ISSUE 22: SWAN LAKE BALLERINA PARTY SHOOT

I’m excited to share this stunning Swan Lake inspired ballerina party featured in Issue 22 of Celebrating Little One’s online magazine

This gorgeous shoot was styled by Pretty and Propped by Cass in the beautiful venue Ma Petite Cherie Kids Spa & Tea

 

 

 

The gorgeous cake combined the swan theme with touches of bows:

 

 

 

 

The girls enjoyed special spa treatments in the beautiful venue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

These gorgeous acrylics by Serendipity Design Corner were a stunning feature:

 

 

The girls enjoyed a stunning high tea at the venue and the tables were styled with amazing paperie by Party Paperland:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cookies by Catherine created a gorgeous array of cookies:

 

 

 

Gorgeous bow themed favour wands were created for the girls also to take home and twirl while dancing:

 

 

We loved this entrance feature at the front of the venue:

 

 

 

View this shoot and more in our recent FREE magazine here

 

VENDORS

 

Props, Balloons, Concept & Styling.

Pretty And Propped By Cass

URL: https://www.instagram.com/prettyandpropped_bycass/

 

Venue 

Ma Petite Cherie Kids Spa & Tea

URL: https://mapetitecherie.com.au/kids-spa-tea/

 

Custom Illustrations 

Stacey Rose Illustrations 

URL: https://staceyroseillustrations.com/

 

Cutout & Custom Backdrop Printing

Blue Wave Group Shellharbour 

URL: https://www.instagram.com/bluewavegroup_shellharbour/

 

Placemat, Favour Box, Chocolates, Pringles Shaker, Water Bottles, Cutlery Holder, Colouring Book Set.

Party Paperland

URL: https://www.instagram.com/partypaperland/

 

Welcome Sign, Acrylic Signage, Bow Drink Tags, UV Printed Mirror Signage.

Serendipity Design Corner

URL: https://www.instagram.com/serendipitydesigncorner/

 

Cake

Cake From The Heart

URL: https://www.instagram.com/cakefromtheheart/

Cookies 

Cookies By Catherine 

URL: https://www.instagram.com/cookies_by_catherine/

 

Photography 

Tamara Hill Photography 

URL: https://www.instagram.com/tamarahillphotography/

 

Wands

The Little Shindig Shop

URL: https://www.instagram.com/thelittleshindigshop/

 

Dress’s

Tutu Du Monde 

URL: https://tutudumonde.com.au/

 

Ballerina 

VPA Studios 

URL: https://www.instagram.com/VPASTUDIOS/

 

Kids Hair Extensions

Hair By Courtney Anne

URL: https://www.instagram.com/hairbycourtneyanne/

 

 

Arabella’s Vintage Ballerina Party

So many little girls have dreams of being a ballerina and their birthday party is a chance to bring this to life for a day! Today we’re delighted to share a gorgeous vintage ballerina party for the daughter of Jackie, one half of Arabella’s Vintage Wardrobe!

As Jackie describes – “When Arabella turned 8 all she wanted a beautiful ballerina party to match the colour of her ballet pink shoes…

Using this as the main colour pallet I added a touch of gold and white with pops of pink. I knew immediately that the perfect venue would be Darlings Day Out. The light, airy, spacious venue would provide a perfect backdrop for Arabella and her friends to pointe, twirl, jete, leap and whirl.”

Owner and stylist Danielle came up with the delightful concept of having her ballerina hostess Megan to add a touch of her special sparkle to the party.

 

The guests were treated to a series of relaxing pampering including nails, foot soaks, eye masks and the much loved complimentary pink lemonade on arrival. Ballerina Megan then workshopped a series of ballet dances which soon had the guests moving with grace and charm. The party guests then enjoyed a series of ballerina themed games and craft activities

 

 

 

 

A stunning grazing table was set up as a central feature for the girls to mingle and eat at. Decorated with antique lace runners, fluffy cushions, girly gold and pink table wear from Favor Lane Boutique, divine flowers from Code Bloom Inglewood and vanilla iced tutu cookies from She Bakes in Heels.

 

 

 

 

No party is complete without a stunning cake and this party was no exception.  Cooks Cakes provided a delicious ruffled cake which had a dainty pair of ballet pink shoes and a gold tiara.  Delicious Cupcakes in gold foil were topped with vintage dancing ballerinas. Ali from Stylish Soirees added a touch of ballet chic with her ruffled tablecloth for the cake table. She also supplied gorgeous pink, gold and confetti balloons as well as two large tulle balloons, perfect finishing touches of ballerina magic.

