Fashionista

This girl is all about fashion! Clothes, shoes, accessories...she wants all the things on her body! This summer she saved up her chore money and instead of toys or games or snacks she bought a pair of shoes that were bright, sparkly and had heels (Mommy would have never bought them for her ;)

Everyday is an event and deserves its own special outfit! She loves putting everything together to create the perfect ensemble! It's cute right now, but this may create some major conflict in the teenage years ;) I just love how she expresses her creativity!

Look she even styled her Lambie!

She picked out this long maxi for her birthday. She also created, patterned and sewed the purse with zero help from Mom!

She is already asking to make her own clothes! I can't wait to see what the future holds for my creative, crafty girl!

The Apple of Our Eye {Birthday Girl}

The Apple of Our Eye {Party People}

We had so much fun celebrating the apple of our eye!

On party day she was very interested in her gifts ;) This is what she did all day as I prepared for the party.

Evy had several special guests at her party!

Papa & Grandma

Papa & Tache

Mom, I'm ready for my cupcake!

During the party the kids played, colored and even bobbed for apples. Then we ate dinner and enjoyed cake and caramel apples. We wrapped everything up by opening a few gifts. It was a sweet party for our sweet girl.

What is this?

Lets try flipping it over

In it goes

This is pretty good

Licking her fingers clean

all done!

Enjoying the caramel apple bar

And to end the party a sweet family picture where it was a birthday miracle and everyone is smiling and looking at the camera!

The Apple of Our Eye {Party Details}

Evelyn turned 1 last week! Of course we had to throw a big shindig to celebrate our sweet little lady. If you've been reading this blog for several years you know my affinity for a good party and I always do something grand for the 1st birthday.

Since Evy was born during the fall/apple season I thought it would be fun to do an old-fashioned apple orchard party for the apple of our eye!

Evy's invite that I designed.

Here's a look at the party details and all the apple goodness!

The dining room featured a table for guests to eat at and some apple coloring pages for entertainment.

The party favors were caramel apple suckers for all the guests!

My favorite feature was the caramel apple bar!

A caramel apple bar with all the fixings: apple cupcakes, caramel apples, apple slices, Reese's, M&M's, pretzels, and peanuts.

Also, in the kitchen we had a drink station and a buffet line with pulled pork sandwiches, chips, watermelon and a vegetable tray.

The red caddy is actually a toolbox that Kyle made when he was a little boy!

There were other smatterings of apple decor around the house. Nora was such a great help decorating for the party!

And one of my favorite details: an apple bib I made for our sweet girl to wear as she smashed her cupcake. Speaking of smashing her cupcake...my next post will detail the actual party!