For her actual birthday, we just had a laid back family get together with some homemade Vegetable beef soup and cupcakes. I received some Shari's Berries for the occasion too, so we splurged and had some of the best chocolate covered strawberries I've ate, and we tried some of the Cheesecake trio! I'll have a review about this in another post. ;) We opened a few presents that night as well! :)
The next day was spent shopping for the party and decorating that night.. that was a JOB! Let me tell you! lol It was fun and turned out perfect, but was a bit time consuming.. let me just say there's no way I could have done it alone.. so thankful that I had help! <3
Piper's party was Owl and Princess themed, Whooooo's One? OWL little Princess! :) That just came to me while in line waiting to pick up Aiden from school, I'm so random.. I know! :-P It turned out perfectly! The cake and smoosh cake were both absolutely perfect!! The decorations looked awesome! And almost all of the food was ate, along with the punch! :)
She had a pretty awesome birthday, and got lots of goodies! My memal even handed down a porcelain doll to her for when she's older! And we got her a pretty spiffy new ride, if I do say so myself! I think I may just do a review on it.. it was an amazing deal.. and we love it! <3
Here are a few pictures of her birthday; Just about everything was handmade :)
On her actual birthday^^
Some party décor:
I decorated the frames and put Mommy was a little Princess,
Daddy was a little Hoot,
and on Piper's, I put Look Whoo's One.. Owl little Princess :)
I didn't just get pretty colored cutlery, I bling-ed them out with rhinestones for the Princess!!
I also made the blocks for centerpieces, and Piper's photo is on 2 sides, and there's an owl on the other 2 sides :) for Owl little Princess :)
by her first Holidays and her weekly photos I took :)
We also made the balloon castle towers ourselves! :)
in my adorable punchbowl I scored at the Goodwill for only $7
(this will come in so handy!!!) The castles I got at Walmart on CLEARANCE..
they were Valentine's boxes filled with Valentines :)
(and yes, of course I kept them for next year's Valentine's Day!!)
Tablecloth was from Walmart for .98 in the party section :)
The glasses we drank from, I wrote on the bottoms, Piper's First Birthday 2013!
And I put owl stickers on the front, and put a little crown on the owl's head! :)
Can you say adorable?? :)
And some adorable little garden owl items I scored at Big Lots :)
I'm owl-obsessed, so these are about to go out in my little yard! :)
Princess table cloth, walmart party section, .98 :)
Pink and purple owl box, Valentine's Box on clearance, at Walmart :)
We had the pictures of us as babies on the bar counter :)
This was the food table, before we put out the food of course :)
a pink CK trench jacket, and her pink Converse! :)
This isn't her high chair, it belonged to the building and we used it :)
We got this high chair kit at the Mighty Dollar, for of course, $1 :)
Her princess balloons, $1 each at the Dollar Tree:)
Along with first birthday balloons, $1 at Mighty Dollar :)We took them to the flower shop to have helium put inside them,
and a few other balloon bunches :)
Some party pictures :)
and we put them to good use at her birthday party!!! :)
I made the tutu :)
Her crown, isn't it adorable?? It is from an Etsy shop :)
If you'd like to know where, just comment on this post and I will provide the link for you :)
I made her tutu, and I can make and customize it however you like,
if you'd like to order one. I have very, very affordable rates!!
Cheaper than most, I usually break even on supply cost, it's so cheap..
but I don't mind it because I enjoy making them!! :)
the Mommy of course wear Princess crowns! :)
and I swear it wasn't spiked!! :)
Eating cake!!! YUM!!!
^^Princess Parade :) This is how she rode in.. on her gift from Mommy Daddy and Bub-bub!
