Team Woodard: Larkin’s Party Decor

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Larkin’s Party Decor

On to Larkin’s Party. I knew I wanted to do a vintage, girly theme…with a little bit of dolls added in. Let me show you the decorations.

This was the favors table. The moses basket was mine from my childhood…got it from Santa one year with my american girl doll (but the company wasn’t called that yet). Anyway, it was wicker colored moses basket with a light blue ribbon and light blue baby bedding. I painted the basket white and added a pink ribbon. I will be making bedding for it later…just haven’t gotten there yet! The basket held the favors…which were bags filled with party popcorn (YUMMY).The food table…before food. I made the topiary in the center. LOVE how it turned out!Dessert table…before the desserts were there.Banner and paintings. The painting of the hat was done by Campbell…I added the ribbon. The cake painting was painted by Trigger. I LOVE how they turned out!!! And I made the banner.These letters turned out better than I had hoped. The lighting isn’t good here but they were cheap cardboard letters from hobby lobby…painted them white and then added a glaze to make them look old and like they were made of wood. Wish I had a better picture.Of course I had a to do a photo timeline. I don’t do the one picture a month thing because I just can’t pick only 12. From the chandeliers, I had pompons and doilies hanging. Sorry…I interrupt the décor pics to show you the birthday girl. Love her!Party morning. Food is prepared…I chose to do light food because we had the party at 10am…and because it is a dainty girl party…Let me just share the menu: Mrs. Haworth’s cucumber sandwiches, turkey/ham sandwiches, spinach dip, corn dip, english pea salad, fruit, and party popcorn.The dessert table…okay. So that cake in the middle is Larkins smash cake. The mason jars are everyone else’s cake. Let’s just start with the fact that I ALWAYS come up with these hairbrain ideas that take an impossibly long time…THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE IDEAS! Liz and I made semi-homemade strawberry cake ALL DAY FRIDAY. It’s Matt’s moms recipe and is sooo good. Well, I say it is good. I actually do not like the homemade icing that is from the devil to make. it tastes like teeth impressions to me…I have had too many impressions and hated each and everyone of them. Anyway, everyone else always raves about this cake though. Liz and I made the cakes in 9x13 and then cut out circles and carefully dropped them down into the mason jars…and used my icing bags to put icing in the middle and on top. Then topped it with a slice of real strawberry. THEN, after I closed it all up, we tied pink felt with the fabric rosettes (that I also made…I know…I know…I AM TRULY STUPID). It did turn out really cute though. I have to confess that part of the reason that I decided to do desserts in a jar is because I knew I wanted a strawberry cake (because it’s pink) and this particular cake is AWFUL to make. It's truly the most hideous cake. More than half of the time that I make it, the center completely caves after I have iced it. It’s a very moist cake and very heavy icing. Anyway, I knew that if it were in mason jars, it wouldn’t really matter what it looked like! Moving on…See Larkin’s birthday hat…I made it too…FAIL! It looks okay from the front but looks pretty hideous from the back. I just waited too late to order one. And, honestly, I am glad I didn’t spend the money because she OF COURSE didn’t wear it.

So, I am sure everyone is thinking…oh well, it must be nice to be a stay at home mom and be able to do all of these things. Well, I am sure it would be nice if your children were over the age of four and in school. But, mine are not…so I did none of this during the day (except the day of cooking the friday before the party). I worked on this dang party for a month-month and a half…I would put kids down and get busy making all of this junk. I did not go to bed before 1230 for almost the entire month. I know it’s stupid…I love it and I hate it. I put all this pressure on myself. I did big décor for both of the boys first birthday parties so I really had to just the same for Larkins. Next year, though, I’m sad to say that it just might not be this way. They all got a overworked/highly decorated first birthday. That’s it. I’m done with first birthdays…and this is one thing that I am not sad about. ;)

oh I almost forgot…I made this for our front door. I love how it turned out!

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The Woodards

My name is Garson Woodard. I'm a wife to Matt. He is the most incredible husband a girl could ask for. We met in Kindergarten at Cedar Creek (the school we attended for 13 years). Matt and I started dating our Jr. year in high school and dated for 6 years. We got married on June 26, 2004. I am so thankful that God brought us together! I am a mother to Trigger, Campbell, and Larkin. We worked hard to have all of them. After 2 miscarriages, two years after trying to get pregnant, a 2 week hospital stay, and a short (didn't seem short at the time) NICU stay, we brought home our first precious miracle: Trigger! He was born on July 29, 2008. Trigger's completely spoiled rotten! He is full of personality and definitely shows some of the same tenacity that his namesake had!

With our second child, Campbell, we made it to 38 weeks. He was born on June 3, 2010. He still had to stay in the NICU for 5 days for breathing issues. Campbell is absolutely precious..shy but such a little clown. I can't wait to watch our two boys which are 22 months apart) grow up together. I know they are going to fight constantly but be BEST of friends at the same time!

I just thought my boys were our miracles...and they are...but, at the end of May 2011, Matt and I found out that we were expecting the biggest surprise of our life. We were having baby #3 after being told we could never get pregnant on our own. AND, to add to the excitement, we were having a GIRL. After dealing with my medical issues, a two vessel cord, and IUGR, Larkin was born on January 6, 2012. She came here ruling the roost and I am sure that is not going to change anytime soon.

After what seemed like forever thinking that I would not have any children, God has blessed me with three beautiful babies all within 3.5 years.

After having Campbell, Matt and I decided I would become a stay-at-home mom. In alot of ways it is more difficult than teaching because I am with OUR children all day...and OUR children don't seem to listen like my students would. HOW DOES THAT WORK? Haha! Seriously though, it is the BEST job in the world and I feel very blessed to be able to be home to witness each and every minute of our boys' lives!

I started this blog when we found out we were pregnant with Trigger and have continued to document our crazy lives with a toddler and a baby since I don't have time to scrapbook anymore. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you visit again!