Olivia's First Birthday Party: Blush and Gold

Olivia loved her party so much that the next morning she kept looking to the door and smiling, just waiting for more guests to arrive! She acts shy at first, but I think this little one loves a party.

I swore I would never do much for a first birthday - they don't even remember it anyway. Go ahead and add that to the long list of things I swore I would never do. I went a little overboard and loved every second of it!!

Most was a pinterest inspiration - you can see my board here. 

I already mentioned that I spent $45 at the dollar store - the kind where everything is a dollar. 45 items later - and a can of spray paint and we were ready for a party.

The trays, picture frames, vases, and letters were all spray-painted using the same color. It helped the fact that no golds match ever. 

I went to a craft store and picked up pink and gold cardstock, ribbons, sprinkles, and washi tape. The glitter gold card stock ended up being contact paper - which made it super easy to make her banner, cake topper, and the little "1" decorations.

I used the candy melts from the cake pops to pipe "one" on wax paper - when it dried, I placed it on top of the cupcakes.

I found some cake pop tips here. And some tips for melting the candy melts here.

The alcohol table. I found the straws at walmart. Twenty more years, Olivia..

On the porch we had the food. 

Water bottle labels from the same place as her invitations. 

Roses from the front yard.

Gold cups for the kids. With...nothing less than pink yogurt drops and goldfish. Did you catch on to that? Goes with theme.

Chick-fil-a.

For the mantle I framed one of each of her monthly pictures.

Pink lemonade jello shots. Recipe here. With more gold sprinkles.

And, the picture that inspired the entire party. We passed out gold rimmed rose as guests arrived. 

We had an after party, because what first birthday party doesn't need an after party? Bbq pork and friends made sides for dinner. The jello shots were served during the after party.

We had the smore's tray and firewood ready to go in the fire pit, but we all just hung out inside and on the porch.

Overboard? Yep. But it was so much fun!!