Look Who's ONE! (Part 2 of 2)

So, because of my exam, we had Alyse's birthday party the week after her b-day.  

 I had decided about 4 months before that I was going to do a cupcake theme party, then I changed my mind and decided on owls/turquoise and purple. Whooo doesn't love owls?! They are sooo cute with their big round eyes.  I got started on the party favours pretty early (about 2 months in advance) and I still ended up making two more the night before the party. I found the pattern here.

Speaking of the night before...this was the disaster in my kitchen the evening before the party.  Thank goodness Shane's mom came up to help me!  I finished up my million projects I had on the go, while she cleaned up.  I am so, so grateful to have had her help - I definitely couldn't have pulled off half the stuff without her, as a lot of my ideas would've gotten tossed.  Thank you, Karen!!!
P.S. I wasn't going to share this photo, since, let's face it, it's crazy messy.  However, I wanted to keep it real for all you mommas and crafters.  This is reality when you have about 5 big projects on the go in one day!


You almost can't recognize my kitchen from the night before!  With Karen's help, there was actually room on my kitchen table for all the yummy treats!

Close up of the owl cuppycakes (with fondant and oreo cookie eyes) and super yummy rice krispie treats with cake batter in them - YES, cake batter!  I decided that since they were "cake", they needed some butter cream icing!  They were truly amazing and now that I've seen them again, I'll need to make them again this week!  Here's the super easy recipe, if you're interested:
 Super Yummy Rice Krispie Treat Recipe

So, the cake!  I got the inspiration here.  Have I mentioned I LOVE Pinterest?!  I have to limit my time on there, though, since I don't have time to make all the projects I want to and I get sad.  I decided to make the marshmallow fondant in advance - good idea, since it took about 2 1/2 hours by the time I got the colouring all worked through it.  Luckily, I had made a double batch of butter cream icing from our cake smash session the week before.  I got Shane to take a picture of me, since I couldn't take one myself.  It was so sticky!

The finished product, well sorta - I added ears afterward

Alyse's outfit from Little Miss Tutu Boutique!

Ribbon and tulle highchair!

 

Even one of the owl balloons got her own tutu!

I don't go all out every year for birthdays.  We usually have small family gatherings with cake and prezzies, but that's about it.  The 1st Birthdays are the biggest, that's for sure!  Last year, for Marcus' 10th birthday, I went all out with an Angry Bird theme.  This year, for Tyler's 6th, I'm planning a "Monster" theme - his choice.  This will be his first with all of his friends (I decided to do it this year, since it's his first year of school and he's so excited to invite all of his friends).  Also, in September, I'll be going all out for Charlee's 2nd birthday, since it will be her first time celebrating her birthday with us.  I've already been looking up ideas for her theme.  Yay!