Art-y Party!

 So my shortcake turned SIX in April. (yes, that is MaryLarkin's nickname in case you ever wondered why shortcake stationery!)   Wow! I'm really not sure how that happened.  I think I only blinked once.  She loves to draw and paint--she also happens to be, in my completely unbiased opinion, uber-talented.  What better way to celebrate her spring birthday than with an outdoor, messy, gallery party.  I had so many things I wanted to do with this easy easy theme that it was hard to limit myself (and my poor family) to just a few things, but here is a short post showing the shortcake items and a little bit of how they were incorporated. 
enjoy!

xoxo,

elizabeth

Invite front- glossy 4x8 stock

backside of invite

Thank you note.
I'm not always a fan of the fill in the blank notes, but for a kindergartener who can write it herself, I thought it was appropriate and a good lesson in gratitude for her too. She asked me many times why I gave her such a long name, ha!

These are 2 stickers I did.  The easel one is a 6" glossy circle, the six is a 1.5" circle.  I've included a few shots of how I used them as well.

centerpieces were paint cans, ribbon is held on by a six sticker.  I used balloon sticks to have inspirational art on the tables along with paint chips that had the easel happy birthday stickers on them.  The wind did blow them a few times, but it looked pretty dern cute when upright.

Birthday girl with her apron.  Each kid got one, but hers was a little more elaborate.

six sticker on paint can in background

"paint yourself a drink" bar.  Waters and kool-aid singles. Yummm



the six sticker is stuck on a 2"circle scallop at the top of a wooden dowel.  Used these in centerpieces and all over. 





There is not a great pic of the cake I made, but this shows a bit of it.   I made a huge white sheet cake to look like a paint palette.  The sign that you see the back of here was a paint chip with the happy birthday sticker mounted to it.  The cake is sitting on a big board that also has paint samples all around it.
  I just couldn't resist posting this shot of my girl...utter joy.  What a moment.



I wish I had a shot of the finished art gallery.  We hung a line on the fence and all the paper things were hung between the famous works I had already clipped up and the canvases were lined up on the fence as well.  Good good day.

xoxo