Morgan's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Party

Last year, we celebrated Morgan's birthday with a Pink Poodle Paw-Tea. This year, she wanted something a little different and asked for a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Party to celebrate her 3rd Birthday. Yes, we can do it all.

Morgan in her posh Mickey outfit


Morgan's sister McKenna


The cake table


Awesome table decor

Alice in Wonderland Movie Premiere Event 3/4/10

Alice


Alice and Shantelle with Deco Drive's Shireen Sandoval


Alice and The Mad Hatter

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Mad Hatter Tea Party

SpecialTea Parties was honored to host a Mad Hatter Tea Party celebrating the IMAX release of the new Disney film, Alice in Wonderland. Here are some photos from the event, taken by Katrina Elena Photography.

Cinderella Visits Miami Beach

It's a good thing carriages can float! Cinderella made the long trip to celebrate Arabella's special day. Here she is with Cinderella and all her friends.

Ooh-La-La!!!

One of our favorite themes is the Pink Poodle Paw-Tea where we literally watch new friends being made. Each girl goes home with her very own Pink Poodle to always remember her special day.

Kayla's Pink Poodle Paw-Tea

Kayla's friend Zaira stuffing her poodle

Kayla's Pink Poodle Table

Julia's Pink Poodle Paw-Tea

Julia's friends with their new poodles

Happy Birthday to you, Julia!

Spa Day!!

It was a relxing day at the spa for the young residents of the Polo Club in Boca Raton. The girls enjoyed an afternoon of facials (with cucumber masks), pedicures, and manicures. Don't they look so relaxed?

Breakfast with Belle

Young residents of the Polo Club in Boca Raton were delighted when they were invited to a special tea party with one of their favorite princess. Belle took the little princesses on a magical journey where they read stories (one of Belle's favorite pasttimes), played games, danced, and had a wonderful tea party breakfast.

This was a magical day the girls will remember forever!

Disney Princess Party Ideas

The Disney Princesses are arguably the most recognizable princesses on the planet. Every little girl dreams of being a Disney Princess and what better time to become one than on her birthday? With so many Disney Princess party supplies available, it can be overwhelming planning a party. Here are some ideas to help you plan the perfect Disney Princess Birthday Party.

Princess Invitations

Invitations can be found in most party supplies or discount stores. However if you are looking for something unique, you are only limited to your imagination. For those limited on time or creativity, here are a few suggestions.

If you are on a limited budget, try finding Disney Princess clip art on the and printing your own made party invitations. Disney Princess clip art is readily available online. You can keep it simple by adding the graphic to the top and adding the details below. Its a no fold invitation. Tip: Make the invitations the size of a readily available envelope so that mailing them will be a snap.

If you have a bit more time and don't mind a little crafting, try something a little more out of the box. The Disney Princesses are most recognizable by the gowns they wear. Create a variety of invitations each focusing on one princess. On each invitation you can place one princess in her well known gown. Embellish the gown by making it 2D. Cut colored foam or fabric into the shape of the gown. Glue accordingly to the clip art. Embellish the invitation with fairy dust powder or glitter to us modern folk. Search online for Disney princess fonts and word your invitation using the official font of the princesses.

Princess Decorating Tips
A Disney Princess royal affair needs to have the royal venue. Jazzing up your party space to be princess perfect can be easy as you want to as elaborate as the princess may demand. Using pinks and purples are the common colors for any princess, but if you have a specific Disney Princess in mind, using the color of their gown is your best option.

A princess thrown is a must. A simple and affordable thrown are in your reach. Use a standard dining chair and wrap tulle on the back of the chair and tie a big bow. Measure the circumference of the chair's seat and multiple by 3 to 4. That is the width of tulle you will need for the seat portion of the thrown. Use fabric glue and pleat the top of the tulle. Allow ample time to dry. Place books or something heavy on the tulle to keep the pleat together while drying. Wrap the tulle round the seat of the chair and glue the ends together. Do not glue to the chair. Use pins to keep together at its end to allow the fabric glue to dry. The chair should have a pleated look and the tulle should reach the floor. You can also make shorter versions of the pleated tulle and than layer one on top of the other going from the bottom of the chair up. You can embellish the tulle with glitter or sequins. Do this a few days before the party.

Disney Princess scene setters are are fast and inexpensive way to transform your party space into a Disney Princess ballroom. There are also life size Disney Princess Stick ups to go with the ballroom scene setters. You can choose one or all the princesses to adorn your wall. The princess scene setters work well as wall decor and a backdrop for photos. It is an easy alternative to making a castle from cardboard and is fairly inexpensive. Its also just a matter of adhering to your wall.

