{1 month old}
Last weekend we celebrated Emma Kate's first birthday. We threw her a cupcake-themed pool party. The location was great (thanks to my friend Kelly who reserved her community's club house) and the weather held out for us. It was a wonderful day!!
I made a banner using my Cricut, some paper (left over from the invitations), and 2 different pretty ribbons.
Her highchair just didn't match the theme, so I made a banner for it. It read "I am 1". The spaces in-between the letters are cupcakes; again done on the Cricut (I love my Cricut!).
I made the party hats using some scrapbooking paper, paper garland I found on sale at Michael's, some foam stickers, and some elastic (the kind used for making jewelry). As my template I used a cheap hat from the party store. I just traced it on my paper (2 per), cut it out, glued together with hot glue, fancied them up with my embellishments, and then used the hot glue again to fasten the elastic. My inspiration came from this tutorial at Such Pretty Things.
This is a book my friend Meghan made for Emma Kate. Inside were pages for guests to write messages for Emma Kate to read when she's older. It turned out great, Meghan is so talented!
For the guest tables, we used pink and green table cloths and used the favors (pink and green bubbles) to anchor our pink and green balloons. They were quick and easy center pieces.
Then of course are the cupcakes. I was planning on making them myself, but at the last minute decided to buy from Sam's Club (30 for $12.99). They were nowhere near as good as home made, but they saved a TON of time. The cupcake stand is made by Wilton. I got mine off of Amazon for a great deal. I decorated the stand with scrapbooking paper and made the cupcake toppers by cutting the shapes out with the Cricut and using a pink Sharpie to draw the design on. Lastly I used craft glue to adhere them to a lollipop stick. I must give credit to Kim at The TomKat Studio for these cute cupcake ideas. Her blog is so inspiring!
For food we had BBQ pulled pork sandwiches, mac and cheese, chips, veggies, Puffs, Cheerios, and watermelon. I tried to come up with a menu that would work well for adults and children (we had about 10 other 1-year olds there, too).
I made her birthday outfit because I couldn't find anything I liked better than the picture in my mind (does that happen to you, too?). Her shirt is a plain tee from Children's Place that I used iron transfers for the images and then applied "liquid sequence" on top. Her tutu is light pink, hot pink, and green. I made it using this tutorial at Plumtickled. Her bloomers were a gift from a family friend. They're embroidered with her initials (EKK).
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This next set of pictures are from her second birthday party. Yes, you read that right. This was a much smaller deal, at our home. I used a lot of left overs from the big shabang (like favors, chips, drinks, banners, and party hats). I did end up making some fresh cupcakes, and they were yummy. I used a recipe from Martha.
My girl's one, I guess it's time to start planning her 2nd birthday. =)
