Getting ready...

Gracie's fifth birthday is next week and this year she has decided on a Wizard of Oz theme. Which was really surprising because although she likes the movie it is not one of her favorites and she gets scared during parts of it. I on the other hand, could recite the movie for you I have seen it so many times. It was one of my go-to movies as a child. It always seems like she has a way of choosing things either don't exist or are simply hard to find. For example, two years ago she asked for a shrek castle for christmas from santa. I searched the internet and let me tell you there is no such thing. So, not wanting to dissapoint her we found little shrek figures ( extremely over priced) on the internet and bought a toy castle. Has she played with it? Yes! She loved it and now Jadyn is enjoying it. But, two weeks after Christmas, after we spent ten dollars or more on the figurines, plus whatever we had to pay to get it by Christmas, Target had them on clearance for $1.99. My point is there are no wizard of oz stickers, paper, anything anywhere. So, I had to get creative, and yes after I got done I thought of ways to make these better, but at this point I'm on a time crunch.


Blank note cards from wal-mart, blue gingham ruffle ribbon, sparkly red ric rac, and ta-da!!

The finished product.

After the first birthday cake mess, where I tried to make the cake myself and messed it up I swore I wouldn't do that again. But I saw a cake I thought I would try and fit right in with the theme. A six layer rainbow cake...............

All my cake mixes dyed and ready to go.............

Ok, a little lop-sided, but hey it has six layers!

Looks pretty good, except for how uneven it is. Any suggestions??? And this cake takes A LOT of frosting..................


P.s. the green and purple are really dark! They were the hardest colors to mix right.