I decided pretty early on that my last child's first birthday was going to be amazing and since I think 1st birthdays are more for the adults in a child's life than the child I wanted it to be very classy not cutesy. I picked Sock monkey theme and I honestly don't know why I have been so obsessed with sock monkeys since mister Jaxsen was born, but I am and had to throw an awesome party everyone would remember. I also had a really tight budget for this party since I really splurged for Asher's 4th Birthday and spent around $600 so needless to say my husband was not pleased and so this party I had to keep it tight. I saw THIS on pinterest and thought "how stinkin cute" I knew at that moment I wanted to do a dessert bar.
I first thought I would save some money and make all the desserts, well I am not the best baker so after a few cake pop attempts I decided that was going to be a splurge and the decor would be the save. I contacted my baker, yes I have a baker and I know her personally and she is a very neat lady, you can also order from her by visiting her facebook page HERE, and ordered a dessert bar for 25 guests, this included a small 2 tier cake, 20 cake pops, and 20 mini cupcakes, all for $65 which in my opinion is a smokin deal!
I then decided to make the food more family style so I was able to work that into my weekly food budget, and the other splurge was a housekeeper, to help get my house party ready. I had everything in place and so with the rest of my budget I bought some burlap and red string for a banner, and some puff balls so I could make a cute party hat. I already had a ton of paper and tissue paper to make the medals and big puff balls. I wanted this party to have a more vintage sock monkey feel, so I went with sock monkey colors but didn't actually have sock monkey everywhere. My total party investment was $200 and I had a really great time at the party and planning it, and Mister Jaxsen had a blast!
So cute! I love his little bow tie!!
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Love it!!1 So freaking cute!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe he is ONE!
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