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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Our Girls Combined Birthday Celebration

In true form I am a bit late in getting this post up. We had a small combined birthday celebration for the girls birthday's this year. We invited four families whose kiddos happen to be our girl's top picks :)
Gabrielle choose fruit cookie "pizza" in place of cake or cupcakes. We used my mom's tried and true sugar cookie recipe and a super easy,  super light yummy frosting recipe I found online here with kiwi, raspberry and blackberry for toppings. We also served mini ham and turkey sandwiches, Strawberry Hill Povitica Company Apple Cinnamon bread and raspberry lemonade.
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My SIL loaned us her Pottery Barn drink dispenser which I would gladly steal from her if allowed.
The tiered plate stand is one of my favorite garage sale finds of all time and has been used plenty by both myself and Kiersten.
The party napkins and window poms were a Target clearance purchase last year that I tucked away.
That hot mess of a pile on the counter are the take home gifts.
I failed to get a picture of the girls crafting, but Gabrielle choose something similar to the picture below as the craft/take home gift for her friends {Bryten, Adyson & Tatum}. 
We purchased silver trays at the Dollar Tree and taped off the edges with painters tape and then gave them a coat of Krylon's chalkboard paint. Gabi picked out some cute chipboard and cardstock embellishments & grosgrain ribbon to create the hanger at JoAnn's. They turned out pretty darn cute!
McKenna's girlfriends {Hartley & Logann} received a little plastic storage caddy with a coloring book and either crayons or markers and her boyfriend {Micah} and the big boys {Dawson and Evan} got to make a Build and Grow woodworking kit (check them out at Lowes - they are fun and affordable!) while the girls crafted. 

To conclude I'm sharing a picture of each of the girls with one of their favorite gifts. 
McKenna received the ThinkFun Roll & Play game (which is a must own in my books). We promptly purchased it online after her receiving it and gave it as a gift to one our favorite 1 year old. You can find it at Toys R Us, Learning Tree and Amazon.
Gabrielle received a beautiful keepsake necklace from Premier Designs with a personal note from Papa and Mema telling her to always remember Christ's love for her. 
We were so glad Papa, Mema, Uncle Brett and Aunt Linda could join us and we are especially happy that Daddy was able to finagle his schedule in order to be off work that morning. 

2 comments:

Gi said...

Thank you for sharing the girls birthday party on line. Tonight is the 1st time I seen it and you do a great job of preparing the table, it was so pretty and the crafts require some good imingatation. All kids looked like they were enjoying it!!

GiGi said...

Thank you for sharing the girls birthday party on line. Tonight is the 1st time I seen it and you do a great job of preparing the table, it was so pretty and the crafts require some good imingatation. All kids looked like they were enjoying it!!