2 Cupcake Stands

I have decided to try something different this year and buy one small personal cake and cupcakes for her guests. My friend Angie is making the cakes! I have spent the last couple of months searching high and low for a cupcake stand for my daughters birthday party. I found and bought a cupcake stand but the way it stacks makes it impossible to place a small cake at the top. Since I couldn't find what I want I decided to build one.

I found some wooden circles at Navel Kadena (a local hardware store) and a tall wooden cylinder to place between them. I spray painted everything black and added some pink vinyl stars (love my cricut!) to them. Then I used my trusty gorilla glue and glued it all together. I was simple, easy and fairly cheap.
The only problem was that I could only find 1 circle in each size that I needed and since it is a joint party I needed two cupcake stands. I had planned to wait until the stocked more stands but as the party started getting closer it didn't look like it was going to happen. I began to search for other ways to build a cupcake stand. While I was at the thrift store last week I happened across some black plates and knew I had found my solution.

A few plates some tiny glasses (that will be filled with pink candy the day of the party) and some pink vinyl stars and I had a second cupcake stand. I think they both turned out fabulously and I can't wait to add the cake and cupcakes to them!

Rock Star Hair

While I was searching on Oriental Trading company for party goods I came across the most adorable little gift bags. They were already put together and the price was fabulous so I decided to order them. I had MAJOR problems with the shipping and it took OTC over a month to get me the items! I was so happy when the bags arrived because they were even cuter than they looked on line. They were full of fun party items: a star clapper, guitar pic necklace, rock star bracelet, inflatable microphone, rock star key chain, stick on body jewels, rock star rubber ducky and rock star hair.

Scary isn't it? It was also made to go over a pony tail which didn't seem very practical so I decided to put my fear of synthetic hair aside (it freaks me out to touch it!) and remake the hair piece. I took an alligator clip and some cute jewels and made a clip in hair piece fit for a rock star.

I love the way they turned out and can't wait to see them on all the girls at the party!

Rock Star Party Invitations

It is almost time to party like a rock star! My daughter requested a rock star party for her birthday this year. She is having a joint party with our neighbors daughter again this year. Here is a link to the post on her party from last year. I REALLY enjoy planning her parties and this year was no exception. Her actual party isn't for another couple of weeks due issues with booking just the right location. I have been slowly working on all the little projects for it. Rather than do one big post after the big day I am going to slowly post bits and pieces until then. I thought I would start with the invitations.

I had really hoped to be able to buy the invitations but wasn't able to find anything I liked. So I sucked it up and got to work on some custom ones. I decided to add an extra backstage pass in for fun. The invitations themselves took me forever but that was mostly because I have math issues and kept screwing up the measurements. This is also the reason we went from a folded card to a post card style. The feathers were an after thought but I love the detail they add. Don' tell my daughter that I used her falling apart feather boa! It took me awhile to finish all 16 cards and passes but they were totally worth the work. Now I need to get to work on the cupcake stand!