A 2nd birthday for my little miss

Hard to believe that one of the most amazing days of my life happened 2 years ago already! My sweet little Cheriese seems to have gone from baby, to toddler, to a true "little miss" in the blink of an eye (ok, well maybe two blinks!) We did things a bit backwards this year, as we decided to have a small party for her with just our immediate family the weekend before her birthday, with a special day just for us on her actual birthday the Thursday after. I am going to have a little tea party for her with a couple of my closest friends when I get back from holidays (reminder to self, send those invites out!!!)

Here's a few photos of Cheriese in her party dress. I could've made 5 dresses in the time it took me to pick a pattern and the 'just the right' fabric for her dress, but decided on a Spotlight "Get Creative" pattern I had in my collection - it is called "Little Girls Summer Dress" you can see a photo of it here. The fabric is a pretty floral cotton that had little silver shimmery threads through it to give it just the right touch of sheen. This is a fully lined dress, with a gathering of soft bridal tulle between the skirts layers to give it a sweet touch of fullness. I found the side zip to be very painful, but go there in the end (after countless attempts!)




I 'cheated' with her cake design and re-used my idea from the cup cake tower I made for my friend's baby shower. I love these towers, very nice and easy!
Of course the best thing about cupcakes is eating them!

We even got a very rare photo of both Steve and I together with our little party princess!

For her birthday we bought her a doll house and Jordan and Jai got to give her a prety gift box set filled with furniture and also a set of wooden dolls.


So far it's hard to work out which of my three little darlings enjoy playing with it the most!

The day was then spent with a picnic at the park, feeding the ducks and a big play on the playground.

Special "Thanks" and credit goes to Jordan for taking this photo, I just love it as I don't have many photos with me in front of the camera lately!

To my dear sweet Cheriese, Happy birthday darling - I hope you enjoyed your special day and thank you so much for bringing so much joy to our lives!

Natalie xx

My Little Party Princess

Well time has run away from me again, we've all been battling a round of colds here so there hasn't been any time or energy for creating or blogging. But we are now on the mend and I've had a chance to finally go through the hundred or so photos taken from Cheriese 1st birthday party!

Here's a photo of the invitations. I decided on a gate fold style and then spent a coupe of days fiddling around in photoshop adding in all the different photos for the inside - I think it took me longer choosing which photos to use than it did to add them in!

Now for the party photos, here she is with her Daddy - Steve did a wonderful job with all the decorations outside. I had wanted to make some bunting, but just ran out of time.

With her presents


Her cake, every princess needs a castle!

I think she liked it!

and of course, you can't have a party without cupcakes!

We all had a wonderful day.

Look at the bag that my 13 year old nephew Mitchell made for her! He wanted to make her something for her birthday and his Nana helped him with this:


It is just gorgeous and sits hanging on her bedroom door. I am so proud of him, it must've taken him ages to do and we both just adore it. I think it will make the perfect library bag for her, she will look just adorable toting it around the library on our next visit!

Natalie
xx