Arty (not a party) Party

A couple of weekend's ago,  Miss K had a 'non' party.. it was an Arty Party (but not really a party, because parties have been banned in this house this year... *sigh* I am such a pushover)

You've all seen these on Pinterest I'm sure... and I just had to make one too... (tip: use your hairdryer on a sllllooooowww setting)

The Arty (not a party) Party was powered by the amazing benefits of 'creative juice'

The guests each had their own placemat....

and their name card on a little easel

The place setting

The girls decorated $3 tee shirts from Big W... they drew on sandpaper then we ironed it on to the t-shirts. The girls got very creative adding buttons and beads...

then they made button and bead monograms to put in frames....

but it IS an Arty (non) Party so the letters had to be rearranged to spell something...because that's how we roll around here...

Perhaps we should have had a competition to see how many words could be made from the letters???

There was plenty of (non) party junk food...

Rice Krispie 'paint brushes'

And of course there was a cake(s) ...

And a special one with a candle to blow out...

I still can't believe this fabulous child of mine is 11 years old!

** edited to add... when I say its 'not a party' I only say it tongue in cheek because we told Keeley she couldn't have a party.. it had to be an afternoon tea with no games and no party bags... it was also supposed to only be a couple of friends... but it kind of grew...but I stuck to no games and no party bags **