With the Emilia and Georgie’s birthdays exactly a week apart, I decided that we would throw them a joint party this year! When I was pregnant with Georgie, my sweet friends threw me a surprise Madeline/Parisian themed baby sprinkle, and I absolutely loved every detail. A few years ago, I saw a ‘Oui, oui, _____ is three!’ party and knew I wanted to do it for one of the girls’ third birthdays – this just so happen to be the year! So ‘Oui, oui, Emilia is three! Oh how fun, Georgie is one!’ became the motto of the fête.
One of my best friends, Monica, who was the designer-brains behind the baby sprinkle, and I work out together 3-4 times a week. So she got roped into every detail of party planning – a blessing for me, since she is so incredibly talented. We designed the invitations using a graphic from Juan Charles on Fiverr.com, whom I’m used for every one of the girls’ parties for custom coloring sheets. Monica and I game planned every room of the house during our BBG workouts in the garage, and I am was so excited as we started to piece things together in the week leading up to the party. Her Ladurée inspired cake was next level perfection, as were all of her backdrops – but the ‘Bonjour Mes Amis’ welcome mat (inspired by Sézane’s beautiful tiled entrances) was probably my favorite. The biggest thank you to Monica – times a billion! This party would not have happened without her!
I am so grateful for my talented friend, Esther, who owns cuteheads, a beautifully curated girls dress company, who designed the girls’ party frocks and their capes. Madeline herself would have been jealous! My mom made dress up capes for the guests to wear too! We had oodles and oodles of fun balloons throughout the house (including Madeline’s balloons by the front door!) thanks to Tiffany of Glamfetti (the balloon party shop!). The flowers were done by Holly of Flower Vibes, who is as sweet as she is talented. Besides the fabulous cake, we had desserts from Wink by Erica and Sarah Savory and Sweet – and there were almost none leftover! That is saying a lot! One of my best friends, Julie, owns the very successful Young Wild & Friedman, and she made the most precious Parisian-themed mini play dough kits for favors. Everyone is always grateful for some YWF! I made an eleventh hour decision to have a balloon artist at the party for the older kids, and they flocked to Rick! He was such a hit – I’m so glad I hired him from Twist It Up.
Party sources: Invitations, cake, graphics, welcome mat and backdrops from Monica of Paper Flour Ink (the most talented human alive) | Custom dresses and capes from cuteheads | Balloon and tissue garlands from Tiffany of Glamfetti | Kids capes and high chair bunting from my mom | Florals from Holly of Flower Vibes | Custom coloring sheets from Juan Charles on Fiverr | Custom party favors from Young Wild & Friedman | Cookies from Sarah Savory & Sweet | Donuts, macarons and cake pops from Erica of Wink by Erica | Balloon artist from Twist It Up | Bounce house from Sky High Party Rentals | Frames from IKEA | Cups and napkins from For Your Party | French Flags from Amazon | Madeline and Genevieve graphics from Pom Pom Kids on Etsy | Temporary tattoos from Amazon | Patisserie wisteria from Amazon | Party guestbook from Shutterfly (using invitation artwork for cover, then blank pages inside) and Instax camera for photos | Parisian photo booth props from Etsy | Yellow bowler hats from Amazon
Without further ado, here are a thousand party photos because I had a hard time narrowing it down! I did eliminate some of the more personal photos, but kept all of the fun detail shots. Please email me if you have any questions.
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