HANDMAKERY » cakes + castles + crowns

April 30

cakes + castles + crowns

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HANDMAKERY: A Children’s Art Studio and Two+Two, both locally owned businesses in beautiful Carbondale | CO, partnered together to create a magical birthday celebration with the theme, cakes + castles + crowns! It was the perfect pairing for celebrating Perrin’s 4th birthday! Perrin is the daughter of Two+Two’s co-owner, Juliet Jone

The princess herself, celebrating the magical age of four, dressed up with a cape + crown + a sparkly princess dress! Together HANDMAKERY and Two+Two had an exciting two hours planned for 12 little girls!

HANDMAKERY art supplies

A few of our whimsical art-making supplies for our magical cakes + castles art project! The birthday celebration began with art making as HANDMAKERY brought together painting + storytelling + mixed-media! Each aspiring artist created a magical cake that was also a tiered castle! After art-making, each child enjoyed pin the tail on the donkey + a castle piñata!

HANDMAKERY painting

HANDMAKERY: A Children’s Art Studio is a hands-on, art enrichment program for children & young adults offering specialized classes, camps and workshops. Let the painting begin! We used a monochromatic color scheme for clouds behind the magical cake + castle painting! Each guest was able to take home their creation to be reminded of this special day in April!

HANDMAKERY artist guest

HANDMAKERY fairy wand

Sweet fairy wands for take home treasures for each special guest hand-made by Two+Two!

HANDMAKERY art making

A peek at creating our magical cake + castle just before the details {flags + candles + flames} were added! We had 26 little hands at work and lots of creativity filling the air!

HANDMAKERY gifts

A few adorable birthday presents hand-crafted by two of our favorite + crafty eight year olds, Lila + Maggie, daughters of Leslie Russell, co-owner of Two+Two.

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Pure sweetness, stripes and all!

HANDMAKERY cupcake two+two

A close-up + sneak peek at the beautiful fabric bags created by Two + Two for each guest! Love the sweet + soft + adorable princess fabric selected by co-owner, Juliet, of Two+Two! Two+Two designs and creates fun, stylish, reusable bags + bowl covers that are food-safe + eco-friendly! A perfect addition for picnics, packed lunched or even a party favor, plus they even customize!

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It’s all about the details when planning a celebration for a princess!

HANDMAKERY tasty treats

Fabulous appetizers brought lots of smiles + great conversation during the afternoon celebration! Two+Two created kid-friendly appetizers to nibble on throughout the party!

HANDMAKERY snacks

HANDMAKERY appetizers

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A beautiful party guest all dressed up for the celebration of cakes + castles + crowns!

HANDMAKERY two+two

The collection of fun, stylish, reusable, food-safe bags made by our friends at Two+Two!

HANDMAKERY cupcakes

Two+Two also made a lovely tiered cupcake cake for all to enjoy and selected a special princess fabric for custom Two+Two bags to be party favors for each guest!

HANDMAKERY flowers

Spring is in bloom! Celebrating with fresh-cut tulips and colorful watering cans hanging from the art lines above!

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A guest peeking behind her hand-made package for the birthday girl!

HANDMAKERY sign

HANDMAKERY: A Children’s Art Studio’s hand-made garland sign to welcome each artist!

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Laughter + giggles + sweet voices filling the studio as Happy Birthday to You filled the air and scrumptious + chocolate cupcakes were enjoyed by all!

HANDMAKERY cake time