Nicole of Tradewind Tiaras submitted her daughter's Cornish Fairies Birthday Party for it's debut right here on Kate Landers Events, LLC, blog! And trust me, you will want to make yourself a cup of tea and sit down to enjoy this one.
Nicole narrates: "My daughter requested a fairy themed birthday for her 7th birthday, and I was delighted with the choice. What a fun excuse to indulge in fairy girlishness! There are a lot of wonderful woodland fairy parties out there, so we wanted to put our own spin on the theme."
{Inspiration}
"Inspired by a summer trip to Cornwall, the fact that we've been studying Cornish as a family (a Celtic language), and our family heritage, we decided that our party would be a Cornish Fairies party. That gave us a specific folklore framework from which we could draw inspiration. Think standing stone circles. Mischievous Spriggans. Playful Piskies. Cornish pasties. This was one *fun* party to plan!
{Invitations}
"The story ended with an unresolved conflict in the fairy world, and an urgent need for my daughter Ainsley to bring her little friends back to the fairy world in order to defeat the evil spriggan fairy, and recover the piskie fairies' stolen treasure (Nicole's post on invitations and full text of the story can be found here).
{Color Scheme}
"I loved the red/white/green palette that many fairy parties adopt (Kate Landers Events, LLC's was a huge inspiration, in fact!), but wanted something different. Greens and browns of the woodland scheme were a given, but for our accent, I went with soft oranges. That brought in the fall colors for an October birthday, and was something I hadn't seen before."
{Decorations}
Nicole made all of the decorations herself {Wow}including...
A pomander ball pinata with over 300 tissue paper roses
{a special tutorial feature on how to create one will be in the next blog post, so stay tuned!}
A standing stone circle based on the Merry Maidens circle in Cornwall {all made out of styrofoam}
A circle of mushrooms (where fairies are rumored to appear), 3-dimensional created out of fabrics to match the bunting.
A Dessert Pavilion (creating a grand dessert table)
Nicole adapted a 7x5 tent she found online that was designed to shade grills! She also made the bunting.
Floral arrangements and burlap & lace table runners
Suspended vases of flowers that floated above the tables under the fairy tree
Toadstool Cake Stands
Nicole says she did purchase the fairy door (found here), however she did make the bunting to go in front of it!
{Dessert Table}
If you aren't already impressed, read on: Nicole made all of the goodies on the dessert table.
Nicole says: "I decorated sugar cookies, lollipop topiaries, meringue mushrooms, browney-made-brownies, gnome-made scones and strawberry jam (the idea for that label came from Kate Landers Events, LLC, too), the cake, edible wands, branches from the crystal forest (rock candy sticks), considerate caramels (from a detail in the invitation story text), and wee trifles.
"I'm particularly proud of the Lollipop Topiaries. I've never seen anything like them before, and was very happy with how they came out."
{Kate here: A personal favorite below, bringing back fond memories of my Woodland Fairy Party}
{The Cake}
Yes, Nicole even made this cake. Unbelievable!!!!!!!!!
I love the details!
{Favors}
Nicole created the following favors for the birthday girl and her guests (all 22 of them!):
Tutus for each girl
Tiaras with Swarovski crystals for each girl
{Nicole shares: "It's good to have a mom who is a tiara designer if you're a girly girl!"}
Fairy Dust, of course!
Nicole shares that she had shields to decorate, elf ears, tunics, and boy-wands for any boys, but none of the invited boys came!
Nicole mentions that she LOVED the wooden forks, knives and spoons from Ecoware.
{Activities}
The festivities included face painting, decorating fairy wings with sticker jewels, and a treasure hunt including the evil Spriggan (Nicole's husband) who made an appearance at the end to try to keep the stolen treasure!
The rest of the time was just free-play, and we had families and little fairies racing around the yard, playing and reenacting the story I'd written until 10:30 at night!
{Menu}
Nicole says: "We served the above-mentioned desserts, but also had salad (with homemade dressing), apples, and a selection of Cornish pasties (Peanut Butter and Jelly, Cheese and Onion, Chicken Greek, and the traditional Oggie) from the Cornish Pasty Co. It's one of our very favorite restaurants. They'll even allow you to buy the par-baked pasties and bake them at home! I might not have made the pasties, but I did build the wood-fired oven we baked the pasties in!"
I love the beautiful beverage container and label, don't you?
A gigantic THANK YOU to Nicole for allowing us to debut her *spectacular* Cornish Fairies Birthday Party. It was a visual delight and a tremendous source of DIY-inspiration!
And now for a ***spectacular giveaway***!!
Nicole is offering one incredibly lucky winner a set of EIGHT gorgeous fairy tiaras (over $360 value!) as featured in this party!
Take a look at the beautiful tiaras "in action"!
Here's how to enter:
1) Visit Tradewind Tiaras website, and come back here leaving a comment on this blog post telling us which tiara style is your favorite.
AND
2) Become a fan of Tradewind Tiaras, and be sure to say hello to her letting her know you stopped by!
AND
3) Become a fan of Kate Landers Events, LLC and leave a note saying you stopped by (if you already are one, be sure to leave a comment in your comment on this blog post letting us know).
That's it!
One VERY lucky winner will be drawn at random. Ends Monday, October 24th at 11:59pm EST.
{Please note: Kate Landers Events, LLC, is not responsible for the products or delivery there of of any offerings in any of our giveaways other than products or services from our own shoppe. We do our very best to make sure we work with the most delightful and reputable vendors and designers out there, but we hold no responsibility or liability for any giveaway item(s). We are merely the hosts of the giveaways, not the sponsors and hold no liability should the sponsor not deliver what was promised}
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