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Jess

I am a mom of two little girls. I love interior design and planning parties and events.

Charlotte’s Cinco de Mayo 1st Birthday

My younger daughter, Charlotte, was born on Cinco de Mayo. I wanted to throw her a “fiesta’ to celebrate her first birthday. I love the bright colors of this themes – they are as cheerful as Charlotte’s personality. I still wanted the party to be “girly” for her so I incorporated a lot of floral elements including the printables, the flowers on the tables and mantels and on the back drop. We had the children play pin the flower on Charlotte, they shook maracas, and had fun with a pinata. We had quesadillas for the kids and a taco bar for the adults. It was a fun and festive first birthday!

Charlotte’s Floral Watercolor Nursery

I wanted to design a nursery that was calming but also incorporated color. My inspiration for the color palate came from purple floral watercolor crib sheet from Caden Lane. I used that same fabric for her changing pad and chair pillow. From there, I found items that would coordinate with that bedding. Charlotte’s room is not a large room, so I chose items that would have a lot of impact to make the most of the space. Items like the paper flowers, name sign, and large gold mirror helped me to obtain my vision.

Laila’s Floral Carousel Birthday Party

My daughter loves anything with horses (neighs as she calls them). When thinking of themes for her second birthday, I thought a carousel theme would be perfect for a little girl’s second birthday. I decided to add a floral element to the party and chose theme colors of pinks, purples, and gold.
There were many DIY projects for this project. My husband, mother in law, and I made the carousel centerpiece. We decorated a wreath with flowers and greens to serve as the top of the carousel and to add another floral element. I made the floral letters from paper mache letters, foam, and silk flowers. All of the banners were made by me using me cricut. I designed a wall of paper flowers with a handpainted gold glitter frame and a number 2 in the center. I bought paper fans from the target and decorated those with paper flowers. Cookie jars wrapped in raffle tickets served as vases on my mantle. My sister in law designed all of the signs for the party and all of the favor and food tags.
For food, we served fun finger foods. We had a slider bar, mini hot dogs, tater tots and mac and cheese. For dessert, we served cupcakes, carousel themed cookies, pink chocolate popcorn, and trail mix. As a favor, we gave kids bubbles, cotton candy on sugar cones, and custom wrapped candy bars.
 
 

Laila’s Twinkle Twinkle Little Star First Birthday Party!

My daughter loves the song Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and I have been singing her to sleep with this song since she was a newborn. I knew this would be a fun and beautiful theme for her birthday. I designed a twinkle, twinkle party using gold, light pink, hot pink, and aqua. I scoured sites like etsy and pinterest for months looking for the perfect decorations. The result was a sparkly and beautiful party, perfect for my little girl. I wanted the ceiling to be reminiscent of a night sky so I hung star gold glitter star garlands from the ceiling of my great rooms. On the fireplace I had handmade wands in gold glitter bubble vases. A stary chalkboard sign went over the fireplace and a gold glitter twinkle banner hung from the mantle. I made my own centerpieces using roses and gold planters with gold glitter wands. I used pink crinkled taffeta linens and gold sequin runners. Monthly baby pictures of Laila were displayed on bookcases in frames that had gold glitter die cut months. Hand decorated favor bags filled with star themed cookies, went on another bookcase. I did a bunch of DIY projects such as wands, a crepe paper backdrop, and hand punched confetti for balloons and the tables, and custom centerpieces.
We served brunch food such as french toast, mac and cheese, fritatas and bagels. My talented friend, Betsy, made star shaped sandwiches, delicious mini muffiins, fruit wands and beautiful star themes cupcakes.