Pokyt ovat hyvin Japanilaisia keksejä.

These cookies probably took the longest time to make. The girls helped with these a little. They made the pink ones with plenty of colourful sprinkles on them. I made the cookies using my vanilla sugar cookie recipe and the icing recipe. Both long time favourites. I drew the kitty faces on them with edible marker and the edible bows are from a cookie making kit we got from a friend long ago and never used.

Even the smallest details of these fondant figurines, like a pleated skirt with little buttons and a handbag were just perfect.

This amazing cake made was made by my very talented sister in law. I loved it so much ( and saved the little figurines)!!! Inside was chocolate raspberry cake to die for…

My dear friend made these milk free cupcakes for the party ( the other cupcakes are gluten free- we had a few special dietary needs to consider). I bought this cute kit for decorating them, but I did not have time to attach the picks in the end. The sugar on top was nice and sparkly but that does not come across well in the photo and these cupcakes were so good. If you need a dairy free recipe let me know and I could ask her if she did not mind sharing.

I made “my” super yummy popcorn for the party. It was a hit yet again. It really is so good. And super easy to make. Just pop some corn on the stove or use microwave popcorn, then melt some (pink) candy melts and ad it to the popcorn tossing them around until partially coated. Then  just add any sprinkles you like and sometimes I even add little candy or mini marshmallows. So easy and so addictive. For two bags of microwave popcorn I used half a bag of candy melts. I don´t like it if it gets too sweet and covers the saltiness of the corn but I think anyone to their own liking, right?!

The sweetest candy shop in town, Sweetheart, lent this lovely vintage bubble gum machine for us.We filled it with Hello Kitty candy and some tissues. Obviously good old gum balls would have been even cuter but honestly gum balls, although cute looking, are not really that good for parties with little kids as I don´t fancy gum all over the furniture.

We found the balloons and many other things in New York on our trip. This Hello Kitty was huge and the girls posed with it for their birthday photos (It is much taller than the girls). They said it was their guest of honour. We had the balloons filled with helium ( in Ilmapallokeskus) and I´m afraid this Kitty will still be walking around our house comes 1. of May.

Valitettavasti minulla oli vain hetki aikaa kuvata ennen kuin vieraat saapuivat ja yleiskuvien ottaminen aina jostain syystä unohtuu. Jalustakin oli kaapissa, joten vähän hämärää on ja pöytäliinakin hieman kurtussa…

I made this lollipop tree by inserting different lollipops to a styrofoam topiary.

We served some lemonade and water for the kids.

I chose the tableware colours according to our theme. Pink in two shades and some bright red. Very Hello Kitty!

Keittiön puolelta otetut kuvat ovatkin sitten jo ihan kamalia koska valot laskeutuvat suoraan pöytään, mutta tähän mennessä aurinko oli jo lähes laskenut ja vieraitakin alkoi jo saapua…

Tarjoilimme Japanilaisen Hello Kittyn kunniaksi sushia ja vähän muutakin Japanilaista ruokaa.

As Hello Kitty is Japanese our obvious choise for food was sushi. For grownups we also had some green tea, white wine and beer.

Tein sushiriisistä silikonimuotilla Hello Kittyn. Rusetti syntyi porkkanasta, silmät ja viikset nori-levästä ja nenä maissinjyvästä.

A green salad was served with Japanese sesame dressing and some extra black sesame seeds and wasabi peas to sprinkle on it. And then I cooked some edamame in slaty water.

I also had some hot water and little bags of instant white miso soup. This one is really good. The sushi was ordered from a quite local sushi place called Fubuki that does super fresh sushi. And the rest is from a Japanese store called Tokyokan.