Our sweet little girl turned four a couple of weeks ago! We celebrated with a Barbie in Paris inspired party with all of her little friends. Kate has been really into the Barbie movies lately and had trouble deciding whether she wanted a Fashion Fairytale or a Mermaid Tale theme for her big day. She decided on the fashion theme and would get so excited every time she would see an Eiffel Tower on anything. We went with the traditional light pink, black and white color scheme {love it}. Vicki from Vicki Lynn Photography was on hand to capture every detail! When thinking about what she would wear, I immediately thought of the silhouette shirt by Oh Fiddlesticks that she modeled in our Glam Camping shoot. I called Melissa and asked if she could create the shirt in our colors and allow me to use their silhouette graphic in my designs. She jumped on it and made the most adorable version in pink, black and white! Kate wore a gorgeous pink pettiskirt from Pink Taffy Designs with the shirt, along with a special tiara that I picked up at the Believe Boutique.
Guests were greeted at the door by this lovely Barbie print by Robert Best {I won it from Layla Grayce last year!} framed in a gorgeous frame by The Vintage Crush and topped with a pink rose flower ball from HomeGoods.
I designed all of the paper goods using the girl silhouette, along with bows, stripes and dots. I borrowed dress forms from Heather and Lindsay, and dressed them up in pink! The adorable tutu was Kate’s very first tutu that my sister-in-law bought her before she was born. I fell in love with the vintage Eiffel Tower tags on Etsy and had to have them.
Each girl was given a tutu made by Tiny Belles Boutique, a hair accessory by Banner Boutique and a necklace to wear. Before they were escorted upstairs for a mini makeover, they all checked out the dessert table set up in our front room.
I finally found a piece of furniture to fit on the wall in front of our staircase and it worked perfectly to display all of the delicious desserts! It’s also the perfect piece to store my collection of cake stands and platters!
One of my favorite elements of the dessert table was this beautiful pink Barbie cake that was created by Melissa from Decadent Delights. Inspired by the doll cakes that my mom made for my parties when I was little, it was so fun to see an updated version come to life! This Barbie was a replica of the 1977 {my birth year} doll that I bought and put away when it was being sold for Barbie’s 50th Birthday! Melissa used fondant for the bodice of the dress and butter cream to make the swirls. She topped with rhinestones and edible glitter, which was so sparkly and gorgeous in person!
Charynn from Two Sugar Babies recently created these fondant cupcake toppers in various colors and our contributor, Tanya shared them with me right before the party. I had to have them! She was able to ship some off quickly for the party! They looked divine tucked in black polka dot wrappers from Bella Cupcake Couture.
I asked Angela from Queen of Tarts to create edible image cookies using the silhouette graphic. They turned out adorable and each girl was given one in their favor bags! She also made some of her gorgeous cameo cupcake toppers, perfect for this theme!
What would a dessert table be without custom chocolate covered Oreos from Sweeties? Kim supplied oreos for Kate’s Fairy Party last year and has now since been seen on dessert tables everywhere! She is such a kind person and I am so proud of her success.
I met Terri of Terri’s Treasures at the Martha Dreamers event and have been waiting for a good time to try out her products! She created perfect pink & black cake balls on black/white striped straws {adorable} along with custom silhouette cake pops! {can you believe how detailed they are?!} They were not only adorable, but seriously delicious. I hid some chocolate ones during the party so I could eat them later.
We have been working with Bundles of Cookies and these cookies blew me away when I opened the package. Look at the detail in the dress cookies! I adore the swirls! They were a hit at the party.
I spotted these black and white striped cupcake cups on Shop Sweet Lulu and immediately ordered them. You can actually bake right in them {awesome}! You can’t have a Paris themed party without French macarons! These were shipped in by Crazy about Macarons. It’s hard to ship these little bites of sweetness, but they arrived beautifully and tasted delicious.
I created new printable designs for cupcake toppers, fancy labels and favor tags for this theme. {coming soon to the shop!}
My friend, Vana at Le Papier Studio whipped up this adorable print for me to display at the party. It was created from an actual picture of Kate in her pettiskirt! It will be such a cute keepsake to have from the party! The tulle pom wands were made by Adisten’s Closet, along with hanging tulle pom poms!
The girls were treated to a mini-makeover including hair styling and a little makeup by our lovely helpers, Courtney, Caitlin, Carly & Cassie! My helpers wore silhouette shirts by Oh Fiddlesticks to match the birthday girl!
We set up a runway outside in the backyard for the girls to do a little fashion show for all of the moms. {no boys allowed at this party!} I made topiaries for the end of the aisle using pink buckets, wood dowels and lanterns from Polka Dot Market. I hung the pink tulle poms from Adisten’s Closet along with white paper medallions from Polka Dot Market in the trees.
My friend, Kristy Kay {former Fiesta Bowl Queen} gave our little guests a lesson on walking the catwalk! It was so adorable. After a practice run, we brought all of the moms out to give them a little show! Here are a few of the girls on the runway!
After the fashion show, the girls came in for snacks and to sing Happy Birthday to sweet Kate! I love this photo!
Then it was time to indulge all of the delicious sweets! It was hard to cut the cake because it was so beautiful!
Kate received so many beautiful gifts. This adorable jewelry box matched the party perfectly!
