a very merry first birthday

we had such a lovely time on saturday celebrating olivia's first birthday. 

as you all know, i've been a busy little bee 

on the hunt looking for little knick knacks to decorate her 

mad hatter party with!

here are some photos of her special day!

i used jumbo playing cards and scrapbook lettering to make

a "happy 1st birthday olivia" banner

my little thank you gifts contained purse candies

and a home made sugar cookie

phew! all that hard work paid off, my pom poms and

paper lanterns come to life!

the "play room" was filled with toys for the little ones to busy

themselves with, after all a first birthday usually caters to adults..so

this worked out quite well..and we had alice in wonderland playing in the background!

a closer look at my fave paper lantern..my thumb is still mad at me 

for this!

the lunch spread

drink me! home made punch :)

cake pops! everyone expected a topsy turvy cake

or at least some kind of tiered cake..but i thought i'd do something

totally different and i'm glad i did..they were a hit!

the cake pops were an assortment of carrot, chocolate and lemon cake

with coconut butter cream and strawberry, orange and lemon

flavored white chocolate. decadent!

home made sugar cookies with coconut royal icing

(can you tell i'm on a coconut kick right now?

must make a visit to butter bakery for some toasted coconut marshmellows!)

these cookies were the ones included in the thank you bag.

the first birthday cupcake! vanilla cake with coconut butter cream

(duh!) neatly displayed on a tea cup and saucer :)

the birthday girl was a bit stunned when we started singing for her

but quickly snapped out of it when she had a taste of her cupcake.

man, did she ever have a lot of sweets that day!

the fam!

olivia absolutely loving the red queen..after all miss olivia IS the

queen when mommy's not around!

enjoying a cake pop with mom..

and dad..

had to throw this one in of my niece chloe, who

threw a total hissy fit if a cake pop was taken out of her hands!

once the madness was over, we came home to unwind

and open up some presents. this card was made by big sister emma..she was

very proud to show her little sister what she had made for her :)

here's a closer look..

all in all it was a fantastic party. everyone seemed to have enjoyed themselves

very much, the children were getting along well..and the birthday girl survived her

very first party. i think she was definitely cut out for this sorta thing!

a big thank you to all of you that 

 celebrated this super special day with us, thank you for spoiling

our little one with your love!