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Joyeux Anniversaire, Ma Belle!

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While my mind has been in Nev­er Nev­er Land as I have been plan­ning my daughter’s 4th birth­day par­ty com­ing up in a cou­ple of weeks, I can’t help think­ing that time is going by way too quick­ly! Is it pos­si­ble to project “Peter Pan syn­drome” onto some­one else?! I don’t want my daugh­ter to ever grow up!!! I feel like she just turned one a minute ago! As I rem­i­nisce about her first birth­day, I thought I’d share some pic­tures of the cel­e­bra­tion. We threw her a sweet French Mar­ket Poo­dle par­ty to fete the occa­sion, espe­cial­ly since I’m slight­ly obsessed with Paris and our pet is a French Poo­dle, bien sur!
The guests were greet­ed at the door by a wel­come sign…
Bien­v­enue sign
On the patio, we re-cre­at­ed a French Mar­ket feel­ing with dif­fer­ent stands. My par­ents were an ENORMOUS help in build­ing the back­drops to each stand, from putting togeth­er the pipes and sewing the fab­ric. I was then able to paint the background.
Wel­come to Le Marche!
Anabelle’s French Market

We had a paint­ing and pho­to stand to cap­ture the art found in the mar­ket, while show­cas­ing pho­tos of Anabelle’s first year with her friends and fam­i­ly. I also made “cartes postales” (post­cards) that had pic­tures of all the guests and were avail­able for them to take home and actu­al­ly use to mail!

Paint­ing and Pho­to Stand
Anabelle’s 1st Year
Cartes Postales 5F
Easel with my daugh­ter’s pho­to on canvas
At the flower stand, we had bushels of pinks, whites and pur­ples and a sta­tion for guests to leave Anabelle notes with flo­ral pens.
Belles Fleurs
The drink stand offered pink lemon­ade and water. Girls had pink Eif­fel Tow­er cups, while the boys had dog bone cups!
Bev­er­ages
Each cup had a poo­dle stamp with the guests’ names and tied on with ribbon.
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Eif­fel Tow­er and dog bone cups

 
And final­ly the food stand includ­ed bas­kets of baguettes and crois­sants, cheese and fresh fruit!
Food Stand
We also had pink dog bone sug­ar cook­ies and lots of fresh fruit!
Cook­ies, Fruit and Cheese
Chef’s Spe­cial
Flo­ral Cen­ter­piece & Pho­to Con­fet­ti with Guest Pictures
No stroll down the Seine is com­plete with­out see­ing French painters! We had a car­i­ca­tur­ist draw­ing pic­tures of the guests at the par­ty, which made fab­u­lous keepsakes!
Car­i­ca­tur­ist
I made a but­ter­cream poo­dle cake for the birth­day girl! We also had cup­cakes with adorable poo­dle candles.
Cake and gifts
Pink Poo­dle Cake
The favors includ­ed French poo­dle and bull­dog fin­ger pup­pets, a blow-up pink poo­dle and a CD with French music for both kids and adults.
Favors
My Lit­tle French Belle!
The Birth­day Girl and her Poodle
As sad as I am that she’s grow­ing up, I LOVE to do every­thing I can to make her birth­day spe­cial and this year is no excep­tion… espe­cial­ly with help of Tin­ker­bell to ring in the big 4! I’m so excit­ed to vis­it Nev­er Nev­er Land… and can’t wait to share with you! 🙂

Merci Beaucoup!



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