Joslyn's 1st birthday party was on Saturday and it was all I wanted it to be and more! The decorations and food came out just the way I envisioned! I could not have done it without my Mom and Auntie Edna. The party would not have had a cake, cupcakes or food without them! Joslyn was happy the entire party and it was a great day surrounded by the people that love her! I could not have asked for more. I still can't believe our baby girl is 1!
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| The banner, highchair banner, favor tags and food labels were made by this fabulous Etsy seller! |
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| The amazing Mr. Octopus cake made by my Mom! |
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| John made the sign. He even carved her name on it! |
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| My Auntie Edna placed these gummy fish on the cupcakes with loving care :-) |
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| And of course, Joslyn got her own fish cake! |
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| The favors |
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| One of the centerpieces |
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| Photo net with pictures of her from the year |
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| Loved her high chair banner! |
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| Paper lantern jellyfish! |
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| I put these fish decals on our sliding glass door. Jos loves them! I haven't taken them down yet. |
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| The guests signed Nemo |
All the food fit the under the sea theme, of course :-)
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| Spinach and artichoke dip |
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| Goldfish mix and potato chips = fish and chips! |
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| The turkey sandwiches were cut with a fish cookie cutter |
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| Sea shell salad and fruit of the sea (fruit salad) |
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| Blue Kool-aid and I put gummy fish in the ice cubes. |
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| The cool bucket my Mom and I found at HomeGoods was perfect for beers! |
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| The birthday girl! Her dress (made by this Etsy seller) came out perfect! It's kind of bunched up in this picture but the octopuses form a "1". |
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| Posing in front of the door sign with Grandma Sue |
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| Giving a high five to Uncle Brian |
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| Saying cheese in our "photo booth" with Uncle Darin. John put up an ocean background on our garage and we sat on a raft. |
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| Cake time! |
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| Timid at first.... |
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| but then she couldn't get enough of the frosting! |
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| Look at all these gifts, Mom! |
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| Opening gifts...it took awhile. |
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| Checking out all her new stuff. |
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| She loved her car and didn't want us to stop pushing her in it. |
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| Wearing her panda hat (it's a Giants thing) from Uncle Darin and riding her car from Aunt Lilly and Uncle Manual! |
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| One last gift before bed, a red wagon from Nenna! |
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| Where are we going to put all this stuff?! |
Oh my gosh! You do amazing work and everything turned out so adorable!! Well done! You need to come throw parties at my house! haha
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