Name: Sophie Bird (1)
Location: West Village, NYC
I can basically credit Pinterest for all my ideas and decor that we used and created for Sophie's first birthday. I went back and forth about a theme for a while but wound up deciding on Sunshine because she just is so sunshiney.
I wanted the decor to be broad so we settled on yellow and pink. Our house has a lot of pink - pink rugs, pink horse head on the wall - so it worked pretty well. I got pictures of Sophie blown up huge and stuck them to existing frames in both our kitchen and living room. We got 100 balloons and made a sort of balloon den when you come in - it was pretty awesome.
I made about 98% of the baked goods, save for the party favors from Tookies on Etsy. I made a "sweets table" and baked a 6-layer ombre "sunset" cake from scratch. Not proud of all the food coloring I used but it looked pretty dope. I made all the decorations from inspiration found from the Purl Bee and also from Martha Stewart. I was inspired by clean, vibrant visuals that made you feel like you were sort of in a studio space - but also the warmth of being at home.
I am very proud of this party - I worked my butt off for months! We were surrounded by our best friends and family - Sophie had so much fun and it was such a celebration. Let's just say i will be ordering pizza and booking a play space from now on ;)
Thanks Jessica!
(Images: Elizabeth Andrien)
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beautiful!
It's very lovely! It would be nice, though, if you credited the actual people or organizations whose ideas were posted to Pinterest, instead of just crediting Pinterest. That's kind of like crediting Google for the ideas you found after using their search engine.
Hi Amanda,
This was my daughter's party. I credited Pinterest but I also credited Martha Stewart and the Purl Bee blog- both where I got the majority of my ideas. They also happened to be on Pinterest - which was a throw away comment. I certainly didn't mean to upset anyone. No one was taking credit away from the ideas. If you would like a full list of places and sources I got every idea from, I would be happy to provide it. Apologies.
All the yellow looks so pretty.
super cute! !!!
Jess, no worries- I wasn't offended. I just too often see people on the internet dismissing the importance of giving credit to people who work hard to create original ideas. Often I hear people say they found a recipe on Pinterest, when in actuality it was a blogger who developed the idea. You see what I mean? I just like to see creators credited with their ideas as often as we like to use them. :)