We have been doing a lot of shooting lately and a ton of editing, but not a whole lot of posting. So, here is a really long post to make up for it.
It is always fun to shoot birthday parties especially when there are more details than are at most weddings. Taylor’s mom, Virginia did an amazing job putting together her daughter’s 2nd birthday party. I love it when moms put together little details to make a party special instead of just buying a birthday kit from the store. You can always tell because each little detail is so unique. From the cake and dessert to the food and even the presentation of the food, not one detail was missed. If you are looking for someone to help throw you child’s next birthday you should think about contacting Virginia.
Cake, Dessert Shots and Cookies: Jennifer Stonebarger, Birthday Sign: Etsy, Straws: Etsy, Food: TacoDawg, Taylor’s handmade dress: Creative Bee, Everything else… made by Virginia
TacoDawg provided the food, but Virginia designed everything that was used to present the food. How cute is this french fry display?
Happy Birthday Taylor!
We have been wanting to share more of life on our photography website and we thought we would start with our son, Hudson’s 1st Birthday party. Of course, being that Hudson is only one year old, the party really was for us as a family to celebrate the life of our little boy. Hayley and her sister, Summer styled the party and it made for a fun colorful celebration. We had a “toy buffet” for the kids to fill their own goodie bag with vintage toys which actually provided quite a bit of entertainment for the adults too. Some of the things we made included the paper chandeliers, cupcakes, flags and of course, Hudson’s cake. Here are a few pictures from the big day. To see more pictures you can visit GreyLikesBaby.
Aunt Summer gave us the cute vintage cake topper and the big 1 which she found at a local flea market. The cake topper is now in Hudson’s room and he loves to see it spin. The chandelier we made and placed above the cake table.
As you can see in the picture below, Hudson’s face was a clue to how he would take to the large crowd gathered around singing “Happy Birthday” and cheering for him to dig into his cake.
He definitely was not a fan of all the attention and was not interested in the cake. He even cried when we tried to stick his hands into the frosting.
All in all, it was a beautiful day filled with the company of family and friends. We feel so blessed to have such a wonderful son and we are looking forward to all that life holds for him in this next year.
