Reagan’s Secret Garden Birthday Party

It’s taken me a solid week to recover, but I’m here today sharing the full details of my daughter’s Secret Garden Birthday Party! Like I said in my party inspiration post last week, the moment I saw the Secret Garden collection from Sandi Henderson, it was party at first sight.

I’ll warn you now: there are an obscene amount of pictures in this post, but there were so many fun aspects and details, that I just couldn’t leave anything out. Seriously. I hope you enjoy everything as much as I did!

I have to start with the second most gorgeous part of the entire party {with my daughter being the obvious first}:

Isn’t this cake absolutely fantastic? The ever-amazing Breanna from Sugar Dreams Cakes & Things knocked this beauty out of the park. In keeping with the garden theme, I utilized an overturned galvanized bucket wrapped with burlap and lace trim as a pedestal to help the cake stand out even more.

The dessert table was filled  with lots of yummy goodness! Some of my favorites were the Party Oreos that I made {Oreos dipped in candy melts and sprinkles}…

…these sweet mini lemon raspberry cupcakes courtesy of Sugar Dreams…

…the scrumptious red velvet cake pops from Sugar Dreams…

…and floral sugar cookies that I squeaked out last-minute.

My sweet girl was so excited for her party. I spent lots of crying quality time the week prior to the party designing, cutting, sewing, altering, pinning, and swearing to make her party dress. It turned out about 87% like I had originally imagined, so I consider that a success for my first dress attempt!

I love how her birthday banner turned out and it was pretty simple to put together; that alone makes it a winner in my book! I cut the burlap flags by hand and used by ever-trusty Silhouette to cut the circles and letters out. Using pop up glue spots for the letters and hot glue for everything else, this went together really easily.

I kept the centerpieces of the tables fairly simple. Using  tissue poms, glass vases that I already had on hand, and die cuts that coordinated with the theme, I had a great conversation piece that didn’t break my bank.

Tissue poms and die-cut shapes also graced the chandeliers.

I have a confession: I did not use printables for this party. Gasp! The only thing I printed out for this shin-dig was the paper to make flags for the straws.

Not only did I use mason jars to hold the straws, but they were also used for the art table that was set up for the kids during the party. The mason jars were wrapped with burlap and tied with fabric from the Secret Garden collection.

The art station was a huge hit with the kidlets. I found tree and flower cardboard cutouts months ago on clearance at Michael’s {yes, I did plan this party for a solid 6 months} and knew they would be a great fit. Using art supplies from the local dollar store, the kids went to town making their little masterpieces.

No one walked away empty-handed from the party. I took flower seeds and wrapped them with burlap and fabric and tied it off with colored raffia. Easy-peasy and something that can be used to remember my baby girl.

By the end of the party, the girl of honor was pooped and momma was too. I am so lucky to be able to celebrate my kidlets this way and honestly, I am just so lucky to have these sweet babies.

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