Yee haw - It's a Cowgirl Themed Birthday Party - Every Girl Needs a Party Dress

In September my beautiful little lady turned 4. She was insistent on a Cowgirl themed party.

I'm not into typical cartoon or tv kids party themed parties (yet)! so began my hunt for some traditional Cowgirl attire, decorations and party favors. I love to take on diy projects and I love custom made anything (don't we all) so I was happy to take this task on.

Starting out I figured every cowgirl needs the perfect hat - Knowing my little lady had been counting on a cowgirl themed party since her 3rd birthday I had plenty of time to find the perfect hat. Lucky for us we were shopping in the early summer (most stores generally carry novelty hats at this time) and THERE  it was, the ultimate cowgirl hat and it was pink!! I scored this hat at The Children's Place for $6. So I bought 2 - one for dress and 1 for the party. There's no playing around when you find the perfect hat!!

Now that I had my awesome cowgirl hat sorted out, I knew I had to find the perfect birthday outfit to compliment this hat and my cowgirls sassy personality.... Keeping in mind that I love to DIY, I began prowling Pinterest for the perfect idea. While there were some cute ideas posted by many and some awesome tutorials I then realized one thing - they required me to sew!! Well, I tried my hand at this once and realized I am an instant gratification kinda girl and I did not have the patience to take on this task.

So where or where was I going to buy this perfect outfit I now had in my brain.... One evening I was getting my Facebook fix and I saw it - I luckily had "friended" a local Mom who had started her own custom clothing business. She posted a picture of an outfit that was so similar to what I had in my mind. I quickly sent her a message and a few weeks later, I had the BEST customized Cowgirl outfit EVER!!

With all that being said, I MUST share with you Dana's Facebook page. She does a wonderful job and is so reasonably priced and her turn around time and customer service are fabulous!! I have never seen her duplicate one item, her creativity and eye for her children's clothing is AWESOME!! Click HERE and like Dana's business page - Laynie Bugs Bows. Dana is always sharing new products and ideas, running specials deals and giveaway's. In fact, I reached out to Dana to let her know I would be mentioning her in my post and she has graciously offered to run a special deal strictly for my readers!!  So when you click HERE to like Laynie Bugs Bows mention to Dana that you read my post and you would like to take advantage of the "Our Crazy House Full of Love Special" - 15% off your first purchase. How awesome is that!! Thanks Dana!

Ok - now I have filled you in on the perfect cowgirl hat and outfit. I must confess - I found the cowgirl boots at a garage sale during the spring. I don't have a fun, crazy story to share, I saw them, knew I could use them for the party so I bought them. They weren't in the best shape - but I thought that added to the ruggedness of our Cowgirl themed party.

Stay tuned for my upcoming post on our Cowgirl decor!

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14 Days of Love

Allow me to brag for just a brief moment..... I have to say I am quite proud to be one of those people who actually try's to follow through with at least 45% of everything I pin on Pinterest. I pinned this idea a few weeks ago and have been anxiously waiting for Feb 1st to get this started. I actually shared this picture with my friends on Facebook last night and was thrilled that several of them had enough time to start this tradition also.

14 Days of Love:
Each day up until Valentines Day (I even had a Facebook friend change it to the entire month of Feb) Write something that you love about each child on a paper heart and tape it to their door for them to see when they wake up each morning.

I LOVE this idea and I think it's such a great tradition!!