ONE upon a time...

~Lucy's 1st Birthday~

""ONE Upon a Time..."

 A Vintage Storybook Birthday

The details... in pictures!

The Princess!

The invitation! (it pulled out from the pocket on the left)

designed/created by Lindsey from Blue Egg Events (find her on etsy.com!)
I cannot say enough about her talent. I wrote her one EXTREMELY long email with my vision/ideas/what I wanted it to look like and SHE. IS. WONDERFUL.  She understood me perfectly!

The entire invitation!

It had an enclosure card/sticker included that read:

"A book is a treasure, words and pictures unite

Read over and over to teach and delight

So instead of a gift for our little Lucy

please give a child's book- you needn't be choosy

For our little girl will cherish this forever

and she'll think of you kindly

with this to remind her."

We LOVED all the beautiful books Lucy received!!

Welcome to the Mason Castle!

Lucy's door hanger created by Baby Face Designs

(http://babyfacedesign.blogspot.com/)

*photography by J.Rod*

The smash cake!

*photography by J.Rod*

I created the crown topper and this large glittery "1" for her cake

The cups! 

Blue Egg Events did the stickers and I just added them onto the cups! Easy!

The crowns!

I had the BEST time making these-

A little lace... a little fabric stiffener... a little paint and glitter... touch of hot glue = A CROWN!

These were not as fun to make as the crowns.. TIME consuming. but worth it? Yes.

They hung from our chandelier in the dining room.

Top "flower ball" is made of pink felt circles that I pinched into flower-ish shapes.

Bottom "flower ball" is folded book pages!

*photography by J.Rod*

The dress up station for the children.
I took these pictures of Lucy last week- had them blown up at Walmart and framed in simple photo frames. I loved the way it turned out.  They are staying up for awhile :)

*photography by J.Rod*

Table centerpieces!

I wrapped book pages from an antique storybook around the bottom of the vase.

Added a green hydrangea in the center and stuck white and pink daisy flowers around it...

Then of course we had to add a crown stick- (two paper "die-cut" crowns painted gold and glued together!)

Book page flowers that I made by literally folding the book pages, cutting the top into "petal" shape and hot gluing into a circle/flower shape.  The centers were made just like I did for the "flower ball"- these were displayed on the food table (see below)

*photography by J.Rod*

One of the things I was most proud of creating... the pink cupcake stand with a tutu!

I had seen these all over pinterest and decided I had to try!  I picked up three plastic platters and two glass candlesticks from the Dollar Tree. Primed them with white oil based primer, painted over that with light pink acrylic paint, stacked them, glued them with E6000 craft glue.. and there you have it. The perfect stand!

Adding the tutu was easy, too!

Measure out the length of your base with ribbon, then just tie pieces of tulle onto the ribbon. Wrap it around, hot glue it... and tutu cupcake stand... you are ready to go!

Oh and the cupcake toppers were also created from Blue Egg Events!

*photography by J.Rod*

Another view of the food table (before the food was set out!)

I found vintage storybooks from the local antique stores and displayed them, along with the book page flowers to set off our "storybook" theme.

Our menu was:

Miss Muffet's Magic Nuggets (chik-fil-a chicken nuggets)

Bibbity Bobbity Boo Skewers (tortellini, pepper jack cheese and tomato skewers)

Once Upon a Pasta (Paula Dean's bowtie pasta)

Three Little Pig Sliders (pulled pork)

Little Red Hen's Homemade Rolls (to go with BBQ pork)

Happily Ever After Fruit (watermelon, cantaloupe, strawberries)

Peter Rabbits Vegetables (hummus with carrots and celery)

A Royal Wish Punch (pink lemondade)

Jack and Jill's Pail of Water (bottled water)

Sweet Tea

*photography by J.Rod*

Lucy's month-by-month pictures displayed on the mantle

I LOVED looking at these... this is actually the only real decoration I have not taken down yet.

Here is a picture of our living room for the party. 

We moved all the furniture out and moved in these tables and chairs to make sure everyone had a seat. 

This decision was made because we live in MS! 

Its hot.. very hot.. and it could rain at any second.

So I wasn't taking a chance on putting the tables outside ! :) 

 

*photography by J.Rod*

Children's table I re-did for Lu's room and her party!

This table was mine when I was little... and it was bright primary colors, now after a good sanding and coat of paint... its a pretty pale pink!

The proud momma and grandmothers watching Lu eat her cake!

*photography by J.Rod*

Our "Thank you" Notes

(also from Blue Egg Events)

*photography by J.Rod*

The party favors! (tags by Blue Egg Events)

I purchased different storybooks for the children, they loved them!

- Let's just say its the teacher in me, ha!

I will have many more pictures to post/blog about soon!!! Including pictures of our precious baby girl from her big 1st birthday!! Jana, from Happy Times Photography by J.Rod, took the pictures for Lucy's birthday party and I'm awaiting my full disk from her!  She is absolutely... WONDERFUL... and I highly recommend her.  :) I loved having Jana there- probably my best idea, ever... I wasn't worrying with chasing Lu around snapping pictures... because I knew Jana had it covered!!

(these pictures posted above were from a "sneak peak" album she posted!! And literally I SQUEALED with excitement when I saw them! She captured every detail... perfectly! )

Lucy's 1st birthday party was a HUGE success and I am SO happy with how it all turned out.  It was so much fun and believe it or not.. I was laid back and really enjoyed every second of it. 

Tomorrow is Lucy's official birthday... I am sure I'll be crying the whole day! We (the grandmothers and I) are taking her out to lunch (she'll definitely be sporting her "I'm ONE shirt and tutu!" haha. I have no idea how a year has gone by so fast but I am so grateful for each and every second I get to spend with this adorable baby girl. She is my heart.