Tutus & Ties 2nd Birthday

This whole blog idea seemed like a good one, but it sure takes discipline to keep it up.  My first and last post was eight months ago! Not exactly what I had in mind.  Here I am now, and hard to believe, posting about my little girl's second birthday.  This birthday party planning was not as intense as the first.  With a much smaller budget and less planning time here is how my ideas came together...
I personally like the idea of themes for a birthday party.  After much deliberating my good friend Geneva gave me the idea of a tutu party since my baby was turning 2.  Genius!  The color scheme was bright pink and bright green with white polka dots.

The birthday banner... I love making these :)

The cake table and goddie bags.

The tissue paper flowers were fun to make and quite easy. 

This is an idea I found on pintrest.

For the center pieces (another idea from Geneva)
I found these flower pots at our local 99¢ store.
I added the ribbons and the silk flower pens.
The pens were made by a friends mom.
These also served as favors for guests to take home.

The birthday cake had an individual piece
and cupcakes all around.
A big thank you to Lupe for this awesome
and delicious cake from Sams club.

Games included dance freeze, musical chairs,
water ballon toss and pin the tie on my uncle.
Making the poster board and ties to stick on was fun.

After the water ballon toss the boys got a tie t-shirt
and the girls got their tutus.  My husband made the
t-shirts with fabric paint and I made the tutus.

The birthday top had my daughter's name and the number 2.

A pink tutu and pink sparkle tiny toms finish the look. :)

It is astonishing how fast time has gone by.  Planning for my baby girl since day one has been so wonderful even therapeutic as crazy as that sounds.  There is something magical about being into details :) Especially when it's for a loved one.  Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed :)