Good morning! Today I am excited to share a party that celebrated my cousin's 21st birthday. I had trouble coming up with a theme, so I went with a rather cliché summer theme inspired by a game we played as children: mermaids. The challenge was making it not look childish, so I went for an elegant, refined sort of twist with a pastel-and-metallic color palette. I made the cake topper with cardstock and used Sixlets (my grandmother made the cheesecake). I used plastic forks as 'dinglehoppers', which I decorated with jewels, nail polish, and glitter. The birthday banner came from Dollar Tree. I handmade the net using twine (many years back) following one of the many online tutorials. The pearl party favors were also Sixlets. The last party favors were miniature Dollar Tree bottles filled with essential oils since that was all that would fit, plus I wanted to have practical favors.
