![]() ![]() At the Cakery, there was a table with a cake stand for each guest and cake boxes for treats… We decided to call the cake shop Camille’s Cakery. I set-up the sweets tables in the kitchen area along with the cake-decorating stations. We had many, many different juice choices, water, croissants, popcorn, and lots of Lilly-inspired bakery treats. The party was mid-afternoon and so there was no need for a meal. They also included a paint palette cookie and paint brush so that the girls could paint their own design…they each took a seat around the dining room table and created their own cookie print!Įach place setting had a customized placemat for the guests and a pink glass plate along with the cookies~ It was a fun read for us, too!Īfter the girls signed the book, they were able to “design their own Lilly print” in cookie form! I sent a photo of the pattern that we were using for the party to Flourish Sweet Shop and they put the pattern outline on a square cookie. I ordered a book named ESSENTIALLY LILLY- A Guide to Colorful Entertaining for the girls to sign as a momento for the Birthday Girl to keep and have on her own coffee table one day. The aprons were a fun way to literally tie it all together! Of course, there had to be a nod to the Juice Stand…the sign reads, “it all started with a juice stand”…Īnd, I loved incorporating fruit any place that I could~ fruit is what really started it all!Įach of the girls wore something Lilly to the party to add to the spirit of the day! It was so fun to see the different prints that they chose and to see how they express their own styles. I also hung plants on shepherd hooks to mimic the ‘jungle” look that Lilly Pulitzer was so crazy about in real life. ![]() To pull in the flamingos from the pattern, we lined the sidewalk to the entrance with 12 flamingos. And so, I had aprons made that were solid colors and then trimmed with the print.Īs a play on the Birthday Girl’s nickname, we had hangtags that read, “Milly Pulitzer” on each apron… She especially liked the almost-neon yellow that was part of the pattern. She chose the print called “All Nighter” which has really bright colors, swirly paisleys, and hot pink flamingos. I put one of the vintage dresses on an antique dress form with a sign that read, “Open for business”.īecause there are so many, many Lilly prints out there, I asked the Birthday Girl to choose a print that she would like that we could use as the main print and that we could use as a focal point. I also had a couple of vintage Lilly Pulitzer dresses hanging in the “shop” to give it an authentic feel. Instead of shifts, as Lilly would have had for sale, we had aprons (made by Little Shepsters on Etsy) for the cake decorating. When the guests arrived, there was a shop set-up with bright, popping colors. I actually looked for images of Lilly’s first shop in Palm Beach and created our own version of the original store. There is nothing like the bright colors and happy prints of Lilly Pulitzer to make every day feel like a party! For my daughter’s 12th birthday party, she wanted to decorate cakes~ Lilly-style! So, in order to decide how to mesh the two, I kept thinking “if Lilly had a cake shop instead of a juice stand”… I have to admit, this was one fun party to plan! It is a blast to see where ideas go in the hands of a TWEEN! Enjoy and remember, “…being happy never goes out of style!”. ![]()
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