We decided that we would have the party at home as Nat loves being at home and socialising with friends and family. Also it would mean that the girls can be involved with the party and not worry about the time.
So Nat thought about who she would want to invite. It was my job to create the invites. As you may know I love making cards. This was a great oportunity for me to create something along the pirate theme! This is what I made.
I started of using a Stampin' Up punch which is called Build an Owl. I used a variety of cards and paper so that each pirate would be different.
Here on the right you can see how I assembled the pirates. I added eye patches on some of them and some of them had a hat. Pretty cool huh?
This was the finished card. I was pretty chuffed with it. I used individual alphabet stamps to write 'Nat is 30?!' which I cut into a banner strip. I added all this to different backgrounds to make them all quirky and unique.
For those we did not post, I took photographs of the outside and inside of the card and made a collage using a photo app on my phone and posted it onto facebook and emailed it to those who do not have facebook!
That was the invites done. The next stage was to plan the party! When we got married we had such a great time and loved doing all the preparations ourselves. We decided that we would do the same for the party. First things first, I know I sew and love making things, but I was not going to have time to make four pirate outfits from scratch... We went online and ordered some cheap and cheerful costumes for Nat and I. Then it was time to think about what the girls would wear. Miss L decided that she would wear her Gothic Halloween dress which is actually quite pirate like. She wanted to cut the bottom off so that it was shorter and wear leggings underneath. She wore an eye patch and a scarf round her head. Miss F wanted to look more grown up and glam, so she decided that she would wear black leggings, with one leg shorter than the other. A white shirt and a black waistcoat. Along with a head scarf and make up... she looked good!
I went online and ordered various things for the party. I got:
A pirate photo booth kit.
Gold Edible spray.
Pirate cake toppers for the cake.
Transfer Pirate Tattoos.
Some gold coins.
Pirate table confetti.
Nat's mum went to the pound shop and got some pirate bits and pieces to put on the tables. We ended up with pirate bubbles. Plastic cannons. Plastic bombs. Some swords and balloons! The funny thing was the check out person asked Judy if it was a party, Judy explained yes it was and the check out person said aww, how old is the child? Judy said, it's for me daughter... she is going to be 30! This did make me chuckle!!
We did food for the party. We did the normal party food, but had Rum jelly shots with fish sweets in them. They looked pretty good. They must have been as they went very quickly!
Next was the BIRTHDAY CAKE!! Nat said that she really wanted a pirate cake for her birthday so I set myself up the task of doing this. I wanted to make something special for her!
I started off making a normal sponge cake. I then cut it into segments to look like a ship. I used some food colouring to make the icing brown and rolled it out to cover the cake. I decorated the cake with smarties and various sweeties!! Unfortunately the gold coins did not come in time, so I had to rethink ... I got some Oeros and sprayed them gold. They looked blooming good actually! I put a photo of Nat and I from our wedding booth as a sail on the cake to add that personal touch.
Nat thoroughly enjoyed her party and still has her big day to come and we are looking forward to it.
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