Monday, March 18, 2013

Enjoyable Female Gathering for Midge's 50th

So in Style Kara, Grace, Trichelle, Marisa, and Chandra after the party.
This past Friday, these newest Barbie friends, minus a little one, Zahara, gathered to celebrate my childhood Midge's 50th birthday/anniversary.  They stand atop the edge of my cluttered desk waiting to be placed back into their usual doll room locations.  Zahara had been returned to her display area at the time this photo was taken.

I had lots of fun creating a party room and adding the accoutrements for the ladies and Zahara to celebrate Midge's 50th birthday/anniversary as Barbie's first female friend.  The celebration was created as part of a So In Style group event, but I wanted to also share the results of my Friday afternoon doll play here in photos and captions.

Zahara (standing in chair), Kara, Marisa, Trichelle, Chandra, and Grace (seated in corner) all gathered to celebrate Midge's 50th anniversary. 
The ladies bear gifts, cards, and/or balloons for Midge.  The yellow wall banner urges Midge to have a So In Style birthday.
Trichelle wishes Midge a happy 50th birthday/anniversary while Chandra looks on, holding a birthday card and gift bag made using a full-size gift bag. (The curtains are a printed image, taped to the side "walls.")
Grace wears a white jersey-knit dress with an image of Malibu Christie and Midge on front.  With Midge being the first friend of Barbie, Malibu Christie is also an early Barbie friend who resembles Midge.  (Tiny square and rectangular-shaped items were gift wrapped to serve as Midge's wrapped presents.  These include an unopened Happy Meal sweet and sour sauce container -- my grandsons were here and Granddaddy purchased a Happy Meal for the younger of the two.  Before wrapping it, I trimmed the edges of the sauce container to create a better rectangle.  The striped "personalized" gift bag belongs to Vogue Jill.  I printed out the green "M" and taped it over the "J" that's on the bag.  A micro mini cassette tape cover also serves as one of Midge's wrapped presents.  The presents are stacked in the corner alongside Grace's chair.)
Midge and Chandra chat.
Trichelle shares with Midge how much she loves her classic style.
Zahara holds a beautifully wrapped gift for Midge (borrowed from a Happy Birthday Wendy doll by Madame Alexander as Marisa holds plastic balloons that also belong to Happy Birthday Wendy). 
The birthday cake, created using the caps from a lactose-free milk carton and a water bottle, were painted with pink and white acrylic paint to create the icing.  The top cap is slightly smaller than the bottom.  The happy 50th birthday wish on top of the cake was printed on card stock paper and positioned on top of the first "layer."  The birthday cards contain images of full-size birthday cards that were scaled down before printing on card stock.  The table cloth is a coffee filter.  I used a cut-out circle of card stock to reinforce the inside of the filter.  The filter was then inverted over a glass spice bottle that serves as the center base of what appears to be a table-cloth covered table.
Midge, Chandra, and Grace pause their partying to take this photo.
Midge wasn't familiar with the African American tradition in some regions of the US of pinning money onto the clothing of birthday celebrants, but she eagerly allowed the first $50 to be pinned to her faux mink wrap in anticipation of others adding additional dollars before the party ended.  (The $50 is a scaled down image of a $50 bill that was then printed and pinned to Midge with a tiny brass safety pin.)

Only items on hand and scaled down printed images from the Internet were used to create this gathering to celebrate Midge's 50th, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all participants, including me!    
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11 comments:

  1. Very creative 50th birthday celebration! I love Chandra's purple dress.

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  2. Thanks, Erin and Paulette.

    Chandra's dress is a So In Style Club exclusive that was available last year to group members. She was first seen wearing it here.

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  3. I enjoying reading your captions here although I saw your pics there first. It was nice to put words to the pictures to show what was taking place. You dud a great job on the diorama Debbie!

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    1. Thanks, GG. I'm sure the captions did help. Sometimes pictures alone cannot convey the complete story. Glad you enjoyed!

      It was work because I have an injured finger but fun.

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  4. So much creativity and fun! I bet Midge was all, "Black people get money pinned on them for their birthday? Sign me up for that!"

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    1. Yes, Muff. I bet Midge didn't know what to think when she saw Trichelle coming at her chest with the safety pin. LOL!

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  5. Happy Birthday, Midge!

    P.S. Midge lent her face for the Live Action Christie doll in 1971.

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  6. Thanks for the Midge lent her face to Live Action Christie info D7ana. I still see the Midge resemblance in Malibu Christie.

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  7. I'm can tell Midge had a great time. Happy Belated Birthday Midge.

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  8. Your ladies look fabulous. Love the gifts and cake. Nicely done.

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