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Sunday, September 23, 2012

Back In Action!

Sorry about the sudden stop in posting. Between Harlow's party that I totally procrastinated and Dash having a 103+ fever for 3 day, I would have only complained. But here I am, back in action, aren't you thrilled?!

So yesterday was Harlow's party and if I must say so myself, it was amazing! This is by far my favorite party that I have thrown. I was so nervous because as of last Friday, all I had was 2 Madonna posters, a Madonna shirt, and a cake stand. I had contacted some people on Etsy for cupcake toppers and they never responded, I didn't know what to do for decorations behind the dessert table, and I had no idea who was coming. I was so stressed. I have this competition with myself with these parties and I put so much pressure on myself. Harlow would have been pissed if she didn't get her Madonna party!

I was talking to my friend Meghan about the Etsy people not responding and she pointed me in the of Dazzle Expressions. I sent them a message late Friday night and I had a response when I woke up. They listened to everything I said and toppers and water bottle labels looked amazing!

I decided that I wanted to cut my baking load down and I remembered that my cousin had a friend that did cakes. I sent her a message on facebook to see if she made cake pops. When she said that she did, I was so excited, less work for me! As we were talking, she sent me a picture of the cake she made for her daughter. Ok. Yeah. Harlow needs a cake. So we found pictures online and tweaked the one I liked best to make it a perfect fit for Harlow. The cake looked so good and I am so thankful that I found Tina!

The decorations for this party was much more difficult than the other parties I have done. I usually get 3 canvases, cover them in fabric, and decorate them accordingly. I knew that would not work this time. We were doing 80's Madonna, for goodness sake. I needed sparkle and lots of color! I made the tulle balls, I had posters, but I was stuck there. Thank goodness for google. Shindigz had great things! I actually remember going through their catalogs in high school! I was in student council and we had to help get stuff for the dances. Haha! They had a lot of streamers and quick shipping. Perfect match! They had some other things that I really wanted, but they were custom made and since I was ordering on Monday and the party was Saturday... it didn't work out. Maybe next time I won't procrastinate as much (*snort* yeah right!!!). After dragging my poor husband around all day Wednesday (Ikea is the best place for party stuff!), I was finally ready! I knew what I had to do and I knew it would come together.

My biggest project for this party was the table skirt that I made. It was a giant tutu and it was the death of me. I was up until 5:30 getting stuff done and the majority of that was spent on the table skirt. Tulle is the devil. I hate it and I pretty sure it hates me, too. After it was all done though, I am very glad that I made it. The dessert table needed more color. The white table cloth would have thrown it all off without the skirt.

I hope you are ready for pictures now!