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!

Oink, Oink!

As you may or may not know, Abree LOVES pigs. I think it has everything to do with them being "pink" and nothing else really.

When we saw real, live pigs at the fair last year, it might have been a reality-check for her... they weren't nearly as cute or as pink as she thought! In fact, they were really noisy and startling as they jumped up on their pens at dinner time, as we passed by.

She quickly dismissed those pigs and continues her love of PINK pigs today. :)

I found this piggy bank at a thrift store and thought of her immediately. Only one problem.... it wasn't PINK.

So I primed over the cute polka dots and spray painted it PINK. I thought this project would be done for her birthday, but no, rainy weather and too much on my plate makes it a surprise for another day.

Another find at a thrift store was this material... brand new, with shirring at the top. Using a dress she already owned as a pattern, I cut up the fabric and created a birthday dress for Abree.

Another pig creation was her cake. Simple.... and PINK, of course.

Something was missing.

Ahhh, that's much better.

A bow to make it a girl pig... cuz when you're a little girl that's always important.

I made cupcakes with the remaining batter. Used pink pipe cleaners to create squiggly piggy tails for them. Also thought of her when I saw this bubble gum at the store. Put my own pink piggy touch on it

Dress sewn, cake baked and presents wrapped... I think we're ready for a birthday party.