{Name} Laurel Donahoo
{Hometown} Madison, MS
{Event Site} The Donahoo House! in Madison
{Tell us about the occasion for the event?}
My little boy Wilson turned two years old!
{What inspired your event location and theme?}
We chose our home as the venue since it’s easy for me to slowly decorate throughout the days leading up to the party! And the theme was actually picked by Wilson! We printed out six different pictures of six things he is “into” and taped them to the wall, then we let him into the room and let him pick his favorite of the six! The one he picked was a picture of his favorite stuffed animal, his lion Mr. Roarsly, so our theme was LION!
{What inspired your color scheme/flowers?}
I ended up hand drawing an art deco-y lion for the invitation after deciding that I wanted to take the theme a tad past just “lion” to “Roaring Twos!” The colors I went with on the lion dictated the color theme for the partay!
{What’s your favorite event detail? Is there a story behind it?}
I ended up really loving the balloon canopy that we hung on the ceiling of the room that was our main party room! I purchased a bunch of larger round balloons online knowing I wanted to use them to decorate somehow. Once we had all the balloons blown up, the idea came to us to string them up and hang them from the ceiling! It made a pretty cool statement! And now they are hanging in Wilson’s room from his ceiling!
{What was your favorite part of the event planning process?}
I loved getting the food and drink together and labeling everything with little tags made using the same lion that was on the invitation! I like detailing a party, so all of that was especially fun for me :)
{What was your favorite moment of the event day?}
It was definitely after cake was eaten and presents were open, when everyone was just hanging out! Wilson had so much fun playing with his sweet cousins and visiting with his aunts, uncles, and grandparents. We are so blessed with incredible family, so getting to spend quality time with both sides together is always a highlight!
{Your favorite picture from the event day?}
I love the picture of Wilson stuffing a piece of cake into his mouth! Forget the fork! haha! That picture captures the essence of the day, in my opinion. I love it! And I love him! :)
VENDORS:
Photographer: Me, Laurel Donahoo!
Event Planner: Me, Laurel Donahoo!
Venue: Our Home
Florist: Me, Laurel Donahoo!
Cake: I made it!
Cookies: Marie Williams from The Honeycomb
{Hometown} Madison, MS
{Event Site} The Donahoo House! in Madison
{Tell us about the occasion for the event?}
My little boy Wilson turned two years old!
{What inspired your event location and theme?}
We chose our home as the venue since it’s easy for me to slowly decorate throughout the days leading up to the party! And the theme was actually picked by Wilson! We printed out six different pictures of six things he is “into” and taped them to the wall, then we let him into the room and let him pick his favorite of the six! The one he picked was a picture of his favorite stuffed animal, his lion Mr. Roarsly, so our theme was LION!
{What inspired your color scheme/flowers?}
I ended up hand drawing an art deco-y lion for the invitation after deciding that I wanted to take the theme a tad past just “lion” to “Roaring Twos!” The colors I went with on the lion dictated the color theme for the partay!
{What’s your favorite event detail? Is there a story behind it?}
I ended up really loving the balloon canopy that we hung on the ceiling of the room that was our main party room! I purchased a bunch of larger round balloons online knowing I wanted to use them to decorate somehow. Once we had all the balloons blown up, the idea came to us to string them up and hang them from the ceiling! It made a pretty cool statement! And now they are hanging in Wilson’s room from his ceiling!
{What was your favorite part of the event planning process?}
I loved getting the food and drink together and labeling everything with little tags made using the same lion that was on the invitation! I like detailing a party, so all of that was especially fun for me :)
{What was your favorite moment of the event day?}
It was definitely after cake was eaten and presents were open, when everyone was just hanging out! Wilson had so much fun playing with his sweet cousins and visiting with his aunts, uncles, and grandparents. We are so blessed with incredible family, so getting to spend quality time with both sides together is always a highlight!
{Your favorite picture from the event day?}
I love the picture of Wilson stuffing a piece of cake into his mouth! Forget the fork! haha! That picture captures the essence of the day, in my opinion. I love it! And I love him! :)
VENDORS:
Photographer: Me, Laurel Donahoo!
Event Planner: Me, Laurel Donahoo!
Venue: Our Home
Florist: Me, Laurel Donahoo!
Cake: I made it!
Cookies: Marie Williams from The Honeycomb
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