Once upon a time, there lived a little girl who vowed to live her life as if it were a fairy tale… 28 years later, she is still doing it!
Come join me for a celebration of my 28th birthday at a fairytale-themed picnic! We are getting together on the lawn overlooking the Belvedre Castle (naturally!), located by the Turtle Pond in Central Park, NYC. Get ready for sparkler fun, kite-flying and bubble-blowing!
When: Sunday June 21 Sunday June 28, 2:00 pm
Location: Lawn by the Belvedere Castle in Central Park – look for our balloons!
Directions: B/C train to 81st Street or 1 train to 79th Street. Enter the park through the 81st Street/Central Park West entrance.
Dress code: fairytales! Individual guest portraits will be taken by Mr. Grenouille, the best of the best to be featured on here!! :)
Belvedere Castle, NYC
Please comment if you’re coming so we know how much cake to bring. :) BYOB – bring your own blanket!
ooh! I’d love to come! sadly Austria is nowhere near New York… but we do have a belvedere castle here as well ;)
eeee hehe maybe i will come in from massachusetts. my birthday is not long after that. :P (the 25th)
I would love to come but it is my nephews 1 year old birthday on Sunday this sucks
Happy Birthday!! What a fantastical party, wish I could come and wear a gauzy dress with glitter and fairy wings!
Eee, I have GOT to make it out to NYC for your birthday one year – I am dying to take pictures of you. Maybe I better start planning for next year, New Mexico is kind of far away!
i’ll try to make it over if i remember or don’t oversleep (yes you heard me – i do that on sundays past 2pm lol!)
such a novel idea to do it there!
Ohhhhh…. How lovely to celebrate your birthday with your belated followers! ^^
If you’re having a Los Angeles pre-birthday bash open up, let me know ;D
if I only had a hand-held portal device, I’d be there in an instant. Sadly, I don’t think my mom would appreciate me traveling halfway across the state for a birthday party, D:
I hope you have fun!
Oh, so adorable! Last time I was in NY we spent a couple hours on the grass just next to there. Have a great time x
AWEEEEEEEE……If it was a week after i would of been there, wow seems like that weekend there’s so many Bday’s, weddings, and grad parties, WOW…but i know u will have fun, and it will be special, dang…i would of gone :( but my niece is turing four and she is having a Disney party. Thank you for the invite, that is sweet of you to have it open to us all.
Maybe next event you have open i can go! oxoxo
Happy Birthday in advance ..oxoxooxoxoxox
how on earth did i miss that castle in central park last summer?!
Neat, we have the same birth date :) Hope you have a lovely one.
P.S. just ordered some LimeCrime and I can’t wait to try it :D
♣ liesbeth
Ah, well maybe I should just come through ALL Belvederes in the world! :)))
♣ Kat A
There are just tooooo many things in the park to know/visit them all!
♣ Miss Jane
Technically my birthday is June 15th but I’m not too militant about the date. ;)
Many happy returns on the day :)
Sadly, I live in Phoenix, and have no money for a ticket to New York…. This time. Regardless! Have a wonderful birthday and a merry unbirthday every other day!
happy birthday!
i might come up for your party, i’m in eastern PA but i’ve been meaning to visit NYC for a while. i’m sure it would be lots of fun!
Awww, it’s so sad I live in Germany. :( If I’d live anywhere near New York, I’d love to come. I think this is a great idea! <3
Shame I’m all the way over the other side of the Atlantic! I won’t be in New York until September. I hope you have an amazing time, sounds ridiculously fun!
What an adorable party idea! My birthday is on the 16th. Hoooray for Geminis!
Aww, you know I’d love to come. A fairytale birthday sounds delightful!
Sadly, I live in Illinois. That, and my father’s birthday is on the 21st.
But! I hope you have a lovely day! :)
Ahh, looks like fun! What a sweet idea for a party. Hope the weather will be good!
Belvedere is lovely! I took a lot of nice photos there this winter.
I’ll be in Boston that week visiting family, so I can’t come :( I hope you have a wonderful birthday though!
