Lulu’s Cowgirl Chic Birthday Party
Yee-haw parters! Ya’ll ready to see a darling Cowgirl Chic Birthday Party by Jill of Peas & Thank You’s? Saddle on up and ride on over for this adorable birthday bash… it’s creative, colorful, and bound to bring out your inner cowgirl/cowboy!
I’m totally obsessed with the amazing “Lulu” rope backdrop sign. Not only was it hand braided by the hostess herself, it sets the tone of the party perfectly, even making the garage doors part of the party decor. Brilliant! When you have a large space, making it work for you is key and Jill nailed it! And don’t even get me started on the ridiculously cute hen cake balls… I had no idea they were even cake balls until I read the description!
Other touches that I just can’t get enough of: gourmet “Dirty”Apples {caramel & sprinkles}, hinged milk bottles with regular and strawberry milk, fabulous ruffled table skirt, and all the amazing food. Every time I see a pink ruffle cake, my heart skips a beat! The touch of pink used here makes this western party just girly enough, but not overdone. To think all of this started from a pink pair of cowboy boots!
Keep reading for more darling photos + party details…
PARTY DETAILS as told by, Jill…
“The party featured lots of DIY elements, including a rustic glam covered seating area draped in burlap tied with rag flowers and hay bales to rest on. I also made the display table cloth (40′ of burlap and linen hand ruffled in three tiers!) and a braided rope name hanging. Scraps of burlap and fabric from the girls peasant skirts were used to make country grapevine wreaths and a banner as well. I also fabricated some of the custom serving ware like the fruit and veggie trays (wooden trays from Home Goods and western candle holders from Real Deals) and utilized a craftsman made tree trunk sliced shelf for the cake.
I also served mini apple and cherry pies inspired by Bakerella, s’mores pops that the kids LOVED, and the cupcakes featured glittery southwest toppers made by The Purple Pug. The adorable wire hen egg display is from Hobby Lobby and was perfect for the pearl decked hen cake balls are from Terri’s Party Treasures.
The barrel cooler is a tree planter from Home Goods adapted for old fashioned soda bottles, and the kids were served chocolate and strawberry milk in vintage hinged bottles from Hobby Lobby. The Farm Fresh crate was a fabulous find at Real Deals (a local catch all housewares and furniture warehouse) and was used for gourmet candy apple favors. I made the apples myself in three varieties – Dirty Apples (caramel and jimmies), Cattle Snickers (caramel, chocolate and peanuts) and Gimme S’mores (marshmallow fluff, chocolate and graham cracker crumbs). I tied the apples with tags made to match the custom invitations (both made by me).
Believe it or not, the perfect ruffle cake was created by the grocery store decorator at my local Publix Supermarket – following Martha Stewart’s instructions – and was the first one she had ever done!
We had a darling petting farm come for the event and they brought tons of bunnies, chickens, ducks, goats to feed, a stylin’ mini horse named Lola, and Mack the horse for pony rides. I also had some little activities set up for the kids to play “Snakes in my boots!”, hot rattlesnake, and shoot water guns for target practice.
The birthday girl (Lulu, 4) and her sister Neenie wore custom patchwork twirly skirts and personalized tees from Baa Baa Baby Boutique.”
- Invitations, Event Styling, & Rope Sign: Peas & Thank You’s
- Cupcake Toppers: The Purple Pug
- Cake Balls: Terri’s Party Treasures
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love this! beautiful colors!
Cutest thing EVER!
Oh My!! Super cute! I love everything about this party!
Absolutely adorable party and the vintage/shabby-chic decor is fabulous!
i’m bookmarking this right now! every detail is perfect for a texas party! the pies! the milk! love it.
Beautiful and so charming. So many astounding handmade deets. The “Lulu” rope name is extraordinary. I cannot believe Jill made that tablecloth!
Gorgeous, dreamy and brilliant.
Goodness gracious! What a CUTE party! This Texas girl likes the chic cowgirl look. =)
TOO CUTE! I love the food and the rope “Lulu” is just perfect!
Beyond flattered! Thank you so much for all the kind words, this party was a dream come true for my little cowgirl ♥
Hi Jill, Awesome party! Can you please tell us where you got the cute brown and pink hats?
Love this cowgirl birthday party! an idea for next year ;)
You people AMAZE me!!!!! This party is just incredible–what a blessed little girl!!! so clever and creative!!
This is really cool! I love the invitations! Were they printed on canvas or paper? I’m just wondering because I see they were actually sewn to the burlap. Awesome rope sign and little chick cakes too!
I fell in love with this party from the day I saw the invites! Outstanding team and the design is perfect! Love it girls!
The Cutest Ever!
I agree with Natalie, fell in love with this party when I initially saw the invites. Jill did a wonderful job styling this party and it is filled with so many awesome details. You can tell she really put her heart into it and made the birthday girl day special : )
Congrats on the feature Jill!
I am LOVING this!!! The name rope back drop is great!!!
I love everything about this party. The rope, HELLO AMAZING!!! So happy to have a little part of this party!! GREAT job!
LOVE the invitation!!
Love the injection of pink in with the ‘traditional’ brown and white cow-combo; a quick and easy way of putting the ‘girl’ into ‘cowgirl’ – and it must be admitted, it’s one of my most favourite colourschemes that I love promoting; vanilla-chocoalte-strawberry… so Neopolitan Icecream – yummy!
Love the name from rope and the ruffle tablecloth – pinning :D
WOW!!! what a beautiful tastful little girls party. I was looking for inspiration for my Daughter who is turning 6 and I found so much here. Your little girls are adorable also.
I had a question I LOVED the invitations how can I ger those or make them
I love that you got the cake from Publix!! They are our favorite grocery store.
Just wondering if you could provide some instructions on the rope (name making). Would love to do this for my daughters party next month (Nov).
I love those cowboy hats-where on earth did you find them!?!?!? they are much nicer than the ones i find on party supply sites!!!
Your party set up is darling! Your cake decorator did an amazing job!
Ok- exactly how did you harden the rope to create the letters?? I have heard of corn starch but don’t know for how long to soak and how to dispose of the lquid when you are done?? This is adorable, adorable, adorable!! :-)
does anyone know where i can find cowboy hats like that!?!?!?
LOVE THE INVITES… CAN YOU SHARE WHERE YOU GOT THE INVITES AND/OR CLIP ART?
It really sucks that Ive had to ask 3 times where these hats came from and still have no answer-im trying so hard to make an awesome party and cant find anything like it -_- ugh
Hi Janine – I’m not able to see every comment that comes through due to the volume, but I did happen to catch this one. Sorry you’re frustrated – I just went to the Peas & Thank You’s website though and she did a post on this party as well that mentions the hats are from Dollar Tree. Here’s the link: http://peasandthankyous.blogspot.com/search/label/cowgirl%20party
How do you make the rope name? What is used to harden the rope?
I love everything about the party. I am getting ready to do a cowgirl party and would love to know how you made the name with rope. What type of rope was used and how did you get it to stay in place. Thanks so much for your help.
you mentioned the games you had for the kids to play, could you explain briefly how to play them? (the rattlesnake & snake in my boots games) thank you!
where did u find the pink and brown hats?
you can find them at a Dollar Tree store :)
Hi I’m having my daughter a cowgirl theme birthday party in 2 weeks. Can you please tell me how did you make your daughter’s name with rope?
Like so many before me…I am wondering how to make a name with rope? Please share your technique, I’d really appreciate it.
Yes, where or where did you get these hats?
Hi do you sell the Ruffles tablecloth? Tks