Princess Party Games
There are lots of Disney Princess games that you can choose to entertain your guests.
Pass the Poison Apple - a Snow White version of hot potato
Find the Key - Cinderella is locked in the attic, find the key and set her free
Mermaid Charades - Ariel has lost her voice to Ursula. Think up popular themes or scenes from the movie and act them out.
Guess The Disney Princess Movie - Sing or play a song from the movies and have the guests guess which movie it comes from
Dress Up - While this used to be for just girls, you can now find Disney Princess dresses and Knights attire for the boys. You can also turn this game into save the princesses or for the boys, fight the dragon. The dragon is imaginary of course.

Disney Princess parties are fun and classic. Its becoming a rite of passage for every little girl to have a Disney Princess party within her lifetime. Embrace her royal spirit and create the most magical and enchanting party that she and her guests are sure to enjoy.

G.L.A.M. Goes to College!

G.L.A.M. will be a part of Palm Beach Community College's Summer Youth Program in Boca Raton.

Summer Youth College is the premiere summer program for children ages 8-14. Students get to pick their classes and enjoy a unique college experience that's full of fun and learning without the pressure of grades homework or tests!

Classes begin Monday June 22 and last until July 30.
For more information:
http://www.pbcc.edu/Documents/Summer_Youth_College/SYCschedule.pdf

Making Dreams Come True

Sianna's favorite princess is Cinderella. So you can imagine how excited she was when she saw her favorite princess at her birthday party sharing her special day. Cinderella did face painting, played games, and danced with the children. She even helped serve tea! What a cool princess!

Danielle's Pink Poodle Paw-Tea

Danielle chose to celebrate her 5th birthday with our impeccably Posh Pink Poodle Paw-Tea (which is by far, one of our most popular parties). Here she is holding up her "tea" shirt that she decorated for her new friend.

Manners & Let's Pretend Try-It Tea Party

For this Girl Scout bash, we did both a Manners Try-It and Let's Pretend Try-It. The girls created masks, practiced tongue twisters, sang Hannah Montana, HSM, AND Camp Rock songs, and managed to fit in a an tea party with an etiquette lesson. Whew!

SpecialTea Parties Creates Magic...Really!

This Girl Scout Par-Tea proved to be a challenge. The party consisted of Daisy, Brownie, and Junior girls who all wanted to earn their petals/badges/patches. I'm happy to report that all the girls completed their badge requirements in only one short evening. How? Why, SpecialTea Magic, of course!

Morgan's Posh Pink Poodle Paw-Tea

Morgan turned 2-years-old last month and SpecialTea Parties was there to make her birthday wishes come true. Her mom, Nicole went all out!!

Guests arrived on a stylish pink carpet

Ooh la la-Our decorated table

Here's Morgan with her sis, McKenna

Getting glammed up!

A poodle dog show!

Want to Create Your Own Spa Party at Home?

1. Spa Parties work best with small intimate groups. Save the huge blowout party for another celebration and have your teen pick her 3-5 best girlfriends for an afternoon or evening of pampering.

2. Use your favorite photo editing software to create a super fun invitation. Have your daughter wrap her hair up in a towel, put on a fun facial mask with two slices of cucumbers on her eyes and snap a shot of her face and then put all the party info onto the photo as your postcard invitation. She can mail them or hand them out.

3. Serve the snacks in spa-like fashion. Have a small table near where you'll be doing your pampering with a glass pitcher of water with lemon slices or your daughter's favorite beverage of choice. Have chocolate dipped strawberries, tea sandwiches and other finger foods for them to munch on throughout the afternoon or evening.

4. Encourage the girls to wear light clothing (shorts and t-shirt) and throw a robe on to help with the atmosphere.

5. Deck lounge chairs work great as spa facial chairs!

6. You can make your own spa products or use purchase products. You can use some great home spa recipes straight from items you probably already have in your kitchen.

7. Have peaceful music playing in the background during the spa time. You can purchase the individual songs for your ipod or to download to your computer.
~Annette Yen

Here's a Banana-Honey Facial Mask Recipe:
Mash a banana with 1 tsp. of honey
Apply the facial mask to cleansed face and neck, avoiding the eye area.
Leave on for 15 minutes and rinse with warm water.

Little Miss Sweetheart Pageant

Special Tea Parties had the honor of participating in the Little Miss Sweetheart Pageant last month in Pembroke Pines in celebration of Pines Day. This annual pageant showcases the inner beauty of young girls ages 3 to 5. We had a front row seat as we witnessed little beauty McKenna (right) take the crown. The runner up was Sophie (left). ADORABLE!!!

Girl Scouts Simply Spa-Tacular

SpecicialTea Parties is proud to be a Community Program Sponsor of the Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida (free cookies, woo-hoo!).

Here are some pictures of our Simply Spa-Tacular Event that was held last in February. If you missed it, don't worry, we'll be holding more spa parties during the next few months at both the Ft. Lauderdale and Jupiter Service Centers.

Library Holiday Tea Party

Last month we had the honor of hosting a Holiday Tea party at the Lauderhill Towne Center Library. Participants were treated to a tea etiquette lesson (provided by yours truly), a wonderful story about Kwanzaa, music, and of course, a tea party!

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