Lilly’s Lilly 1st Birthday Party
This past Saturday was Lilly’s first birthday party! We had such an amazing time with just a few friends and family members loving on Lilly, eating delicious food, and enjoying the company. I will go ahead and warn you, that this is an extremely picture-heavy post. And I am 130% okay with it.
When I was trying to decide what we wanted to do for Lilly’s first birthday party as far as the theme goes, the idea popped in my head of doing a Lilly Pulitzer themed birthday party. At first I was like, “Ehhh, do I REALLY wanna do a Lilly themed party? Is that too cliche?” And then I thought… “Heck yes, I want to do a Lilly themed party. This is probably my only chance to ever do one!”
*Also, in case you’re wondering (because I get this question a lot), no, Lilly is NOT, in fact, named after Lilly Pulitzer. Yes, I love Lilly Pulitzer, but I loved the named Lilly my whole life and when my husband and I were talking about baby names, I brought up the name Lilly and he immediately loved it. When we were deciding on how we wanted it spelled, we liked the symmetry of two Ls in Lilly and two Ls in Stillman. Haha!
Anyway! Back to the subject at hand… Here are some pictures from Lilly’s “Lilly Pulitzer themed birthday party” day!
I made the wreath on the right and I love the way it came out!
The tissue pom poms were made by my friend Linda for my friend Dani’s daughter’s first birthday party back in June. We recycled decorations! 
Lilly’s birthday girl chair…
I got Lilly Pulitzer napkins, a pitcher, serving tray, and coasters on eBay and Rue La La over the last few months! 
We had guests write their favorite bible verse or a wish for Lilly on this picture. The notes we got were beyond what I expected and it’s something so special we’ll have for years to come…
This “gifts” sign was used at our wedding. More recycled decor!
I did all of the paintings myself! I am NOT naturally artistic at all… I just followed a few tutorials to hand-paint Lilly Pulitzer patterns. The tutorial for the mirror picture holders is here…
On the menu was chips and my salsa recipe, green beans, pulled pork cooked in the crock pot, and mac and cheese in the crock pot. We had THREE crock pots going at one point…
My AMAZING sister did the cake (she does all our cakes). I gave her the Lulu Lilly Pulitzer pattern that was on the invitation and that was on the dress Lilly was going to be wearing, and she went to town. The cake was even more amazing than I imagined! She worked for over six hours on the detail alone. I was BLOWN away.
Lilly even got her own smash cake!
GAH! The detail is just perfect. I don’t know how she did it. She’s so talented. If you live in North Carolina, you need to order a cake from my sister. I’m just saying. 
The birthday girl!
Opening gifts…
The whole crew! So blessed by these friends and family…
The Stillmans!
Besties
Sweet friends…
Smash cake time…
Love these guys
Getting messy…
Icing. Was. Everywhere.
She loved it!!
It was really such a great day and I’m kinda sad it’s over… but don’t worry… I’ll be sharing some recipes for the food that we made for the party on the blog soon! They’re too good to keep a secret. 🙂
What about you? Thrown any parties lately?
Aw I love the photo of you and your husband kissing Lilly’s cheeks. So cute!
SO CUTE! Love this theme! And it turned out great… of course your photography makes it look wonderful as well! Hope she had a great birthday! I am getting so nervous about getting my son’s together on time. Any tips or advice?
thanks, megan!!! i’d definitely say don’t stress about it… you can do it!! just remember it’s really a party for you! hahahahaah jk! but just plan in advance and delegate 🙂
I’m absolutely obsessed with your party decor/theme! Love the cake with the quatrefoil topper – too cute! Thanks so much for sharing and happy birthday to Lilly!
aw thank you, alex!!!
Happy 1st Birthday to Lilly! Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos 🙂 Everyone did a fantastic job making the decorations – that cake doe 😉 – and I can’t wait for those tasty recipes! I can’t say that I’ve planned any parties lately … my daughter turned 17 on July 4th and said she didn’t want a party this year. I think her favorite themed party was her Powerpuff Girls party when she turned 4.
Anyhoo. I know it is early but do you guys have any ideas for Lilly’s Halloween costume this year? Now that my kids are ‘too old’ for that kind of thing, I’m living vicariously 😉
Hope you’re all having a great time on vacation.
i am totally stressing trying to think of what Lilly’s going to be for halloween!! hahaha i have no idea!!
Happy Birthday Lilly!! I have so enjoyed watching her 1st year- looking forward to all that is to come. Thanks for sharing all that you do.
Oh my goodness!!! I love every bit of it!!!!! So cute that you two matched!
how much do you love that green and gold pitcher from target?! i got it for harry’s party and am so in love with it. totally going on an open shelf in the new house!
I LOVE that pitcher!!!
Such a cute party theme! Everything turned out great!
Awww, what a great party! Great theme, and all the decorations were perfect! My daughter is turning 1 in a few weeks and we’re throwing a ladybug theme…still getting stuff together, but I think it should be super cute!
Ahh I love this! I think I might have to steal that mirror picture holder idea!
xo, Yi-chia
How absolutely fun!! The pics were just wonderful!! I’m getting ready to gear up for my little man turning 2… we did very hungry caterpillar last year, so I’m trying to pick an equally fun theme this year.
If this isn’t the cutest thing! Such pretty details, Molly. Happy birthday, sweet girl!
~Whitney
http://www.whitneynicjames.com
What a BEAUTIFUL birthday party! All of the details were so gorgeous. Happy birthday Lilly!