 

 

 

 

Ali of Stylish Soirees Perth provided a gorgeous easel to hang a very special pair of decorated ballet shoes made by June (Arabella’s grandmother) of Arabella’s Vintage Wardrobe.  June also created a range of stunning ballerina wands for the girls to treasure and remember this special day. Lots of love went into every stitch.

 

Other whimsical touches included vintage dressers, antique lace and furniture. Tables were topped with treasured mementos including some early portraits of Arabella in her first tutu, garlands, tiaras and flowers. Danielle also used a gorgeous Little Chiyo English rose full length tutu displayed on a wire mannequin.

 

The dreamy party was everything Arabella had hoped for.  The next day the guests were still whispering about the ballerina magic created at Darlings Day Out.

 

Vendors List

 

Photographer: Viktoria Saar Photography

Website:  https://www.viktoriasaar.com.au

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/viktoriasaarphotography

 

Party styling and venue: Darlings Day Out

Website https://darlingsdayout.com/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/darlingsdayout

 

Ballet shoes and wand favours: Arabella’s Vintage Wardrobe

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arabellas.vintage.wardrobe

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arabellasvintagewardrobe

 

Accessories pallets, gold table cloth, table tutu skirt: Stylish Soirees Perth

Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/stylishsoirees

Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/stylishsoirees

 

Tableware: Favor Lane Party Boutique

Website: https://favorlaneparty.com/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/favorlanepartyboutique/

 

Cake and cupcakes by Amy Cook

Cook’s Cakes

https://www.facebook.com/amycookscakes/

Vintage  cupcake toppers by Etsy

 

Full length Tutu worn by Party hostess Ballerina Megan and on wire dummy: Little Chiyo

Website: https://littlechiyo.com/

 

Arabella’s dress: Tutu du Monde

Website: https://tutudumonde.com/

 

Ballerina favour tags and ballet shoe garland : My Paper Planet

Website: https://mypaperplanet.com.au/

 

Iced Vanilla biscuits: She bakes in Heels

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shebakesinheels/

 

Flowers by CodeBloom

 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/code.bloom

 

 

Pointe, leap, grand jeté and twirl, this Pink Ballerina Birthday Party will make you whirl!

 

Ballerina party supplies

Many little girls dream of one day becoming a ballerina – a life full of fun costume changes, audience applause, music and twirling in PINK! I know both my daughters have gone through the ballerina phase of wanting to wear a tutu daily

 

 

So a ballerina party is a chance to bring the dream to life for just one day!

Not only is a ballet party theme one of the easiest to execute with an abundance of gorgeous party wares available in pink and white, it’s also an easy dress up theme for guests as well. The look of joy on their faces as they twirl and marvel in how they look in a tutu is enough to make you want to join them.

The hardest with such a theme however is knowing when to stop! So to make your little ballerina’s special party tutu-refic, we’ve found some perfectly pink items and on point finishing touches from the LLC vendors that will have her and her guests twirling ’til they drop!

Ballerina Party Invitations

Set the scene and invite her guests center stage with these gorgeous ballet party invitations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ballet Party Decorations

Decorating for a ballet party can be easy and fun – keep it pretty with pastels or pink and white, and add lots of tulle for added drama.

Rose Paper Lantern, $9.95 – Emiko Blue

Pastel Heart Reversible Garland, $6.99 – Illume Partyware

Personalised Ballerina Backdrop, $28 – Dream A Little Party

Lilac Tulle Pom Pom, $15 – Ruby Rabbit Partyware

Whisper Pink Tassel Garland, $46 – Ruby Rabbit Partyware

Pink Honeycomb Diamond, $6.95 – Ruby Rabbit Partyware

 

Tulle decorations are a must have at any ballet party!

 

 

 

 

Don’t forget the prima ballerina herself – how gorgeous is this Angelina Ballerina costume!

 

Ballerina Party Tableware

Set a table for the entire cast of Swan Lake with these beautiful tableware finds:

Tutu Much Dinner Plates, $6.95 – Fantasy Kids Parties

Tutu Much Small Napkins, $5.95 – Fantasy Kids Parties

Lovely Lace Pastel Pink Plates, $6.50 – The Party Parlour

Pink Stripe Straws, $5.95 – Emiko Blue

Ballerina Party Cups, $5.50 – Fantasy Kids Parties

 

Staging

No performance is complete without a few props to complete the scene.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweets treats

A special occasion calls for the finest of treats for the prima ballerina, and these pretties will earn their own round of applause! A gorgeous selection of desserts and baking accessories for a ballerina party from vendors listed on the Directory. Browse the Directory to find more vendors in a location near you if you’re looking for ballet party cakes, macarons, cookies, cake pops or cupcakes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Such a gorgeous cake topper for a ballerina party cake with a swan lake inspired feel!:

