Getting ready for Libby's birthday!!!

If you can believe it, Libby will be turning SEVEN YEARS OLD in just four little days. That definitely blows my mind! She has been planning her birthday party since July (she is sooooo my daughter when it comes to planning things early!!) and she decided in July that she wants a Candyland birthday party. I was very excited about this theme for her because that meant that I had a lot more creativity than I usually have for her birthday parties. She usually picks a character theme (Barbie, Strawberry Shortcake, Hello Kitty, etc) and that is where most of the money is spent! But, with the Candyland theme I have been able to pick up things that were just solid bright colors and I've picked up as many different colors as I could find. It's wonderful because solid colored items (tablecloths, napkins, plates, etc) are much cheaper than anything else. The decorations have been easy...candy, candy, candy!!! I will be putting some candy in glass jars for centerpieces on each table and at the end of the party I have to make sure to make everyone take some home because I definitely don't need to be bringing all of that candy back home with us!! :-) I also found some paper lanters today in Michaels for $1 each. I wrapped them in cellophane, twisted the ends, and voila...candy decorations that can be hung! How cool! :-)

The invitations that we printed turned out very cute...at least I think they are very cute! :-) I simply printed them on colored paper and mailed then in a different colored envelope to go along with the mix of solid colors.

We sent out her invitations in mid-December so that she could invite a few friends from her class and we had to get them out before winter break so we have some reminder cards to send out on Monday when she goes back to school since the inviations went out a couple of weeks ago.

So, the invitations and reminder cards are done, decorations are done, and the favor bags (more candy!!) are done. All that is left is her cake. I'm going to leave the baking of the cake up to Publix but I'll be the one decorating the cake. I'm decorating the cake with inspiration from the gameboard of Candyland. I'm excited to see how it turns out - but also a little nervous! :-) My only worry about the party is that someone may go into a sugar-induced coma because of all of the candy! :-) Her party is January 10th so I'll post another blog probably Monday night since that is her birthday and then I'll post one after the party and let everyone know if it was a success. :-)