I can not believe that is has been a year. Okay, almost a year but still...a year since I had my daughter. time just...flies by when you aren't paying attention. She's crawling now, trying to walk and holding her own bottle. She's getting so big *sniff*

With all that said, I have been busy planning and working on a party worthy of my little princess. Was that over the top? Oh well...it's me.

Anyways

Since about February, I have been up at night thinking and dreaming of what I wanted. I'm not going to like, for a moment, I almost let my mother talk me out of it. Something about keeping it simple...

AS IF WOMAN! STOP TRYING TO STOP MY GREATNESS!

Seriously, I know that my daughter will not remember this party, but I will. I will remember the fun she had and the fun I had with the people who loved her most. I'm hoping for my grand aunts and her great aunts to make this party so I can have that memory, but we will see. 

To help me along with the party planning, I came up with a moldboard, something to help me get my juices flowing and a direction to go in.

The colors are going to be peach, mint and gold and though the gold in the board looks...orange...it's gold. I know you get the idea.

I've already sent out invites and I have a fiesta themed menu planned. I would say Mexican, but since I do not know how to cook authentic Mexican nor would I be able to do it justice, I feel that fiesta is the next best thing.

Party! Party! Party Time. Baby Shower plans

Let's talk parties. Personally, I look for almost any reason to have a party. You got an A? Party! You made the squad? Party! You got a new car? Party! You get the idea. So when I found out that I was pregnant, I was eager to plan my baby shower. You are probably thinking..."shouldn't your hostess be planning that?" she should...but I'm too much of a control freak to ever let that happen. That and my BFF lives in another state, so it really wasn't going to work.
First, I needed a theme. After scouring Pinterest like a fiend, I came to quite a few conclusions. #1-I did not want a traditional baby shower, at least when it came to themes. I wanted something classy, sophisticated, timeless and something that represented me. The second thing I realized was that I have expensive tastes.
So, after searching for a hot minute, I stumbled across this picture:
































































And I knew that I had found my theme. It was perfect.
Next came the perfect place to have the party. Where else but my mother's backyard? After that, much of the details came together and this is what came about. The cake is from a local bakery, Daphne's Bakery here in Mint Hill, NC. It was delicious. A nice white cake with raspberry filling. I got a smaller cake because we also had cupcakes. The original plan was to have a dessert bar, but things came down to the wire and I had to make some sacrifices. I don't think people even notices, since I still had a good chunk of cake left at the end of the day. It took about 2 days to finish it.
Here is the setup for the catering. I had these wonderful plans of making little sandwiches and salad...but in the end, the catering option was much better and I had less to worry about. The lovely table set up that my sister and her kids helped put up. It was a perfect day. Not too hot, with a good breeze coming through.    Here we have the dessert table, with prizes for the games at one end. I really enjoyed the favors. Here's close up of the inspiration for the favors. We put kisses, hard candies and Jordan almonds in the ones we passed out.
The drinks table. My father makes his own wine, so we created a nice sangria with a red wine he made.

The gifts table. I am very blessed to have friends and family who gifted us many wonderful things. This shot was taken before the party started.

Myself and my boyfriend, opening gifts and being celebrated by our family and friends. He was a little shy, not quite knowing what he was supposed to do, but I think he had fun.

This was the photo booth that I put together. To be honest, I forgot about it until after everybody had left, but my family did not disappoint by taking turns using it and posing for some great photos that I can not wait to put in frames.

Well, I hope you enjoyed this recap of our baby shower. It was great party and I loved every minute of it. I can’t wait to plan my daughters 1st birthday.

OOTN-Birthday party

last night was my is my boyfriend’s birthday and we had a little party for him at his local bar. Lately, I’ve been looking for the chance to get dressed up and show off a bit and this is my chance.

<So I got the dress as the BeBe outlet store here in Lakewood, CO, along with the belt. I love the color of the dress and the cross of fabric in the front. I think the belt keeps it just this side of casual, so the other party goers don’t feel underdressed. So magnanimous of me don’t you think?

The booties I love! I got them at the Neiman Marcus outlet store in Belmar and I have to say…they are super comfortable. I wouldn’t have thought they could be, with the thin sole, but they don’t start hurting till about hour 3 or so…which works for me. Love the heel height as well. Added a few accessories and I was ready to party.

(seriously…need a new camera.)