My sweet Juliet portrait. Seemed so long ago.

The beginning of a unicorn party for Juliet's 7 th birthday

Juliet is have a small slumber party for her 7th birthday.  Her two cousins (age, 6 and 22), and out next door neighbor and dear friend. I can't help myself and keep it simple, so I am beginning to make some things. I started with some unicorn pins to  give the girls, and starting with a felt unicorn. Still thinking of what to do with her. Juliet made some details to her with some marker. More to come. . . . .

So I recently threw a party for Juliet's 7th birthday. She wanted a sleepover, so the festivities began with a small party with family and friends.

The theme was unicorns. This is what I had fun doing:

- Pillows for the sleepover - that I had made with a pocket on one side

- Made a unicorn pin to put on the girls as they came over, and a cute necklace

- A doll for each girl to play with that I found downtown

- Geodes to break, so each girl could have their own crystal

- Craft # 1: We colors on a onsie to put on the oversized doll

- Craft #2 - We decorated hair brushes with colored rhinestone

- Craft #3 _ I made a unicorn out of clay, and the girls painted it. It is now an ornament

- Made some cupcake toppers using a silhouette of a unicorn

- Centerpiece #1 - Used a jar filled with sand and put a unicorn inside with a fairy.

- Centerpiece #2 - Glues gold paper on a cut out cardboard circle, and using the same unicorn design from the cupcake topper, enlarged and glued on top of gold paper, added a chopstick for the stack and put in arrangement. I also added some tissue paper flowers.

In the end the party decor and event was a success. Unfortunately, Juliet was not so happy as some of the sleepover guests opted out in the end. So that was a bummer. I will wait on a sleepover in the future til she and her friends are older.

A pin made out of Sculpy, using a mini unicorn cookie cutter, and some sweet paint. 

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The friends

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Sweet Juliet

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Location:Indian Trl,Rancho Mirage,United States

Juliet is done with preschool

February Begins with crafts and cookies, end of a crazy January

Home
Make some Valentines Day cards
Paper Source
Beverly Hills Cheese store
Park
Decorate Cookies
Last treatment to Juliet's hair
Mary Poppins tomorrow

Holiday Crafts - Salt Clay Ornaments

Self Hardening Salt Clay

11/2 cup Salt

4 cups flour

11/2 cups water

1 tea. alum (as a preservative if clay is not baked)

Can get it at a major supermarket in the spice isle

1. Mix the dry ingredients together in a plastic bowl, then add water gradually

2. When dough forms a ball around the soon, knead the dough will adding water if it is too crumbly.

3. This clay can also be baked. Set the over to 300 and bake small shapes for 30-40 minutes or until hard

Juliet's Birthday card image and Recipe Card Swap

I used this image for Juliet's Birthday card. Pretty fun. I love when I hear the sound of the ice cream truck. I am reminded that life is still innocent and sweet.

I was involved in a recipe swap, and here are some of the cards.

Portrait of Juliet at 5 months

I did this as a gift for my mother-in-law. She mentioned a site where you can get a paint by number kit of any picture from any picture you upload. I felt guilty if I used the kit, so I did it myself using gouache.