Saturday, September 29, 2012

Harper's 1st Birthday Party, Part One

I'm so excited to share pictures from Harper's first birthday party!  I put quite a bit of thought into the party, even though it was a fairly small party with just our close family and a couple of friends.  I wish we could have invited more friends, but our house is just too small.  Plus I didn't want the party to be too overwhelming for Harper.

Jason's mom hand-smocked the most adorable dress for Harper to wear at her party:



Debbie spent a lot of time on this dress and I think it turned out perfect!  I used the fabric as inspiration when planning the party, starting with the homemade invitations:


I also made a coordinating happy birthday banner, cupcake toppers, favor tags, and a birth-to-12 month picture banner:




Harper smiled and squealed every time she saw these pictures!

Harper was so happy throughout the party {except for when a little cake got up her nose}.  And she had so much fun playing with her cousins.  I could not have asked for a better evening :)







For dinner I served crock pot pulled pork sliders {with Bodacious sauce of course!}, hashbrown casserole, watermelon {Harp's favorite}, and salad.  Everyone loved the sliders. I will definitely be making those again!





















The next post will include the cake pictures.  There are a lot of those :)

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