Minnie Mouse Party Prep

This is Sophie.

She is turning 2.

She LOVES Mickey and Minnie Mouse!

When I knew her birthday was coming up and that she loved those Disney mice... I had to offer my services as "Party Decor Lady". I begged her mom Christy, to let me come over and help. She said yes. :)

After looking and "pinning" many party ideas, we decided on a banner direction. We first cut out circles of colored and patterned paper. Then we decided on our favorite combinations of circles, then I zig-zaged (with the sewing machine) the circles together.

We also cut out Minnie Mouse heads for the beginning, middle and end. I sewed around them with a regular stitch and then hot glued ribbon bows to them.

We LOVED the dimension and texture of the stitching and ribbon bows.
Christy tied the banner together with ribbons also... so cute!
I think Sophie likes it too.
She kept asking her mom all day, "Today my Happy Birthday mouse party???"

Finished banner minus the lettering. "Happy Birthday" lettering to come.

You may not be able to see it in the photo, but there's hot pink stitching around the mouse shape and zig-zags around each circle... so cute!

We also punched out smaller circles and I sewed them together for some garland.

Doesn't it look great on their chandelier?

Christy made this adorable outfit for Sophie to wear on her birthday.

Love it!

I also made that Minnie Mouse shoe, Christy made tissue a pom-pom, we talked about cake decor and other decoration details. I think this party will be super cute and way fun. Hopefully I'll get to see pictures!

New Calling

I was recently released from my calling as CTR6/7 Primary teacher. I don't want to sound ungrateful or too excited, but yippee! I was REALLY ready for a change. Love the kiddos I taught, but am really looking forward to being with and talking to adults.

My new calling is, "Second Assistant on the Relief Society Meeting Committee". What?! Basically, I'm on the Enrichment Committee.

My dream calling. I'm not number 1 in charge and I get to help plan "parties"! Yes.

Our first "Relief Society Meeting" together as a new committee was the Relief Society Birthday dinner celebration.

My friend Keri and I wanted to make a birthday banner to decorate with. So we got together one day and came up with this.

We used 12x12 paper to make it big enough to be seen from a distance. She printed the letters using a ton of black ink...because neither one of us had a cool Cricut. Then we cut circles and squares and randomly mixed and matched them. We punched holes at the top of each letter and then used black embroidery string to hang them.

We hung it in front of the dark green stage curtain. The string blended in and made for a cool effect. It looked like the letters were floating. A happy accident.

I think it turned out cute.

More pictures to come.