Finished Tiaras

Last night was Rachel's birthday party. Yesterday morning, she asked if she could have boys at her pretty pretty princess birthday party. And, of course, it made the party that much more fun! Cody (Rachel's boyfriend), Cody (Jamie's boyfriend), and Matt brought silly masculine humor and a whole different vibe to the party. I made sure there were enough flowery tea-cup and saucer sets for everyone and the boys worked hard to makes sure their pinkies were high in the air. The general consesus was that they all learned how to behave at a tea party from Sponge-Bob Square-Pants. The rule of thumb (or pinky)? The higher you hold your pinky, the fancier you are! The party-goers enjoyed pink punch, tea, finger sandwiches, salad, mini blue-berry muffins and birthday cake.

Here's a photo of some of the finished tiaras. I think they look great!

Completed tiaras

The girls had a great time. Some are more "crafty" than others but everyone got their tiara made and on their heads for picture time. 

Heather, Rachel, and Katy

Jamie, Rachel, Jovanna, and Heather

Tiara kits for Rachel's Pretty Pretty Princess Birthday Party

The sample tiara I made to make sure my ideas would work :)

Preparing for Rachel's big birthday has been so much fun for me. As I posted earlier, I'm putting together tiara kits for each of her friends to make during the party. Then, they'll enjoy tea party goodies while I make sure the tiaras are dry enough for picture taking before they all leave. 

It was important to me that each girl have her very own tiara. No two are alike, just like Rachel's best friends. I decided to buy all new stuff for these, even though I'm sure you could do a lot with vintage stuff. I found all these elements at Michaels. There are many other craft and hobby stores, Michaels is just where I was able to find what I was looking for. I had to get creative, though, because they don't really have stuff designed for making tiaras. The curved piece is actually a bracelet which was opened up. The flat round parts were to be used for earrings (as best I can tell) The center medallions were either designed to be brooches or pendants. Since they didn't have tiara making supplies specifically, I used pieces of punched metal for the sides that were in the jewelry making department that I'm not really sure what they were supposed to be for. :)

All of the elements will be glued together with E6000 and held with clamps. I'll take a blow dryer to each tiara individually while the girls hang out and eat. That should get them dry enough for photos. Then we'll put the clamps back on to be taken off at home the next day. 

These girls are 21 and up, so I'm not handing E6000 to children. And, we're doing this outside because of the fumes. 

So, here's the tiara's the girls will be making. I hope they enjoy making them as much as I've enjoyed gathering the materials for them.

Rachel's regal blue and bronze tiara to be

Heather, our bride to be's, lovely crown kit

Jamie's sparkly and bold crown

Jo's dramatic red and copper tiara

Katy's bohemian-cool tiara

A crowing achievement

My darling daughter, Rachel, is turning 21 on July 2nd and we're planning an appropriate celebration. Like so many of us, Rachel is a multifaceted person. On the one hand, she's a lovely grown-up young lady, and on the other hand, she's my little girl! She's headed to New Orleans to celebrate with her grown-up friends and she's asked me to make a party to celebrate here at home. I'm so excited! It's gonna be a blast! I'm putting together a "Pretty, Pretty Princess" party for 5 over 21 year old young ladies. Jamie, my other big girl, asked me to come up with tiara ideas that the girls can make at the party. So, I headed to Michael's and bought a bunch of jewelry parts and glued them together with E6000. I'm happy with it and I think the girls will have fun making their own. I'll share photos of the whole batch when they're finished. Each one will be different, so it should be pretty fun.

I hope you're enjoying some creative activities, too.

Blessings,

Laura P.