Stay Gold >> Silas turns 1

This past Saturday my baby turned 1.  I wrote about our idea for a fun party theme here, and I wanted to share some photos from the special day.  We really wanted to keep things laid back and as relaxed as possible and since I only prepped for this party two weeks in advance, we kinda skimped on some of the decor I originally planned on adding.  All-in-all I thought everything turned out nicely and it appeared everyone loved the theme and decoration, but most importantly, we had a blast celebrating SILAS!

Since we went with the "Stay Gold" party theme, it actually was really easy to gather things for the special day, since a lot of things are gold!  And if they weren't gold, we just spray painted them - which I did with a lot of stuff!  Here's a little peek from the day!  (I wish I got more photos of Silas and everyone at the party, but because we didn't have a designated photographer, I ended up only getting pre-party photos, which I'm kind of sad about.)

 ^^We hung spray painted gold feathers from the trees and I personally loved how they turned out!^^

 ^^We added a little picnic area, for more seating, but also for when Silas opened presents.^^

 ^^My sister spray painted these gold pots and added the triangle effect to them and we gave these to our guests as favors when they left.^^

 ^^The gold feathers!^^

 ^^This was the only sign we ended up having that proclaimed our "Stay Gold" theme, I wish I did more, but it worked.^^

 ^^It's amazing how far a can of spray paint can go.  I loved how the gold mason jars turned out with these pretty wild flowers."

 ^^Again with the feathers.  These were a bit smaller so I turned them into a garland for the dessert table.^^

^^I added some glitter to a few for that extra "pop" effect.  You can do this right after you spray paint and it will stick to the wet paint.^^

 ^^A simple plain white sour cream pound cake with some gold flakes.^^

 ^^This was sweet Silas' cake.^^

 ^^Gluten-free cupcakes for all the gluten-free friends and family.^^

 ^^S for Silas, filled with gold wrapped candies.  Reeses', Rolo's and Almond Hershey Kisses.^^

 ^^Silas was pre-walking for the whole month before his birthday and on his birthday he decided he was done with crawling.  So we officially have a full on walker!^^

 ^^This shirt was the perfect final touch to the party!  It's from Knox and Lola and it says, "Stay Gold Ponyboy."  You can find it here...  Love this top!^^

 ^^He was a bit skeptical about just digging in with his hands...^^

 ^^Looks like he got the hang of it!^^

 ^^We rented a cotton candy machine and a bounce house for the little ones and they were the hit of the party.^^

 ^^We were all on a sugar high by the end of the day...^^

^^Unwrapping birthday presents...and an outfit change for Silas since he was a mess after his cake!^^

It really was an amazing day.  I loved every single second of celebrating Silas' birthday.  Even though I wish I could've done more, it turned out to be enough and at the end of the day, all Silas and us cared about was having our loved ones there to celebrate with us.

Stay Gold >> Silas' First Birthday

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  For Everly's 1st birthday we did an Apple of my Eye theme, because she was indeed just that - the apple of our eye.  It was also so fitting, since her birthday is Novemeber 1st, so it fell perfectly in place with Autumn and Fall.  We had hot apple cider, apple pie, caramel apples, you name it, if it was an apple, it was there.  So, when thinking about a first birthday theme for Silas, I really wanted to do something that expressed him perfectly as well and who he is to us...

"Stay Gold" means to stay true.  It means to be true to yourself, innocent, uncorrupted, unblemished, etc.  Not conforming to what society dictates, but in a sense marching to the beat of your own drum.  This is our Silas.  He is his very own person, already on his very own mission.  Josh and I really believe he's going to do something big one day.  We don't know what it is yet, but we know he's going to blow our mind, because he already does.  Our prayer and wish for him, is to simply stay himself - all throughout his years, we pray he never changes, from the amazing little human that he is already.  He is courageous, strong, brave, fearless, full of life, full of adventure and wonder.  He is constantly winning hearts with his tender sweet soul and he cares so deeply for others.  His love is a strong one and we like to call him "fierce".  Yes, he is only just about to turn 1, but all of these attributes and characteristics are already so true of him.  He's our sunshine boy, our golden boy and we wish him to Stay Gold!

"You're gold when you're a kid.  When you're a kid, everything is new.  Keep it that way, its a good way to be." -Johnny via The Outsiders

These are just a few things I have planned for the party, quick and easy do-it yourself things.  I got some feathers to spray paint gold and I am hoping they turn out nice.  I'm going to use them as garland and also hang a few on some branches that will be above some tables set up outside.  I love the mason jar's sprayed gold and for favors, I'm doing some little planters in gold sprayed pots that will sit on the tables and each family will be able to take one with them.  Let's just say I will be using lots of gold spray paint!  I am going to try to stick with gold, black and white for the main colors, but I really love adding a touch of some color with the balloons, like the ones pictured above with the gold glitter at the bottom!!!  (Kinda in love with that!)  I also saw a really awesome idea of adding some gold glitter on the inside of clear balloons.  I might try that too!

I started a Pinterest board with all of these items and much more!  If you are looking for links to these items or would like to simply see more of my ideas for the big day, go take a look!  

The big day is this Saturday and I can't even believe my baby boy will be ONE!  It completely has me going crazy and it's blowing my mind.  People are not kidding when they say that the second babies 1st year goes way faster.  I pre-warned Josh that I will most likely be an emotional wreck all week.  (I know...I know...)

I hope everyone has a lovely day!