{My Parties} Caileigh's 2nd Birthday!

The weather did not cooperate, so we had to move everything inside. I had visions of a perfectly sunny spring day and everything set up under the trees in my yard. However, I am still pleased with how it worked out! The kids all had a dance party inside and had an inside egg hunt. I am so excited to see the professional pictures by Kathleen Hertel Photography. She even had a Photobooth for the kids!

These wonderful cookie toppers for the cupcakes were made  by O'licious Cakes. They were delicious and beautiful. I decorated the cupcakes with green icing to make it look like grass and displayed them on my beloved Pottery Barn stand!

Also on the stand where my homemade bunny ear cupcakes...I found the mold here: The Chocolate Belles

The entire dessert buffet...

Drinks, anyone?

Loving the mason jars with the paper straws! I found the yellow & white paper straws on Etsy at the ThePartyFairy ... The lids from the mason jars were purchased from an on-line candle making site

For brunch we served cereal, pancakes, bacon and sausage!

Centerpieces: I painted unfinished frames from the craftstore and put in the picture of Caileigh in her yellow & white raincoat. I made the centerpieces after seeing them all over blogland! The gerber daisies were found on clearance at Michaels. 

Favors: I saw a lot of "bunny noses" around and thought they were adorable. I found a case of mini-masons at Michaels on clearance and filled them with pastel skittles. 

Any the birthday girl- flying away!

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Party Shirt!

Using the iron-on vinyl from Expression Vinyl and my Cricut, I made Caileigh this shirt for her second birthday! I got the shirt for $1 at Wal-mart and the vinyl was pretty inexpensive (2.49 per color- and I have a ton left over). Sure beats the super-expensive shirts that I saw on Chasing Fireflies! If I thought she would wear it more than once, I might be tempted to buy the CF shirt, but Easter is only once a year!

This was $38 (yes, thirty-eight!!) on Chasing Fireflies:

My Shirt:

Total Cost:

Shirt- $1.00 (if it's hot out, I plan on cutting the sleeves)

Vinyl- $4.98 total

Ribbon- Free ( I had it in my stash)

GRAND TOTAL: $5.98

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TaterTots & Jello

 

Looking ahead...

Now that Christmas and all the (fun!) craziness has passed, I'm looking forward to gathering ideas for Caileigh's 2nd birthday. I know some people roll their eyes (including my husband!), but I love putting in a lot of planning time to make it perfect. Since Caileigh's birthday falls the day after Easter, I'm planning an Easter themed party the day before Easter Sunday!

Here are some pictures I've found online to help inspire me!

Found this on AllRecipes.com

Adorable utensil carrots! 

Skip to My Lou!

Check out the decorations to this lovely centerpiece here