"Our Little Cupcake is Turning One"

...Come in and have some fun!  Maddy's First Birthday Party was a huge success.  Yes, I am exhausted and worn out, but at the same time feeling very happy about the turn out.  All of the perfect people were here to celebrate our little muffin (cupcake for the day) turning one. I dreamed about this party for almost a year, planned in my head for the past several months, and actually pulled it all together in a month. Then after a few short hours its over, leaving behind is lots of special memories, pictures, some videos and some special gifts for Maddy.

Party Set Up

Theme: Cupcakes

Sign on the door welcoming guests

Colors: Red, Pink, Teal Blue, Lime Green, Brown, & other bright colors

Food: We ordered Chik-fil-A chicken nuggets and mixed fruit. Fruit was served in cupcake liners.  Raspberry Chipotle Meatballs, a veggie tray, and my famous spinach artichoke dip.  Little sandwiches for the kiddos were cut into cupcake shapes with cream cheese and strawberry preserves on them. Little packets of Goldfish grahams were there for little ones, too.  Juice boxes, Mott's for Tots for little ones and Carpi Sun for older kiddos.  Simple drinks... tea, a few soft drinks and beer in a tub outside for grown ups and Cupcake wine.

Food for the Kiddos (moms & dads, too)

Decorations:
All decorations were inspired by cupcakes.  My mom put together lots of cupcake garland.  She strung cute cupcake liners onto thread to create this cute masterpiece. The garland hung between arch ways in our house.  Cute and colorful cupcake cookie jars and other cupcake things decorated the mantel above the "cupcake table." I used my new Cricut to create a Happy 1st Birthday banner, an I am 1 banner for her highchair, and a banner with all of her 12 months photos from her first year. 

Cupcake garland hung night before the party

Cupcake Table with Maddy's 12 months banner

Happy 1st Birthday

Where Maddy with eat her CUPCAKE!

Favors: Girls left with cute little pigtail bows with little cupcakes in the middle. Boys left with stacked cupcakes in mason jars.  Both favors were accompanied by a cute little tag thanking the guests for coming!

Pigtail bows in the pink pale on the left/ Mason jar cupcakes on the right

The Cake: We had three dozen homemade cupcakes. One dozen vanilla, one dozen strawberry, and one dozen chocolate. All of the cupcakes had a simple swirl butter cream icing. Sprinkles in the party colors were available for guests to decorate their own cupcakes. Even the little ones got to participate. Maddy's smash cake was a giant cupcake just for her!

The Party 

Maddy and her outfit! Maddy wore a personalized onesie and bloomers made by my friend Katie. She also wore leg warmers with a matching bow sewn on each one and a bow in her hair made by Katie.  Her Loli made her tutu. 

 Fun with friends and family...

 Bubble Machine and Bubbles were a big hit...

Maddy's Cake...

Decorating Cupcakes...

Blessed with 1st birthday gifts...

My own chair from Loli

My own car from Nana

Maddy had so much fun at her 1st birthday party.  She was truly happy the entire time.  (She was even a little sick, as you can tell by the snot running from her nose in some of the pics. Hope she didn't pass anything along to any of her friends.) We are so blessed to have had our family and friends celebrate Maddy's 1st year with us.  I'm a little sad to see the first year already over, but excited to see her little personality come out even more.  
We love you Maddy Muffin and hope you had a great 1st birthday and party! 

I attempted to share the beginning, middle, and end of her Cupcake party with you. Hope you enjoy!  Maybe, this can start my party planning career... or maybe not.
Love, 
Sarah