We had such a blast celebrating Harper’s first birthday! I was a little bit nervous hosting that many people in our home, but it turned out perfectly.
We moved around some furniture and pushed our dining table (which became a dessert table) up against the window which really allowed us to create an even more open space. We also moved our dining chairs up against a wall in our living room and moved the long tufted bench from our kitchen up against a stair railing we have and so many people sat there, it was fantastic! We set up the food on our kitchen island and that worked really well.
I’ll share a post with party photos more focused on fun and family tomorrow, but I wanted to create a separate post just focusing on the decor and DIY projects so it’s all in one place for anyone who is interested in knowing where I purchased something or what I used to make something.
I absolutely loved planning this party and I was able to get a few DIY projects incorporated, though I also purchased many items from Etsy. In terms of theme, as I mentioned previously, we didn’t really have a theme other than “it’s Harper’s first birthday!” For color scheme, I went with mint green, baby pink, lilac and gold because I didn’t see that exact combo a lot.
Most of the photos in this post were taken by my co-worker and a few are from my phone. I’m lucky that our in-hospital videographer has a side hobby in photography so I asked if I could hire him to shoot Harper’s party after seeing a few other friend’s parties he had shot. It was the best decision ever because I never had to worry about taking photos. I was able to interact with our guests and just enjoy myself and be in the moment versus worrying about missing a shot that was important to me.
It was such a cute party!!! I definitely think it was the perfect amount of decor – classy and not over the top! And that popcorn was yummy! Gotta love it when Megan thought the balloons said "Hi" lol. And the cake was yummy… and the chicken nuggets (can you tell this preggo is hungry?)!
You did such a good job! Loved everything! If I have a girl I'm totally coping the color theme just precious!
Everything looks amazing! You look flawless and Harper is just cute as a button 🙂 I rarely comment but have been following your blog since day 1 and I love reading all of your updates.
With love,
Carolina
You did such a great job veronika and you look so happy:)
Her party was beautiful!! She looked liked she had a great time..babies grow so fast. Still can't believe my son is 1 also!
Brittany'
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I seriously love everything! GREAT job, Mama! Harper looked precious and I love the color scheme. It's actually similar to what I'm doing with Scarlett's new toddler room! You have such a good eye for home decor! xo
Great job, V! Everything looks beautiful!
Looove all the details and colors of the party! Harper looks picture perfect! And this reminds me I still have to post Kaitlyn's birthday party and shoot!
xx Viv at JoieDeViv
oh my goodness!! you went ALL out!! What a lucky little girl!
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What can't you do V?! My gosh, everything looks gorgeous! So elegant too, which I must say is rare for baby birthday parties. I think your home has a lot to do with it, it's stunning! I love all of the DIY stuff too. It makes it so much more meaningful and personal 🙂 Great job!
Oh it looks so great! You did an awesome job! I love seeing how different our parties were with the same color scheme!
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Happy Bday Harper! Love the colour scheme 🙂 I also think the polka dot bags are really cute, I kind of like that the dots aren't perfect. Is your hair a little bit ombre these days? I really like it. Congratulations on being the Mom of a 1 year old!! Lucy x
Love the color scheme! You are so creative!!
xo Christina
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You did a great job, V! Love all the details 🙂
Everything is gorgeous Veronika! It looked like Harper had a perfect day! I would love to see a DIY on the streamers and tulle backdrop! I am also getting ready for the LO's first birthday and I would love to do this!
I love all the decorations!! The colors and glitter all go so well together!
amazing party details! Looks so beautiful! I'm definitely going to use some of these ideas as inspiration for my son's upcoming 2nd birthday – love all the beautiful touches you added!
You did such a great job with all of the little details. Everything looked perfect. I'm dying to try that popcorn now- I had no idea that flavor existed. I hope Harper had the best time at her first birthday party!
Time flies by so fast! Nice job, mama.
Man, I am such a sucker for birthday parties! I just love them. This is amazing. I love every single detail. You did an awesome job.
Beautiful job!!!! Loved it! Looked like you guys had a fabulous day! We just celebrated my daughter's 2nd birthday and it was bittersweet to put together her party!
love the color palette !! we are doing a similar one for my little one's third party !! Harper's party decor looks so beautiful !!
I've been looking up many smash cake recipes. How did you make yours? 🙂
the same woman who made Harper's cake made it—it was free! 🙂
PRECIOUS!!! Love all of the details! Perfection!
beautiful job! Loved the colors and LOVE how happy Harper looks. Sweet girl! You are a great mama, V! xo
Love this Gold Glitter Circles. Where did you print these out?
Such adorable decorations! I love them.
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what did you print the water bottle labels on?
cardstock paper—I didn't print them— Rachel did and sent them to me 🙂
Wow, you did a great job with all the decorations! I remember doing parties like that when my kids were little. Now that they are a little older we always go out to a place of their choice to have their birthday party. It's a treat for them to get out of the house and go somewhere they don't get to go very often.
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Hi! You did an amazing job with all of the decorations! She looked so happy. I was just wondering if you ever shared a tutorial on the background you did for the dessert table?
Happy Birthday Harper! You are so cute. I love all the arrangements done on your birthday. This idea of having popcorn boxes, I like the most. I must say this is going to be a rocking party like as the best birthday party nyc.
I was curious about the table cloth that is covering the dessert table. Where did you purchase it? Is it gold fabric or burlap?
It is regular burlap purchased at Joann's Fabrics 🙂