In late June I had my daughter's First Birthday Party. We hosted it at a park near our home and lucked out on a beautiful day! Of course, being the graphic designer I am I could not have a simple first birthday party, but needed something fun and visually interesting. Alice in ONE-derland was decided, mainly because I've been wanting to throw an Alice in Wonderland party for years and this was probably my only chance to choose the theme for her party, before she has opinions she can vocalize!
The invitation set was very fun for me to design!
It's now for sale on my Etsy Site here.
It was a morning party so getting the space decorated by 11am was not an easy feat. I'd spent months before the party getting everything ready. One of my favorite decorations was the Cheshire Cat grin which I hung in a nearby tree.
The bottom middle photo here is an Alice doll that my partner Kim's sister made Lily. It's super cute and Lily has tea with Alice nearly daily!
Ok, possibly I went a little crazy hanging a larger than life photo of my daughter front and center, but she so small in person, I didn't want anyone to forget about her :)
We set up a little kids play area where they had fun drawing with chalk, playing bubbles and being silly. Lily had so much fun with all her friends.
We lucked out and got to borrow this awesome cupcake tower from a friend of a friend. It was actually already painted with the red dots so it worked out perfect! I made the cupcake toppers that matched the invite set. Kim had given me the Alice in Wonderland tea pot years before and it definitely came in handy!
I HAD to make Drink Me signs for all the drinks. This included dragging my husband in to putting custom bottle wraps that I made on three cases of water bottles. They were a big hit though and totally worth it. (my husband may disagree ;) I made little tent folded cards with quotes from Alice in Wonderland that were placed on all the tables.
Of course we had to play croquet! Not sure if anyone actually knew how to play, but it was fun to hit the balls around! And Pin the Grin on the Cheshire Cat which I also made. Unfortunately it's not something I can sell since it's a Disney copyright. Sorry guys :(
For favors I did various drink containers. Funky straw cups for the kids, water bottles and coffee mugs for the adults, all red and all with the same "Drink Me - Well, out of me" favor tags on them.
It was a wonderful day and party and a great way to celebrate our first year with our wonderful daughter, Lily.
