Happy Birthday Briggs

We had us a party this past weekend and we now officially have ourselves a ONE YEAR OLD!

We had a little theme of "do it yourself" and "keep it small" kind of party.  I guess we went of a little of the non-traditional route from most typical first birthdays.  It does help that I have a super talented husband to help and then a little creativity goes a long way.

We started by making the invitations ourselves.  Justin set Briggs up outside with a smash cake and got the whole thing documented.  Click here if you want to see more.

And then with a little Photshop magic...this was the final invitation.  We dropped them off at Office Depot where they were printed (at a great price)...

And then I decided to attempt to make his cake.  I did one trial run (I know that's probably corny, but I wasn't going have his cake looking crazy b/c I hadn't practiced)

This is the final product.  I mean I know it's not from Edgar's or anything, but it tasted yummy and I thought turned out pretty cute

As I said before, there really wasn't a theme.  I basically just used different blue and green stuff I already had....placemats, vases, mason jars, scrapbook paper...

Centerpieces for the table were pics of Briggs from birth to one year...it was fun to look at how much he has changed over this past year

In preparation for our party,  I wanted something simple for some vases and blue mason jars I had.  When finally deciding on flowers, I went three places looking for some.  My last stop was a little florist by my house.  I just knew she was going to be expensive.  I went in asking for white daisies.  She came out with a bunch in her hand and said it would be $2.  I told her I wished she had some hydrangeas.  There were a bunch of bushes in front of her store...she says..."just go cut yourself some"...well ok then...

So I ended up with this display of flowers for $2...I call that a bargain right there :)

Party favors were baby food jars filled with goldfish.  I made some stickers to put on the front that said "thank you for coming to my party",  covered the tops with some cute fabric...and there ya go...

Last but not least...I made some of my special lemonade...and used the glass Starbucks drinks as our cups with blue and white striped straws.  I thought the wall looked a little boring behind the drink display, so dug some scrapbook paper out of the closet, cut it out in different sized pieces and painted "happy birthday briggs"...

Here is our attempt at a family photo..Briggs was much more interested in my necklace than smiling at the camera

And the fun begins...

We are working on being gentle with our friends...

Time for presents...

That is Reagan behind Briggs.  She is my friend's little girl and she was a great helper during the party...

Time for his cupcake...

Yummy...

And...we are already done..this was the best shot we could get of his messy little self.  It was getting close to nap time so Briggs wasn't too pumped up about the cupcake

Note: We had just spent the week before with my family, and had cake there, so they weren't able to be at the party, but my mom FaceTimed in so she could watch the smash cake part...thank goodness for technology.

Had to get a picture with "Aunt Celeste"...

Pa-paw and G-Maw (Justin's Parents)

And our last family pic before Briggs had a little meltdown followed by a 3 hour nap.  

Overall the party was a success.  We have great friends who showed up and were there to celebrate Briggs' first year of life.  We love our little boy and all the joy he has brought our whole family.