110. How to Throw a Princess Party
No, the Princess Party isn’t necessarily a rectangle (unless it’s held in a rectangular room). But instruction manuals are rectangles, and this is a How-To. Enjoy with your usual rectangular vim and vigor.
My friend Ariana and I decided to have a grown-up princess party. We went to the craft store and covered everything in pink and purple tulle, pink tablecloths and gems. We invited 11 princesses to come celebrate with us and bought floor length pink dresses. We colored, we made tiaras, we ate pink food.
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What, you want to throw a grown-up princess party yourself? Well, here are some important components.
Princess Punch
Our delicious (and dangerous) Princess Punch consisted of Cran-Raspberry juice, Ginger Ale, vodka and pink sherbet. The sherbet definitely made the punch, so don’t leave it out. I believe we used Edy’s Berry Rainbow sherbet, which worked very well. It adds a nice foam at the top of the punch as it melts.
:absolutely essential:
Pink Mac and Cheese
We took white Annie’s Mac and added some pink food coloring to it – voila! Pink mac and cheese. This was a super hit. Everyone loved it and it took us less than 10 minutes to make. We started it just before our guests walked through the door. Three boxes for 11 people was just perfect.
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Princess Cake
Make sure this is pink pink pink! Ari and I used a pink strawberry cake mix and pink strawberry icing. We cooked our cake in the shape of a cupcake with the help of this mold. We filled the center with whipped cream and sprinkles, and then – most importantly – we shoved a Barbie into the cake (inspired by Martha’s version below).
:so pretty:
The cake served as her dress. Then we covered it all in pink, silver and pearl sprinkles. Here’s our version. Guests loved it!
:duh, nicer than martha's:
Tiara Making
There can never be too much glitter or too many gems at a princess party. Ariana and I went to Michael’s to stock up on pre-cut foam pink glitter tiaras. We also bought gems and glittery stickers ranging from castles to crowns to ponies. Our guests loved making their own tiaras!
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Make-up Time
Ari and I supplied glittery make up (lip gloss, nail polish and eye shadow) from Claire’s for our princesses to use. For ourselves, we bought long fake nails with glitter and gems on them.
:punch, makeup and katie's strawberries:
Fancy Dresses
This is perhaps the most important part of a princess party. Ari and I went to Value Village in College Park and bought our perfect princess dresses for less than six dollars apiece! So no one ever has to go broke as a princess – princesses can thrift, too!
:ari in her 6 dollar dress:
109. Square Form
I’ve featured super-talented designer/fabricator Scotty Cummings before. He owns Portland Natural Caskets and makes some gorgeous rectangular coffins and urns. Here’s Scotty’s portfolio.
This is his non-death related site.
Square Form, Scotty’s new business, uses “steel & sustainably harvested woods” to create gorgeous projects.
Featured now is the sweet rectangular Annex Table. Look how pretty!
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Square Form also plans on expanding to the East Coast, partnering with Joseph “Schmoseph” Wills on the steel fabrication front. Scotty says, about the partnership, “Make sure to mention that I’m better than Joe.”
More eyecandy:
The Weigel Bench
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Scotty is now taking commissions (large and small) for custom wood or steel. Do it!
