pinwheel birthday party!

we recovered from our busy weekend and i'm excited to share the details of our little one's birthday party! the weather is still cold and unpredictable in our part of the world, so we had to limit the number of guests due to the size of our house and the fact that we couldn't spill out onto the porch or the front yard. i started thinking of ideas for this party for a couple of months now (i think it is how i got through the winter!). our daughter loves pinwheels, so i decided i wanted to incorporate those in her special day. it turned out to be a lot of fun!

i made the invitations and think they turned out really cute! i just bought a sheet of candle stickers and used scrapbook paper to make pinwheels.

i got a pinwheel lawn decoration this past winter (in hopes that spring would come someday!), so we put that out on the day of the party to continue the pinwheel theme. it's great because we can leave it out for the springtime. 

the birthday girl wore a mama made pinwheel barrette and a corduroy party dress.

for decorations, i made pom poms out of tissue paper and a pendant garland out of scrapbook paper and ribbon. i found some pinwheels in the dollar bin at target, so i put those in a vase as a decoration on the table.

i had plenty of help getting ready for the party, as my family was here from out of town for the weekend. we served water, iced tea, fruit kabobs, veggies and hummus, chips and salsa, and homemade pigs in a blanket.

 

i made honey-sweetened cupcakes, and a smash cake from the same recipe. the pinwheel cupcake toppers that i made were the perfect addition to the celebration.

our girl thoroughly enjoyed her smash cake and her party! i think the day was a success!