1st Birthday Party...

I promised I'd share more detail about the 1st Birthday we threw for Goobie here on Saturday, so here it is... A post with more details then you want...

Let's start with the decor...

The first thing people noticed was the giraffe bounce house in the front yard... It took up 3/4 of the front yard and was the hit of the party for kids and adults alike! 

The next thing people noticed were the ENORMOUS balloons...

You don't really get an idea of how big they are in the photo above so check them out when I sent two home with a dear friends adorable (and exhausted from bouncing) girlies...

Yes, they were HUGE! 

I got them from Groop Dealz a couple months ago but you can find them here if you want them...

I also had fun giraffe balloons but they didn't get any close ups in the pictures...

So here is a close up of the giraffe balloons:

We got them here...

The thing people seemed to notice next were the backdrops behind the gift & cake tables...

I thought they turned out cute...

They were made with PVC pipe and twin size bed sheets...

I believe I ordered the banners from Zulilly... I got them about a month ago... I have seen similar ones on there since so keep looking back if you want them, but I may have got them from Etsy or Groop Dealz too... I honestly don't remember. 

While we are over there would you look at that cake! 

 It is from "LAUGH loud SMILE big" which is the amazing cupcake bakery I have featured the cupcakes from in the past on here...

Not only is it as cute as can be but it was so yummy! 

They also did these giraffe cake pops and...

The smash cake!

I took these pictures of the beginning of the "smash"...

Then I put the camera down and enjoyed the moment...

Suffice it to say she was covered in cake and frosting! 

I am not sure this is decor but we provided a bucket of various bug sprays because Maine in the summertime is really buggy! 

(Please ignore the grass... Our yard is very shaded and grass is a constant struggle... Moss and weeds constantly want to take over... In some areas they seem to be winning... Don't tell Paul!) 

The table decor was fun to come up with... 

For months every time we saw  a different giraffe stuffed animal in a store we bought them to use on the tables... We found the vintage looking giraffe toys in a little shop in downtown Camden... Add a mason jar of bright flowers and voila... Centerpieces... 

I didn't want to use plastic table cloths as they blow up non stop (as pictured below) but since I did in fact have a budget I was trying to stick with so I went with them... They were colorful and fun! 

The paper products were a combo of Mary & Martha and Oriental Trading...

In the background of this picture you can kind of see the other games I had set up for the kiddos to play... There was hopscotch and two kinds of toss games.

I invited the adults to take home one of the little wooden giraffe toys on the tables and had these goody boxes for the kiddos... The boxes are Mary & Martha and contained a beach ball, bubbles, a birthday rubber ducky & a pinwheel. 

And now for the star of our shindig...

It's too bad she wasn't having fun!

Hahahaha... She had a total blast... She had no idea why everyone was here and why we were having this big party but she sure was having fun! 

Her totally crazy outfit is from Christi Creations on Etsy and was even cuter then the pictures show! 

Here she is by the bounce house with her mom... You should have seen that tutu bouncing!! 

I think that just about covers everything... 

P.S. Sorry for the quality of the pictures... Allison has been borrowing my camera for her youtube videos and I discovered 10 minutes before the party the batteries were dead... Yghhh... So all the above photos were taken with my i-phone camera or snagged from friends facebook posts! 

Thanks for listening,