Can't believe my little sugarplum turned 1!
The party was in March and I'm JUST getting a chance to post about it. Better late than never right? Since she's a spring baby I wanted to incorporate that into the theme, in addition to finally being able to throw a girly party after having two boys! I felt what better way to be feminine while celebrating spring than a beautiful flower garden theme!
I started the preps for this in January, because I knew my elaborate ideas would take a lot of time. As usual, I tried to incorporate as much DIY as I could; with a homemade banner, cupcake toppers and multiple trips to Michael's. I also made all the backdrop paper flowers myself and if anyone is interested in tutorials, Youtube is the place to go! Send me a message and I can recommend the ones I found most useful.
I used my best planner friend, Pinterest, for cake table inspiration and I'm very happy with the result. I kept going back and forth if I should do all the work myself or hire a party planner. In the end I did use
Bella Events who is located here in Tampa, Fl to set up all the decor for me. With a full time job and three kids I knew that I just wanted to hand that responsibility off to someone else. It was really wonderful having a Day of Coordinator to help everything run smoothly and I would definitely recommend it. Nearly all the decor and desserts on the table were my own and the ideas for favor bags with a religious scripture for the magnet was mine as well. But having her execute it for me made a huge difference for my own peace of mind at the day of the party, when I had so much else to do. An added bonus is that she was wonderful to work with, which made it such an easy decision! The cake was done by a local baker Sonia from
Sweeties Delights at a very reasonable price, it was true to the design I gave her and tasted delicious as well.
We had a super cute flower fairy making station for the kids, but sadly I got no pictures of it! If you search Pinterest for fairy making you can find tons of great free printables. As you look through the pictures below I tried to include as many links as possible to where I got all the party decor. Hope this helps with your own party planning, for anything I missed feel free to reach out!
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| Snapchat Filter via Etsy |
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| Goodie bags and tablecover via Dollar Tree, Islamic Sign from Salaam Shop |
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| Custom Magnets |
First Birthday Poster ordered via Etsy, Flower photobooth frame made by me
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| macarons from Costco! |
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| Cupcake toppers found here |
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| Ikea lanterns and DIY vases |
Customizable Snapchat filter, Free printable sign here
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| snapchat filter via Etsy |
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| Tip: Have your balloon artist premake a bunch of balloons for kids to choose from to save time during the party, mine had to run to another event and was kind enough to bring about 20-25 along with her. I told her to choose the most popular shapes kids love and it worked! |
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| Adam looking as legit as Mario can get |
The following images were found from Google search and are not my own. I used them as part of table decor, favor tags and for sending out our Save the Date message.
The below coloring pages were found via Google Search and are not my own property.
