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Celebrating birthdays are a big deal to me. Not mine, or at least they aren't anymore. But I absolutely love celebrating other people and the day they were born. Even if there isn't a party involved, coming downstairs on the morning of your birthday should be magical.. at least in my opinion :)
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So when I started to think about Paislee's 1st birthday, I knew it didn't really matter to her because obviously she's too young to ever remember it. But I wanted to do something girly, classic, and chic, mostly because I love planning parties and making them as special as I can.
There were a few things that went into picking her "theme":
1. These colors. Hello, my blog design... kind of obsessed right now :)
2. A gift bag. I have no idea where I got this gift bag from but the colors and whole feel of the bag were absolutely beautiful and I wanted to incorporate them all somehow.
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3. This tea set. I bought it off a garage sale page for $20; it was brand new, in packing, never used... and I had to have it!
So then the wheels started turning. I started buying things here and there a few months ago, but really bought the bulk of the stuff these past few weeks while I was home. I went a little nuts at Home Goods, but I made sure to buy things that I would use again. I didn't worry too much about being matchy matchy, and just tried to find shades of gold, silver, pink, and mint green.
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I bought these letters at Michael's and a coat of spray paint later, we were in business. I had them standing up at first, but then decided I liked how they looked laying down better. I also bought a canvas P and spray painted that as well.
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A friend of mine from high school recently started her own little baking business on the side...and she's amazing! She also made a cake and cake pops for Nolan's baptism and I was so excited to work with her on P's birthday too. I sent her a few ideas, my decorations, and the color scheme and she came up with this adorable smash cake, cupcakes, and cake pops. All homemade and utterly delicious!
![Pink and gold first birthday. Pink and gold first birthday.](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/110/1100203/pink-and-gold-first-birthday-L-6qmIWf.jpeg)
![Pink and gold first birthday. Pink and gold first birthday.](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/110/1100203/pink-and-gold-first-birthday-L-Sp51UM.jpeg)
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I figured out a lot of stuff as I went along. I literally just kept picking up miscellanous things as I found them and figured it would all come together eventually! A lot of the gold stuff was on clearance around Christmas time, so I highly recommend taking a look and thinking ahead if you have any parties to plan. You can figure out what to use them for down the road.
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I bought the candy from the grocery store where you can fill your own, so I only paid for what I needed. It was mostly for decoration but I obviously wouldn't have cared if someone wanted to eat it too! The little crowns came from a dollar section somewhere, the runner was on clearance at Target right before Christmas, and the silverware, plates, napkins, etc came from the Dollar Tree. See... no real plan!
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I won this beautiful feather garland during an auction but I hadn't even thought about using it for her birthday while I was bidding on it. But once I got it, I knew it would be perfect on her birthday table. I also used the garland that's normally above her crib across her highchair. Try to pull from their room or only get things you will use again!
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And how gorgeous are these cake pops? It's hard to tell in pictures but seriously, I didn't even want to eat them because they were so beautiful. Edible glitter and shimmer? I die.
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And last but not least... her dress. I found it on Instagram from Chantel & Co. Accessories back in the summer and had to have it. Thank God it fit her because it was perfect! A perfect little girl needs a perfect little birthday dress :)
It's so hard to believe she's almost one. I feel like it was just yesterday we were awaiting her arrival and celebrating Nolan's 2nd birthday. And now he is going to be 3 and she's going to be 1. Someone once told me that time moves so much faster when you have kids and boy are they right. If I seem a little emo the next few days... this is why... my babies need to stop growing up!!
Since we were short on time, I did both of their birthdays on the same night. Nolan chose to have a Spiderman party and I'll be sharing more on that later this week! :) xoxo
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