Our sweet little Ashton is growing up so fast! We celebrated her 12th birthday by throwing her a Vintage Ice Cream party. Ashton actually picked the theme, and I was more than excited to run with it! I loved all of the pretty, muted colors that she decided on…so soft and sweet.
Decorating for this party was so much fun – not just because I LOVE TO PLAN PARTIES (lol), but because this was the first party that Ashton has shown an interest and excitement to be involved with the party planning process. She has such a creative heart! So, I dare not take credit for pulling this one off all on my own. She was a big help!
The first thing we did for the night was take all 9 girls to the opening of “The Lorax.” It was such a cute movie!!! I loved all of the bright colors throughout the movie! To minimize the expense of taking such a large group to see it at our local IMAX, I used this adorable bucket that was given to me for my birthday from my sweet friend, Miranda. I added the Lorax label and filled it with bags of candy and popcorn holders that Ashton made using our cricut machine.
This was so handy at the theater!! We were all able to share the popcorn that came with free refills! The movie was a success!
Next on the list was to treat the girls to ice cream! Just outside the movie theater we have a Maggie Moo’s Ice Cream shop which was so convenient.
After the ice cream we headed home to open gifts and eat cupcakes! Instead of making a cake, we took the easy way out. We bought store bought cupcakes and made ice cream picks to decorate them. In place of Ashton’s cake, we had her blow out a candle that we put in an oversized cupcake made to look like an ice cream…she loved it!
More treats the girls consumed throughout the night…
Ashton and I made goodie bags for each of the girls. We scored some cute ice cream themed candies at the Dollar Store and made ice creams out of body loofahs and brown cardstock.
Additional Party favors…
The cotton candy ice cream cones were a party favor that each girl was given as they left the party the following morning. This was the first birthday party Ashton has had with her new friends at her new school. It was a great party and all of the girls seemed to have a great time!
Happy 12th Birthday, sweet Ashton! Mommy loves you!!!!!!!!!!
A Happy Heart 
Great job on your first blog post, sweetheart! This looks amazing!!!
Thank you sweetheart for helping me get it up and running!
Can I hire you and Ashton for Emily’s next birthday? 🙂 Great job! I’m inspired… Joani
Lol Joani! Maybe one day I’ll be ready for hire! Thanks for the compliment!
Welcome to the wonderful world of blogging. I enjoyed the pictures and the great ideas for “theming out” an event. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much Tim!
Great job Cherith on your first blog!!! I remember the days of planning birthday parties with my daughters! You and Ashton did wonderful with all of your planning and decorating! Thank you for sharing this special event with us! Blessings!
Thank you so much Bonnie!!
What a FUN birthday party!!!! I love the ice cream theme… great job!
Thank you Jaime! We are in for round two this weekend, lol…a fellow LRCA mom had recommended that we throw 2 parties, one for her school friends and one for her church friends…luckily, the church crew this weekend only includes 4 guest 😉 My house feels like party city right now, bwahaha!!
btw, MISS YOU!!!!
WOW! That was an awesome party! WOW again!!! Congrats on the blog! So fun!
Thank you Karen!! Thank you too for the camera tips!! Hope I did ok, lol!
Love your blog!! You’re so amazingly talented!!!
Thank you so much Kim!
Fantastic job Cherith! Looks like a lot of fun. You are so talented and creative. Would you like to do my next birthday, lol?
Thank you! It was a lot of fun, and YES, lol, that would be fun to do your party! grown up parties are so fun to pull together =)
great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!!!
Where did you find the cotton candy to put on the cones?
I bought the cotton candy at our local Walmart. It came in small plastic containers. 😊