Harper's First Birthday Party!! {Part O n e}

I now present Harper's Pink + Gold, Princess, Tutu First Birthday Party!!!

Lol.

I am very happy with how it came together considering a tight budget and being held at my parents house and in the kitchen and dining room area. I only invited our closest friends and of course my parents and sister and her family so it was very intimate which was perfect for my shy girl. I of course put this pretty much all together day of (except for the DIY stuff) including going to Trader Joe's and Target to get a couple small finger foods (including mac and cheese bites, mini chicken tacos, and stuffed mushrooms) and some last minute things. I was stressed to the max and didn't have time to even get ready so I just threw on some jean shorts, THIS cute tank I picked up at Target in the girls section, threw my hair in a bun and wa la!! At least Harper looked like a little ballerina princess in her ruffle pettidress (similar) and her custom Jameson Monroe headband. 

The cake table.

I made the first birthday stats chalkboard myself on photoshop. I planned for these cupcakes to have yellow tissue paper coming out the top of the straws but I ran out of time. These were funfetti cupcakes with cotton candy frosting!

Harper and her monthly pictures.

We had sparkling lemonades and pink and white frosted animal crackers. 

Pink and Gold backdrop. I made the tassel garland. The Happy Birthday is a generic one from Target that I spray painted gold and the paper garland is also from Target.

I ordered this small cake from a local bakery plain and then just added the sprinkles myself and found the glitter 1 at walmart. 

These tiara hair combs were also found at Target in the party favor bin for $2 dollars for four! I also added the sparkly gold onto the clear cake stand from Party City by just painting the underneath with gold sparkle nail polish. Genious right?!

Made a mini tutu for her high chair and the ONE with pipe cleaners and spray painted them gold.

I am very proud of my tassel garland! It took me a few weeks every night to make this but it was well worth it!

For my parents kitchen not matching the theme AT ALL, I think it turned out pretty damn good ;)

And of course I just hung a tutu on a pretty hanger for a cute added touch.

I hope you enjoyed Harper's First Birthday Party!!!!

  

A Castle, Now Zoo

I've decided to start this blog after being inspired by so many other great blogs out there that I read religiously! This is my fairytale! Eh! Maybe not exactly, but I truly do feel like a princess everyday! I have obviously felt this way pretty much my whole life and the princess thing is sort of my alter ego?! (Princess crown tattoo picture to come!) Yeah, thanks Mom. What were you thinking letting me get that at 16?? #princessproblems But no, I'm definately not THE princess anymore. I've passed on my reign to my GORGEOUS daughter Harper Jane who has given me my dream job, and a title I have dreamed about my whole 22 years of life, Mom! She was born June 24th, 2012 at 1:27 a.m. weighing 6 lbs. 8 oz. and measured 20 inches long. I have never felt so blessed in my whole life to have this amazing gift and I thank God everyday for letting Me be her Mom. I am also very lucky to have a great support system made up of my Boyfriend Nick and my amazing parents. Nick is the hardest working Dad out there which allows Me to be able to stay at home with Harper, which I am forever grateful to him for! But we would really be nowhere without my selfless parents who graciously have let us live with them for the past 6 months or so until we can get on our feet! I can also never repay them with how much they have helped us out! I cant forget to introduce our fur babies either because without them the house would be way too quiet! Didnt think I would ever say that since they have literally driven me too insanity today!!! We have Lucy and Jack, my parents Pugs. And then theres Bella, my crazy pomeranian who is my best friend (besides Nick and Harper and my Mom etc.) She was my first baby and I will forever be in love with her because of her companionship when I was pregnant. Four adults, three dogs, and one sweet baby all living under one roof.  Welcome to the zoo!
I want this blog to be my online diary so someday Harper can read about our daily life together and can know how much I love her and treated her like the ruler of the house that she is!

The princess as a ballerina for Halloween.