My baby is turning 5 on Saturday!  Seriously, where does the time go?

Although I have to say, 5 year old girls are soooooo much fun!  Every day is filled with make believe, dress up, rainbows, ponies, and all things that sparkle — LOVE IT!

In honor of our little princess, we are throwing a soiree (that’s French for party) a la Fancy Nancy. In case you don’t know, Fancy Nancy is a children’s book character who adores all things fancy.  She dresses extravagantly, wearing boas, tutus, fairy wings, fuzzy slippers, sunglasses, and anything that sparkles.  She also adores using fancy words such as “iridescent”, “ecstatic”, “exquisite” or anything that is French. I love that little girls everywhere are increasing their vocabulary by reading these books.

To prepare for the event, I’ve been collecting anything pink, purple, glittery or covered with feathers. This is new territory for me, and I might be going a bit overboard.

Anyway, here are the invitations.  I think they turned out tres cute, and (more importantly) Mia was over-the-moon thrilled when she saw them!

They were super simple to put together.  I got the wording from several different invitations that I saw online.  If you want to copy – be my guest:

Ooh la la darling!
Fancy Mia is turning 5!
You are cordially invited to a Birthday Tea Soiree (That’s French for party. Everything sounds better in French)
Date
Time
Place
Dress in your most exquisite attire! (Exquisite is a fancy word for fancy)
Respondez s’il vous plait
(That’s French for let us know if you can make it)