Happy Monday to you! I hope you had a lovely weekend? Are you ready to start another week?
As I mentioned before, my daughter is getting ready to have her twelfth birthday in a couple weeks and we have started planning her party. This year we decided to go with a bit of an over-the-top, Marie Antoinette inspired theme. There should be loads of mint, coral, gold, and pale pink… and perhaps a few ruffles, too! While normally I simply show you the finished product, I thought it might be fun to show you some of the inspiration behind one of my celebrations and give you more of a behind-the-scenes tour of how I go from having no idea what kind of party we will throw to the special day.
The very first thing I do is look at my pinterest and see what colors I have been pinning lately and see if there is anything in particular that jumps out at me. Lately I have been pinning a lot of pinks, ruffles, and mint, so I thought that might be a good place to start. Then my daughter and I had a little brainstorming session. We chatted about the colors because ultimately she has to love it and then we discussed elements we might want included.
Some of the ideas we discussed were pinwheels, feathers, and pom poms, but when she saw the photo of the party above, she was certain that she had found her starting point. I then began creating an inspiration board with the colors and the girly feel she wanted. Right now we are busy trying to shop all the local charity shops in hunt of the perfect tea cups and dishes. That is probably the most challenging part of a party because here in Denmark there are many things not readily available to us as they might be in the US. We are not ones to back down from the challenge, though, so I hope to continue sharing some of our finds and inspiration over the next couple weeks as we get ready. Does that sound like something you would enjoy reading about?
photo credit: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve
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Party, Pink, Mint, tea cups, challenge!
Of course! Please bring it in! I lve your style and your daughter seems to be finding her own! How lovely to be ale to plan this together! How proud and happy you must be!!
Yes, please share! You can’t keep something like this for yourselves!
Have a happy happy Monday
Eliana
Yes please share. I would love to hear about your party preparations. Love the direction it is going in. Love Marie Antoinette, mint, coral, gold and pale pink (reminds me of L’Aduree macaroons yum!), ruffles, feathers, pinwheels and pom-poms – the girly feel will be great.
Good luck on your search for teacups and saucers.
I am sure it will be fabulous since you have a great sense of style.
Happy Monday!
Gina
Yes, please!
You already now: I’m a huge fan of your party decorations and party table settings!
Your making me so excited that I have a girl! The party is going to be gorgeous!
You betcha! To read about AND attend – I’ll be right over.
You girls are the best! So happy we get to enjoy the journey together!