Molly turned 1 at the end of May and we celebrated with a Berry Sweet Strawberry themed birthday party. This theme came to me when I saw this outfit at Gymboree and just knew it had to be her birthday dress.
I decided to go with the colors in the dress for the decor....light blue and red. Since Molly's birthday was Memorial Day weekend we decided to go with a pool party barbecue. We held the party at Ryan's aunt's house on Long Island. She has a great pool and beautiful setting for a party.
I made most of the decorations myself. Here are some of the details...
Everything on the cake/dessert table was either blue, red, white or strawberry flavored. We had white chocolate covered strawberries, strawberry licorice, jellybeans, m&ms, gumballs, cupcakes, and strawberry cookies.
The cake was from our favorite local bakery, Cornerstone Caterers. They never disappoint!
I used these old-fashioned jars for some of the sweets...gumballs, m&ms and strawberry jellybeans.
Gotta have cupcakes...these were strawberry flavor.
Beverages...Skinny Girl Margarita with fresh strawberries for the adults and strawberry lemonade for the kiddos.
I wrapped the water bottles again!
Can't have a Strawberry themed party without a Make Your Own Strawberry Shortcake Bar! Yum!
We served hamburgers, hotdogs, jambalaya, sausage, and strawberry salad. I even jazzed up the condiments with themed labels.
I had strawberry cookies and strawberry cake pops as favors. Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of the cakepops, but they were adorable! Sorry about the shadow. I really need to learn how to use my camera.
My cousin Lindsey helped make these edible strawberry topiaries which were centerpieces for the tables. Thanks, Linds!
Even the big sisters coordinated with the party!
I didn't get a picture of Molly in her swimsuit, but she changed into this cute strawberry swimsuit from Gymboree when she went swimming. A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E is all I can say.
And here is the birthday girl eating a strawberry...love her!
I hope your 1st Birthday was BERRY SWEET- just like you, Molly Kate!
Love,
Mommy
XOXO
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