 

 

 

Some other gorgeous finishing touches to the cake and desserts for a ballerina party:

 

 

Swan Lake Cupcake Topper, $15 – Tiny Tutu Cake Couture

Pink and White Cupcake Wrappers, $5.95 – Confectionately Yours

Gold Glitter Cupcake Toppers, $12 – Sugarlicious

Cupcake Tutu, $25 (pack of 12) – Tiny Tutu Cake Couture

Ballerina Dancer Cake Topper, $15 – Merc + Jones

Pink Slimline Candles, $4.95 – One Magic Day

Ballerina Cupcake Wrapper, $3.50 – Illume Partyware

 

 

The final curtain call

After a perfect performance, guests can continue twirling at home with their own piece of merchandise from the ‘ballet’.

Pink Tulle Pom Pom Wand, $14 – Ruby Rabbit Partyware

PastelPink Scallop Favour Boxes, $11.50 – Emiko Blue

Crowns, $2.49 (pack of 2) – The Little Big Company

Ballerina Tags, $3.50 – Illume Partyware

Pastel PinkParty Bags, $11.95 – Love The Occasion

 

 

Dessert Table Inspiration

Some gorgeous ballet party dessert table inspiration for you! Click on the images below to be taken to where you can see more photos of these parties:

 

 

 

 

 

I hope your prima ballerina has a wonderful day twirling until she drops – break a leg!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rebekah’s Ballet and Bows Party

I’m thrilled to be able to share Rebekah’s 3rd birthday Ballerina party with you after it has been featured in the recent Confetti Fair magazine which you can buy at the show, news-agencies or subscribe online!

We held the party in November 2013 and went with a “Ballet & Bows” party theme as Rebekah’s daily outfit of choice at the time was always a tutu and bow and she loves to pretend she is a ballerina! I went with the colours of pink, peach and ivory and held a small party at home for her with a few friends.

When planning this ballet & bows party I chose to only use vendors from the Life’s Little Celebration’s children’s party directory! I do genuinely believe you can plan a wonderful party through using the directory and I didn’t need to look elsewhere.

All photos are by Nikki Fitt Photography who I highly recommend and I’ll talk more about the photography later.

Here is the setup of the Ballerina dessert table and children’s table:

 

 

The gorgeous ruffled backdrop, as well as the kids party table, chairs, kids tulle tablecloth and ballerina centrepiece were all hired from Little Wish Parties, and gave a lovely ballerina feel to the party! I just loved that ruffled backdrop which perfectly matched the colour scheme as well!

I love tassel garlands but wanted something a bit different for this party. The wonderful Sara of Pom Pom Princess designed the tulle tassel garland you see at the front of table along with the tulle pom pom spoons on the jelly cups:

I kept the table quite simple and symmetrical – it meant an easier setup which is important for me when I have 2 toddlers running around on the day.

The gorgeous cake along with the bow macarons, ballerina slipper cake pops and cookie stacks were all created by It’s a Cake Thing (by Jhoanee) and tasted as good as they looked!:

To keep the ballerina party theme going I used mini tutu’s from Tiny Tutu Cake Couture to wrap around the jelly cups and milk bottles. It created a really pretty effect – they are designed to be used on cupcake wrappers but I think they can work on a range of items!

The paper bows on the table were created by Penny Lane Studio who always creates such lovely decor.

I incorporated bows wherever I could to continue the “Ballet & Bows” theme, so hanging over the drink dispenser is a bow garland by PS Made with Love who created bow balloon tails as well (see photo further down):

Above the children’s table I created a cluster of hanging decorations – lanterns, paper fans and tulle poms which I bought from various party boutiques in my directory (Ruby Rabbit Partyware, Occasion by Design, The Party Parlour, Pom Pom Princess).

This was a lot more time consuming than I realised, trying to get the cluster/spacing just right! Thankfully this party was held at home and I could set this up the day before.

On the children’s table I used lace paper plates, and pretty bow spoons created by Bespoke Party Products. Around the milk bottles I wrapped the mini tutu’s from Tiny Tutu Cake Couture (you must visit their range if you’re planning a ballerina party!).

The girls loved having their own table to sit at and it actually made them stay in one spot and eat their lunch!

I loved the bow balloon tails made by Liv of PS Made with Love to continue the bow theme.

Liv also created a “Pin the tutu on the ballerina” poster along with personalised little tutu’s for the girls to stick onto the poster! They were stunning with tulle and bows attached :

I had organised a little tutu for each of the girl’s on the day so they could each feel like a little ballerina.

