Liz Lately: Stella's first birthday

Meet Stella.

We were blessed with this little angel on June 30, 2013.
After a year of a lot of fun and not a lot of sleep, it was time for a party.
Stella is ONE!

I decided to have her party at our home- which is slightly outdated, on about 4 1/2 acres of land, and we just moved in about 2 months ago. I had a lot of work to do.

PINTEREST is my best friend, just FYI.

When people first arrived to our home, they walked up to find this at the end of our driveway:

Stella's throne.

Slightly obnoxious, but it is what it is. I had seen precious vintage high chairs all over Pinterest and I was obsessed. So, I found my great grandmother's highchair from when she was a baby and I painted it a light pink. It wasn't perfect, but it was pretty darn close.

The arch was given to us from Stella's namesake's mother, so of course she needed to sit under it. The "red carpet," which was pink of course, was ordered from Etsy, along with her outfit.

I had a hard time getting a good picture of the outfit considering she was all over the place, but this was it:

Naturally she ripped the bow out after about five minutes and the tutu didn't last much longer, but it is the thought that counts.

Due to the fact that it was about 90 degrees outside, most of the party took place inside.

In the kitchen, there were two tables set up for food and drinks.

For the food table, I used a pink linen table cloth from Party City, and a burlap runner from Hobby Lobby. The banner hanging across the window was from Hobby Lobby, as well as the matching chalk board on the table that I had also used in her one year photo shoot. Also from Hobby Lobby are the backless frames on either side of the window that I used to hang pictures of Stella on.

For drinks, we had an "adult lemonade" and a "kid's lemonade."

For those not offended by the adult lemonade, it was a mixture of lemonade concentrate, sprite, tequila, and beer. It was delicious.

The two dispensers are from Target, as well as the mason jars we used as glasses. I got 24 jars and then put plastic cups on the table just in case. The pom poms hanging above were from Amazon, and so are the pink paper straws. I also used a burlap runner on this table.

Outside in the sunroom, we had my personal favorite table- dessert. Our desserts were from Whimsey Cookie Company and Nothing Bundt Cakes- both in Memphis, TN. If you are from Memphis and have never had either of these, you are missing out and need to get to it. If you are not from Memphis, both are well worth a trip here. Seriously.

So, here is a breakdown of everything on this table:

The little cupcake stands in the back were used as "party favors" for the kids. The stands are from Hobby Lobby, and inside them was little "bundtinis" from Nothing Bundt Cakes. Basically, cupcakes but better.

I'm not sure if you can see it, but in the middle of the table, behind the big cake, there is a glass rhinestoned cupcake stand holding Stella's personal smash cake- Also from Nothing Bundt Cakes.

In front of that is the large cake for everyone, from Nothing Bundt Cakes, of course. It was flipping delicious.

On either side of the cake is the Whimsey Cookies. On one tower we had mini cookies and on the other is the large cookies. These cookies were and always are a hit. They are incredible. I didn't order them in time to have them custom made, but I got lucky because they had cute birthday ones in the right colors already made. It was fate.

At the end of the party, we asked everyone to come outside.

First, Stella walked down her pink carpet for everyone. Most people had not seen her walk yet, as she had just started about two weeks prior. So everyone cheered as she walked down the pink carpet. She loved every second of it and was laughing and clapping with everyone.

We then sat her in her chair and it was time for her to get her

first hair cut!

Stella's Aunt Amber is a hair stylist, so we thought it would be special for her to give Stella her first hair cut in front of everyone. Especially since EVERYONE had been asking me when I was going to cut her mullet. It was time.