Selah's nautical first birthday party! {part 1}

Selah's was born on December 10, and since that fell on a Saturday this year, that's when we decided to hold her party. We originally wanted to have it at a frozen yogurt place, but I realized we actually did have the space to make it work, especially since we wanted to do a cake smash and I went a little overboard on the decorations, so it would be a hassle to drag those out and maybe not use them. So, we texted everyone and held the party at our house. So glad we made the last minute change.




Since we call Selah our little "Sailor," I went ahead and ran with the nautical theme. Selah wore a Sailor dress that we actually bought her about 8 months before. I saw that dress, had to have it, and started planning her party theme from there. A few weeks ago I found a crab onesie with an anchor and with a little sweater and tutu to coordinate, there was her second outfit to debut after the cake smash.




My dear friend Heather took all the photos of the party (and also the framed photos you will see of Selah in the party details) and it was so nice for me to take a break after all the prep work and just enjoy the afternoon with my birthday girl. :) We had about 20 of our close friends and family members join us for snacks, presents and a cake smash. It was a blast. I couldn't have anticipated a better afternoon. Selah had the time of her life ... she knew everyone was there for her and she loved all the attention (and the entire cake to herself, not to mention playing with the massive amount of balloons we threw all over the floor. Ha!)

Warning: photo heavy post ahead!





I'll be back tomorrow with the second half of pictures from her party ... since about 95% of the party was DIY I thought the details deserved another post! :)