A Very Merry UN-Birthday Party

For Cadee's 2nd UN-birthday party

{we had it a week early}

we decided on a Wonderland "Tea Party" theme!

I was planning on making my daughter her "Alice" dress,

but when I found it for a great price

I was relieved to have one less thing to do!

Like I said in my previous post I am in love with the dollar store

so most of my party prep and decorations are from there :}

I found some great plastic vases with decorative etching

and thought they would be perfect with a little black spray paint

{that way I didn't have to fill them to cover the fake stems of the roses}

And of course I filled them with RED and WHITE roses

BEFORE & AFTER

I also came across this "Fabulous Find" while browsing the Goodwill

It needed a little TLC that for sure

and suprisingly I came across this blog 

with a home recipe for silver polish!

{See great minds think alike}

For the rest of the decorations,

we just made a few signs saying

"This Way", "That Way", "Over Yonder"...

Found some doiles and playing cards for the table.

{I realized later when looking at my pictures, I fogot to put the clocks on the table, oops!}

And of course, we had croquet,

one set for the kiddos and one for the adults

{unfortunately, i forgot to get a picture of the cute kids set}

My mother-in-law had printed out cute pictures

of the playing card characters from the cartoon movie

and taped them around the goals!

It must have been my lucky week

because I ended up finding Alice in Wonderland story books

to give to the kids in their goody bags!

It was a great party and I had so much fun planning it,

already thinking of ideas for the next one!

<3

BigSis LilSis