This past weekend, we had my daughter’s 4th birthday.  I wanted to do something somewhat low key at the house, but something that would allow my closet party planner to emerge.  We decided to have an ice cream party.  With the help of Anica, my fabulous assistant, we have handmade most everything that went into the party and loved every minute of it.  Many of you know that probably my favorite children’s clothing line for both my daughter and my son is Boden. They now even carry it at Nordstroms – gotta love that.  Every spring and fall when I receive our Boden package, it is like opening sunshine!  When I saw this latest spring catalog and saw a particular jacket, I knew not only would Annabelle have to have it, but I wanted to plan her entire party theme around the colors in the jacket.  I even asked the little girls to come in those colors to the party.  The rest of the week, I will be blogging images from this party.  Apparently several of my awesome blog readers look forward to these images and I thank you for all of your sweet emails regarding Annabelle’s parties.  I know I have an unhealthy obsession with children’s parties.  I do not believe they need to cost a bunch of money; in fact, I prefer when they are more handmade.  I still remember when my mother taught herself to decorate cakes for my birthday parties growing up.  While I do not do my own cakes, I have found a wonderful “mom” who did do our cakes, cookies, and cupcakes that I will tell you about later this week.  She was incredible!  Here are the bday shoot images and then what her invite looked like.