Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice

Towards the end of July, I had the pleasure of meeting Beryl, of Be Young Photography, and sitting down with her to discuss plans for her sweet baby girl's First Birthday Party.  Once we started talking, Beryl told me she had been poking around and had seen a couple of ideas for a "Sugar & Spice and Everything Nice" themed party.  Music to my ears!  Because she had already picked out this wonderful theme, we could get right down to discussing details! 

Many of the pictures Beryl had found included Vintage and Shabby Chic design elements.  While beautiful, we wanted to keep the Shabby Chic, but go a little more modern!  To do this we chose bright colors, while keeping the patterns very feminine, with swirls, florals, and polka dots. 

Well, the party was last weekend, and here are a few of the details ~

Upon arrival, guests were greeted with a chilled, spiced apple cider rum punch.  After mingling for a bit, the party hostess treated them to a lovely lunch.  They graced the Birthday Girl, Miss B, with a Happy Birthday tune complete with piano accompaniment.  And after watching Miss B dive into her very own "smash cake", guests splurged on a divine dessert table!  Some items on the "Sugar and Spice" menu included, spiced pecans, sugary homemade marshmallows, chocolate covered pretzels, spicy popcorn, sweet meringues, and delicious cupcakes from Shugar, Shugar!

 

Being a photographer herself, one of Beryl's priorities was to capture beautiful photos of this special day!  Although, she did steal a couple moments to grab a few herself (mostly of that precious, birthday girl!), which can be seen on her blog, www.beyoungphotography.com, she also commissioned her good friend and fellow photographer, Kelly Nelson, of Kelly Nelson Photography to be in charge of this important task.  Kelly's beautiful photos can be seen here, www.kellynphotography.com.