Birthday Skirt

{ Turtleneck Sweater: Babaton via Aritzia // Tulle Skirt: Ruche // Heels: MICHAEL Michael Kors // Bag: Chanel // Sunglasses: Marc by Marc Jacobs }

Photos by Eleanor Chow

Tulle is such a celebratory fabric, isn't it? Since it's my birthday, I thought this skirt would be the perfect outfit to post on the blog today. Now I'm off to enjoy my birthday celebrations with the hubby for an extended long weekend! Happy Friday lovelies!

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November 2012 officially marks the first anniversary of this little blog of mine. I created Style Rhapsody one year ago as an outlet for me to share my enthusiastic love of fashion and to express my personal style. This blog has brought me on a fun and rewarding journey that I continue to learn from every day. Thank you to my husband for the love and support, and to my cousin and photographer, Eleanor, for patiently taking my outfit photos and lending a helping hand in the styling department. Last but not least, I thank you, my readers, for your encouraging comments and making this first year of blogging so special.

xo,

Marisa

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A Very Princess Birthday

For her 3rd birthday this year, my daughter requested a princess party. I decided to bake princess-inspired treats for the party and the results really delighted her.

First up were these magic wand sugar cookie pops. I followed Sweetapolita's sugar cookie recipe exactly and am very happy with the way they turned out. Although it was a bit time-consuming, the shape of the cookies came out perfect and didn't warp at all. I iced the cookies with a variation of this icing recipe and then dusted some of them with sugar crystal sprinkles. I added ribbons to the base of cookie pop to make them extra girly and princess-like.

I also baked some tiara sugar cookies using the same sugar cookie and icing recipe I used for the cookie pops.

The pièce de résistance was the princess doll birthday cake. I am not a cake baker by any means but this was surprisingly easy to put together and decorate. I used Wilton's Classic Wonder Mold Doll Cake kit and baked the skirt with Betty Crocker French Vanilla cake mix; the leftover batter was used for cupcakes. I then used a star tip to pipe buttercream frosting (recipe here) flowers over the entire cake and doll.

For the kids' favours, I wrapped up some of the magic wand cookies pops for them to take home.

And that's it! Although I do enjoy baking desserts to match a birthday theme, it is a lot of work and I'm glad I only have to do it once a year! We'll see what she requests for her 4th birthday next year...

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