Party Time

We had Luke's 1st Birthday Party on Sunday and it was rough to say the least. Have you ever had one of those days that despite your best efforts, nothing works like its suppose to? That was Sunday for me. On the plus side, the boys had a great time and I have a few months to re-coop before Ethan's Birthday.

So for Luke's party we decided to keep it low-key and I decided to craft most of the decor in his nursery theme. I had so much craft paper and fabrics leftover from doing Luke's crib bedding and nursery decor, I figured this was a perfect time to use it. I made table and buffet runners, party bags for the guests, banner garlands, cake in a jar, cookie balls and guest hand print art.

 So the hand print art was one of the things that didn't work out like I had planned, it looked great when all the guests put their hand prints on it in the colors of Luke's nursery but despite laying it flat the colors some how managed to blend together in some areas and drip....and it would have been so cute in his nursery :(

 The cake in a jar (canning jars) didn't really work out so great either. They tasted like cake but looked like six month old cake that went bad in a jar. When making cake in a jar please consider what colors you use; orange, blue and green blend together and look really awful LOL and of course its glass so you can't really hide it.

 

Lastly the cookie balls, when I made them I accidentally caramelized the almond bark coating and with little time to spare I had no time to go buy more so I improvised and made a cream cheese frosting to coat them in. They were sooooo rich but at least it wasn't a total loss.

Even though it seemed like the universe was working against me, I am so glad Luke and Ethan and their little buddies had a great time. I suppose that it was really makes a successful kid party anyway :)