Oh, how I wish I could go! I sadly live in Chicago though :/
Well I live in Boston so if Ali and Sarah Hart want to meet up and take the fung wah from china town I am game! maybe my husband too!
its one of the times i’ll have to say “why,why oh why dont i live in NYC????”
:( have a great time at your party,as im sure you will!!! Very happy birthday to you and please…keep on living your own fairytale as it inspires as all to do the same thing!!! Love you lots!
Alas, if only Chicago wasn’t so very far away…and I had money for the trip. I’d be there!
I have never heard of Belvedere Castle until now. How bizarre and incredible!
Awww… man I wish I was in New York, I’d love to go to that. But unfortunately I’m on the West Coast in California. I’m sure you’ll have a great birthday!! Maybe you can come to San Diego next year!! =)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!;) Have fun!!
Btw, random comment- My favorite part of central park is the giant Alice in wonderland statue ♥♥♥~!
Awwwww Xenia, that’s so sweet of you to invite us!! It sounds like it will be SO MUCH fun!
You turned me on to all the girly, fairy-tale, pink, colorful, and lolita styles and themes! I’m getting my first apartment in a few weeks and I can’t wait to decorate it! I’ve been shopping for cute white furniture from the girl’s section, teehee.
I wish you the best birthday in such a magical castle! I would love to go but I live in California.
Happy Early BDay!!
I hope you have a wonderful birthday! It sounds truly magical. :)
I’m coming! I’m coming!
Oh, I’d love to come! And I live in the area! I’ll see if I can make it!
I live in Canada, but a very happy birthday to you! You will rock 28, that’s for sure! :) Maybe I’ll be able to make it out to NY for another of your birthdays.
Awww, I would love to go! I even have fairy wings that I could wear! But alas, I won’t be able to make the 4 hour trip to New York.
Have fun and enjoy! Happy Birthday!
Ooh! I really wish I could come!! Have a wonderful time, Sweetheart! xoxo
Well, this is my first time commenting… but… (I have been reading your site since October ’08 though)
My friends and I are thinking about going, we just have to see if we are all free that day. :3
Oh if I could I would come to New York just for this!!! Have a great birthday, you are such a sweetheart to invite your readers. :0)
Wish I could be there! Love youu!
<333~~
(your birthday is the same day as my promotion ceremony! I’ll be fabulous here in LA for you. :D)
I wish I could go, but I’m all the way over here in California.
You are such an inspiration to me! I hope your birthday is full of glee!! :)
wahhh I’m in MA so NYC is kinda far away. Hope you have a blast!
Hopefully I am coming and bringing a friend! :D
love you, you’re amazing for inviting us all!
Wow, hope you have a happy birthday. Sounds like an amazing location!
xoxo, SarahJayne @ Knockout Vintage Clothing
i truley hope you enjoy planning your birthday!!! that place sounds magical!! happy early birthday!!
I wanna come but I’m all the way in Adelaide!! Hope you have a fabulous day! xx
This sounds like sooooo much fun! I really wish I could come, but that could be hard, seen as I’m in England, haha…
Can’t wait to see the pictures!
x
Xenia,
I can’t come but I hope you have a spectacularly wicked birthday party! I live in ye ol’ Illinois where the weather apparently hasn’t gotten the notice from Mother Nature that says it’s June, not March. It’s been raining.
Wait, wait, wait. Y’all have a castle in Central Park? I’m so envious! The closest thing we have at the gardens is the Greenhouses.
Woah, thats really close to the appartement I rented for a week when I visited NY ;) If I were still on that side or the can/USA border, I’d go, but Montreal is quite far away..
have a wonderful birthday filled with fairy dust and delicious cakes :)
I would love to come! That castle is screaming or a photoshoot!!!!
Why oh why do I live in Belgium?
Have a wonderful time dear, it’s so lovely of you to invite us all. If I could I’d send you a self-baked cake but I don’t it would survive the trip…
Have fun!
Ooh sounds fun!
Too bad I live in San Francisco… :(