A Pinkalicious First Birthday Party!

I can't believe my daughter is already one years old.  It seems like yesterday when I gave birth to her. She gave me such an easy birth experience. I literally woke up around 4:30am with contractions, and gave birth to her at the hospital at 6:30am.  It was the complete opposite of my first born, in which I labored for 13 hours.  So it shouldn't be a surprise to me that she is already one, because she entered this world so quickly! 

If you read my blog about my oldest daughter first birthday, then you would know that I plan on having my daughters birthday parties centered around book themes.  My first daughter birthday party was based on the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar.  If you want to see the colorful and creative party click here.  For my second daughter's first birthday, I decided to base the party on the book Pinkalicious!

Pinkalicious is about a girl who loves to eat pink cupcakes that she and her mom made together. Her parents tell her not to eat too many cupcakes but she does not listen.  She eats so many pink cupcakes that she turns pink. When the pink doesn't wash off, she is told by the doctor to only eat green foods to get better.  But Pinkalicious continues to eat pink foods like watermelon, grapefruit, etc.  She eats so many pink foods that she turns red. When she turns red, she realizes that she does not want to be red, so she eats green foods to become normal again.

Here are some pictures from the party inspired by the Pinkalicious Book!



This is the book that the party was inspired by.

 

My guest signed my daughter's Pinkalicious book for memories.

 

These are the Pinkalicious invitations I sent out.  I Purchased them from Etsy

 

This is a picture of the serving table. The menu consisted of pink foods.  I served Pink Ham, Pink cocktail shrimp, Pink Pasta salad, Pink watermelon, and Pink grapefruit.

 

Here is a picture of the Pink Pasta.  To turn the pasta pink, I boiled the pasta in water and added two splashes of red food coloring.

 

All of the guest drank pink lemonade from these pink/sparkly mason jars.  I found the mason jars and lids at Michael's.  I used a 50% off coupon at Michael's and purchased a box of 12 mason jars for $8.00.  I used a recipe online called Princess Punch for the pink lemonade.

 

I also filled this pink container with pink soft drinks and water with pinkalicious tags that I found here

 

I used these small pink frames as Food Tags.  I bought the pink frames from Michael's for a dollar.

 

Up close picture of the centerpieces

 

I used my daughter's First Birthday photo shoot pictures as centerpieces.  The photographer captured this moment when my daughter picked up the letter O in the word One and put it on her face.

 

A picture of my daughter and I that was used as a centerpiece.

 

I hung a timeline of pictures of my daughter's 12 months of growth using a pink feather boa, large pink clothesline pins, and mini chalkboards.  All items were purchased at Michael's.

 

 A close up picture of the timeline.

 



 

 I hung different shades of pink streamers on the wall and I made a birthday banner out of pink poster paper and white letters.

 

The cake was inspired by Pinkalicious wand in the story.  The cake was made by my favorite bakery The Cake Shop of San Jose. It had pink icing and pink cake with a raspberry wash.

 

 

The girls took home these sparkly pink gift bags filled with pinkerific treats!  The boys took home an anecdote for pinkitis, green treats.  I forgot to take a picture of their party favors, but I got the idea from 733.blog.com



 Last but definitely not least, my daughter wore a beautiful custom made Pinkalicious Shirt and Tutu from an Etsy shop called Audrinascloset

 

I must say my daughter had a Pinktastic time! To see her smile and enjoy herself was priceless!

 

What was your best pink detail of the party? Chime in below with your comments!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baby First TV Theme Birthday Party!

I had the privilege of helping my sister Renata decorate her daughter, my niece first birthday party.  When she first told me about her vision of a Baby First TV theme for little Reagan's birthday party, I immediately fell in love with her idea and told her I wanted her to give me all the details of how she created such a unique birthday party. I asked her to be a guest on my blog, to share with all of you, every detail in creating a Baby's First TV Birthday Party.

Brett (me):  How did you come up with the Baby First TV theme for Reagan's first birthday?

Renata: Regan loves baby first TV, she loves the Hide and Seek show on Baby First TV. She loves the acorn song on Hide and Seek. When she hears that song, she claps and has the biggest smile on her face.

Brett:  Where did you get your ideas for the party from?

Renata:  I got a lot my ideas from pinterest, and I got the colors for the party from the TV Show, Rainbow Horse.

Brett: How did you plan your party on a budget?

Renata: I didn't use party supplies that had the baby first TV logos on them.  I used the rainbow colors of the show as a guide in purchasing items like cups, plates, party streamers, and centerpieces.  I shopped at Dollar General and got a lot of their summer clearance items that were marked down, and I used a lot of decorations that I already had and incorporated them into this theme.

Brett:  What is some advice you can give parents who are thinking about having a Baby First Theme Birthday party?

Renata:  There were not many ideas on the Baby First TV website, so I searched the web and found inspiration from sites like Pinterest, You-tube, and Etsy.  Also, start early and set a budget.  You don't have to spend a lot of money on a birthday party for it to be memorable.

Brett: Thanks Renata, for sharing such a creative and colorful party with us.  Check out the pictures below!

This is the Baby First TV logo.  Renata got a lot of her colors and the inspiration for Reagan's cake from this logo.

  

 Full view of the table.  The table was decorated using rainbow colors from Baby First TV Rainbow Horse character.

Rainbow Horse Fruit Tray consisted of strawberries, mandarin oranges, pineapple, green grapes, blueberries, and mini marshmallows at the end.

Lil Bennie's art paintbrushes were inspired by a pin Renata found on pinterest.  She used the Rice Krispy treat recipe and let them cool for 25 minutes.  After they cooled, she poured some of the Candy Melt Wafers into a bowl and microwaved them until they melted.  Once they melted, she dipped the popsicle sticks half way unto the candy and stuck them inside of the rice krispy treats, and let them cool for 15 minutes.  While they were cooling, she took out six bowls and separated the candy melts by color and heated them in the microwave until they melted.  On wax paper, she painted the rice krispy treats on both sides with a spoon using the melted candy wafers.  Renata found this recipe from this Youtube video!

This vase centerpiece was made using red, yellow, orange, and green skittles, it was inspired by a pin she found on Pinterest.  The Baby first cut outs were found on the BabyFirstTV website, and were printed on card stock.  After they were printed, they were taped on Kabobs and placed inside the centerpieces.

 

The plates, cups, and napkins were rainbow colored.

 

The Staircase was decorated with red and pink flower balls. In between the flower balls was party streamers that were wrapped around the staircase post. 

 

The cake was inspired by the Baby First TV blossom logo

 

Reagan's smash cake was also inspired by the Baby First TV blossom logo.

 

The cable also had the rainbow colored gift bags on display.

 

Little Regan was a doll in her Birthday Tutu and Birthday Headband by Mud Pie.

 

Let's just say that little Reagan was not shy when it came to smashing her Smash Cake!

 

 

I give this party an A+ for creativity, color, and charm! Thanks Renata for sharing! What did you like about the party? Chime in by leaving your comments!