My little man is one! Wow it went by fast. His party was this past weekend and I have to admit I'm kinda happy it's over with. You see living in Germany is such an incredible experience. We are within driving distance to some of the most historical and quaint cities in the world. Yet despite this I just really want a Party City, Hobby Lobby and even a Wal-mart (gasp! Not usually a Walmart person. I'm a Tarjay snob. But Walmart does have cheap crafty type of things that are perfect and useful for party planning. Oh and they are open 24/7!!
In order to plan a party over here I have to rely heavily on online ordering and that just things tricky and unpredictable. The way I pictured this party looking in my head and the way it actually turned out are totally different.
Here was my guy's 1st bday:
I really liked the number One decoration. It was pretty easy to make. I followed this basic concept to create it : http://crafts.kaboose.com/puffy-heart.html
Since one is a sentimental birthday I wanted to highlight his first year:
I seriously love pooh and his cute quotes and sayings. I thought these were perfect for a first birthday:
For the honey pot I just painted a clay pot yellow and wrote hunny using white paint. Mr. Wright said to me, "you know that's not how honey is spelled, right? And your y is backwards." He's a nut.
So as you can see inside the honey pots I made cake pops.
They didn't turn out how I wanted. For one, finding WHITE melting candy proved to be impossible and white chocolate chips just don't melt so well. I ended up having to use speckled melting chocolates. I really wanted to make these beach balls, but again I was limited in my resources for having frosting utensils. It's the thought that counts. Btw etsy has several vendors who make very cute cake pops. It would be a good idea to outsource these treats since they do take some time to make.
The cupcake tower turned out pretty cute.
I love my new drink dispenser I ordered online from amazon. Less than $30 and free shipping! It's perfect.
I kept the goodie bags simple:
And that was it. I do have the pdf printables for this party, so please leave a comment if you would like the download. For free of course :)
Here's some very cute ideas I found around the web for a Pooh inspired bash:
This party was submitted to P is for Party
These honey pots by the Party Mama are so cute. Wish I would have found her site in time.
This Disney Pooh sweets table by Hostess with the Mostess is a very cute idea:
This hundred acre woods sign from etsy designer CSCuteCrafts would be a cute decoration:
I hope to have some more parties this summer to share :)
