Alice in Wonderland Birthday Celebration

We did an Alice in Wonderland inspired birthday celebration, it was such a fun party to plan. I made a scroll birthday invitation that we rolled up and tied with a ribbon and a tag for the name.

I had decided to buy some artificial turf from my local hardware store for a table runner, it was such a fun detail.

Some fun table details.  Every girl had their own pretty tea cup to drink out of.

A mini tea set, a terrarium with a little deer and the Mad Hatter, so fun.

The Cheshire Cat had to be on the table too. These figures are from Disney that I happened to stumble across.

I made bubble gum flavoured marshmallows, they were super yummy. Below the marshmallows are a childhood treat I had, called Sue Bars, and a lemon cake in the background.

Some tea cup sugar cookies (recipe found here) decorated with royal icing (recipe from Sweet Sugar Belle). I used an edible maker to write on some the cookies, so fun. I made my icing a bit too runny, so some of the cookies didn't quite turn out as I had envisioned but they were still tasty nonetheless.

I made cake pops and had left over candy melts, so I grabbed a box of Oreo cookies and dipped them in there and then into the sprinkles. These were a hit, I don't think I had a single one left over.

From left to right at macaroons, mushroom shaped meringues and chocolate cupcakes. The meringue recipe I found on Sweet Treats blog and I am quite happy how they turned out. They were a little delicate so I broke a few of them but they were also a hit. The chocolate cupcake recipe was from Butter Baked Goods and inside was a surprise, a bit of Nutella and then topped with cream cheese icing.

The girls all got to decorate a foam glitter crown that is worn as a hair band. We used buttons, feathers, glittery pom poms and gems to decorate these adorable little crowns.

And finally the cake. I made a white cake from Butter Baked Goods. I used cream cheese icing from Martha Stewart and used just pink and cream, simple but pretty.

travel book / journal

I was at my local dollar store and found these composition booklets, 3 for $1.50.  I decided to cover them with some fun paper and they would be the perfect little booklet for traveling.  The photo has double sided tape along the edges already and I added 2 more strips along the top and the bottom.  Next I found some pattern papers to use. 

The finished little book, now to find a small pencil or pen to go along with the book. It's the perfect size for a travel kit.

ikea duvet cover recreated

I love Ikea but when I was looking for my kids bedding there was nothing I really liked or that would go with their rooms. It was either not in the toddler bed size or the colours weren't quite right. So, to solve my problem, I bought a twin duvet bedding set and recreated it to make 2 toddler bed duvet covers with 2 pillowcases. Now I have exactly what I wanted to go with their rooms.

I recently was given this heart shape duvet cover from Ikea to sew into 2 toddler bed duvet covers. 

Please note that the direction of the pattern will change from horizontal to vertical which may not be what you are wanting.  There was a big heart in the centre of the pillowcase and I tried to save as much of it as I could when making the new pillowcase.  I did have to use some of the duvet cover to extend the length of the pillowcase, which I think makes it even cuter.  

I had fabric leftover so I decided to make a toss cushion with it, just the right size for the toddler bed. 

travel pencil crayon case

I've been checking out Pinterest lately and that's just a dangerous site for me...way too many ideas and just not enough time. I saw a few ideas for a travel case with pencil crayons and a notebook and came up with this one.  It's not quite perfect, I would add more space for the pencil crayons as it was a bit snug and it tended to make the fabric curl once the pencils were in place. So, the next one should be better but what a great idea for keeping the kids entertained while out and what a neat little gift for their friends.

a princess in the making

A friend of mine has a daughter who loves anything to do with princesses, so I made her a princess skirt. I used some tulle, fabric that had a bit of sparkle to it (try to find fabric that doesn't snag too easily, I made that mistake) and a feather boa.  I bought an inexpensive boa and I had feathers all over my house...oh my word I was finding feathers for days.  I'm not sure if a more expensive one would be any better but the end result I still thought was adorable.