Birthday Party Pics (Meow!)

What a weekend! It was the craziest weekend ever with my daughter's birthday party, my best friend anniversary party the same day and Mother's Day. I am officially partied-out (except my husband's birthday is coming up soon).

This year my daughter's bday party was a bigger deal than usual, probably because 6 is an age when kids actually start to have their say on things and also start to build memories. I remember things that happened when I was 6 so I wanted to do something that my daughter will remember.
The theme of the party was kitties, because my daughter wants a kitty cat very badly. She even says that she doesn't want to get married because "men don't like kitties and I want a kitty" (I don't know where she got the idea that men don't like cats. Maybe in the books the cat owner is always a lady/girl?) In any case she seems to be OK with the idea that she needs to wait until she is a grown-up to get a real one, as we travel too much as a family to have a kitty.
As usual we rented a gym and I decorated it with kitties party supplies and favors. I even bought cat whiskers that I thought the kids could wear to dress-up as cats for the cake but those didn't work as they were costume adds-on. I was trying to find something to do with them and I thought that I could stick them to kitty cat masks that I would hand out, but I couldn't find any on the Internet that didn't look like a bad Halloween/Mardi Gras/Superhero costume.
So I decided to make them. At the last minute (the day before the party). I had the cutest kitty mask that I had bought at H&M for my daughter, so I used it as a pattern. I bought some sheets of felt, rhinestones and craft glue and got started. The first mask came out great and got me motivated but I didn't realize that I had spent almost an hour on it and I had 24 to make. You do the math; even if the other ones took less time they were still very time-consuming (I had to cut one by one with kitchen scissors). Around mask 9 I almost gave up. I managed to finish the cutting and details before dinner but the worst was to come, as I still had to sew an elastic in each of them so they could be worn. I had bought elastic thread but it was too big for the biggest of my needles. I couldn't really make holes in the felt with anything else than a needle, so I run to the store again (they were closing) to buy a smaller elastic. They had none! In the end, out of desperation I bought some inexpensive beads that came with 12 yards of exactly what I needed so I was saved. It would have been to silly to give up when I was so close. I finished at midnight but I was proud of myself. This is my creation (I made three black for the boys, as there were 21 girls and 3 boys):



They were a huge success (I was actually surprised that they didn't fall apart, besides some whiskers that fell out) and most importantly I can say that I made something for my daughter's party. I know there are a lot of moms out there who are very crafty but as you know I am the most un-crafty person in the whole world and I never finished a project in my life so this was a big deal for me. I am not sure I will do it again! I kept one for the memories, I hope it will stick with my daughter!

Did I mention the kitty cake? I found the cutest idea for a kitty cake on the Internet and I found a bakery that could make it for a decent price (but next time I will make it myself, ah!):



As for my outfit I did get that BR tunic-dress in a 4P. As I said it is more of a tunic on me in this size but it was actually better like that because it was too cold to wear it as a dress anyway, so I wore my Loft grey skinnies under it (they were perfect. What did we do before skinnies?) It was a great and comfy birthday party outfit. I didn't take pics of the outfit itself but here are some from the party:





My daughter was wearing Crewcuts (the skirt) and a "birthday tee" with cat that I found at the Children's Place (where I never shop but went to buy cartwheel shorts after a mom tipped me). It was the cutest birthday girl outfit (here is at the end of the party while we were coming home):



I think this photo says "It is great to be 6!".

I will come back soon with my Mother's Day outfit (that one was quite the hit).