Today we celebrated Ryan's 1st birthday with a Winter ONEderland type birthday that will forever be one of my favorite days ever!!!
I
decided on the theme after searching for winter birthday ideas on
pinterest!! His birthday is so close to Christmas that I wanted to be
sure not to have a Christmassy theme but more of a wintery magical one!
Plus I knew there would be a ton of after Christmas sales that I could
take full advantage of for decor and it worked to my favor.
I
chose Red and Aqua for the colors because I saw another party done in
the same colors and I loved it. Never would have put these two colors
together on my own but I think they look great! I think even though the
forecast was calling for unusually warm temperatures everyone felt the
winter magic.
I
love parties and party planning and tend to always go the extra step or
mile ha when it comes to throwing one. I love entertaining and making
everyone happy and ensure everyone has a great time, this party was
going to be no exception. This party was definitely time consuming and I
lost some sleep over some of the details, I had an absolute blast doing
it and it was so worth it!
Ryan
means the world to me and I wanted him to have the best birthday party
imaginable. A first birthday is a big deal and I wanted to make it was
just that. I want him to look back at this day and see how fun it was
for everyone and how much love went into the day. I think he will do
that...OR maybe he will just think I am nuts for having a snow cone
machine in the middle of winter!!! Either way....
Of
course I didn't pull this off all by myself. I was actually super sick
the day before so Deb's came to the rescue and saved the day with the
errand running and nursing me back to health.
Credits:
Penguin Smash Cake: Stephanie the Baker
Cupcakes: Wegmans
Snowballs: Debbie Shott
Photography for Winter ONEderland Snow globe FavorPhotos: Reza Photography
Paper Cut outs: Gwynn Wasson Designs
Chilli: Glory Days Bar and Grill
Ryan's Outfit: Pocketbaby on Etsy
Preparation: Debbie Shott and Grandma Thomas
Clean Up: Debbie Shott, Grandma and Papa Thomas, Jennifer and Scott Blankenship, Wendy Thomas and Anthony Brent, Chris and Jen Parker
