The Party

Since I've been talking about it long enough, I am going to finally post the photos from Sophie's 1st birthday party. The party was great - I think everyone had a blast and we are so happy that we were able to throw this for her. She is really amazing and deserves 1000 parties (do I sound like a mom yet?). Happy Friday!

With the loose theme of the party being photos, we decided to go with a photo favor. During the year, I take tons of photos of family and friends at parties and events - with all my client work, I don't get to work on them as often as I'd like. So, Tim and I went through all of our photos from 2010 and found a photo of almost every guest (or their kids) at the party. There were more photos than guests, and a few extra of Sophie mixed in. We framed them all and let everyone take their favorite(s). It was a huge hit and people were picking and trading and choosing the entire time.

Birthday girl!

Here is the 365 book and our 'guestbook' for the party - I ordered a print from Etsy and everyone left soph a note. We plan on framing it and adding it to her art wall.

My nephew :)

Vendors

Location: Bykenhulle House (beautiful venue for a party or wedding)

Caterer: Eddie Kowalski/Lola's Cafe (love Eddie, he catered our wedding as well)

Music: Outtake (they were awesome!) Cakes: Pastry Garden

Napkins: Target

Crafting supplies (scrapbook paper, cupcake wrapers, etc.): Michaels

Online resources

Balloons: Balloon express (remember if you buy round balloons, they use way, WAY more helium than regular ballons :), and they take up a lot of room in the car...see below)

Guestbook print: Etsy (thewheatfields)

Cutlery: Greenfeet

Kraft paper/cups: Amazon

Cupcake decorations: Etsy (fondant 1's: ClineffsConfections, tulle poms picks: shortcakepartypicks)

Straws: Shop SweetLuLu

Everything else is diy - we made the goodie bags, cupcakes & all other desserts besides cakes, set-up drink table and all decor. Let me know if I missed anything, I'm happy to help!

Facebook Teasers!

Hey everyone! Just popping in to let you know about my new Facebook teasers - I normally post all my blog photos to Facebook as well, which is good, but wouldn't be better if I posted more photos to Facebook instead of the same ones posted on the blog? I think so :). So, from now on, after a wedding, I will be posting a quick teaser of the event within a day or two and then a full blog post will come later on. The Facebook photos will not be posted on the blog - so head over to Facebook and become a fan! Or 'like this' - I think that is what they are calling it now.



And since I haven't posted a pic of Sophie in a few days...



Happy Tuesday!

SF: Behind the Scenes!

Tim and I checked out San Francisco this past weekend to visit our friends and help them get ready for their wedding in March. I got to take some great engagement portraits of them - I'll be posting the highlights soon, but for now, here is a sneak peek behind the scenes photo that Tim snapped of me.



I processed this photo and then put it through this super fun internet application, Poladroid, to get the old polaroid effect.