color inspiration

Recently, I had the pleasure of hosting my very good friend's daughter's 1st birthday! 

I think the color palette she chose is just absolutely beautiful and the set up was relatively simple so I thought I'd share in case you were looking for some color inspiration for an upcoming event!

We chose a soft pink, along with cream, gold and a light teal blue for some contrast.,

Adding a burlap runner and a bunting strung on twine lent just the right amount of texture to the soft feminine vibe.  

The theme was "Some Bunny is One"
 so naturally these sweet little rabbits with gold tipped ears
 graced our dainty table!  

The "chalkboard" is actually a piece of foam board from Hobby Lobby.
 I love all the fun details about our sweet birthday girl and the personal touch it adds, along with the clothesline of pictures chronicling her first year!

I love using these tissue paper flowers to decorate for parties.
They can be made rather large so they pack a visual punch, are extremely versatile as
 you can make them in absolutely any color, and the best part?
They are so inexpensive to make! 


We had very specific colors in mind so we were pretty happy to find them
(and the gold dotted party hats) at target.
There are a million tutorials for how to create these flowers,
 but here is a quick overview while you're here.

First, determine what size flower you'll be making

 That's it! Minimal effort for maximum payout.
I hung them from thread and taped them up-they're light so its not hard to get them to stay put. 

I hope you enjoyed/were inspired by this adorable party! 

Let me know if you include tissue paper flowers at your next shindig!

Thank you for reading! 

Easy Updo

Recently, before I chopped bangs into my hair,
I wore it up in this romantic bohemian style.
 I love how effortless it is and I thought
 I would share a quick how-to so you could try it out too

I also tried this hairstyle again, more recently with my bangs to see if it still works and I think

 I like it this way even more!

An added bonus to this hairstyle is if you sleep in it or leave it in all day, when you take it out you have soft , heat free curls!

Let me know if you try it out and thanks for reading!

Ivy's Party!

also known as "what I have been doing instead of blogging"
I love throwing parties. I especially love throwing themed parties!  For Ivy's first birthday we decided to have a Candyland Theme!  Kind of because we call Ivy 'Ivy Pie' and kind of because her wall says  'Sweet" but mostly because we just thought it would be super fun! Just for clarification. When I say 'we' I mean me and this lady:

 This is my friend Amber and she's amazing. 

 She gets half the credit for this party and it just simply would not have happened if not for her artistic talents and the fact that we both get a kick out of over doing it.  Shes the kind of friend that's family :)

Now-onto the party details!

In the backyard, we created a life sized candy land game!

We lined the kids up

where they drew a card and thus started their journey through Candy Land!!

 

 First they must travel through the peppermint forest

 where candy cane trees and peppermint flowers grow 

diligently tended by the giant Mr. Mint

 

 Ivy loves him! I do too actually...

Next the colorful path leads them past the gingerbread house,

 

 and through Princess Lolly's lollipop garden!

 Gwen is apparently totally into this...I don't know WHERE she gets her enthusiasm ...

Last, they must pass through Queen Frostine's icy wonderland 

where a few unfortunate ice cream cones met their demise...

 

Its Texas people. Not even the Queens magic could keep ice cream safe...

 Once safely through the children made their way up the back steps, through the Candy Arch 

 and onto the candy smorgasbord!

 

The kids each got to grab a plate, choose their candy and then head outside to decorate and consume 

their reward for making it safely through Candy Land! 

 

After the children were thoroughly sugared up we sang happy birthday,

            

opened presents,

 and spent the rest of the day hanging out with good friends!

 

 Before everyone headed home we made them take home a favor bag full of candy!

 (yes made-I do not need all this candy in my house!!)

So there you have the reason why things have been a little quiet around here!

I really cannot believe an entire year has already passed!

I need to start planning the next party...

Thanks for reading!!