His first birthday party was a huge bash! I started planning 6 months in advance (ok, may be a bit crazy), but I can assure you, it took every bit of 6 months to put all of this together. We had about 60 adults and roughly 30 kids at our house on May 5th. Thanks to my Mom and Mother-in-Law who helped a ton with the food and "manning" the kitchen, the party went off without a hitch.... if only our birthday boy had been feeling well. He was sick the day of his party, and was not his usual self. Regardless, I'm so happy that so many people were able to come and share this happy occasion/milestone with Camden, Bobby and me!
Thanks to the amazing and oh-so-talented Krista Jones (who is also the Graphic Designer behind MB Photography's new branding!) for driving down from Annapolis to document the party for us! I knew I would be running around and wouldn't be able to take many pictures, so I'm so grateful that she was able to capture so much!
I had so many Instagram pictures from the past year and I wasn't sure what to do with them, until I found THIS template! It's perfect for the size of pictures (and the quantity) and just had it printed by a canvas printer!
This is actually a "chalkboard" banner, so it's reusable! Camden's smash cake was homemade, organic Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.
Krista also designed the invitations! They were so cute!
The party favors were for the kids and were just cupcake boxes with baseballs and vintage baseball cards! I used bakers twine to tie the card to the box. The baseball cards I found on Etsy and I hand-lettered the names on all the baseballs myself.
Homemade Sangria... this didn't last long.
My attempt at a DIY wreath... I made the little flag bunting and tied the twine around an existing wreath.
It's not a southern picnic without some chocolate pie!!
We had a cotton candy machine at the party (thanks to my brother-in-law for being the designated cotton candy maker!). One of our local hardware stores rents party equipment like that. It was very inexpensive for the rental, and the supplies were inexpensive as well. But it did take 3 Engineers to figure out how to work the machine!
We had some lawn games out for the kids. Since there were so many small kids there, planned activities weren't the most successful! Thanks to my other Brother in law who brought his hand-made Corn Hole tables!
We had a total of 8 pies that day. My mom made homemade apple pie (with homemade crust, of course) and they disappeared. I was left with a whole chocolate pie and pecan pie afterwards, which was totally fine by me!
Bobby's parents: Nana and Jido with the birthday boy!
My parents: Grandma and Grandpa with their NINTH grandchild!
Popcorn bar... Regular, Caramel and White Cheddar. Yum!
THIS is my boy and his adorable smile. He was feeling a little better here.
Even my sweet nieces came up from Raleigh. We had a sleep over at my house after the party with them :)
I picked up a bunch of flowers from our local Scarborough Farms that morning and arranged them myself. Thanks to Bayside Bride for the tutorial on the twine-wrapped flower container!
All the Cousins on the Wise side!
Resources:
Camden's Outfit: Zara Baby
Photo Booth Props: Paper Source
Fabric (Table cloths, back drop, etc): Fabric.com
Mama's Polka Dot Dress: Anthropologie
Cake Banner Sign: Etsy
Photo Booth Wasahi Tape, Camera & Film, Photo Book: Amazon.com
Flowers: Scarborough Farms, Southern MD
Peanut Basket: Pottery Barn
Baseball Party Favors: Balls from Walmart, Cupcake Cases, Baseball Cards
Oversized Balloons and White Paper Lanterns: Amazon.com
Paper Straws
Photo Display Template, Printed at WHCC
Sangria Recipe
Chalkboard made by Melissa
Chocolate Pie Recipe - Do not skip the meringue topping!
First Birthday Hat - Etsy
1 comment:
Melissa, it turned out so nice! Great job :)
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