Wednesday, June 9, 2010

One Theme, Two Looks

For my daughter's second birthday in March, I planned a woodland forest theme at Ferndell Park. I'm not usually a fan of park parties, but this place is pretty special and fit the theme perfectly. I downloaded the squirrels from Martha Stewart and filled them with toys and treats. Vintage linens gave the party a sweet picnic look, along with bamboo plates and wooden cutlery. The kids fed peanuts to the squirrels, made gnome terrariums and went crazy over the surprise entertainment. It was magical.





Crazy-eyed gnomes up to no good...



The craft table.




The mini unicorn pony!


For the next event, my super talented friend hosted a woodland party for her nephew's first birthday. She used some of the same concepts but with a completely different, and adorable, look. Her centerpieces were amazing! She used grass flats and decorated them with little ceramic woodland creatures found in the dollar bin at Target. I made the woodland sugar cookies as party favors and did a cupcake tower with chocolate and buttermilk vanilla cupcakes with buttercream frosting.






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11 comments:

  1. CraftyRachelJune 11, 2010 at 7:44 AM

    What a lovely theme that many adults can appreciate too! Where did you find the gnome cookie cutter? P.S. I found your blog through saraspartyperfect and love it!

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  2. lulublueJune 11, 2010 at 12:12 PM

    Thanks so much for visiting! I got the gnome cutters at bakeitpretty.com. They've got everything.

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  3. ElishaJune 13, 2010 at 2:06 PM

    Cool blog! I like the craft table and am wondering what exactly the craft was...can you explain it?

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  4. lulublueJune 13, 2010 at 3:28 PM

    Hi Elisha! Thanks for checking out my blog. We made terrariums and filled them with gnomes, deer, trees (from Bake It Pretty), moss and mushrooms (I made these with Sculpey). Here's the link to a tutorial that'll show you how to do them. They were a big hit at the party and so cute.
    http://jessicaramey.com/?p=1229

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  5. ElishaJune 14, 2010 at 9:11 AM

    Thanks so much!

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  6. Tracey LauJune 21, 2010 at 8:12 PM

    This is such a gorgeous party theme, love all the little details. Can I please ask where you got the baskets on the craft table (the ones with all the craft supplies) from? Thank you so much!

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  7. lulublueJune 23, 2010 at 9:22 AM

    Hi Tracey. Thanks! I got the baskets with the handles at Party City and the small berry baskets at Garnish (http://thinkgarnish.com)

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  8. birdie blueJune 26, 2010 at 6:16 AM

    Lovely! I love the theme, terrariums, and those woodland sugar cookies.
    ~Molly

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  9. DanaJuly 15, 2010 at 10:44 PM

    Your party was lovely!

    I am going to do a spin on your terrariums for my daughter's pixie party and was wondering if you could share your source for the moss? I all I seem to be able to find is preserved sheet moss.

    thank you!

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  10. lulublueJuly 16, 2010 at 7:19 PM

    Hi Dana. I got the moss from the flower mart in Downtown Los Angeles. If I remember right, I think Michael's may have some in their flower aisle too. Good luck! The party sounds fabulous.

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  11. PamAugust 17, 2010 at 3:14 PM

    We're planning my daughter's fourth birthday party at Ferndell in October. We're having a gnome hunt and painting bisque fairies and dragons. I love those cookies, but I'm afraid I'm not very talented in the cookie decorating department. Thanks for some wonderful ideas!

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