Posh Pink Poodle Party

Last Saturday, we had Pinkie’s fifth birthday party—a Posh Poodle Celebration—at our home.  16 little ladies were invited with a perfectly pink poodle invite from Itty Bitty (purchased at CPD Designs)

The hot pink envelopes were “calligraphed” thanks to my computer printer in Segoe Script and topped off with custom stamps, envelope seals  and return address labels from Big Day Creations.

When the guests arrived they were greeted at the door by a decorative wreath (a tutorial on how to make your own can be found at Deep Fried Kudzu) embellished with a wooden letter “K” bought at the craft store, painted pink with black polka dots, and a big black tulle bow.

Pinkie wore a custom poodle ensemble from Baby Gail’s Etsy shop along with a pair of pink sparkly leggings I purchased at Wal-Mart (embellished with ribbon and ric rac) and a pair of pink sparkly ballet flats.

I wore a shirt I appliquéd with a pink poodle design I downloaded for free from Sew Forum.

Each guest was given a pair of poodle ears to wear (purchased from Birthday Express)

and their noses were painted black like a poodle’s with face paint bought from the Halloween section at Wal-Mart

Next, the girls stuffed their own poodles purchased from The Party Animal

Then they made their dog its very own collar using pony beads, pink pipe cleaners and key tags

After their poodles were all accessorized, the girls decorated their own collars that I made from a pack of black and white foam I purchased at the dollar store.  I simply cut the black foam into strips, punched a circle out of the white foam using a one inch circle punch and then hot glued the pieces together.  Miss Priss and a friend were on hand to help with the crafts and after each girls decorated their collar with self-adhesive jewels (from Oriental Trading) the big girls took a pink sharpie and wrote each child’s name on the white circle, fitted it around the child’s neck, cut off the excess, slapped on some self-adhesive Velcro dots,  and secured it on the child.

Finally, the girls made their very own poodle cuffs by gluing pink, black, and white dollar store pom-poms onto pink felt strips.  Just like the collar, each cuff was fitted onto the girls’ wrists and secured with Velcro dots.

After all the activities were completed, it was into the kitchen for some food, cupcakes and  ice cream.

The bar in the kitchen was all decked out for the party with a banner I made following Katydid and Kid’s tutorial

I made custom cupcake picks  using Darby’s label tutorial and a scallop punch glued onto Wilton lollipop sticks that was tied with a thin black satin ribbon.  Each cupcake was then placed in cupcake wrapper made from a pattern found on Skip to My Lou.

A framed copy of the invitation

A framed chipboard “K” decoupaged with scrapbook paper

As well as several other decoupaged frames proclaiming “Happy Birthday Pinkie” and “5”

I served finger sandwiches shaped like dog bones (using a cookie cutter from Birthday Express)

Water bottles filled with pink lemonade and adorned with custom labels from Big Day Creations

A veggie tray, pita chips and hummus, grapes and cheese and the girls favorite “kibble”—cocoa puffs and Scooby snacks!

as well as pink and black M&Ms (I picked the black M&Ms out of the M&M Halloween mix and added them to the pink breast cancer awareness M&Ms!)

All served on decorative platters, silver trays and milk glass.

I ordered a plain pink two tier cake from the grocery store then  added my own ribbon and feather embellishments and a mirrored “K” embellished with rhinestone polka dots.

The little girls ate at two 10 foot long table set up in our kitchen and decorated in pink, black, and white.

Each table was covered in a pink tablecloth toped with a runner I made out of some black damask fabric I found at Joann Etc. Down  the center of each table I placed dollar store vases (embellished with scrap book paper, satin ribbon, and decoupaged/ rhinestoned chipboard Ks) filled with pink roses.

I served each girl a cupcakes in pink jeweled dog bowls (I purchased them at the dollar store, spray painted them and then hot glued dollar store jewels onto them).

They drank pink lemonade out dollar store cups that I “jazzed up” with some black and white harlequin paw print ribbon that I found for a dollar a spool at Michael’s and a poodle sticker proclaiming “Pinkie’s Fifth Birthday!”

Pinkie blew out her candles wearing a custom Birthday hat from Little Cubby.

My girls!

A little rest in Dad’s chair before opening presents!

Pinkie’s favorite part–playing with new toys!

And no birthday is complete at our house without adding a new Madame Alexander doll to our collection!