DECORATIONS: The party was held in our backyard. I ordered two dozen balloons in pink, orange, and yellow and found silk vines with big pink roses on them on sale at Beverly's crafts for $.88. I bought ten and wound them around everything from the chains on her swingset to the poles of the tiki torches to the entry of her playhouse. The rest of the decorations were on the table. I rented a child-size table and chairs for 15$ from Hertz. I used my white tablecloth and then covered that with six yards of pink tulle folded end to end. I gathered the fabric at each corner and twist-tied a big pink silk rose to each table leg. The table was set with tiered dessert plates, "silver platters" from the Dollar Store, and pink depression glass creamers and sugar bowls I'd gotten inexpensively from Ebay. Each place setting was made up of milkglass luncheon plates and matching cups (also purchased from Ebay, 5 sets for $9). These plates were a highlight. The cup sits right on the plate (very 1950's) and the girls felt very grown up with the added bonus of me not worrying about broken dishes. Behind each plate were the paper purses, with the pair of lace gloves folded over the top. My mom made very sweet cloth napkins from white calico and pink ribbons and there was a folded napkin on the center of each plate, topped with the bubble placecard. I found plastic silverware that actually looked like real silver.