An Under the Sea Pool Party!!!

Yes, I've been missing in action for some time but with good reason, as you will soon see!

My girls both celebrate their birthdays in March and they had their pool party last weekend. The theme was "Under the Sea." I have lots (and I mean, lots) of photos to share with you. Some craft related, some not. Here goes...

First up is the octopus cake and cupcakes that I made for them. You may know that decorating cakes is my other love other than papercrafts. I have to say that this has to be my favourite cake that I have made, and the girls agreed. They loved it which makes all those hours of labour so worthwhile.

Here are the birthday girls themselves and the loves of my life... Demi turning 6 and Mia turning 9.

Next are the invitations. These are the mermaid invitations that Demi gave to her friends...

...and these are Mia's invitations. All hand coloured by moi. :)

Instead of hiding the invitations inside envelopes, I used clear cello bags and decorated them with a thin ribbon, personalised tag  and charm.

This one of the little baskets that I had the girls make as part of the crafting activity. They made these to put the spoils of the pinata into...

This is Mia with her finished basket...

And Demi with her finished basket...

This was the mermaid pinata... She's not the prettiest but she did the job. Ha ha...

Finally I want to show you the goody bags for the guests...

The weather was great on the day and all the kids had a blast! Oh, to be a child again.

Now that you've seen all of that, do you forgive me for being off the radar for a while? Ha ha...

Feel free to leave me any comments. I'd love to hear from you.

Take care.

Andrea