Mermaid Party!

Alright!  It's finally done!  I don't know if even Sophie was as excited about her mermaid party as I was!  Growing up, The Little Mermaid was my absolute favorite movie!  Well, that and Beauty & the Beast...  I would stay up all night watching it and in the pool, I would try to swim like a mermaid, keeping both my feet together and tossing my hair in the air when I came out from under the water, so I was thrilled when Sophie asked for an "Ariel party" this year!

I can't even blog all the DIY stuff that went into this party!  Me, my family and friends DIY-ed literally  EVERY. LAST. THING!  I used only stuff I had, and spent probably about $30 total for the things I didn't have on hand (most of it went into the tulle for the tutu).  I borrowed lot's of stuff from my family for the decorations.  The table clothes are sheets and fabric I had.

I hope you'll excuse the insane amount of pics I am sharing in this post, but I just could not pic favorites!  My bff took the pics for me and did a great job!  They all came out so amazing!  I put them after the jump, so that if you are randomly stumbling upon this, you aren't bombarded with photos, but for those of you who would like to see the whole party, just click read more!  

Hope you enjoy as much as we did! 

I made the starfish wands using this pattern and I screwed a eye hook in the top to tie the ribbons to.  Then, I hot glued the starfish to the tops.  Just make sure you glue it to the felt...not the stuffing, otherwise it will come out. 

The starfish garland was made using this tutorial.

Mermaid Makeovers....

Each girl got her makeup done by my sister, then, took her pic in the photo booth.

My cousin made the cake, and my sister and I made the little pink sea urchins out of salt dough.

Sea glass candy made using this recipe

Click "read more" to see all the pics from the party!

Sneaky Peek...

Been super busy with Sophie's party, so I haven't had much time to blog, but I thought I give you guys a little sneak peek of what I've been working on...

Can't wait to see it all come together!

Mermaid Party Invites + My Memories Suite Digital Scrapbooking Software Giveaway

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I was super excited when I was contacted by My Memories a few weeks ago to try out their My Memories Suite digital scrapbooking software , but I was also a little nervous.  To be honest, I have never really been a fan of scrap booking.  Don't get me wrong, I think the results are wonderful, but I have just never been very good at it.

I always thought it would be so hard to design a layout, too.   And don't even get me started on how bad I am at figuring out software!  I mean, I usually can, but typically by the time I've got it figured out, I'm ready to throw my computer out the window!  But I do like trying new things, Sophie's birthday is coming up tomorrow (we don't have her party till the end of the month to give us and everyone else time to catch up after the holidays), and you guys know how I like to do anything diy!  So I channeled Tim Gunn, and said to myself "come on April!  We can make it work and do a diy mermaid invite!"

So I started playing around with it, and here's how Sophie's mermaid birthday invite turned out:

Well, what do ya think?  Not to bad for a first timer??

I had such a good time designing it and playing around with the software!  It is so easy to use, and it does so many things I didn't realize it did at first.  You can upload pics and easily cut them out into shapes...like the circle pic of Sophie in her mermaid invite.  I can't even tell you all the cool stuff you can do with this software!  I also plan on using it to make cupcake toppers, a banner, and other decorations for her party.  I can't wait to get started on it!  I'll be sure to post pics!

And did I mention it is really affordable!  It's only $39.97!  Plus if you use my coupon code, you can get $10 off!

Simply visit the website, add the My Memories Suite software to your cart, and copy and paste this coupon code "STMMMS51516" and you'll receive $10 off your order!

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