Nicole from Pretty and Print created the customised printables for this party

Personalised swing tags were made for each of the tutu’s with the girl’s name and character image:

For the invitation I wanted a mini story book to be created as Rebekah loves storytelling with people she knows. Nicole of Pretty and Print created this lovely story with her friends, telling the story of them being invited to her 3rd birthday party and Rebekah really enjoys this little invite/book we can still read after the party.

I cannot speak more highly of Nicole’s designs and service!

I printed these invitations and then bound them with twine to create a little book:

For the party favour along with the tutu, each girl received a tutu ballerina bag (from The Party Parlour) along with a bow and some ballerina goodies I purchased from Party & Co and Piece of Cake Parties & Celebrations. I always enjoy putting together something lovely for the kids to take home.

As mentioned before Nikki from Nikki Fitt Photography was the photographer. I couldn’t recommend her more highly as we were so happy with the photos she took of the party and the friends and family there.

She had wonderful rapport with Rebekah to be able to take some lovely single shots of her at the start of the party as well. She captured lots of special and fun moments. I’m always careful not to share too many personal images of my children on my blog otherwise I would love to show you all the gorgeous moments she captured!

By the way the cute little tiara party hats you can see my youngest Naomi wearing below were from Party & Co and were such unique pretty hats – highly recommend them for any girly party theme as the kids enjoyed wearing them!

Fairy Crystal from Diamond Fairy Parties entertained and enchanted the girls with her fairy ballet. I am so glad I booked someone for the party. With only 6 girls I was going to skip on paid entertainment.  However having Fairy Crystal there meant that the parents could eat lunch in peace while the kids were entertained and enchanted and Rebekah absolutely loved the dancing, facepainting and games.

I did also run pass the parcel and pin the tutu on the ballerina (as mentioned above) however running these games with a group of toddler age children definitely wasn’t as easy as I expected which made me grateful I had organised extra entertainment.

We also had a table setup with some ballerina colouring in sheets and crayons for an extra activity and PS Made with Love designed the ballerina colouring sheets.

We honestly had a wonderful day celebrating Rebekah’s 3rd birthday! It was the smallest birthday celebration (numbers wise) we have had for one of our girls and it made the party very relaxed. Rebekah really enjoyed the company of her sister and 5 friends.

I hope you enjoyed the photos! It was a lot of fun to put this party together and with Rebekah turning 3 it was the first party she truly understood and appreciated.

As I was setting it up she kept saying “mum, it is so beautiful!”. Those words made everything so worth it because she is so beautiful and I hope the party reflected her.

Happy party planning!

xx

 

 

 

 

Real Party: Ballerina Party by Tiny Tots Toy Hire

I’m in the midst of planning my daughter’s “Ballet and Bow”s 3rd birthday party so everything is “ballerina” in my party planning head right now! I wanted to share this utterly gorgeous jaw dropping Ballerina party which was styled by Dalia of Tiny Tots Toy Hire

It is a true visual feast for the eyes!

Tiny Tots Toy Hire has a large selection of gorgeous props available for hire in Sydney – so everything you see here is available for hire so if you want to recreate a party like this in Sydney, it is possible!

Oh and those gorgeous hanging tulle poms? You can find those beauties at Pom Pom Princess

 

 

How beautiful are the pinwheels in this setting? All handmade by the talented Sarah of Pink Giraffe Fair:

 

 

 

 

 

This cake is just beautiful by Cake Von Dee:

Stunning cupcakes adorned with graceful cupcake tutus from Fantasy Kids Parties:

Ruffled cake pops from It’s a cake thing are almost too gorgeous to eat:

 

Beautiful array of macarons from Her Macarons:

Love the detailing on these cookies from Sweet Couture:

What an amazing Croquembouche by Styled by Linda:

 

Such a pretty drinks setting in this lovely cart:

 

A table setting fit for real ballerinas with handmade party hats by Pink Giraffe Fair:

 

 

 

The girls enjoying some real ballerina fun. Tutu heaven!:

 

 

Pretty party favours:

 

 

Other vendor credits:

Ballerina tutus (teacher & mannequin): Little Chiyo

Ballerina dancer: Little Ballerinas

Photography: Silk Truffle Photography 

Wooden cutlery: All in All Party Boxes

Children’s lunchboxes: Catering for Kids

Ribbon Wands: Maddison’s Flutterbyes

Birthday girl’s headpiece (handmade): Bespoke by Renee

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I hope you enjoyed this beautiful Ballerina themed party! For more ballerina inspiration you can view my Ballerina themed blog post here