When it came time for my little girl to turn one... I needed a
unique theme to celebrate the most special little girl I know. We call our sweet little lady Hazel, Hazy...
so I thought I would just go with a simple PURPLE HAZE theme. I just wanted it to be extra beautiful ...
fresh flowers and purple purple purple!
I hand painted the watercolored
party hats (which I hot glued fresh flowers to on the day of the party! So pretty!) and dip dyed the table cloths
myself the week of the party... but I still need a WOW moment! I was driving back from a luncheon with my
brilliant business partner when it hit me... the Jimi Hendrix PURPLE HAZE
poster. I love that image...Jimi's face
with that mad fab multicolored afro!
THAT was IT!!! The big WOW moment
I needed! I had a friend print a black
and white image of my Hazy on canvas, which I then hot glued to a larger piece
of canvas. I painted the background
blackest black and then got to the fun of spray painting the afros!! I ADORE how they turned out. So cool and fun -- and the three of them
behind the birthday girl at cake time made SUCH an impact. I have one of the paintings hanging in my
house now -- I love it so!!! All the super cool guests got afros and groovy
round shades... and I hand made feather headdresses for all the little and big
ladies (mommies!) at the party. I have a "there is no such thing as too
much glitter" mentality.... so I went absolutely bananas in the glitter
dept! Glittered the champagne bottles,
glittered the champagne glasses, glittered the burlap goodie bags... glitter,
glitter,glitter! I also made a large
burlap flag pennant Banner that said (in gold glitter, natch!) SWEET HAZY...
and believe it or not that #1 light up marquee sign... I made it with just foam board spray painted
gold that I glued into the shape of a 1 and poked string lights through as the
bulbs. It turned out great, I
think! One of my other favorite features
was the balloon chandelier I did over the bench in the play area. I did purple and tie dye (Lucinda found those
for me!) and silver helium balloons with different pictures of Hazel throughout
her first year hanging from each one. I
tried to be sure to include all the guests in the pics as well. It turned out really lovely -- and was so fun
for people to find their picture with Hazy in the mix!!! The super amazing Julie from Blue Cupcakes
did all my cakes and sweets. I ONLY use
Julie for my events -- and I think you can see why! She's a true artist! I was so so happy with
the party. Everything looked frilly and
girlie and fabulous... and artsy and glittery and wonderful. It was all that I wanted it to be and
more!!!!
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