It's been a whole year and our little one just had a birthday! You know what that means don't you? Yes, a party. Her very first "little black dress" affair as a matter of fact.
It all started with this cute little dress that I found. I built the whole theme around this dress. Right down to the invitations {pictured at the very top of this post}
There are sooooo many photos to go along with this, I'm going to break it up into a couple of posts. I don't want to force them all on you at once.
so...
we'll start with the theme.
The dress.
It is black velvet on top and the skirt is black and white tulle. A pretty little satin bow at the waist finishes the look.
Adorable. Elegant. Timeless. Little Girl. Fun.
That's what I wanted.
I decided to go with black and white damask with lots of pink and touches of grey too.
I made it all by myself. My very first attempt at a fancy cake.
When I found the damask pattern cake tattoos, I did a happy dance right in the middle of the store. Seriously.
I made a banner out of some black and pink damask fabric that I already had on hand.
I sewed a table runner out of some black and white damask fabric that I found at Walmart. {More photos of the runner in the next post}
I picked up some pink flatware and some black napkins at Target and then tied them up with a pretty pink satin ribbon. I normally prefer to use actual china and flatware but in this case, this just worked better with the colors.
I put the cake on a black pedestal that I had, and I also made cupcakes to go with it.
I put the cake on a black pedestal that I had, and I also made cupcakes to go with it.
how beautiful! I love the black and white damask with pink touches, happy birthday to your little girl!
ReplyDeleteCake tattoos?! Never seen them but I love them!
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful!
It is all so pretty!!!! Isn't it fun to have a girl? It is so funny because your post is about your daughter's very first black dress affair and my post is about my daugther's black prom dress for senior ball. Oh, how the years go by way too fast. Enjoy every stinkin' minute! ox
ReplyDeleteYou really did a fantastic job!! Love the damask patterns everywhere and the cake is just gorgeous! Happy Birthday to your little princess!
ReplyDeleteXO,
Jane
Simply gorgeous Kathleen!
ReplyDeleteEverything from the beautiful dress to the damask and the cake. Wow! I'm so thrilled to see the details. Great job! Happy Birthday to your little one year old. It did fly by!
Warmly, ~Melissa :)
Love you taking the time to share, this wonderful post, perfect timming for me, my daughter turns 1 on on April 6th, so, I am planning her party, I love your daughters dress, I wish you could send it me to borrow for my daughters party here in Houston, Texas, it is too cute!! I love tulle on any dress!!!Keep the pictures comming!! every detail is perfect!!
ReplyDeleteO. M. G. That is amazingly perfect!!!!!! You did a fantastic job. It's all so sweet and girly.
ReplyDeleteWe were so hoping Han Solo (due in 8 weeks!) would be a girl, but alas, it was not to be. No little black dress affairs in my house. I'll have to live vicariously through you. I can't wait to see more pictures!