the big first birthday recap: part 2: FOOD!

If there's one thing Jews do right, it's food at a party. Gabe and I knew from the start we'd have to live up to our wedding (greatest meal EVER) so we went straight to the pros. Obviously, some of the best food in town is Postino's. Bruschetta, charcuterie, salads, paninis. Done.

And then there was cake. I literally cried when Alyssa from Cuteology brought the cakes through the front door. Besides being totally stunning in design, both the cake and the smash cake tasted outrageously good. Literally the yummiest cake EVER-well, besides our wedding cake. Beautiful and perfect for our little girl's first birthday.

The dessert table also included clearly the most delicious cookies in town-Barb's! These were the same exactly style the aunties served at my Phoenix baby shower, and I now plan to have them every year! I made the tablecloth and backdrop. That's downplaying it a little. That freaking backdrop took me hours to conceive, craft and install. And I loved every second of it! #craftastrophe My cousin Hannah made the marshmallow pops! I added a little bit of candy, a lot of MacKenzie-Childs and was ready get all Amy Atlas up in here.

the big first birthday recap: part 1: decorations

now that i've had a few months to recover from my baby girl's first birthday extravaganza, i thought it was high time i share a few details. i spent many hours making sure every detail was just right for her. here are some of my very favorites of all the little decorations we had. from balloon filled windows to a life-sized fringed "1", it was every blog obsessed girl's dream. all for our little girl to have the most special day, surrounded by family and the best of friends.

SLOANE white

SLOANE white: Halloween 2013. dress -Little Wellies // headband - handmade by me // necklace - PixysPretties // shoes - TOMS.

year after year.

Jenny's Etsy Thursday.

1. A little birthday flair for the upcoming big #sloanestock2013. 2. Harvey bought this adorable skirt for his little sister. 3. Haven't been able to get this lyric out of my head lately. Sums up my thoughts Sloane exactly. 4. So rad! harvey couldn't climb up into this mid-century dog house, lucky for gabe.

the big first birthday: #slOaNEstock2013

laying in bed late one night, when all of those glorious ideas pop into everyone's head, i realized that sloane contained the word O N E. adorbs. of course, the first birthday is monumental for any new mom. i've dreamed of this day since marrying gabe yet am dreading the actual fact that her first year with me is coming to an end. anyhoo-i have been planning for quite some time and now am in total over-the-top list making, craft explosion mode. i think this is the only party where i can get away without a major theme for her, so we're doing a hint of BALLOONS with a splash of stripes, layers of colors, and basically anything that's making the rounds with my blogger friends. we officially kicked off the downward spiral into jenny is a crazy person land with a super fun-you guessed it-PHOTO SHOOT! i ordered balloons with her logo (#imean) from here. they were super easy to work with and look totally crisp. although she could have rocked a good outfit, i also love her in just a diap and headband like we do each month. i chose a metallic gold bow from that awfully weird bowtique place at scottsdale & shea on a turquoise band that i had.

gabe is such a good sport. we blew up about 25 balloons, added some bunting from A Felt Affair, filled sloane's crib up, and dropped her in.