Actually, she's 14 months now, but
I'm just getting around to blogging her birthday. It has been a hectic
couple of months, but things are settling down now and I'm looking
forward to spending spring break with my 1 year old!
For
Reese's first birthday, I wanted to choose a fun theme that I hadn't
seen before. I was trying to steer away from the traditional pink girly
birthday party, so I chose a bumble bee theme instead. It was a blast to
plan and I think it turned out pretty cute. I learned a lot and will be
doing a few things differently for birthday #2, but I'm still pretty
proud of how it all turned out. It was great to have winter break to
work on party stuff, however, it was crazy busy moving from Christmas,
to New Years, to Reese's birthday, then to my birthday, and Valentine's
day. That's a lot of holidays in a few short months (no wonder it has
been hectic around here...). Good thing I happen to LOVE holidays!!!
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| Reese's Bee-Day invitation. My amazing sister designed it! The envelopes were bright yellow with bumble bees drawn on them. |
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Here are the decoration pictures!
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| I made this tulle wreath with a #1 in the middle. I plan on changing it each year to match her party theme and changing out the number in the middle. |
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| Reese is anxiously waiting for guests (side note- She fell asleep before the guests arrived.) |
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| food table |
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| bee cookies |
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| bee hive cakes- banana walnut flavored. |
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| fruit kabobs |
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| Bar-BEE-que beef sliders |
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| table decorations- all about Reese! |
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| Beverage area...we served "nectar" (lemonade). |
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| Reese's monthly pictures. I LOVE how these turned out! |
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| up-close view |
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| This was a fun mantle to design. I made a flag banner with Reese's name. All of the pictures are from Reese's first year, including a several of my favorites from her birthday photo shoot. I also added her painting that she made on her actual birthday. |
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| Polka dot balloons and pom-pom streamers in the windows |
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| Reese's highchair was decorated with a ribbon and tulle tutu that I made. |
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| Favors table: We included a Little Bea picture book as a guest book , yellow & pink gumballs ("bumble gum"), and her year-in-review poster (another thing that my wonderful sister designed). |
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| year-in-review poster |
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| We used this poster as decoration on the favors table. It has all of her first year stats. |
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| "bumble gum" |
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| guest book |
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| opening gifts |
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| checking everything out... |
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| our little chef |
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| still a little tired... |
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| not sure what's going on here... |
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| eh... |
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| Why are all these people taking pictures? |
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| pretty tasty |
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| bike from mom and dad |
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| trying out the new bike |
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| This is fun! |
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We had so much fun at her party! Thanks to everyone who attended or sent gifts. Reese has plenty of toys to last her until her 2nd birthday and probably beyond. We are looking forward to many more adventures to come in year 2. We feel so blessed!
Erin
