{Name} Laurel Donahoo
{Hometown} Madison, MS
{Event Site} Our house in Madison!
{Tell us about the occasion for the event?}
This party was to celebrate our sweet baby boy, Wilson, turning one-year-old!
{What inspired your event location and theme?}
Wilson loves books and loves getting read to, and one of our favorite books to read to him is Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. That was my husband’s favorite book growing up, and it just seemed like such a great basis for a party theme! I probably had a little too much fun with the planning, but then again, I love planning parties!!
{What inspired your color scheme/flowers?}
The color scheme was inspired by the illustrations in the book, although we did end up going just a little more vibrant than the illustration colors. Instead of a mustard yellow, we went with a brighter yellow, and instead of just army greens, we threw in a little lime and kelly, too! I designed the invitations and included a little bit of a sky blue on there as well, so that ended up being a color we used in addition to the yellows and greens!
{What’s your favorite event detail? Is there a story behind it?}
My favorite detail… Such a hard question! Can I pick three?! (1) We ended up dressing Wilson up like Max from the book, so getting his costume together was super fun! And it really wasn’t hard. I found a solid white footed pants and shirt (from Wal-Mart) for the base of the outfit, then made a little tail out of gray felt and sewed it to the back of the pants. Then I made a tall yellow crown out of card stock and added a little felt rim to the bottom of the crown with leftover tail material! So easy and so cute! (2) I loved how the blue punch turned out. We made a little boat out of a red apple and I thought it turned out really well! (3) The party favors were some little yellow crown cookies that I packaged up individually to hand out as our guests left. I love baking so this was a fun detail to put a little extra effort into for me!
{What was your favorite part of the event planning process?}
I love party planning for people I love. Since this little get-together was all about Wilson, it made every stage of the planning so much fun! I probably had the most fun designing the invitations and making his outfit if I had to pick favorites aspects, though!
{What was your favorite moment of the event day?}
My favorite moment of the day had to have been when I first put his outfit on him! Watching him walk around with that little tail dragging behind him could not have been cuter… To make it all even sweeter, the day of his party (which was also his actual birthday), he started giving the sweetest hugs!! If my husband or I were sitting on the floor and would say his name, he would just come give us the sweetest hugs around the neck. It was awesome. A hug from our dressed up little wild thing was just the best!
{Your favorite picture from the event day?}
Wilson isn’t very good at keeping hats on his head, so any of the pictures where he had his crown on were extra special ones!
Photographer: myself
Event Planner: myself
Venue: our house
Florist: myself
Cake: Lulu’s Sweet Shop
{Hometown} Madison, MS
{Event Site} Our house in Madison!
{Tell us about the occasion for the event?}
This party was to celebrate our sweet baby boy, Wilson, turning one-year-old!
{What inspired your event location and theme?}
Wilson loves books and loves getting read to, and one of our favorite books to read to him is Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. That was my husband’s favorite book growing up, and it just seemed like such a great basis for a party theme! I probably had a little too much fun with the planning, but then again, I love planning parties!!
{What inspired your color scheme/flowers?}
The color scheme was inspired by the illustrations in the book, although we did end up going just a little more vibrant than the illustration colors. Instead of a mustard yellow, we went with a brighter yellow, and instead of just army greens, we threw in a little lime and kelly, too! I designed the invitations and included a little bit of a sky blue on there as well, so that ended up being a color we used in addition to the yellows and greens!
{What’s your favorite event detail? Is there a story behind it?}
My favorite detail… Such a hard question! Can I pick three?! (1) We ended up dressing Wilson up like Max from the book, so getting his costume together was super fun! And it really wasn’t hard. I found a solid white footed pants and shirt (from Wal-Mart) for the base of the outfit, then made a little tail out of gray felt and sewed it to the back of the pants. Then I made a tall yellow crown out of card stock and added a little felt rim to the bottom of the crown with leftover tail material! So easy and so cute! (2) I loved how the blue punch turned out. We made a little boat out of a red apple and I thought it turned out really well! (3) The party favors were some little yellow crown cookies that I packaged up individually to hand out as our guests left. I love baking so this was a fun detail to put a little extra effort into for me!
{What was your favorite part of the event planning process?}
I love party planning for people I love. Since this little get-together was all about Wilson, it made every stage of the planning so much fun! I probably had the most fun designing the invitations and making his outfit if I had to pick favorites aspects, though!
{What was your favorite moment of the event day?}
My favorite moment of the day had to have been when I first put his outfit on him! Watching him walk around with that little tail dragging behind him could not have been cuter… To make it all even sweeter, the day of his party (which was also his actual birthday), he started giving the sweetest hugs!! If my husband or I were sitting on the floor and would say his name, he would just come give us the sweetest hugs around the neck. It was awesome. A hug from our dressed up little wild thing was just the best!
{Your favorite picture from the event day?}
Wilson isn’t very good at keeping hats on his head, so any of the pictures where he had his crown on were extra special ones!
Photographer: myself
Event Planner: myself
Venue: our house
Florist: myself
Cake: Lulu’s Sweet Shop
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