Congratulations! Your baby's first birthday party means you've all survived year one of parenthood. It's time to celebrate.
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Planning Alína's first birthday party was nothing short of stressful. Yet in the midst of the stress what lightened the load was having a checklist to refer
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We celebrated Louie's first birthday a few weeks ago and I thought I'd share some of the details of the bear-themed party with you!
Even though all sporting events have been canceled or postponed, I still wanted to share happy things on Sweet Caroline Designs! That’s what I try and do over here. I shot this Masters content before all the craziness happened and I wanted to share it and hope it brings some joy. The Masters will happen just not as scheduled and thought it might be a good distraction and provide a little inspiration for all you party planners out there. Brett and I attended the Masters last year and it was one of the best sporting events we have ever attended. It was so organized and we hardly ever had to wait in a line for anything. All the workers were happy to be there and happy to help you. The grounds were immaculate and everything you think it would be, it was all that and more. Augusta has magic and I don’t think I have ever seen Brett as excited about something until we pulled up on Magnolia Lane. We weren’t planning on attending this year, that may change, but I decided that I wanted to create “How to Throw the Ultimate Masters Watch Par-Tee” and try and recreate the fun experience we had. Whether you are planning a Masters watch party or a first birthday, I hope this gives you some great ideas! For my Masters Watch Party, I decided to have it on our back patio because the weather is getting nicer and we built it so we could entertain. It is the perfect set up! I decided we just needed one large circle table and that would display all the food, drinks etc. With a little rearranging, it fit in the corner of our back patio. I’m always looking for the best tablecloth and I found a yellow and green lemon print one on India Amory, which provided the perfect backdrop. Next step, decide on the food you will serve. That is easy when it comes to Masters. Pimento Cheese and Egg Salad sandwiches are a must. You also must serve them on white bread, not wheat, as these are a Masters staple. I found these cute food picks that were golf tees and flags. You can find them here and here. At the Masters, the sandwiches come wrapped in green wax paper. I found some yellow and green and white check wax paper and sealed with a cute sticker I created. These are two great ways to display your simple sandwiches but take them up a notch. You can serve these with potato chips! For dessert, I decided to bake a cake. Y’all know I love to bake and this is something you can do in your kitchen and not break the bank. I did my famous white cake with an almond buttercream icing and I found this darling toy golf cart for a cake topper. I also made this flag out of yellow paper and stuck it on a wooden food pick. Also every great party must have cookies and I got mine from the Highland Park Pie Lady! She ships y’all!! Her sugar cookies are wonderful and her decorating is perfection. She is so talented and a delight to work with. If you are looking for decorated cookies, look no further and contact her. I was so pleased and none were broken when I received them. They were also vacuumed sealed for freshness when they arrived. I displayed some and packaged the rest in these cute green and white stripe bags and added a sticker I made. Other dessert ideas…. If you can find peach ice cream, make ice cream sandwiches and serve with two sugar cookies and peach ice cream in the middle! For drinks, you must serve an Arnold Palmer! Arnold Palmers include lemonade and sweet ice tea but you can also add alcohol if you prefer. I served mine two ways. One is in a mint julep cup with cute green and white straws. The other is custom drink ware. You can order all your Masters cups and napkins on my website! At the Masters, they serve the beer in green and white shatterproof cups and people keep their cups as they drink. We brought them home as souvenirs. You can order similar ones here. Your party will stand out when you have customization. Signage makes a huge difference too. I simply designed a similar logo and used that throughout my party so everything would go together. I had them printed on a 5 x 7 paper and framed them in gold frames. If you want to add any customization to your parties, you can email me at [email protected] with your request. I would love to help you out with signage, invites, napkins, koozies, cups and stickers! For décor, I found all my flowers at Whole Foods. I bought yellow, green and white of course to go with my theme. I added large balloons on the sides of the table and made a balloon garland backdrop to mount behind the table. I think the set up turned out perfect and was inexpensive to make. On our outdoor coffee table, I displayed two of our favorite Masters books, one being this darling children’s book, Masters A to Z. This book is adorable for your little’s and helps teach them all about the Masters traditions. Last, but not least, you have to dress the part! I was so excited to find this adorable caddie outfit for Mignonne. You can order here. I ordered her the size suggested for her age and it fit great! You roll the sleeves and the legs. You can customize the lettering for the back and the number for the front. This shop was amazing to work with. She shipped it out the next day! Highly recommend. If you are planning on attending the Masters, I put together a board below for suggestions. You kind of see everything there but you do A LOT of walking and it is hot so I suggest airy, light clothes and cute tennis shoes. Last year, Brett wore a polo shirt, shorts and tennis shoes. I wore Tory Sport Golf attire. You either see golf attire or cute sundresses and tennis shoes. Definitely wear a hat. It’s usually super sunny and you don’t want to get sunburn! I had tan lines from one day so wear your sunscreen :) Hope you enjoyed this post and I can’t wait to start watching golf again on Saturdays and Sundays and celebrating once all the craziness is over. I truly had a blast getting this together and hope it provides a little sunshine. We can’t wait to celebrate the Masters soon! XO Caroline Kaitlin Haley Photography Shop This Post JavaScript is currently disabled in this browser. Reactivate it to view this content.
