HUT's First Birthday Party!

It was a bow tie theme for HUT's first birthday!

This year we kept it small, only inviting family, Godparents and a couple of close friends with little kiddos. I decided against cooking so that I could enjoy the day, so we catered in from our local (super delicious) Italian joint, had a girl that I have known from my younger days baked the cakes and I, of course, went a little nutso with designing details. Prepare for photo overload.

Our entryway with the "12 Months of HUT"...

The birthday invitation that I mounted on green scrapbook paper...

I took a cheapo birthday hat, ripped everything off of it, then created this (which, at the actual time of cake, I totally forgot to put on his head)...

Party favors were blue and green gummy bears that I bought in bulk. Bulk candy is expensive, y'all...

It just so happened that I found this remnant fabric at Hobby Lobby. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it, but last minute I decided to make bow ties for all of the guests...

Bottle of water with labels for people to take on the road...

We did a little guest sheet - which I'm totally happy about now because we were AWFUL at getting pictures of HUT with all of our guests. Hell, we didn't even get a pic with him ourselves.

The birthday boy had his own thrown...

And our living room got a chandelier made of balloons...

These blocks were actually from my baby shower. Funny how things work out like that...

Our dining room, which also housed the buffet that I didn't take a picture of...

I bought these cute little tins at Target last summer for $1. I had an idea of the color scheme that I wanted to use, but I never realized just how perfect they'd work out. I used ribbon that I purchased to add bow ties to them...

Our kitchen housed the drink station as well as appetizers up on the bar area...

HUT had two cakes - one red velvet for everyone else, and a white cake with lots o' frosting for his own special smash cake!

And I had to jump on the bandwagon and buy some cute matching straws...

I think that everyone had a great time, and HUT most definitely had a blast with all of the kiddos. He was pretty tired (no afternoon nap - he could sense that something fun was going on and didn't want to sleep) so the cake wasn't as interesting to him as I thought it would have been. He loved his gifts - especially the musical set with drum included. Boy likes to bang on some drums.

The closest thing we got to a family shot...

Overall, I think that it was a great success. I'm thoroughly exhausted and now I have 365 days to plan another one. Next year I'll get my ducks in a row a little sooner then this time around!

Party Details...

Fabric for bow ties - remnant bin at Hobby Lobby
Balloons, utensils, cups, etc. - Wally's Party Factory and Hobby Lobby
Invitations and all paper designs - yours truly - Nine Twenty-Seven Design
Food - Luigi's Italian Cafe, Costco
Cake - Cakes by Rosalyn
Candy for favors - Candy World
Cutesy Striped Straws - Shop Sweet Lulu