Ballerina Party Ideas!

A ballerina party for a little girl's birthday is a classic theme. Love, love this cupcake stand with the tutu skirt! Image from Pink Cake Box. Check out more ballerina party ideas....

This sweet party is the Angelina Ballerina party theme by Divine Party Concepts. Pink, frilly and adorable is what ballet parties should be all about! Feather boas, lanterns and balloons make for simple but adorable party decor.





Shelley from Divine Party Concepts describes the party, "Every year for my girls’ birthdays, I set out a special birthday book for everyone to sign. They can leave a birthday note or a special memory from the past year. I then write a special note to them recapping all the special events and milestones they had that year. I am saving all of the books to give them when they are older. I also had a ballet frame with her 1st dance recital picture and her ballet shoes set out on the table. You can also see the invitation that I made for her. It was designed as a ticket for a show."

Don't you love this? Tutu's tied to the back of the chairs. Shelley made tutus for all the guests to wear at the party!

Nothing like "pink chocolate" covered strawberries. Great ideas from Divine Party Concepts.
Ballerina birthday cake image from here.

Imprintables shares these images of a sweet girls party. Perfect decor for many party themes.

Image from Imprintables

Pure sweetness is what I'm talking about. Look how cute this ballerina invitation is?

Invitation and yummy pink cake from Pieces of Me!

Ballerina soap favors - too cute! See them here.

Beautiful hand painted cookies. Image from here.

Homemaking Fun shows how to make these charming pink ballet cupcake toppers.

Ballerina party ideas....

Ballet Ballerina Invitations

Complete Pink Ballet Princess or Ballerina Birthday Party Supplies Set

Ballerina 18 Pc. Kids Tea Set For Two in Basket

Bonnie Baby Pink Stretch Velvet Bodice To Pink Tulle Skirt, Pink

The Silver Locket (Angelina Ballerina)

Colorful Creative Playroom!

Bright green walls - fabulous for a playroom! Jenni McEntaffer kids playroom is vibrant and colorful. What I love most? The personalized hand print art done by her kids! Kids love to play in/with paint and what better way to display cool artwork but with their own hand prints! The walls paint colors - Lime green (Olympic semi-gloss from Lowes)
Blue bayou (Olympic semi-gloss from Lowes)
Velvet lining (Colorplace semi-gloss from Walmart)-this was the deep purple accent color


Jenni explains the process, "When we moved into our house a year ago we created a playroom in the basement. It had white walls, beige carpet and led into our family room. It was boring. Then we added the toys which helped add color but the toys lined the entire room, looking unorganized and messy. We added two shelving units which helped store toys in bins, out of sight. As we approached our 1 year anniversary since moving into our home I got to work creating a fun, bright playroom. Because I have a 4 year old daughter and a 2 year old son, I chose bright green and blue with a dark purple accent color. I painted wood star hooks and tied them together with cording to hang my kid's artwork. I created a reading corner with a shag rug, basket of books and pillow. I painted chalk board paint on a large area so the kids can draw and that becomes part of the design (and changes with each new picture). Probably the easiest new feature was the dress up curtain. My daughter has many princess dresses and my son is starting to collect his own dress up wardrobe of fireman suits, wizard hats, etc. I wanted one, organized location to hang them instead of stuffing them into a bin. I painted and hung 6 star/flower hangars to display the dress up clothes and added a fun curtain to close off the dress up area. When my daughter wants to dress up she goes behind the curtain, changes and then I make an announcement to anyone willing to hear...that the princess is coming. Both kids love being behind the curtain! I didn't expect the dress up area to be so successful but it was the best part of the new playroom. I also wanted to display pictures of my kids playing and having a blast so I chose funny pictures of them playing guitar hero, dressing up, making silly faces, etc. My favorite picture was when I went down a slide before the kids and took the picture as we all came down the slide, the smile on both their faces is huge which makes me relive that moment of pure happiness. I opted to blow up that picture to a 18 x 24 size and painted some circle design around it, bringing even more attention to it."



Jenni you really thought out the playroom with creative details. Thanks for sharing!

Red & White Charming Girls Room!

The UK has some talented gals and Sam from The Nest is one of them! She decorated her daughters room in red and white - it's completely charming. An ugly, brown smoking chair is what this fresh, fab checkered chair use to be. Sam spent some time reupholstering the chair that was given to her. I want, I need this chair for me... it's so ADORABLE!

Charming and so timeless!

Sam describes the room, "When Lily was born her bedroom was half the size it is now and could only fit a cot, chair and her armoire - we have much smaller houses in the UK than our American cousins unfortunately. Oh what I could do with more space! I am a fan of closets and built in wardrobes. Unfortunately Lily's room was too small for a built in so I bought the Laura Ashley armoire (when it was on sale and as it was very late in arriving they gave me more money off so it ended up being quite a bargain). I knew that we could initially used it for her clothes storage and then when we got round to having our house extended it could be used for toys and games. It came with shelves but we took one shelf out and hung a rail off another. I attached fabric to the inside of the chicken wire doors to hide the mess. It looked adorable with her pretty little dresses hanging in such a teeny space. When we extended her room stayed the same width but doubled in length. We had a closet built and the armoire became a game cupboard. Her doll house sits on an old victorian kitchen table which was cut down to make a small coffee table. I plan on painting this to blend in with her room more....one day!"


"I made most of the pictures on her wall. My favourite one is a piece of a tea towel I bought in a gorgeous shop in Biarritz in the South of France. It is a typical basque heart design embroidered in a deep red. I cut this bit out and mounted it then painted a cheap plain frame in a similar shade of red which I had to mix myself until I got the right shade."



I also need these polka dot suitcases. Thank you Sam! You're quite the talent: )

Timeless Classic Baby Nursery

Isn't this nursery adorable? Sophisticated, classic and timeless are words I would use to describe the nursery. My cousin Renee designed this room for her sweet little twin daughters. Designing a nursery for twins is a tad harder than designing for one baby. I love the toile wallpaper and pink and green colors of the room. Placing the changing table/dresser between the cribs and in front of the window is such a perfect spot.

I'm loving the darling baby photos hung over each crib.

I want this!!

Here's a list of products/furniture used in the nursery.

The oval frames are from:
Gentry Studio
26305 Jefferson Ave., Suite A
Murrieta, CA 92562
(951) 445-4055

The rug:
The color is magenta/mauve.
www.therugmill.com/braided_rugs/chatham-magenta_mauve.htm
Area Rug World
907 Gaston St.
Dalton, GA
(800) 241-8086

The cribs:
Corsican Iron Crib - 1682 (white finish)

Wallpaper:
Waverly
http://www.waverly.com/products_information.php?id=5502800&productType=2
5502800 - Rustic Life Sage

Armoires:
Young America Contentment Wardrobe

Dresser:
Young America by Stanley - 4 Seasons Contentment 7-Drawer

Changing Table:
Contentment Changing Station by Young America

Chandelier:
White Ella Chandelier from Pottery Barn Kids


Thank you Renee for sharing your daughters beautiful nursery with us! I'm loving your style!

New Winner: Decal Giveaway ....

We have a new winner of the decal giveaway - Heidi from This is our life!! Congrats to Heidi! The last winner has not contacted me, so I had to choose a new winner.