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Ainsley’s 1st Birthday!

I still cannot believe Ainsley is not 12 months old but almost 14 months! Planning parties really make me happy. I tend to go overboard and buy way too much. Pinterest and Instagram really helped me with her party! I wanted to do pink and gold there was no doubt about the color scheme. I also really love polka dots so I had to incorporate that somewhere!

I wanted her party to be after her first nap which is usually around 10:30. Her party started at 2:00. That gave me plenty of time to get everything ready that morning. I cut all the fruit the night before. I made the vanilla covered pretzels that morning. They took like 10 minutes and are so easy!

 
I REALLY wanted to make a backdrop for photos. I even made props ( mustaches, lips, and picture frames) This was not perfect and I needed to make it wider, but it was fine! I had to be okay with it in the end. I made the Ainsley is using my cricut. I purchased a circle sponge from $ Tree and painted the polka dots. The kraft paper is also from $ Tree.

 
The plates, napkins, and cupcake stand is all from Tuesday Morning ( love that store!) They are the Martha Stewart brand 🙂

 
found this little wooden gem at Goodwill for $2.99 and painted it. 🙂

I made the ONE cupcake toppers using chevron gold paper from Hobby Lobby and used my cricut to cut out the number 1.

 
I HAD to have an instagram hashtag!! A sweet neighbor GAVE me me this frame that was from her deer lease! SO sweet! I mod modge’d the paper clips with gold glitter.

 
I made her birthday sign. The black foam board is also from $ Tree! Love that place!

 
The picture frame on the right is a wooden block I found in my neighborhood ( Love when they build new houses and there is a ton of leftover wood in the trash!)  I painted it gold, added a piece of pink lace, and hot glued a clip that I painted gold also. SO easy!

 
SO thankful for my friend who let me borrow her adorable fabric scrap banner and ONE banner for her high chair!

 
I made the tissue paper garland and it was super simple! It cost me under $3.00!!!

 
Love this baby girl! Opps forgot to close the laundry room door!! Ahhh!

 
This cake was fabulous and soooo delicious! It was from Virginia’s in Spring. My mother in law is so sweet to buy my kid’s birthday cakes every year 🙂

 
mmmm!!

 
She LOVED the bounce house!

 
Love my best friend!

 
My sweet Instagram friend came! Love building relationships with other moms on IG and then meet them in real life! 🙂

 
She didn’t like the cake too much 🙁 I forgot to take a picture of just her cake….. This is all I got!

 
This is the ONLY picture of both kids, Jerod, and I. 🙂

 
Love this amazing man! Can you tell who she looks like?? 😉

 
She loved opening presents! Her sweet cousin helped her out 🙂

 
My front door creation 🙂 SO easy Painted the letters and then hot glued onto Polka dotted burlap ribbon!

Her party was so much fun but it was really hard to talk to everyone, like any party is! I feel like I just get to say hi, offer them a drink, and then chase Ainsley around! She had a blast and didn’t want to take her 2nd nap.

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  2. You did a great job on her party Britt! We had such a great time as always. P.S. I feel special you put a picture of us on your blog! 🙂

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