Mommy Michelle was the winner of our most recent WIN A PARTY competition and she sked for a Polar Bear party for Oliver's first birthday!
Can you believe this little bear is 1? Me either. He is the cutest, silliest, sweetest tiny person I’ve ever known, and it amazes me...
We celebrated Louie's first birthday a few weeks ago and I thought I'd share some of the details of the bear-themed party with you!
Holy moly, this past week has been a bit nutzo! We've had family staying at our house for the past week, as well as people visiting from out of town to celebrate a big family milestone. Monday, September 8th, was Rubes' first birthday and we had her party this past weekend. I love parties, but they can be a lot of work. That coupled with the busiest work week I've had in a LONG time, made for one tired, sleep-deprived Mama! We decided to do a monster-themed party, and I've been Pinning all kinds of cool things to do for decor and food. I love me a good themed party, and we had so much fun getting everything ready. It was a LOT of work, but I really tried to pace myself and do little bits for the few weeks leading up to her birthday. Overall the stuff came out pretty much like I wanted it to, and her party was lovely. I think the easiest thing that we made were the Monster Rice Krispies Treats. A little melting chocolate in different colors, and some edible candy eyes, and we were set to go! We also made chocolate dipped pretzel sticks, which we rolled in sparkly and colorful sprinkles, as well as some chocolate dipped Oreos. These were a bit of a pain, because we had to "glue" the sticks in with buttercream frosting, and then some of the chocolate colors were a little light to cover up the dark cookie, but add a few eyes and some icing, and voila! Monsters on a stick! My niece and my older sister helped out, and made these AMAZING monster goodie bags. They put the faces on regular, solid colored gift bags, and added all kinds of accessories and stuff. I was thrilled with how they turned out. They are both so creative, and every bag looked a little different. We put out colored pieces of paper next to the red box (which you can see in the picture below). We asked people to write a note to Rubes and put it in the box. We have sealed the box (along with some pictures from her party) and we will have her open it up at her 18th birthday party. I can't wait to see what people wrote to her! We had lots of little ones coming (the oldest was three) so we set up a little set of tables and chairs and I printed some mister images that I found online. We put out cups of crayons next to them, and when they were done coloring them, we hung the pictures on the wall next to the table and made a little monster gallery. This birthday party for us, was a bigger deal than most first birthday parties are, since at times in this past year we didn't know if Rubes was going to make it to her first birthday. I haven't mentioned it here before, but part of the reason I became more motivated to change how my life was going, was because we got as close as you can get to losing our girl. In October of 2013, when Rubes was just 6 weeks old, she was acting pretty lethargic and sleeping a ton. Then one night she started to vomit a lot, and we took her to the emergency room to make sure that she wasn't getting dehydrated. A VERY long and complicated story short, 12 hours after entering in the emergency room, she was placed on life support because her heart had stopped and she had been given CPR to revive her. We didn't know it, but she had an undiagnosed heart defect, and during the 6 weeks she had been alive, although she was eating and seemingly doing well, her body was not getting enough oxygen and her heart was working overtime. Not only did her heart fail that day, but she was in kidney failure, liver failure and her digestive system was shutting down (why she was vomiting so much). Four days later she underwent open heart surgery to fix the issue, many of the hospital staff didn't think she would make it through the surgery, but she did and continued to fight. We stayed at the hospital for 8 weeks total, while they slowly but surely got all of her organ systems back to working order and her relatively healthy. Now, 10 months later she is doing so well. She is physically catching up to the kids in her age group, and she is cognitively right at about age level. She is gaining weight, and her heart function looks great. Although she will have to undergo around 4 more surgeries in her lifetime to replace one of the valves in her heart, we will be prepared for those and she will go in as a healthy kid. This was without a doubt the most trying, difficult, terrifying experience of my life, and I can truly say that I left the hospital with her as a different person. A more kind, grateful, motivated person. So this birthday was especially important for us. Not only was it a typical big-deal-for-our-kid milestone, but it was one that reminds us of how lucky we are to actually have her here on this day. We were so blessed to have so many family and friends to join us and share in the love as well! Make sure to check out Scarlett's camping themed 3rd birthday pictures as well for some more fun party ideas!
