OM in the Wild – a royal birthday celebration

The assignment:

a birthday celebration fit for royalty

The goal:

elegant and colorful

Tricks to pulling off the look:

1. Keep control of the color palette

2. Help each guest feel like a princess

3. Avoid princess characters

Controlling the color palette

It’s easy for the palette to spin out of control with such a fun theme.  There is a seemingly endless supply of princess party goods, so selecting the main colors was essential.  I chose pinks, purples, and gold as my starting point and came across the cutest items –  paper tea cups, castle plates, and (my favorite) rainbow-colored baby’s breath.  Sticking with pinks and purples allowed the baby’s breath to add fun pops of additional colors without making the table look like a complete hodgepodge.

Feeling like a princess

The party host was the most fun and wanted each guest to get a true princess treatment – a carriage ride, a visit with a makeup/hair artist, a princess meet-and-greet, and eating and drinking at a grand banquet table WITH a throne.  Each four-year-old princess had a place setting (with a custom cookie kit), a flower crown to match the decor, and a teacup for their beverage of choice.  Best of all, everything was perfectly sized – from the table, chairs, and floral arrangements, right down to the icing bags inside the cookie kits – truly a mini-sized royal experience!

Avoiding characters

By avoiding “princess” characters altogether, each guest was able to become whichever princess they wanted to be – and there’s something about a pastel rainbow floral crown that is truly transformative.  As each guest arrived at the party in their royal attire and placed the flower crown and ribbon on their head, they truly became a princess.