitter to her necklaces for just a bit of sparkle. Can't send out an invitation without some BLING. lol

{Setting The Scene}
First thing I did was look for a Scene Setter. I found this one online but the picture didn't do it JUSTICE...at all!!! The colors shown were very dull and dark but it was still what I wanted. I shrieked when it came in the mail...it TOTALLY matched the colors in the invitations! So, the mural alone set my scene and kept me running with the theme!!!!

Fadeless Designs Bulletin Board Paper, Under the Sea, 50 ft x 48"
Item Number Item #: PAC56525
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{Welcome to the Party}

Above is the mermaid I made. I had a graphic from Kay Millers Blue Lagoon

that I blew up, glued on to poster board and glittered! I then just added blue and green seaweed! I LOVED it!!!

{The Entrance}

Can you see all the snow outside? lol. You can also see the Mermaid Wands at the door entrance.

My mom helped me improve on my Seaweed Banister! It looks awesome now!

I found the PERFECT frame for G's Mermaid photo at TJ M@xx and I bought "The Tiniest Mermaid" book for everyone to sign.

Here are the Wands again!

an upclose of the Seaweed Banister.

{Mermaid Tree}

Since G's Birthday is just around the corner from Christmas, I leave our SILVER Tree up and add theme colored decorations. All I added to the tree this year was a VERY LARGE bow topper, one box of turquoise ornaments and a dozen or so of little mermaid ornaments and lastly a clearance/after xmas tree skirt from Target!

{Mermaid Dessert Table}

This was the best part. I enlarged her photo because I got a great deal on posterbrain, they are on FB too! The quality was AWESOME! I already had the frame...it used to be my fake "Pottery Barn Yearly Planner" but I haven't used it since the invention of the smart phone! It is to go up in Giorgia's room but my momthought it would look cuter on the sweets table. It did...but it's a WHOLE LOT OF G!! lol

and another view.

{Sweets}

MORE favorites of mine...

Clam cookies

Chocolate Starfish

Brownie Pops

Pretzel Coral

Shell Lollipops

Mermaid Sushi

{The Cupcakes}

okay, I lied, the cupcakes were my FAVORITE!!!!!

TOO cute. I made the picks by hand and tinted the frosting too! I piped the icing in a wavelike fashion. It came out even better than I had envisioned it!!! Gotta LOVE that. I even sprinkled Disco Dust all over the cupcakes but unfortunately my photography skills couldn't capture that! :(

{The Chandelier}

{The Food & Beverages}

Sea Urchins (Meatballs) and Seaweed & Shells (Mac & Chz)

Jellyfish Sandwiches, Chicken Salad Bites, Mermaid Caviar (Deviled Eggs), Sea Shell Surprise (Bacon, Ranch Pasta Salad), Veggies, Chips and Dip.

Sodas, Lemonade, Water, Sea Water (Blue Hawaiian Punch) and Blue Sugar Rimmed Cups!

{Costumes and Birthday Attire}

I was inspired by the tutu I found on ETSY

I LOVE it! My mom had some starfish that she found and I took off the flower that came on the bow belt and replaced it with a silver painted and glittered starfish. I also bought a plain black headband at Jo@nn fabrics and did the same with another starfish and attached it.

{Party Craft}

Mermaid Coloring Pages

Mermaid Portraits and fish stickers!!

{Party Favors}
Bubbles & Candy Bars

{Misc Decorations}

the coffee table

{The BFF & Friends}

a SUCCESSFUL Party and a GOOD day for ALL!!!

Happy Birthday Giorgia!!!!!

Mermaid Cupcakes

I forgot to take a upclose photo of the Mermaid Cupcakes. It was really important too so since the icing came out EXACTLY the way I envisioned it...like little turquoise waves. So, exactly a week after the party I look over to the kitchen table and there sat those darn extra cupcakes that have been WAITING to be photographed. They still looked perfect! So, the foot of snow outside is mostly melted and the sun is out so I thought I'd take them out to shoot them. I should not mention that this very cupcake fell from the roof of my SUV straight onto the driveway and STILL looks yummy! The silver wrapper is a bit dented though...oh well. LOVED my MERMAID CUPCAKES!!!!

The Mermaid Party