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A few months ago a friend of mine (that I've known for almost 20 years!) asked me if I would help her with a bridal shower she was throwing for her daughter's preschool teacher, Jules. Included in the help was making all of the food, decorating, and managing and photographing the event. It was a great experience and I was excited to help. If you know me, you know that I love to throw parties. The theme was a Mommy & Me Tea Party, which is right up my alley since I love all things tea. Did I mention that a lot of the food had to be vegan? It was my first experience cooking and baking anything vegan and it was quite rewarding to make stuff that was good for you AND tasted great.

From that party, I booked an 8 year old girl's birthday party just a couple of weeks later. I only received confirmation from her mom a week before the party so had just 7 days to pull a magic themed party together. Fortunately I have a friend, B, that has a love for detail and a flair for themed parties and she agreed to help me out.

I've been meaning to post some photos from these events but have just been plain old lazy. But without further ado, I present you Jules' Bridal Shower and Amelia's Magical Birthday.
Cake pops by my friend April, who you might remember did Little C's snowmen cake pops. Look at the beautiful Cath Kidston oilcloth tablecloth. I heart it. And it's now in my arsenal of party supplies.
The spread.
These were vegan and oh so good.
And these were not!

Jules' students decorating scrapbook pages for a shower photo album.

And now, Amelia's party...
When the guests arrived, I took their photo in the "photo booth" we set up.
I think the little girls enjoyed wearing the moustaches. I mean, who doesn't love a good fake moustache?
Here is the sweets table. On the opposite wall was the dinner food: pizza, veggies & dip, and fruit kabobs. Upstairs we put out a spread for all of the parents of the party-goers.
Can you tell that I'm so in love with the red and turquoise combo? I really cannot get enough.
Favour boxes with magic themed trinkets. The kids then filled them up with some of the sweets we included on the dessert table.
White cheddar popcorn. This is another thing I can't get enough of. I went back to Williams-Sonoma and bought several more canisters of their popcorn flavouring. Drool.
Cake pops, chocolate-dipped pretzels, cotton candy, red gumballs, waxed soda bottles and jelly bellies. Oh my! 
A close up on the cake pops. I was really happy with how the food labels turned out. This was my first time designing anything.
 
 
 
And a photo from my phone taken the night before when we did a dry run. Unfortunately B's island was a lot larger than the tables we had for the party and our layout the night before did not end up working out.

 So there you have it. Next on the schedule is Ella's 4th Birthday Party in May. Invitations are being printed this week and delivered next week and doilie bunting is being strung as you're reading this! I'll post photos after the party is over.