Elyse Glitter Sugar & Spice

Planning my baby girl's first birthday party was such a delight! I had so much fun helping to design them and get the wording just perfect. I came up with the theme of "Sugar & Spice" because my Elyse is just that. Super sweet with a touch of sass! I crafted and DIY'd for months- including making a fabric backdrop that used strips of lace, gold satin, and pink fabrics. I also made several strand garlands of glitter gold and pink hearts to use on the sign in/favor table, on her high chair, and as a cake topper for one of the cakes. I cut pieces of glittered gold paper and used those to make the labels on the dessert table. For the dining tables, I layered gold and pink fabric and placed a mason jar that I had painted gold and added gold glitter to. For the forks I wrapped a pink napkin around each one and secured that with ribbon and a sugar cube that we drilled holes in.

Elyse and I are very active in the Instagram/shop small community, so we also incorporated several of our favorites in the "extra" decor. Her whole birthday outfit came from Etsy/Instagram shops and it felt great knowing that we are giving small businesses our support! I also purchased her Chalkboard art and a few other decor items like the "Elyse" felt crown and our invitations from amazing Etsy shops.

• What People Ate

  Designing the menu was even sweeter and since I have a side business baking cakes and cupcakes. On the dessert table I used cakes of different buttercream and fondant designs and styles to accent the overall look. I also bought pink lollipops and gumballs and made snickerdoodles and sugar cookies that I decorated with royal icing. We also had popsicles and Annie's fruit snacks

• What People Drank

  For our beverages I made strawberry lemonade and we had iced coffee- which was a perfect drink selection combo for the 90 degree weather here in CA! I also had water bottles that had strips of pink and glitter gold washi tape for an added dose of decor.

• Desserts

  The whole menu!

• Party Favors

  Little gold hearts were glued onto mini jars and tied with pink string and "Sugar & Spice" label then filled with cinnamon and sugar mixtures for our guests to take home as favors!

• Activities / Games

  There was a "Sugar & Spice" book for them to sign which I now have as a keepsake for my baby girl. I also had a photo backdrop that our photographer used to take photos of the guests and created that out of layering plastic tablecloths together. At our "Kids Corner", I had an option for the little ones to decorate their own sugar cookie- or fingerpaint or blow bubbles.

• David Ledbetter

  Photographer

  My brother David is an amazing photographer and captured our details wonderfully!

• Preshtoast

  Etsy shot

  Preshtoast designed Elyse's felt pink and glitter gold crown that we used as decor on the dessert table.

• Mylilsunshineshop

  Invitations

  Mylilsunshineshop helped me to create our beautiful invites

• EmmaJoyDesigns

  Chalkboard art

  EmmaJoyDesigns made my darling chalkboard art that has all of Elyse's favorite things listed.