Sesame St meets Mickey Mouse!

My niece's 2nd birthday party was this weekend.  I had a great time taking on my 2nd BIG sewing project by sewing a house for Minnie Mouse as her birthday present.  I also got to make her birthday cupcakes with all the faces of the Sesame Street characters!  I think they came out pretty awesome.  Oscar was definitely my personal favorite...

My very first sewing project (after the tutorial my mom gave me on making a pillow with the sewing machine) was a double sided superhero cape for my 4 year old.  I'm pretty proud of that cape considering I had no pattern and was very new to sewing.  I'll have to post that soon.  But I'm even more proud of my 2nd big sewing project, again with no pattern!!

Through pinterest I found myself here.  UKlass is amazing and her instructions definitely helped me through the process.  I loved this little house SO much I had to make one and my nieces birthday seemed like the perfect opportunity!  Of course both boys loved it too so I'll be making a barn for the baby and an auto shop for the 4 year old soon!

Minnie's house turned out pretty well!  Minnie loves her hand made rug and window and of course her mirror (lol).  I love her flower garden and hand embroidered fish pond.  Hopefully my niece loves all of it!  

A Baby Shower

The theme of the shower was 'Blue and Pink' because they are expecting twins - a boy and a girl.  Just perfect.  I was very excited to work on this and try out a lot of things I've learned following the many amazing blogs of other party designers.


Here is the Customized Invitation (and of course the envelopes matched as well!)

Here are some of the handmade decorations I provided.  Despite the 3rd degree burns, cuts and time spent re-doing everything to get it perfect I had a lot of fun making everything by hand!


Custom favor tags matched the invitation design.  I saw the umbrella topper for the pencils somewhere and just had to borrow the idea and make it match our theme.

What would a party be without 'Poufs'?!  They are so easy so versatile and can turn any corner into a bright happy space!

I adore these banners they even looked great from behind!  Using the sewing machine to attach them together really added to the 'quilted' look.

Pinwheels to match the banners.  These really were cute even though I didn't catch the best pictures of them.

Finally the cupcakes (yes I made these too)! Six dozen pink and blue baby bootie cupcakes in three flavors - Chocolate, Vanilla (dyed blue of course) and Strawberry. Custom made wrappers to match the theme and invitations!  

I nearly forgot my ribbon topiaries!  I was so excited to see these on pinterest accompanied by a great tutorial.  I just love the way they came out. They made the perfect accompaniment for the cupcake table.

Thanks so much for looking!  I'm looking forward to finding more free time to post some of my past children's parties as well as a variety of invitations, thank you cards, birth announcements and other custom cards!