Melly Turns Two: Babar the Elephant and Balloons!

Last weekend we attended the most adorable birthday party for the most adorable little girl.  Her mom is a close friend, and has wonderful style!  

The idea for the party started with this sweet drawing by Laurent de Brunhoff (the successor author and illustrator of the Babar the Elephant books, started by his father.)  I helped her redraw the image, which we had printed on cotton fabric at Spoonflower.  I used this super simple tutorial to sew the fabric into a cute little party skirt for Mel.

The food was ordered from Slow G's Eatery in Danville and it was sooooo good!  Tasty sandwiches, quinoa and potato salad, and even a gluten free peanut butter and apple butter sammie for little Rosie.

Bunches and bunches of balloons left loose on the ceiling were delightful for kids and adults alike, Amanda made the cute happy birthday banner herself, and I arranged a few ranunculus from the farmer's market for the tables.

Those playful napkins are from Ikea, the adorable milk bottles and bags for the kids lunches are from pinklemonadeparty on Etsy, and that AMAZING Babar cake was made by Amanda's stepsister, Amanda Benguerel.  Her company name is Cake Plate Confections, and I think she is brilliant and terrifically talented.  The cake flavors were chocolate peanut butter and lemon raspberry, made dairy free for Phil (Melly's dad) and tasted UHHHHHMAZING.

Oh and speaking of Phil.  He designed and built this crazy huge Babar for the party using the Lego Digital Designer tool on the Lego website!  It was really cool, I have to admit.  Who doesn't want to build a giant Lego anything?  I miss Legos.

The party was so sweet and fun, thanks Amanda, Phil and Melly for having us!  Oh, just one more shot, here they are:

Too cute.  Seriously.

(all pictures by me)