I found the perfect favor boxes in the dollar section at Target and filled them with hair bows custom made for the party by Banner Boutique, a necklace and cookie!
Each guest had her headshot taken and I plan on sending them a copy with the thank you notes!
It’s was such a fun, girly party!
Thank you to all of the fabulous vendors who were involved and especially to my lovely friend, Vicki for capturing these beautiful memories!
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FABULOUS! Parties like this make me wish I had a GIRL!! Boy parties just don’t have all this pizzazz! Love it!! So fabulous!! Great job Kim!
A little girl couldn’t ask for more.. PERFECTION! Absolutely Adorable! Love all the details.
FABULOUS PARTY!
Its every little girl’s dream birthday party.. You have done such a marvellous job…:)
What lucky girls! There is just something so sweet and simple about the barbie silhouette, I love it! Now I want a Barbie birthday!
Great work Kim!
Lucky girls, it’s an amazing celebration, amazing!
Beautiful!!! this is every little girls (and also not so little
) dream!!!
happy week end
Etta
I love it so much!!! thank you for the inspiration x
Fantastique! Love it. Amazing picture slideshow too! x
Can’t thx you enough for making us part of this so beautiful and so personal project.
Best wishes,
Rosie
PS: looking forward to work with you, again
Thank you, Rosie for making the yummy pink macarons! So pretty and so perfect for this party!
Very Gorgeous Kim!!!! You did an AMAZING job as usual! Every little girl is super blessed to have moms like you, especially Kate! Loved EVERY detail! Thanks for sharing.
What a beautiful and Oh so cute Party!!! I love it!
Just beautiful Kim – happy birthday to your gorgeous girl – the party looked just amazing as always. Leanne xx
Beautiful, Kimi! Wow! So girly and fun!
Adorable……as always!!!
Great job!!
SIMPLY GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a beautiful party! I´m sure your daughter and her friends enjoyed it. The Barbie cake is absolutely gorgeous!!
Kate, God has blessed you with such an amazing talent. Your parties are pure perfection. I love reading your blog daily and I’ve been looking forward to seeing this party. Love it love it love it!
Stunning! Love it!!
Kim,
This is Gorgeous! Barbie is one of my all time favorite themes, beautifully done! Sabrina and I watched the slideshow and she was dancing and loving it. Happy Birthday glam girl, Kate!!!!
I love every single detail!
LOVE it! Such a lucky girl!
You are a fabulous mom and such a creative and detailed party planner. Gorgeous and memorable for your little Kate!
OH MY GOODNESS! This is the most amazing thing I have ever seen! It is something every little princess needs! And Kate, SHE IS SUCH A DOLL! The little girls were so adorable. It is the cutest birthday party I have ever seen!
OK, when we have a girl, can you come TX to a party????
Amazing job!
Heather
Beyond Stunning! You have such an amazing talent when it comes to styling parties. Can I hire you for Elle’s when she turns one in Dec?! As always thanks for the inspiration!
Have a wonderful day.- Heidi
Let’s do it again!!! Soooo fun Kim!!!! XOXOXO
so awsome!…now i wish i was 4!lol
I love love this party!! every little girls dream! I have you featured on my blog today:)
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such absolute cute perfection! you always create the sweetest parties & your love for kate is shown in every small detail!
Beautiful!
Perfection!
Kim,
This is SO amazing! You have outdone yourself with this party! My girls are still too young, but I plan to use your ideas when they get older. You deserve a standing ovation for this one!
Kim!! Where to begin? Seriously. Everything looks incredible!! I could live in those cupcakes.
Kim,
This party is absolutely gorgeous! Stunning!
Where do you get your cake pedestals? They are beautiful.
Marijke
Incredible party!!! Do you happen to know where to purchase those pink dress forms?
i just love it kim!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fabulous wor, darling party fr your little kate! love! xoxo
AHHH, This is such a beautiful party! You and your team are so talented! Cheers!!
omgosh, so amazingly cute and sweet! can you adopt me? lol…fantastic work
so perfect!!! in love with every detail!
I usually hate barbie cakes because they always seem to be done with ugly barbies with a bad hair do! Thanks for changing my outlook
This is simply adorable from head to toe!
Absolutely amazing! What a wonderful party you created for your sweet girl! I will definitely have to keep this idea tucked away for a future party…thanks so much for all of your inspiration xoxoxo
So fun and beautiful! The favor boxes are so great with the lovely hair accessories, what lucky guests!
Fabulous Party Kim! Not to sound cheesy but I remember when you showed her 2 yr party to me when buying my daughter’s 1st birthday gear from you! Love to watch your business and her grow.
Oooooh these girls are just cute !!! And what amazing party ! Congrats !
Wow, I loved reading and browing through that! I felt as if I was invited.
What a lucky girl Kate is to have a mom like you! And everyone else who was invited and contributed to the party. Thank you for sharing. Now, I want to make a great party for my son. I don’t have a girl, so I think this will be harder or easier depending on how I look at it.
Absolutely stunning!! What a fun day for Kate and her friends. Awesome job as always!
Beautiful! I love every bit of this party!
i love!!
AMAZING! The colors and the design are perfect! I will definitely use this as inspiration for an adult paris themed birthday party we are b.a.s.h.ing up later this fall! =) LOVE IT!!
Absolutely beautiful, very inspiring. Can’t wait to do my daughters party.