Oni wanted something different this year for her birthday party- something not "little girl" .....no theme.....she really just wanted to have a couple friends over, order Chinese food and watch movies....
Of course I found a way to parlay that into a theme- Chinese New Year fell on 1.31.14 this year and her party was going to be on the 1st- so we called it a New Year celebration- and it was good!
Paper lanterns and twinkle lights, candles, fortune cookies and oranges on everything that stood still long enough! The "to-go" boxes were filled with gold candies, fortune cookies, a fan and a bottle of red nail lacquer.
Her Cake was a 6 layer Ombre cake using boxed mixes of Red Velvet, Strawberry and white cake... in other words Neapolitan Cake, with scratch cream cheese frosting.
I made several dishes and ordered take out on the ones that were above my cooking pay grade for a lovely combo of flavors. She had a chill time with friends watching movies and talking.... which is what she asked for in the beginning... before I began decorating.....
