we had alexandra's party admist boxes and packing material - thank goodness we were surrounded by family who didn't mind all the mess! i tried to decorate the best i could, given the boxes and the fact that our home had been stripped to the bare essentials. i was up till 1am (!!) the night before the party, baking the infamous cupcake pops made famous by bakerella, as well as alexandra's birthday cake. how my friday nights have changed over the course of a few years!! i was happy to do it, though - alexandra's personal cake turned out so cute (even if she didn't really tear into the cake itself, i could have just set out a tub of icing and she would have been content). it looked like a very large cupcake - the cake tin came from williams sonoma. the cakepops weren't nearly as pretty as bakerella's and they were a lot more work than i anticipated, but they were a huge hit with our guests.
one of the best aspects of the day was the fact that my sister rachel and her boyfriend, jeff, were able to make it for the party - we weren't sure that they would be able to so that really made the day complete.
enjoy the pictures of the birthday girl! please ignore my face in the one where she is getting ready to blow out her candle (well, not really - she is only 1 after all). i don't know what came over me, but as we were singing happy birthday, i found myself overwhelmed with emotion. how could my little girl be 1 already?? i'm such a sap!
4 comments:
Everything looks great. Your presentation is perfections!Wow. Talk about stressing yourself out....you were still smiling though:)
I love both of those neighborhoods.
I want that cupcake pan from WS. I think it's so cute!
What a little cutie! It looks like she had a blast at her party!!
Ahh, I got that "Someday" book for my daughter's first birthday too. It made me cry when I bought it and when I read it to her....
oh gosh...i absolutely love all those details!!!! wow! what a great party :)
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