Larkin's Fancy 5th Birthday Tea Party!

This is by far the fanciest party that little Larkin has had to date and the fanciest party that I have given yet!  I had so much fun planning this party which started with ordering Larkin's invitations in September for her January party!  I figured why not start early because I wanted to do so much and with Christmas being close to her birthday it gets hectic.  Next I ordered the cupcake toppers from two different shops on Etsy...my favorite place to be on the internet!!!  Closer to the party I started making the tissue paper flower balls that I hung from the ceiling fan above the table.  I remembered that I had purchased fabric to make a headboard for Larkin but then decided against it so I used those yards and yards of dotted fabric for the table cloth.  I also already had Larkin's birthday outfit which I bought at TJ Maxx during the summer.  I knew I wanted that to be special so I only used the skirt and had the shirt made by another fun shop on Etsy.  I made her bows and I LOVE them....lots of ribbons with one being leopard velvety trim, birthday ribbon and jewels to top them off.  Of course she wore piggie tails:) 

Here is the FABULOUS cake made by an outstanding lady named Rebecca Sutterby from Sugar Creations.  She was contacted by Icing Smiles an organization that gives children with medical issues cakes for their birthdays.  This was a gift from all of them and I couldn't have been happier.  To our surprise Rebecca is an award winning cake baker with lots of accomplishments under her belt (or apron....lol)  She won Bride Magazines best cake in 2010 and also competed in TLC's Cake Wars.  I really felt special when she emailed me the sketch of the cake she designed. The cake turned out exactly the way she had sketched it but better in person!!  Here is her website if you want to take a look at her amazing cakes. http://www.sugarcreations.com/

 I decided we all needed to dress fancy and over the top so here is my headband that I made.  I actually put it on my website http://www.larkielubows.com/ because I got so many compliments on it.

Here is the moment when my baby girl could actually see her cake up close and personal.  We let her touch it and she LOVED it.  She got to lick it as well once we cut into it.

I wanted to do treat bags so I ordered Fancy Nancy stickers from Birthday Express and stuck them on the front of the hot pink bag.  I added a butterfly wand because Fancy Nancy loves butterflies.  Also in the bag were Fancy Nancy lotion and lip balm that I picked up at the dollar bin of Target.  I was super excited when I found them in October before her party.  I added a few more goodies as well. Also on the table I made place cards with foam hearts with lots of feathers, buttons and pearls.  I glued the hearts to a card stock paper scalloped circle and made a slit on the top of the heart to stick the name card into.  I really wanted it to look gaudy and over the top like Fancy Nancy, infact I wanted the whole table to be over the top!

Of course we "pretended" to have a tea party with Larkin.  Everyone else got to nibble on tea cookies, cucumber cream cheese sandwiches and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.  We cut into the cake after the tea party was done and also had cupcakes.

My beautiful family!  Look closely, Larkin is in the picture too.  My fancy boa is almost covering her. The men wore suits or very nice clothing and the ladies wore their Sunday best!

from left to right  (Daddy, Mommy, Larkin, Tatum, Colton, Stratton...sitting low, Skylar and his wife Mandy)

I really love this picture. It captures Larkin's precious little tongue tasting the sugar rose!

Larkin's tea table and banner in the background which was made by my good friend Summer from Sugar Britches Designs here is her info. 

I made the cupcakes because I wanted to use these fun cupcake papers and the cupcake toppers that I had bought earlier. Honestly I bought things so early that I really didn't know the whole Icing Smiles thing was even a posibitlity but I think everything was amazing and the party turned out great!

Larkin loved seeing her little girlfriends and all of her family, nurses and friends at the party.  It was so overwhelming she insisted by way of some tears that I needed to sit next to her the WHOLE time!  And you know that was just where I wanted to be!