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Back in September My baby had his first birthday. I was super excited to plan & make things for his party, which was a 'Magical Garden' theme. Max has always loved being in the garden and when I discovered Polkadot Prints fabulous 'down in the garden' printables, I got my inspiration! My Mum & I made all the food, and I had my first attempt at colouring fondant and decorating the cake! I found a whole new online world of fabulous party items & styling that I had never known about, and have since become a huge fan of - I can't wait to plan our next party!! Head over to these fantastic sites that I sourced many items from for this party, and will definately be going back to! Sharnel Dollar Designs for beautiful jars, yummy bon bon's, and a gorgeous selection of cake stands. the Little Big company lots of lovely little things, great centrepieces - I got my fab drink dispenser from here. P is for party great range of party bag fillers and everything else you need for your party.Occasion by design some goreous coloured fairy floss and a great range of party accessories. and never have a boring invitation again - just go to Polkadot Prints and you can print them all from home! and of course a few little things made by mermade designs! Here are a few shots from the party! Critters from the magic garden! The dessert table The candy buffet My first attempt at cake decorating! For the cake stand I painted a terracotta pot and covered a cake board in 'contact' and ribbon. A few more detailed shots of the tables (and sweet treats!) My little birthday boy having fun with the props! The ball pit is a great idea to keep littlies entertained (and contained)!
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The perfect way to honor how far your little one has come on their FIRST birthday! Display a photo of them each month from newborn to 12 months with this golf themed birthday banner! · Each individual month design is 8 inches high by 6 inches wide · Each photo frame is 6.5 inches high by 4.5 inches wide - perfectly fits a 4x6 photo! · Ideal length for entire banner with small spaces and no overlap is 6 feet 3 inches long · Banner comes with an 8 foot long by .25 inch wide white satin ribbon · Small clear clothespins (as pictured) are included to attach photos Each banner is handmade out of premium cardstock. If you need each month to hold horizontal pictures (6" wide by 4" high), please reach out and I can adapt the design. Keep in mind the banner will be longer than indicated above. Each item is carefully made, but please contact me with any problems that we can fix! If you have any questions or special requests, please reach out via message as well! This is an important day for your family and sweet little one and I'd be honored to help make your vision come to life! **This for decoration only and is NOT a toy** COMPLETE YOUR PARTY ONE Highchair Banner https://www.etsy.com/listing/1398862134/hole-in-one-high-chair-banner-golf-first?click_key=6e7401414e1286d9771366ab323ee2b8ee7fbb38%3A1398862134&click_sum=73a890f3&ref=shop_home_active_3&frs=1 Cake Topper https://www.etsy.com/listing/1398898722/golf-first-birthday-cake-topper-hole-in?click_key=181e54866fd9e7093009b820d17b81a99cfda879%3A1398898722&click_sum=ab687f2f&ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1 Table Signs https://www.etsy.com/listing/1398914114/golf-first-birthday-table-signs-hole-in?ref=listing_published_alert
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