Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Ellie's First Birthday Party

This weekend we celebrated Ellie's first birthday with our friends and family and it was a total success! It was so great having everyone over and watching Ellie with her cake. This past year has seriously flown right by, I can't believe my little baby is growing so fast!

Here are some IPhone pics from the party and the details. We've had some issues getting pictures from our DSLR so maybe I'll do another post when I get those on my computer. These will do for now! I've been planning her party for months and I'm really happy with how all the decorations and food came out. 

We had a hot dog bar with cheese, chili, jalapenos, onions, and all the condiments for our meal with sides of pasta salad, watermelon, and baked beans. For the other babies we also had apple sauce and gold fishes. Then we also had a lemonade bar with flavored syrups and fresh fruit. For desserts we had strawberry cupcakes topped with vanilla frosting, edible glitter, and pink gumballs with chocolate dipped rick krispie treats, and circus animals cookies. 

I made ALL of the decorations myself, the tissue poms, garlands, stir sticks, spray painted and glittered the 1s, etc. It was a lot of fun to make, really easy to do, and super affordable. I followed a lot of tutorials from Handcrafted Parties, she is the craft queen and her tutorials are super easy to follow. I would post a DIY post about them, but it would just be an identical post to hers so check them out. Thank you and a shoutout to our friends and family who helped us set up and frost cupcakes!

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Thank you everyone for coming and celebrating! Ellie and our family are so lucky to have so many loved ones in our lives. It was wonderful celebrating her first year together!

20 comments :

Unknown said...

Her birthday party was so so cute!! I love all the pink!

Brittany
livesimplysouthern.com

Heather said...

love it! your family is so adorable!!!

Unknown said...

Everything turned out so adorable!! Looks like she had fun celebrating!

Ella Pretty Blog said...

You did an AMAZING job - can't believe you made all the decorations yourself - SO talented...but your party doesn't just look fancy - it also looks like a lot of fun too :-)

Happy Birthday Ellie!

Rachel Steck said...

What a beautiful party!
Happy First Birthday Ellie!
xoxo
Rachel

the girl in the red shoes said...

So cute! I love all of the little details!

Kate said...

What a fun day! You did SUCH a GOOD job, Mama!! And Ellie's jelly shoes? Haha, too cute :)

Piglet said...

Really cute! You did a great job with her party. I'm sure everyone had lots of fun!!!

Schnelle said...

Everything turned out SO beautiful! I love the hot dog bar and lemonade bar idea. You did such a great job with all of the decorations- perfection! Everything looked so delicious and I love how all of the food was color coordinated too!

Do you mind if I use a photo or two of her birthday hat for my store?

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Sarah said...

you did an amazing job Kristen!! I love it all, such a perfect 1st birthday for her!!

Megan said...

You did an AWESOME job!! Everything turned out SO cute!! Where did you get the pink high hair cover from?

Folded Pages Distillery said...

WOW! You certainly know how to throw a party! It looks amazing. (your hair looks amazing too, by the way.) Ellie is the cutest!

Kate at Green Fashionista said...

You did a FABULOUS job! Can't believe she's 1!!!

Alyssa said...

You did such an amazing job!!! It goes way too fast!!
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eliz said...

Beautiful party and beautiful girl! Happy Birthday to Ellie! <3

shay said...

You did such a great job! Everything looks adorable! Including Ellie!

Veronika said...

y'alls party was SO amazing! Love all of the decor and DIY :)

Kristin said...

What a gorgeous party!!! You did such an awesome job! I love all the decor you chose! I just cannot believe E is ONE! Where does the time go?

Jill @ Bluegrass Belle said...

You did an amazing job on all the decor! That looks like a lot of work! Go mommy! :)