Other party details

I forgot to include Maddy's invitation in the birthday party post!

The inspiration for the party was a bib that Julie got her for Christmas.

 I had planned to do a lady bug/Valentine's theme for the party, but when she bought her the bib, I decided to change the theme. Since owls are in right now, I found a cute one in the Silhouette online shop and started cutting away. Then I started gluing...and I quickly changed my mind about making them by hand. So I started playing around in Photoshop to see if I could create my own owl. I wasn't happy with anything I came up with, so I got a great idea to cut out a different owl that I had downloaded (it was only one piece), scan it and use it as my owl for the invitation. So it was kind of luck that I found all of the coordinating colors for the party. It all started with the bib. Then at Walmart, in the scrapbook section, I found a book of cardstock papers that matched the colors exactly! After I decided I was not going to go ahead with hand-making the invites, I picked the generic pink, lime green, aqua and yellow-orange in Photoshop. I printed it and it turned out to be a perfect match to the colors! Then, we were at Costco and the had a big display with ribbon...I think 50 yards of wired ribbon for $6 or something ridiculously cheap like that. They had one that matched exactly! Then I had an idea to make her a birthday hat. I couldn't decide exactly what to do, so I loaded the family up and went to Hobby Lobby. I had picked up a piece of felt and some fringe trim (which matched again). I was kind of at a loss at that point...until I went to the silk flower section where I found the green daisy with the rhinestone center and the huge blue feather! There was a whole end-cap with pink, lime green and blue stuff! I had to hold myself back. I only bought what I needed for the hat. Anyways...I love how everything turned out! 

I also made a cute bunting with my Silhoutte, but I spelled her name wrong! I had to glue them backwards, so I laid it all out and apparently flipped the Y with the N...I didn't notice until Sunday morning, after the party! Oops!

And the cupcakes...lots of people have asked about them, so here you go...

Here is the link to the cupcake recipe.

And here is the buttercream frosting recipe.